Amputoearinus

Lindsay, Cheryl & Sharkey, Michael, 2006, Revision of the genus Amputoearinus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) with fourteen new species, Zootaxa 1329, pp. 1-27 : 4

Key to Amputoearinus species

1. Forewing mostly infuscate with yellow patch in basal quarter and yellow band in apical 3rd quarter ( Fig. 4 e) .................................................................................... 2

- Forewing yellow with infuscate band apically ( Fig. 4 f) ........................................ 3 - Forewing banded from base yellow, infuscate, yellow, infuscate ( Figs. 5 b, 4g) .... 7 - Forewing weakly infuscate basally, deeply infuscate apically ( Fig. 5 a) ................... ................................................................................ niger Lindsay & Sharkey sp.n. - Forewing evenly infuscate with yellowish tinge ( Fig. 5 c) ........................................ ...................................................................... alafumidu s Lindsay & Sharkey sp.n. 2(1). Propodeum completely smooth, lacking small protuberance anteromedially ( Fig. 5 d) ........................................................................ surinen Lindsay & Sharkey sp.n - Propodeal sculpture reduced to small protuberance anteromedially ( Fig. 5 f) .......... ................................................................ planusfunditus Lindsay & Sharkey sp.n. - Propodeum with distinct carinae ( Figs. 5 e, 5g, 5h) ................. fernandezi Sharkey 3(1). Margin between metepimeron and metepisternum smooth, lacking transverse carinae ( Fig. 7 b) ........................................................................................................... 4 - Margin between metepimeron and metepisternum with transverse carinae ( Fig. 7a ) ................................................................................................................................ 6 4(3). Projection of propleuron acute ( Fig. 6 e); propodeum completely smooth without small protuberance anteromedially ( Fig. 5 d); mesopleural suture lacking carinae .. .............................................................................. erudio Lindsay & Sharkey sp.n. - Projection of propleuron blunt ( Fig. 6 f); propodeal sculpture reduced to small protuberance anteromedially ( Fig. 5 f); mesopleural suture with carinae .................... 5 5(4). Scutellar sulcus with longitudinal carina ( Fig. 6 c); median areola of mesosoma depressed medially with sharp carinae laterally and posteriorly ( Fig. 7 c) ............... ............................................................................. boringi Lindsay & Sharkey sp.n. - Scutellar sulcus lacking longitudinal carinae ( Fig. 6 d); median areola of mesosoma not depressed medially and lacking sharp carinae laterally and posteriorly ( Fig. 7 d) ................................................................ sharanowskiae Lindsay & Sharkey sp.n. 6(3). Propodeal sculpture reduced to small protuberance anteromedially ( Fig. 5 f); carina bordering subpronope posteriorly, extending to anterior margin of pronotum ( Fig. 6a ); median areola of propodeum absent ( Figs. 5 d, 5f, 5g) ...................................... ........................................................................ variegatus Lindsay & Sharkey sp.n. - Propodeum with distinct carinae ( Figs. 5 e, 5g, 5h); carina, bordering subpronope posteriorly, not extending to anterior margin of pronotum ( Fig. 6 b); median areola of propodeum present but lateral edges weak ( Fig. 5 e) ............................................ .............................................................................. galbus Lindsay & Sharkey sp.n. 7(1). Anterior margin of forewing infuscate throughout ( Fig. 4 g) .................................. 8 - Anterior margin of forewing yellow basally ( Figs. 4 b, 5b) ................................. 10 8(7). Projection of propleuron acute ( Fig. 6 e) ............ gloriae Lindsay & Sharkey sp.n. - Projection of propleuron blunt ( Fig. 6 f) ................................................................. 9 9(8). Antenna entirely melanic ............................. seltmannae Lindsay & Sharkey sp.n. - Antenna mostly melanic with yellow tips ................................................................. .................................................................. flavocacumen Lindsay & Sharkey sp.n.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Lateral habiti a) A. seltmannae b) A. sharanowskiae c) A. surinen d) A. variegatus Forewings e) A. planusfunditus f) A. sharanowskiae g) A. seltmannae.

FIGURE 5. Forewings: a) A. niger b) A. pectusacutum c) A. alafumidus. Propodeal sculpture: d) ♂ A. flavocacumen e) Ψ A. galbus f) Ψ A. gloriae g) Ψ A. matamata h) Ψ A. niger.

FIGURE 7. a) Ψ A. galbus margin between metepimeron and metepisternum with transverse carinae b) Ψ A. sharanowskiae margin between metepimeron and metepisternum smooth, lacking transverse carinae c) Ψ A. gloriae dorsal view showing median areola of mesosoma depressed medially with sharp carinae laterally and posteriorly d) ♂ A. pectusacutum dorsal view showing median areola of mesosoma not depressed medially, lacking sharp carinae laterally and posteriorly.

FIGURE 6. a) A. variegatus carina bordering subpronope posteriorly, extending to anterior margin of pronotum b) A. galbus carina bordering subpronope posteriorly, not extending to anterior margin of pronotum c) A. boringi dorsal view showing presence of carina on scutellar sulcus d) A. pectusacutum dorsal view showing absence of carina on scutellar sulcus e) A. pectusacutum projection of propleuron acute f) A. flavocacumen projection of propleuron blunt.