Grotea, Cresson, 1864

Herrera-Flórez, Andrés Fabián & Penteado-Dias, Angelica, 2019, New species of Grotea Cresson (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Labeninae) from Brazil and Suriname, Zootaxa 4613 (1), pp. 53-70 : 67

Key to the species of Grotea ocurring in Brazil and Suriname

1. Propodeum with anterior transverse carina forming a smooth arc ( Fig.22 )......................................... 2

- Propodeum with anterior transverse carina centrally indented.................................................. 4

2. Gena with ventroposterior angle modified to form a conspicuous tooth or process (Fig. 7).................................................................................................. G. surinamese Herrera-Flórez sp. n.

- Gena with ventroposterior angle modified to form an inconspicuous tooth or process................................ 3

3. Metasoma with tergite I slightly longer than mesosoma; fore wing hyaline with a distal brownish spot ( Fig.6 ).................................................................................. G. amazonensis Herrera-Flórez sp. n.

- Metasoma with tergite I slightly shorter than mesosoma; fore wing hyaline lacking distal brownish spot ( Figs 22 & 23 ).............................................................................. G. perplexa Slobodchikoff 1970

4. Gena with ventroposterior angle modified to form a sharp tooth ( Fig. 1 )............ G. goianiense Herrera-Flórez sp. n.

- Gena with ventroposterior angle modified into a spatulate, ellipsoid lobe ( Figs 4 & 11 ).............................. 5

5. Head in dorsal view with gena flat, not concave; a mostly reddish and black species (Fig. 2).................................................................................................... G. paulista Herrera-Flórez sp. n.

- Head in dorsal view with gena slightly concave; a mostly yellow species ( Figs 11–18 )....... G. delicator ( Thunberg 1822)

Figures

FIGURE 1. Grotea goianiense sp. n. Herrera-Flórez, Habitus (lateral view); FIGURE 2. Grotea paulista sp. n. Herrera-Flórez, Habitus (lateral view).

FIGURE 6. Grotea manausi sp. n. Herrera-Flórez, Habitus (lateral view); FIGURES 7–8. Grotea surinamese sp. n. Herrera- Flórez, 7 Head & part of pronotum (lateral view); 8 Habitus (lateral view).

FIGURES 22–24. Grotea perplexa Slobodchikoff 1970 (Holotype).

FIGURES 3–5. Grotea paulista sp. n. Herrera-Flórez, 3 Mesosoma; 4 Gena & pronotum (lateral view); 5 Head & mesosoma (lateral view).

FIGURES 11–12. Grotea delicator (Thunberg 1822) (Holotype), 11 Habitus, (lateral view); 12 Habitus (dorsal view).