Dodogaster, Rousse, Pascal & Gupta, Ankita, 2013

Rousse, Pascal & Gupta, Ankita, 2013, Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Reunion Island: a catalogue of the local species, including 18 new taxa and a key to species, Zootaxa 3616 (6), pp. 501-547 : 505-506

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.6.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6164962
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scientific name	Dodogaster
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Key to genera of the genera of Microgastrinae in Reunion

1 Fore wing with areolet closed (r–m present though sometimes incomplete or hardly pigmented) ( Figs 9 View FIGURE 9 c, 11c, 16b)........ 2

– Fore wing with areolet open (r–m totally absent) ( Figs 5 View FIGURE 5 b, 6c, 14b, 20d).......................................... 4

2(1) Propodeum with a distinct areola, basally bisected by an incomplete median longitudinal carina ( Fig. 11 View FIGURE 11 d).................................................................................................. Dodogaster gen. nov.

– Propodeum without a distinct areola, with a more or less complete median longitudinal carina........................ 3

3(2) Tergum 1 with a long and narrow basal mid-longitudinal groove.............................. Diolcogaster Ashmead View in CoL

– Tergum 1 without such a long mid-basal groove............................................... Microplitis Förster View in CoL

4(1) Propodeum with a distinct areola, at least apically and laterally defined, usually with distinct costulae and often basally closed ( Figs 4 View FIGURE 4 c, 4e, 5c–d, 5h, 6b, 6e, 12b); a longitudinal median carina may be present as a basal petiole of a complete areola....... 5

– Propodeum without a distinct areola, at most with a small apical fork, often with a median longitudinal carina ( Figs 5 View FIGURE 5 f, 7b, 11d, 15b, 15d, 19b)........................................................................................ 8

5(4) Sclerotized part of metasomal terga 1–2 very wide, membranous lateroterga not visible in dorsal view ( Fig. 14 View FIGURE 14 d)................................................................................................... Exoryza Mason

– Sclerotized part of at least tergum 1 narrower, membranous lateroterga visible in dorsal view ( Figs 4 View FIGURE 4 e, 5d, 6e, 12b, 12d, 13b,18b, 18d)......................................................................................... 6

6(5) Vannal lobe of hind wing straight to distinctly concave in its apical half, the margin irregularly setose ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 a–b)..................................................................................... Apanteles Förster View in CoL (most species)

– Vannal lobe of hind wing regularly convex and setose ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 c)................................................. 7

(nb: some confusion is likely to occur between Apanteles View in CoL and Dolichogenidea which are large and closely related genera. Readers should consider both entries of this couplet for borderline species).

7(6) Hypopygium folded, medially desclerotized into expandable pleats (as in Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 ); ovipositor usually long (OT i usually> 0.5), sheath setose on its entire length....................................................... Dolichogenidea Viereck

– Hypopygium evenly sclerotised, though somewhat mid-longitudinally translucent, but without median expandable pleats; ovipositor short, (OT i <0.5), sheath setose at most on its apical half.............................. Parapanteles Ashmead

8(4) Propodeum polished with areola reduced to a small apical fork ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 f); ovipositor sheath about as long as half hind femur; small species (B <2mm)................................................... Apanteles Förster View in CoL ( A. bordagei Giard View in CoL )

– Propodeum different; ovipositor size variable; body size variable but almost always more than 2 mm ................... 9

9(8) Tergum 1 long and narrow, more than 4x longer than wide, with a long basal mid-longitudinal groove ( Fig. 20 View FIGURE 20 c); propodeum with three carina diverging from metasomal foramen ( Fig. 20 View FIGURE 20 f)...................................... Wilkinsonellus View in CoL

– Tergum 1 without such a long mid-basal groove, at most with a wide basal depression shorter than half length of tergum; propodeum different.................................................................................. 10

10(9) Propodeum rugose-reticulate ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 b), most often with a mid-longitudinal carina; median tergum 2 strongly sculptured ( Figs 7 View FIGURE 7 c, 7e, 8f)........................................................................................... 11

– Propodeum most often smooth to moderately punctate ( Figs 15 View FIGURE 15 b, 15, 19b), tergum 2 at most weakly sculptured......... 12

11(10) Tergum 2 with a distinct median area enclosed by parallel crenulate grooves ( Figs 17 View FIGURE 17 b, 17d).............. Nyereria Mason

– Tergum 2 without distinct median area...................................................... Cotesia Cameron View in CoL

12(10) Tergum 2 with a median raised area, the area rectangular, longer than wide ( Figs 10 View FIGURE 10 b, 10d)............... Distatrix Mason

– Tergum 2 without differentiated median area.............................................................. 13

13(12) Tergum 1 with lateral margins sub-parallel, apically constricted, with a large basal depression; antenna of female short and stout, not reaching beyond propodeum and without median false subdivision of flagellomeres.......... Venanides Mason

– Tergum 1 strongly and regularly narrowed toward apex, without basal depression ( Figs 15 View FIGURE 15 b, 15d, 15f, 15i); antenna of female longer, flagellomeres with a median false subdivision..................................... Glyptapanteles Ashmead