Skorikovia, Ovtchinnikov, 2002

Lelej, Arkady S. & Yildirim, Erol, 2009, A review of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of Turkey, Zootaxa 2160 (1), pp. 1-28 : 20

Key to the Palaearctic species of Skorikovia (males)

1. Ocelli small or medial size, diameter of anterior ocellus equals or less than distance between anterior and posterior ocelli ( Fig. 4 ). Posterior side of 2r-m cell not thickened ( Fig. 2 ). Volsella with deep basal emargination ( Figs 3, 6, 9 ).......................................................................................................................................................................................2

– Ocelli large size, diameter of anterior ocellus almost 2.0X distance between anterior and posterior ocelli. Posterior side of 2r-m cell thickened ( Fig. 8 ). Volsella with shallow basal emargination ( Figs 7, 10 ) ....................................... 4

2. Clypeus with two strong, longitudinal, slightly curved carinae that border median part and each of them ending in a strong denticle anteriorly ( Fig. 4 ). Antennae ferruginous-red. 8.8–10.4 mm. ( Turkey) ............... S. anatolica sp. nov.

– Clypeus without two strong, longitudinal carinae medially. Antennae black ............................................................. 3

3. Carina of hind coxa dentate apically. Apical half of sternum 8 (hypopygium) densely punctate with glabrous shiny apical border. 9.0–10.0 mm. ( Russia (South of European territory, South Ural), Ukraine (Crimea), Italy (Toscana), Croatia) ........................................................................................................................................ S. pliginskiji (Lelej)

– Carina of hind coxa edentate apically. Apical half of sternum 8 (hypopygium) glabrous, shiny, sparsely punctate throughout. 8.0–10.0 mm. ( Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey) ................................................. S. transcaucasica (Lelej)

4. Apical third of hypopygium without median emargination and lateral tuft of long setae. 8.0–16.5 mm. ( Russia (South of European territory), Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and North Iran). ..... ........................................................................................................................................... S. elongata (Radoszkowski)

– Apical third of hypopygium with median shallow emargination and lateral tuft of long setae. 9.0–12.0 mm. ( Russia (Daghestan), Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey) ..................................................................... S. radoszkovskii (Skorikov)

Figures

FIGURES 2–10. 2–5. Skorikovia anatolica sp. nov., male, holotype. 2: Forewing; 3: Genitalia (right part ventral view, left part dorsal view); 4: Head; 5: Scape, pedicel and flagellomeres 1–3. 6. S. pliginskiji, male, paratype. 7, 8. S. elongata, male. 7: Genitalia (right part ventral view, left part dorsal view); 8: Forewing. 9. S. transcaucasica, male, holotype. Volsella, dorsal view. 10. S. radoszkovskii. Volsella, dorsal view. Scale = 1 mm for 2–5. (6–10 from Lelej 1985).