Key to world species of the lacteus- group of Apanteles

1. Propodeum, at least medially, rugose to rugulose, laterally usually smooth and shiny; pterostigma opaque yellow to light brown without pale spot basally.......................................................................... 2

- Propodeum mostly smooth and shiny, at most rugose near nucha; pterostigma brown yellow with a small pale spot basally.. 3

2. T1 subquadrate; ovipositor sheath 1.5× length of hind tibia; tegula yellow; hind femur black........ A. lacteus (Nees, 1834)

- T1 length 1.5× its posterior width; ovipositor sheath distinctly shorter than hind tibia; tegula blackish brown; hind femur yel- low......................................................................... A. marokkanus Fahringer, 1936

3. Clypeo-facial suture nearly lying on the line joining the posterior eyes; ovipositor sheath 1.5× length of hind tibia (Fig. 1 h); T3 1.6× as long as T2............................................................ A. basicavus Liu & Chen, sp. n.

- Clypeo-facial suture distinctly below the line joining the posterior eyes; ovipositor sheath as long as hind tibia; T3 slightly lon- ger than T2....................................................................... A. frustratus Papp, 1975