Atanycolus Foerster

Li, Yang, He, Jun-Hua & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2020, Review of six genera of Braconinae Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) in China, with the description of eleven new species, Zootaxa 4818 (1), pp. 1-74 : 5-6

Key to Chinese species of the genus Atanycolus Foerster

1. Wing membrane pale yellow, gray apically, fore wing with or without dark brown spot below parastigma............ … 2

- Wing membrane infuscate, smoky gray or pale gray, fore wing with pale stripe below pterostigma up to vein 2-SR+M and no dark brown spot...................................................................................... 3

2. Mesoscutum black; fore wing without a black spot; frons black; ovipositor sheath 1.2 × as long as fore wing................................................................................................. A. carinatus sp. nov.

- Mesoscutum yellow, but lobes with a black spot; fore wing with a black spot from vein 1-SR to middle of first discal cell; frons yellow; ovipositor sheath about as long as fore wing....................................... A. maculipennis sp. nov.

3. Second metasomal tergite largely sculptured; third metasomal tergite with antero-lateral areas distinctly developed........ 4

- Second metasomal tergite largely smooth, at most with fine crenulae around medio-basal area; third metasomal tergite without antero-lateral areas or with weakly developed areas.......................................................... 7

4. Fourth metasomal tergite largely sculptured medially and laterally, but smooth basally and apically; head mostly black, only eye orbits reddish yellow............................................................................................................................................................. A. ivanowi (Kokujev, 1898)

- Fourth metasomal tergite largely smooth, at most antero-lateral grooves with crenulae; head mainly yellow, sometimes with black spot dorsally.................................................................................... 5

5. Hind wing vein 2-SC+R 0.8 × as long as vein 1r-m; ovipositor sheath 0.8 × as long as fore wing; stemmaticum of head yel- low.......................................................................... A. crenulatus Telenga, 1936

- Hind wing vein 2-SC+R 0.5 × as long as vein 1r-m; ovipositor sheath 1.0–1.1 × as long as fore wing; stemmaticum of head black............................................................................................... 6

6. Mesoscutum black; median area of first metasomal tergite with few striae, and remainder of tergite smooth; in dorsal view length of eye 0.9 × temple; black area of stemmaticum narrow, not extended...................... A. longiquus sp. nov.

- Mesoscutum yellowish brown, sometimes lateral lobes blackish brown posteriorly; median area of first metasomal tergite strongly sculptured; in dorsal view length of eye 1.2 × temple; black area of stemmaticum extended posteriorly..................................................................................... A. grandis Wang et Chen, 2009

7. Second–seventh metasomal tergites entirely orange yellow.................................................... 8

- Second metasomal tergite blackish brown medio-basally and laterally, and remainder of tergite yellowish brown; third–seventh metasomal tergites yellow to pale yellowish brown, sometimes third and fourth metasomal tergites blackish brown laterally and yellow medially...................................................................................... 9

8. Grooves around medio-basal area of second metasomal tergite crenulate; head yellow or yellowish brown, with a large black area around stemmaticum; first metasomal tergite yellowish brown to blackish brown, yellow medio-posteriorly, sometimes entirely yellow................................................................ A. initiator (Fabricius, 1901)

- Grooves around medio-basal area of second metasomal tergite smooth; head mostly black, only eye orbits reddish yellow; first metasomal tergite black or with black spot........................................ A. denigrator ( Linnaeus, 1758)

9. Metasomal tergites partly sculptured and second metasomal suture crenulate medially, becoming smooth laterally; head with stemmaticum and frons black, and black area not extending backwards; temples weakly expanded behind eyes; first metasomal tergite less slender, 1.7 × as long as its apical width............................................ A. setosus sp. nov.

- Metasomal tergites entirely smooth, including second metasomal suture; head dorsally with a moderately large black and reverse guttiform spot around stemmaticum; temples strongly expanded behind eyes; first metasomal tergite slender, 1.7–2.0 × as long as its apical width............................................................ A. lindemani Tobias, 1980