Perilampus, Latreille, 1809

Darling, D. Christopher & Yoo, Jeong, 2021, The Perilampidae of the United Arab Emirates and Yemen (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), Zootaxa 5020 (1), pp. 101-129 : 105-106

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Key to the species of Perilampus View in CoL View at ENA from the UAE and Yemen

1 Mesoscutum with raised scale-like tubercle ( Figs 3A, 3C View FIGURE 3 , arrow); body strongly iridescent in color; prepectus wide ( Figs 3B, 3D View FIGURE 3 )............................................................................ P. auratus View in CoL species group, 2

- Mesoscutum without raised scale-like tubercle (e.g. 4B); body black in color, in some species with weak iridescent reflections on mesonotum; prepectus narrower ( Figs 4I View FIGURE 4 , 6F View FIGURE 6 , 8G View FIGURE 8 , 10D, 10J View FIGURE 10 )................................................. 3

2(1) Mesosoma iridescent green and blue, tubercle with iridescent red and yellow margin ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 ); clypeus transverse ( Fig. 2C View FIGURE 2 ); Gt3 smooth................................................................. P. ardens Yoo and Darling n. sp.

- Mesosoma cupreous with lateral lobes blue dorsad ( Fig. 3C View FIGURE 3 ); clypeus more quadrate ( Fig. 2F View FIGURE 2 ); Gt 3 punctuate..................................................................................... P. awbalus Yoo and Darling n. sp.

3(1) Ocellar triangle wide, median ocellus advanced ( Figs 6D View FIGURE 6 , 8E View FIGURE 8 , 10B, 10H View FIGURE 10 ); pronotum as wide as or wider than prepectus ( Figs 6F View FIGURE 6 , 8G View FIGURE 8 ); scutellum smoothly rounded at apex ( Figs 6B View FIGURE 6 , 8B View FIGURE 8 , 11A, 11F View FIGURE 11 )........................................... 4

- Ocellar triangle narrow, median ocellus not advanced ( Fig. 4F View FIGURE 4 ); pronotum narrower than prepectus ( Fig. 4I View FIGURE 4 ); scutellum usually bilobed at apex ( Fig. 4B View FIGURE 4 )........................................................ P. khor Yoo and Darling n. sp.

4(3) Petiole with distinctly raised scale ( Figs 8G View FIGURE 8 , 10D, 10J View FIGURE 10 , arrow); interocellar region with shallow groove along midline ( Figs 8E View FIGURE 8 , 10B, 10H View FIGURE 10 ); prepectus narrow, with long ventral strap and a row of alveolae ventrad ( Figs 8G View FIGURE 8 , 10D, 10J View FIGURE 10 , arrow); propodeum with small foveae surrounding spiracles, lateral plicae weak ( Figs 8C View FIGURE 8 , 10E, 10K View FIGURE 10 ). Male: aedeagus with a pair of spines ( Figs 9D, 9H View FIGURE 9 , 11E, 11K View FIGURE 11 , arrow)............................................................ P. tristis View in CoL species group, 5

- Petiole without raised scale ( Fig. 6G View FIGURE 6 ); interocellar region without shallow groove along midline ( Fig. 6D View FIGURE 6 ); prepectus wider, with short ventral strap without a row of alveolae ventrad ( Fig. 6F View FIGURE 6 , arrow); propodeum with large foveae surrounding spiracles, lateral plicae distinct ( Fig. 6G View FIGURE 6 ). Male: aedeagus without spines.......................... P. microgastris Ferrière, 1930

5(4) Postmarginal vein equal in length or shorter than stigmal vein ( Fig. 8D View FIGURE 8 ); suture between prepectus and pronotum distinct ( Fig. 8G View FIGURE 8 ); midlobe of mesonotum with wider interspaces ( Figs 8B View FIGURE 8 , 9A, 9E View FIGURE 9 )..................... P. rainerius (Argaman), 1990

- Postmarginal vein longer than stigmal vein ( Figs 10F, 10L View FIGURE 10 ); suture between prepectus and pronotum indistinct ( Figs 10D, 10J View FIGURE 10 ); midlobe of mesonotum with narrower interspaces ( Figs 11A, 11F View FIGURE 11 ).............................................. 6

6(5) Mesonotum with strongly coriarious interspaces, and scutellum with blue iridescence ( Fig. 11A View FIGURE 11 ); propodeum sculpture imbricate ( Fig. 10E View FIGURE 10 ). Male: sculpture laterad clypeus coriarious ( Fig. 11C View FIGURE 11 ); scape stout, length slightly less than 5× width above radicle ( Fig. 11D View FIGURE 11 ).............................................................. P. yemenensis Yoo and Darling n. sp.

- Mesonotum with weakly coriarious to nearly smooth interspaces, and both scutellum and mesoscutum with blue iridescence ( Fig. 11F View FIGURE 11 ); propodeum sculpture nearly smooth ( Fig. 10K View FIGURE 10 ). Male: sculpture laterad clypeus smooth ( Fig. 11H View FIGURE 11 ); scape more elongate, length greater than 5× width above radicle ( Figs 11I, 11J View FIGURE 11 )................ P. houbaraensis Yoo and Darling n. sp.