Furcidentia, Zettel, 1990

Kittel, Rebecca N., 2018, A taxonomic review of the parasitoid wasp genera Furcidentia Zettel and Pseudophanerotoma Zettel (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Cheloninae) from the Neotropics with the description of four new species, Zootaxa 4486 (2), pp. 146-160 : 148

Key to species of Furcidentia

(modified after Zettel, 1990)

1 Clypeus with teeth ( Fig. 5b )............................................................................. 2

- Clypeus without teeth ( Fig. 2a )........................................................................... 3

2 Mescoscutum and mesoscutellum black; second tergite black; occipital area red; antenna with 38 antennomeres; 5.3 mm; Costa Rica.............................................................................. F. pulchra Zettel

- Mesoscutum with only a small black spot in the center; second tergite orange like the other tergites; occipital area with a black dot; antenna with more than 40 antennomeres; 5.2–5.4 mm; Ecuador................................ F. sharkeyi Zettel

3 Specimens larger than 5 mm; second metasomal tergite parallel sided, third tergite converge posteriorly, postero-lateral end blunt; 5.7–6.2 mm; Ecuador................................................................ F. clypeata Zettel

- Specimens smaller than 3.0 mm; other characters variable..................................................... 4

4 Ratio length of wings to length of body larger than 0.9; ratio length of eye to length of temple larger than 3.0; 2.3 mm; Guatemala................................................................................ F. tikalensis sp. nov.

- Ratio length of wings to length of body smaller than 0.9; ratio length of eye to length of temple 2.0 or less............... 5

5 Ratio of width of clypeus to its height is 1.0; ratio of malar space to base of mandible 1.6; face ( Fig. 1b ), frons and vertex strigose; French Guiana.................................................................... F. jenningsi sp. nov.

- Ratio of width of clypeus to its height is 1.5; ratio of malar space to base of mandible 1.3; face ( Fig. 2a ), frons, and vertex rugose; Guatemala........................................................................ F. llama sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Furcidentia jenningsi sp. nov., holotype, female, a—habitus lateral; b—head frontal; c—fore wing; scale bars a = 1.0 mm, b = 0.25 mm, c = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 2. Furcidentia llama sp. nov., holotype, female, a—head frontal; b—habitus lateral; c—habitus dorsal; scale bars a = 0.5 mm, b, c = 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 5. Pseudophanerotoma paranaensis, female, a—habitus lateral; b—head frontal; c—fore wing; scale bars a = 1.0 mm, b = 0.5 mm, c = 1.0 mm.