Caenocrepis

Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan, 2012, The genus Caenocrepis Thomson (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) in the Afrotropical region, with a key to world species, Zootaxa 3557, pp. 49-55 : 51

Key to world species of Caenocrepis (both sexes):

1 Clypeus with unusually large lobes ( Fig. 14 ) [Afrotropical]................................. C. formidolosa sp. nov.

- Clypeus without unusually large lobes, though clearly incised ( Fig. 13 ) [Palaearctic and Afrotropical].................. 2

2(1) Fore wing less densely pilose, with a narrow bare band behind marginal vein and hairs on disc sparser ( Fig. 16 ) [Palaearctic]................................................................................. C. bothynoderi Gromakov

- Fore wing densely pilose, without bare space behind marginal vein and hairs on disc denser ( Figs 15, 17, 18 ) [Palaearctic and Afrotropical]........................................................................................ 3

3(2) Female: antennae inserted very slightly above lower margin of eyes, scape not reaching median ocellus ( Fig. 11 ); eye obviously narrowing in lower part ( Fig. 7 ); body with metallic reflections stronger, bluish; fore wing hyaline ( Fig. 17 ); metasoma shorter than mesosoma ( Fig. 7 ). Male: eye small, temple very wide ( Fig. 8 ) [Afrotropical]............ C. simonae sp. nov.

- Female: antennae inserted well above lower margin of eyes, scape reaching median ocellus ( Fig. 5 ); eye oval ( Fig. 1 ); body mostly without metallic reflections, blackish; fore wing usually infumate ( Fig. 15 ); metasoma longer than mesosoma ( Fig. 1 ). Male: eye normal, temples not unusually wide ( Fig. 2 ) [Palaearctic]........................... C. arenicola (Thomson)

Figures

FIGURES 13 – 18. 13 and 14, clypeus: 13, C. simonae sp. nov., female holotype; 14. C. formidolosa sp. nov., female paratype. 15 – 18, fore wings: 15, C. arenicola, female; 16, C. bothynoderi, female; 17, C. simonae, female holotype; 18, C. formidolosa, female holotype.

FIGURES 7 – 12. 7 and 8, Caenocrepis simonae sp. nov., lateral habitus: 7, female holotype; 8 male paratype. 9 and 10, C. formidolosa sp. nov., lateral habitus: 9, female holotype; 10, male paratype. 11 and 12, head in frontal view: 11. C. simonae, female holotype; 12. C. formidolosa, female paratype.

FIGURES 1 – 6. 1 and 2, Caenocrepis arenicola (Thomson), lateral habitus: 1, female; 2, male. 3 and 4, C. bothynoderi Gromakov, lateral habitus: 3, female; 4, male. 5 and 6, head in frontal view: 5, C. arenicola, female; 6, C. bothynoderi, female.