Eiphosoma, Cresson, 1865

Fernández-Triana, José L. & Ravelo, Horacio Grillo, 2007, A taxonomic review of Cuban Eiphosoma Cresson (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), with biogeographical notes, Zootaxa 1655 (1), pp. 49-61 : 51

Key to the Cuban species of Eiphosoma

1 Metapleuron uniformly punctate over entire surface ( Fig. 1B ), forewing hyaline ( dentator speciesgroup) ....................................................................................................................................................... 2

- Metapleuron smooth and impunctate or only punctate dorsally ( Fig. 1A ), forewing variously coloured3

2 (1) Forewing with distal abscissa of M and Cu1 spectral or absent ( Fig. 1C ), malar space 0.60–0.80X as long as basal mandibular width............................................................................. E. dentator (Fabricius)

- Forewing with distal abscissa of M and Cu1 pigmented to margin ( Fig. 1D ), malar space 0.35–0.40X as long as basal mandibular width ..................................................................................... E. bioeco sp. nov.

3 (1') Forewing without any trace of areolet ( Fig. 1F ) ( nigrovittatum species-group)...................................... 4

- Forewing with areolet enclosed ( Fig. 1E )............................................................................................... 6

4 (3) Head and mesosoma orange-brownish, without black markings ..................................... E. lutteum Brues

- Head and mesosoma yellowish, with several black and/or brown markings .......................................... 5

5 (4') Mesopleuron with diagonal black stripe; metatibia yellow-brown centrally, black basally and apically. ............................................................................................................................ E. nigrovitattum Cresson

- Mesopleuron completely yellow; metatibia yellow centrally, brown basally and apically ....................... ................................................................................................................................... E. dearmasi sp. nov.

6 (3') Submetapleural carina weakly raised (as in Fig. 1B ), propodeum yellow with median and lateral longitudinal black stripes, forewing with infumate distal apex (macrum species-group).................................. .............................................................................................................................. E. atrovittatum Cresson

- Submetapleural carina strongly raised and sharp (as in Fig. 1A ), propodeum yellow with median black stripe only, forewing uniformly hyaline (viticolle species-group) ........................................................... 7

7 (6') Metacoxa yellow and/or reddish without black/brown marks dorsally ........................ E. nelitae sp. nov.

- Metacoxa red with black/brown mark dorsally ...................................................................................... 8

8 (7') Mesopleuron more or less entirely yellow, at most with obscure black spot near posterior margin ......... .................................................................................................................................... E. vitticolle Cresson

- Mesopleuron with conspicuous black markings, with more or less complete diagonal black line from below subalar prominence to mesepisternal scrobe .......................................... E. laphygmae Costa Lima

Figures

FIGURE 1. Metapleuron of E. nelitae sp. nov. (A) and Eiphosoma bioeco sp. nov. (B). Forewing of E. dentator (C), E. bioeco sp. nov. (D), E. nelitae sp. nov. (E) and E. dearmasi sp. nov. (F). SMC= submetapleural carina.