Eiphosoma Cresson, 1865

Fernandes, Daniell R. R., Pádua, Diego G., Mazariegos, Luis A. & Araujo, Rodrigo O., 2023, Two new Darwin wasp species of Eiphosoma Cresson, 1865 (Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae) from the northwestern Andes of Colombia, Zootaxa 5375 (2), pp. 262-272 : 263-264

Key to Colombian species of Eiphosoma Cresson, 1865

[Below we present a modification to the initial couplets of the key presented by Cuéllar-Ramírez et al. 2023b, to accommodate the two new species described here]

1 Mesosoma predominantly black.......................................................................... 2

- Mesosoma predominantly yellow..................................... couplet 4 in Cuéllar-Ramírez et al. 2023b key

2 Mesosoma entirely black; scutellum and metapleuron entirely punctuate; propodeum centrally smooth.................. 3

- Mesosoma with at least pronotum and propodeum with yellow marked, scutellum smooth and metapleuron punctate only on upper part; propodeum striate........................................ couplet 3 in Cuéllar-Ramírez et al. 2023b key

3 Fore wing completely hyaline; ovipositor dorsally sculptured............................. E. nigrum ( Szépligeti, 1906)

- Fore wing hyaline with apical part strongly black; ovipositor with apex bisinuous.................................. 4

4 Propodeum with lateromedial carinae absent; scutellum strongly punctate; head with clypeus completely yellow............................................................................................... E. merceae sp. nov.

Propodeum with lateromedial carinae projecting into the superomedial region; scutellum smooth and polish without punctures; head with clypeus entirely black...................................................... E. nigroandinum sp. nov.