Phylogenetic revision and the origin of Polyphrix Townes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with description of a new species
Santos, Bernardo F.
Aguiar, Alexandre P.
Tedesco, Anazélia M.
Zootaxa
2009
2214
29
44
63MYZ
540460
Townes
Townes
[412,628,1389,1415]
Insecta
Ichneumonidae
Polyphrix
Animalia
Hymenoptera
10
39
Arthropoda
genus
1. Propodeum with one or two pairs of somewhat oval dark spots; hind trochanter, trochantellus and femur dark brown; mesoscutum completely black ...................................................................................................................................... 2 - Propodeum uniformly orange, without dark spots (Fig. 12); hind trochanter, trochantellus and femur entirely yellowish ( Fig. 7); mesoscutum not completely black ( Fig. 9) .............................................................................................. 3 2. Paraocular stripe complete ( Fig. 9); pronotum with strong and distinct submarginal lamellar protuberance; anterior margin of propodeum centrally distinctly concave; ovipositor slender, dorsal valve with nodus, ventral valve with nine apical teeth, apical 3–4 faint...................................................................... Polyphrix cristataNogueira & Aguiar - Paraocular stripe interrupted from supraclypeal area to posterior orbit; pronotum with very weak submarginal protuberance; anterior margin of propodeum weakly sinuous; ovipositor thick, dorsal valve without nodus, ventral valve with seven apical teeth .................................................................................... Polyphrix atlanticaNogueira & Aguiar 3. Pronotum and mesoscutum completely orange; metasomal tergites 2–8 black with apical white stripe; transverse furrow at base of propodeum, measured centrally, about 1.2 as wide as basal area of propodeum .................................... ............................................................................................................................................. Polyphrix variansTownes - Pronotum and mesoscutum mostly black, with small yellow marks (Figs. 7,9); metasomal tergites 2–8 entirely orange (Figs. 7,9); transverse furrow at base of propodeum, measured centrally, about 0.7 as wide as basal area of propodeum ............................................................................................ Polyphrix stellataTedesco & Santos, sp. nov.