Odontochrydium, Trautmanni Brauns, 1928

Rosa, Paolo, 2018, Review of Odontochrydium Brauns (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) with description of two species from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions, Zootaxa 4450 (4), pp. 445-457 : 446

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.4.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5978737
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scientific name	Odontochrydium
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Key to the species of Odontochrydium

1. Median area of mesoscutum with two longitudinal ridges ( Figs 6D View FIGURE 6 , 7D View FIGURE 7 ), medially with transversally enlarged foveae ( Figs 3A– 3B View FIGURE 3 ); punctation on metasoma with scattered, large punctures ( Fig. 6A View FIGURE 6 – 7A View FIGURE 7 ); Kenya, Saudi Arabia......................................................................................................... O. bicristatum sp. nov.

- Median area of mesoscutum without longitudinal ridges ( Fig. 2D View FIGURE 2 ), medially with contiguous, reticulate punctures ( Figs 5D View FIGURE 5 , 9D View FIGURE 9 ); punctation on metasoma evenly punctate ( Figs 2A View FIGURE 2 , 4A View FIGURE 4 , 5A View FIGURE 5 , 8A View FIGURE 8 , 9A View FIGURE 9 )....................................... 2

2. Lateral margin of pronotum almost straight ( Fig. 8D View FIGURE 8 ); pits of metasomal tergite 3 pit row deep, large, somewhere confluent ( Figs 8F View FIGURE 8 , 9F View FIGURE 9 ); areas anterior and posterior to pit row in lateral view forming distinct concave angle ( Figs 8E View FIGURE 8 , 9E View FIGURE 9 ); malar space short (1.0 × MOD); South India............................................................... O. xui sp. nov.

- Lateral margin of pronotum distinctly bisinuate ( Fig. 2D View FIGURE 2 ); pits of metasomal tergite 3 pit row shallow, small, distinctly separate ( Figs 2F View FIGURE 2 , 4F View FIGURE 4 ); areas anterior and posterior to pit row in lateral view continuous with each other ( Figs 2E View FIGURE 2 , 4E View FIGURE 4 ); malar space long (1.3 × MOD); Afrotropical, widespread........................................................... O. irregulare