Plumaroides

Diez, Patricia A. & Fidalgo, Patricio, 2012, Two new species of the genus Plumaroides Brothers, 1974 (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea, Plumariidae) from Argentina, Zootaxa 3188, pp. 64-68 : 68

Key to males of the species of Plumaroides

1. General body coloration dark brown to pale brown; comparatively larger ocellus, ocellocular distance between 1.6 and 2.0 x the diameter of lateral ocellus.......................................................................... 2

- General body coloration very dark, almost black; comparatively smaller ocellus, ocellocular distance is 2.7 x the diameter of lateral ocellus........................................................................ P. aquilus sp. nov.

2. Mid longitudinal carina of seventh tergum, in lateral view, uniformly increasing its height from base to apex............ 3

- Mid longitudinal carina of seventh tergum, in lateral view, strongly elevated in basal fourth ( Fig. 9 ).............................................................................. P. brothersi Diez & Roig Alsina 2008

3. Mid longitudinal carina of the seventh tergum, in dorsal view rounded, fore wing with anterior margin of marginal cell 1.5–2.8 x length of posterior margin................................. 4

- Mid longitudinal carina of the seventh tergum, in dorsal view, flat ( Fig. 10 ); fore wing anterior margin of marginal cell is 4.3 x length of posterior margin.............................................................. P. tiphlus Diez, 2008

4. Mid longitudinal carina of seventh tergum, in lateral view, well developed; mandible with basal preapical tooth well differentiated; scape as long as pedicel and first flagellomere together.......................... P. andalgalensis Brothers 1974

- Mid longitudinal carina of seventh tergum, in lateral view, almost flat ( Fig. 8 ); mandible with basal preapical tooth not differentiated or barely differentiated; scape shorter than pedicel and first flagellomere together......... P. tapilophus sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 10. Plumaroides. 1 – 4. P. aquilus sp. nov. 1, Head; 2, Hind wing; 3, Seventh tergum, dorsal view; 4, Seventh tergum, apical area, lateral view. 5 – 8. P. tapilophus sp. nov. 5, Head; 6, Fore wing, marginal cell; 7, Seventh tergum, dorsal view; 8, Seventh tergum apical area, lateral view. 9. P. brothersi, seventh tergum apical area, lateral view. 10. P. tiphlus, seventh tergum, dorsal view. Scale bar = 0.1 mm.