Philoctetes
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4040.4.3 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9A8FE1D9-AA9F-4EDD-93F7-821954D8B76A |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4772927 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/984D5315-7924-4225-58AF-F9EBFA13FE38 |
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Plazi |
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Philoctetes |
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Key to Chinese species of the genus Philoctetes
1. Head blue to black; pronotum, mesonotum and metanotum golden-red, rest of mesosoma blue; metasoma golden-red, T1 and T2 medially black ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 A); apex of T3 without median notch................. P. simulator Rosa, Notton & Xu , sp. nov.
- Differently coloured; apex of T3 with median notch......................................................... 2
2. Body green or bluish-green, with golden reflections on mesoscutellum, metanotum and T3 ( Figs 3 View FIGURE 3 D, 3F).............. 3
- Body red or golden red, with or without dark or black areas on head and mesosoma ( Figs 2 View FIGURE 2 C, 2D).................... 4
3. Female mesoscutum with large punctures ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 D) and erected setae; male flagellomeres elongated ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 B)............................................................................... P. longiflagellis Rosa, Wei & Xu , sp. nov.
- Female mesoscutum with smaller punctures and inclined setae; male unknown................. P. mordvilkoi (Semenov)
4. Metanotum with large flat medial projection with apex U-shaped ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 C); head and mesosoma with large dark or black areas ( Figs 2 View FIGURE 2 C, 2D); T3 with median notch deeply incised ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 F)............................ P. mongolicus (du Buysson)
- Metanotum conical to slightly projected backward; head and mesosoma with uniform colouration, without black areas ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 A); T3 with median notch shallowly incised ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 C)........................................................ 5
5 Metanotum conical, not projected backward ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 A), shorter than mesoscutellum dorso-medially ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 B); tegula with metallic reflection; T2 with sparse punctuation dorsally ( Fig.1 View FIGURE 1 B).............................. P. deauratus (Mocsáry)
- Metanotum conical and with apex slightly projected backward, as long as mesoscutellum dorso-medially; tegula brown without metallic reflection; T2 with dense punctuation all over the tergum........................... P. horvathi (Mocsáry)
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