Protomicroplitis

Fernandez-Triana, J. L., 2015, A revision of the genus Protomicroplitis Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), with the description of a new species, Zootaxa 4039 (4), pp. 529-542 : 535

Key to species of Protomicroplitis

1 Head (except for yellow-orange clypeus, labrum, and mandibles) and mesosoma entirely black ( Figs 3–5, 8, 9 ); male with same coloration on metasoma than female; body and fore wing length almost always 5.0 mm or more (body length average: 5.1 mm, range: 4.7–5.5 mm; fore wing length average: 5.0 mm, range: 4.7–5.2 mm); metatibia almost always over 1.96 mm (very rarely 1.92 mm) [Nearctic species: northern Mexico, US (north of Gainesville, FL), Canada]........................................................................................... Protomicroplitis calliptera (Say, 1836)

- Head and/or mesosoma mostly to entirely orange or yellow ( Figs 11, 12, 15, 16 , 18, 20, 21, 23, 24 , 25–29 ); male with darker coloration on metasoma than female ( Figs 25–29 ); body length rarely reaching 5.0 mm (usually 4.8 mm or less), fore wing at most 4.8 mm (usually 4.4–4.5 mm); metatibia almost always below 1.85 mm (rarely up to 1.90 mm) [Neotropical species: US (south of Gainesville, FL), Cuba, southern Mexico, Costa Rica]................................................ 2

2(1) Head mostly black (except for orange spot centrally on face, and yellow-orange clypeus, labrum and mandibles) ( Figs 12, 15 ); metatibia yellow-brown on anterior 0.8 ×, posterior 0.2 × (rarely up to 0.4 ×) black ( Fig. 11 ); fore wing mostly to entirely hyaline ( Fig. 13 ); pterostigma with anterior 0.5 yellow in female and male specimens; T1 relatively wider centrally, its width at half length of tergite 0.6–0.7 × its width at anterior margin ( Fig. 17 ) [Central America species: Costa Rica, Turrialba; Mexico: Chiapas, and Quintana Roo]...................... Protomicroplitis centroamericanus Fernandez-Triana new species

- Head entirely orange ( Figs 18, 20, 21, 23 , 25, 26, 29 ); metatibia entirely dark brown to black ( Figs 18 , 26, 27 ); fore wing infumated ( Figs 19 , 28 ); pterostigma entirely brown in females ( Fig. 19 ), mostly brown in males (rarely male specimens with brown coloration restricted to posterior 0.5 of pterostigma) ( Fig. 28 ); T1 relatively narrower centrally, its width at half length of tergite 0.4–0.5 × its width at anterior margin ( Fig. 22 ) [Caribbean and southern Florida species: Cuba, US (FL, south of Gainesville)]....................................................... Protomicroplitis mediata (Cresson, 1865)

Figures

FIGURES 3 – 10. Protomicroplitis calliptera. 3 — habitus, lateral view; 4 — head and mesosoma (partially), dorsal view; 5 — detail of the head, dorsal view; 6 — fore wing; 7 — metasoma, dorsal view; 8 — head, frontal view; 9 — scutellar disc and propodeum, dorsal view; 10 — metasoma, lateral view.

FIGURES 11 – 17. Protomicroplitis centroamericanus. 11 — habitus, lateral view; 12 — head, frontal view; 13 — fore wing; 14 — metasoma (partially), lateral view; 15 — head and mesosoma (partially), dorsal view; 16 — propodeum, dorsal view; 17 — metasoma, dorsal view.

FIGURES 18 – 24. Protomicroplitis mediata, female specimen. 18 — habitus, lateral view; 19 — fore wing; 20 — head, frontal view; 21 — detail of the head, dorsal view; 22 — metasoma, dorsal view; 23 — head and mesosoma (partially), dorsal view; 24 — scutellar disc and propodeum, dorsal view.

FIGURES 25 – 29. Protomicroplitis mediata, male specimen. 25 — head, frontal view; 26 — habitus, lateral view; 27 — metasoma and hind legs, lateral view; 28 — fore wing; 29 — habitus, dorsal view.