Phytodietus, Gravenhorst, 1829

Varga, Oleksandr & Kostro-Ambroziak, Agata, 2020, The genus Phytodietus Gravenhorst, 1829 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae Tryphoninae) in Kenya, with the description of a new species, Zootaxa 4778 (1), pp. 196-200 : 197

Key to the Afrotropical Phytodietus species of the subgenus Weisia (females only)

1. Epicnemial carina present.............................................................................. 2

− Epicnemial carina absent............................................................................... 3

2. Fore wing with a distance between 2 rs-m and 2 m-cu 1.1× length of 2 rs-m; propodeum and first metasomal tergite yellow with wide, black band medially.............................................. P. (W.) pearlus Kostro-Ambroziak, 2011

− Fore wing with the distance between 2 rs-m and 2 m-cu 2.0× length of 2 rs-m; propodeum and first metasomal tergite entirely black ( Fig. 2C )............................................... P. (W.) kasarani Varga & Kostro-Ambroziak , sp. n.

3. Face with distinct punctures; temples blackish.................................. P. (W.) meridionalis (Benoit, 1959)

− Face with rather fine punctures; temples yellow............................................................. 4

4. Clypeus with a transverse convexity and its apical margin with a weak notch centrally; first abscissa of Cu 1 joining cu-a in a straight line................................................................... P. (W.) bredoi ( Benoit, 1953)

− Clypeus without a transverse convexity and its apical margin without a notch centrally; first abscissa of Cu 1 joining cu-a at an angle...................................................................... P. (W.) citrinus (Seyrig, 1932)

Figures

FIGURE 2. Phytodieus kasarani Varga & Kostro-Ambroziak, sp. n., holotype female: A) lateral view of mesosoma; B) dorsal view of mesoscutum; C) dorsal view of propodeum and metasomal tergites 1–2; D) lateral view of the ovipositor apex; E) lateral view of fore wing (part).