Diolcogaster Ashmead, 1900

Moghaddam, Mostafa Ghafouri, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Achterberg, Cornelis Van & Mokhtari, Azizollah, 2019, A taxonomic review of the genus Diolcogaster Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) in Iran, distribution and morphological variability, Zootaxa 4590 (1), pp. 95-124 : 100

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4590.1.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5586612
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5824DB5E-F869-FFAB-F4F5-4891FA035467
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Diolcogaster Ashmead
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Treatment

Key to the Iranian species of Diolcogaster Ashmead View in CoL View at ENA

1. T1 without a medio-longitudinal sulcus or with a weak and small sulcus ( Fig. 4C View FIGURE 4 ); vein r-m of fore wing arising from vein r so that areolet is 3-sided ( Fig. 4F View FIGURE 4 ).......................................................................... 2

- T1 with a strong and long medio-longitudinal sulcus ( Figs 6C View FIGURE 6 , 8C View FIGURE 8 , 10C View FIGURE 10 , 12C View FIGURE 12 , 14C View FIGURE 14 ); vein r-m of fore wing arising from vein r+3RSa, so that areolet is 4-sided ( Figs 6 View FIGURE 6 F–6G, 8F, 10F, 12F, 14F).............................................. 3

2. Head in anterolateral view with a deep depression; antenna very short, without bristly setae; propodeum strongly sculptured, with medio-longitudinal carina; T1 with a medio-longitudinal sulcus anteriorly; T2 with median field. … D. spreta (Marshall) View in CoL

- Head in lateral view without a deep depression ( Fig. 3F View FIGURE 3 ); antenna long, with bristly setae ( Fig. 3B View FIGURE 3 ); propodeum largely smooth, with a weak and incomplete medio-longitudinal carina ( Fig. 4B View FIGURE 4 ); T1 with a medio-longitudinal sulcus shallowly impressed anteriorly ( Fig. 4C View FIGURE 4 ); T2 without median field ( Figs 4 View FIGURE 4 C–4D)................................. D. alvearia (Fabricius) View in CoL

3. Gena in lateral view slightly smaller than eye width ( Fig. 5F View FIGURE 5 ); eye medium-sized, its height 2.1× temple length and 3.4× oculomandibular line ( Fig. 5D View FIGURE 5 ); OD and POL 0.5× and 1.1× OOL, respectively ( Figs 5 View FIGURE 5 E–5F); inter-ocular line 3.5× oculo-mandibular line ( Fig. 5D View FIGURE 5 ); malar space medium-sized, 3.4× eye length ( Fig. 5D View FIGURE 5 ); T2 width 3.5× its medial length at posterior margin ( Figs 6 View FIGURE 6 C–6D); vein cu-a of hind wing curved ( Fig. 6G View FIGURE 6 )........................................ D. claritibia (Papp) View in CoL

- Gena in lateral view extremely short ( Figs 7F View FIGURE 7 , 11F View FIGURE 11 , 13F View FIGURE 13 ); eye very large, its height 7.2× temple length and 13.5× oculo-mandibular line ( Figs 7D View FIGURE 7 , 11D View FIGURE 11 , 13D View FIGURE 13 ); OD and POL 2.2× and 3.2× OOL, respectively ( Figs 7 View FIGURE 7 E–7F, 11E–11F, 13E–13F); inter-ocular line 6.0× oculo-mandibular line ( Figs 7D View FIGURE 7 , 11D View FIGURE 11 , 13D View FIGURE 13 ); malar space very short, 13.5× eye length ( Figs 7D View FIGURE 7 , 11D View FIGURE 11 , 13D View FIGURE 13 ); T2 width 2.1× its medial length at posterior margin ( Figs 8C View FIGURE 8 , 12 View FIGURE 12 C–12D, 14C–14D); vein cu-a of hind wing straight ( Figs 8F View FIGURE 8 , 12F View FIGURE 12 , 14F View FIGURE 14 ).................................................................................... D. mayae (Shestakov) View in CoL