Lonchodryinus politus, Olmi et Guglielmino, 2010

Olmi, Massimo & Guglielmino, Adalgisa, 2010, Revision of Nearctic species of Lonchodryinus Kieffer 1905, with description of a new species from New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae), Zootaxa 2654, pp. 30-40 : 39

Key to the Nearctic species of Lonchodryinus

Females

1 Head mostly black or brown-black ................................................................................................... L. bakeri (Kieffer)

- Head testaceous............................................................................................................................................................. 2

2 Pterostigma very broad ( Fig. 6 ); notauli reaching about 0.7 length of scutum; posterior surface of propodeum with- out longitudinal keels .......................................................................................... L. politus Olmi et Guglielmino n. sp.

- Pterostigma less broad ( Fig. 7 ); notauli reaching about 0.5 length of scutum; posterior surface of propodeum with two longitudinal keels ............................................................................................................................ L. flavus Olmi

Males (unknown in L. politus )

1 Greatest breadth of posterior ocelli about as long as, or slightly shorter than OPL ............................... L. flavus Olmi

- OPL at least 1.5 times as long as greatest breadth of posterior ocelli ............................................. L. bakeri (Kieffer)

Figures

FIGURES 5 – 7. 5, 6. Lonchodryinus politus sp. nov. 5: Chela; 6: Pterostigma of holotype, length 0.52 mm. 7. L. flavus, pterostigma of a female specimen from New York, Valois, length 0.70 mm. Scale bar 0.08 mm for 5.