Epyris

Tribull, Carly Melissa, 2016, Five new species and key for Australian Epyris Westwood (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), Zootaxa 4105 (4), pp. 368-380 : 378

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4105.4.5

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DEF3DE51-24B4-437B-93FE-5A4C90B10B21

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6087245

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9D360A6A-F567-562C-83EF-7C2137EEF930

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Plazi

scientific name

Epyris
status

 

Key to the known Australian species of Epyris

Females

1. Metasoma bright castaneous throughout.................................................. E. fulgeocauda sp. nov.

- Metasoma at least partially black or dark castaneous......................................................... 2

2. Mandible bidentate................................................................... E. carpenteri sp. nov.

- Mandible with more than two teeth....................................................................... 3

3. Mandible with rounded, intermediate rudimentary tooth between regularly sharpened upper two teeth... E. azevedoi sp. nov.

- Mandible without intermediate rudimentary tooth, all teeth progressing in size posteriorly to anteriorly.................. 4

4. Upper tooth on mandible with distinct cleft, divided into two sharpened points, body with iridescent blue color................................................................................................. E. herschae sp. nov.

- Mandible with teeth simple.............................................................................. 5

5. Propodeum smooth, not reticulate......................................................... E. fulvimanus Kieffer

- Propodeum with reticulations on shining surface................................................ E. loisae sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Zygaenidae

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