Xanthomicrogaster, Cameron, 1911

Martínez, Juan José & Riverón, Alejandro Zaldívar, 2018, Two new species of Xanthomicrogaster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Argentina, with a key to species of the genus, Zootaxa 4370 (3), pp. 295-300 : 296

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.3.10

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1150E2D8-54C4-45BA-8E4F-92D2D6FA661F

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5949531

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/71765A78-E60E-FFF4-FF38-9DB425CD7D38

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Plazi

scientific name

Xanthomicrogaster
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Key to described species of Xanthomicrogaster View in CoL View at ENA (Modified from Penteado-Dias et al. 2002)

1. Mesosoma largely yellow (if dark spots are present, they are restricted to a single small sclerite).................................................. 2

- Mesosoma partly black; with distinct black markings on various sclerites, sometimes entirely black ............................................ 3

2. Mesosoma entirely yellow (sometimes with darkened apicolateral corners of propodeum); second metasomal tergum poorly sculptured, almost smooth; Brazil, Guyana, Suriname...................................................................................... X. fortipes Cameron View in CoL

- Mesosoma yellow with a distinct dark brown to black spot covering most of scutellum; second metasomal tergum rugose; Argen- tina ...................................................................................................................................................... X. otamendi Martínez sp. nov.

3. Mesosoma and hind coxa completely black; Brazil................................................................................................. X. pelides Nixon View in CoL

- Mesosoma and hind coxa partly yellow ........................................................................................................................................... 4

4. Hind coxa blackish ventrally; second tergite blackened; Mexico............................................................................... X. seres Nixon View in CoL

- Hind coxa yellow ventrally; second metasomal tergite completely yellow ......................................................................................5

5. Median lobe of mesoscutum partially black, metasoma black dorsally beyond tergite II; Brazil ...................................................... .......................................................................................................... X. maculatus Penteado-Dias, Shimabukuro & van Achterberg. View in CoL

- Median lobe of mesoscutum and metasoma entirely yellow; Argentina .............................................. X. sayjuhu Martínez sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

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