Aulacideini, Nastasi & Deans, 2024

Nastasi, Louis F. & Deans, Andrew R., 2024, New herb gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Aulacideini) from Kyrgyzstan, with description of a new genus and a review of the genus Panteliella Kieffer, 1901, Zootaxa 5537 (4), pp. 511-526 : 523-524

Key to the Aulacideini genera of Kyrgyzstan

We provide the following key to allow for the separation of all Aulacideini genera known from Kyrgyzstan. Specimens may be identified as Aulacideini using the identification key in Buffington et al. (2020), although some updated diagnostic characters were provided by Nastasi et al. (2024a) to prevent the exclusion of taxa with reticulate sculpture on the mesopleuron (e.g., Soparia Nastasi gen. nov.).

1. Fore wing marginal cell closed ( Fig. 6 )................................ ..................................... 2

- Fore wing marginal cell open ( Fig. 14 )..................................................................... 3

2. Mesopleuron sculpture entirely striate-reticulate ( Fig. 5 ). Notauli incomplete and weakly impressed, most conspicuous in posterior half of mesoscutum ( Fig. 3 ).................................................. Soparia Nastasi gen. nov.

- Mesopleuron sculpture mostly or entirely striate; at most with some reticulate sculpture apparent in ventral third. Notauli complete, deeply impressed across entire mesoscutum*.................................. Aulacidea Ashmead, 1897

3. Notauli conspicuous and strongly impressed ( Fig. 20 ). Clypeus only slightly projecting ventrally over base of mandibles ( Fig. 16 )................................................................................ Isocolus Förster, 1869

- Notauli inconspicuous to weakly impressed ( Fig. 11 ). Clypeus broadly projecting ventrally over base of mandibles ( Fig. 10 ).................................................................................. Panteliella Kieffer, 1901

* = Notauli complete in both species known from Kyrgyzstan ( Aulacidea acroptilonica Tyurebaev, 1972 and A. serratulae Diakontschuk, 1984 ) but incomplete in some species known from other geographic regions.

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Soparia oshensis Nastasi gen. and sp. nov. All images show holotype female INHS Insect Collection 288148. (1) Lateral habitus. (2) Head in anterior view; dotted line indicates ventral margin of clypeus. (3) Mesoscutum in dorsal view. (4) Scutellum in dorsal view. (5) Mesopleuron in lateral view. (6) Wings.

FIGURES 9–14. Panteliella rugosa Nastasi sp. nov. All images show holotype female INHS Insect Collection 288137. (9) Lateral habitus. (10) Head in anterior view; dotted line indicates ventral margin of clypeus. (11) Mesoscutum in dorsal view. (12) Scutellum in dorsal view. (13) Mesopleuron in lateral view. (14) Fore wing.

FIGURES 15–21. Isocolus barakus Nastasi sp. nov. All images show holotype female INHS Insect Collection 288135. (9) Lateral habitus. (10) Head in anterior view; dotted line indicates ventral margin of clypeus. (11) Pronotum in anterior view; arrows indicate conspicuously defined range of pronotal lateral suture. (12) Proximal antennomeres. (13) Mesopleuron in lateral view. (14) Mesoscutum in dorsal view. (15) Scutellum in dorsal view; posterior scutellum (partially covered by wings and thus clouded posteriorly in image).