Nocturnal Aphanistes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Anomaloninae) in the Neotropical region, with the description of five new species
Alvarado, M.
Zootaxa
2018
2018-01-04
4369
2
221
236
67M2H
Hopperand
1981
[458,621,151,177]
Insecta
Ichneumonidae
Aphanistes
GBIF
Animalia
Hymenoptera
14
235
Arthropoda
species
crepuscularis
1 Mesopleuron with epicnemial carina sometimes absent laterally, usually extending above level of lower corner of pronotum (Figs. 5, 7, 25); ovipositor with a dorsal notch, and pre-apically more or less cylindrical with diameter less than that of ovipos- itor medially (Figs. 4, 11, 27)............................................................................ 2 - Mesopleuron with epicnemial carina present, extending to about 0.5× distance to upper margin (Figs. 13, 22); ovipositor with- out a notch and pre-apically markedly swollen (Figs. 15, 21)................................................... 5 2 Metacoxa at least dorsally blackish brown, remainder reddish-brown or testaceous.................................. 3 - Metacoxa uniformly reddish-brown or testaceous............................................................ 4 3 Frons with median longitudinal ridge with a sharp, triangular ridge at middle; frons reddish-testaceous with orbits yellowish (Fig. 32).................................................................... A. crepuscularisHopper, 1981* - Frons with median longitudinal ridge reduced to a short carina from base of median ocellus to between toruli; frons entirely and evenly reddish-brown (Fig. 31)............................................................ A. cachil sp. n. 4 Predominantly reddish-brown; hind tarsomeres 2–4 whitish (Fig. 24)................................. A. silviae sp. n. - Predominantly testaceous; hind tarsomeres 2–4 brownish (Fig. 1)................................. A. augustoi sp. n. 5 Meso- and metasoma concolorous, testaceous (Fig. 18)........................................................ 6 - Color of mesosoma contrasting with that of metasoma (Fig. 12), or mesosoma of two colors.......................... 7 6 Antenna with 36 flagellomeres; lower face and orbits fulvous........................ A. guatemalenus(Cameron, 1886) - Antenna with 44–50 flagellomeres; lower face and orbits (except next to lateral ocelli) yellowish (Fig. 34).. A. ruthae sp. n. 7 Lateral ocelli separated from compound eyes by 0.3× their own maximum diameters; mesosoma mainly reddish brown, black ventrally on propleuron and mesopleuron; antenna with 36 flagellomeres; mesoscutellum centrally flat............................................................................................ A. arcei Gauld & Bradshaw, 1997 - Lateral ocelli separated from compound eyes by less than 0.1× their own maximum diameters; mesosoma blackish brown (Fig. 33); antenna with 47–48 flagellomeres; mesoscutellum centrally concave............................. A. paolae sp. n.