Macromyrme

El-Torkey, Ashraf M., Oshaibah, Alaa Din A., Salem, Magdi M. H., Hosni, Mohammad T., Abdel-Rhman, Abdel-Rhman G. & Soliman, Ahmed M., 2011, Review of the Palaearctic species of Macromyrme Lelej 1984 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with description of a new species from Egypt, Zootaxa 2863, pp. 63-68 : 64

Key to the Palaearctic species of genus Macromyrme

Females

1. T1 without posteromedian spot of pale setae; T2 with two subbasal spots of pale setae separated by distance at most equal to their own diameter; posterior propodeal face above with small median tubercle............... M. leleji Soliman , sp. nov.

- T1 with posteromedian quadrangular spot of pale setae that extends onto T2; T2 with two subbasal spots of pale setae separated by distance more than their own diameter; posterior propodeal face above with well developed median tubercle..... 2

2. Antennal tubercle with denticle; mesopleuron with precoxal carina. Head and mesosoma light reddish-brown; antennae and legs brown..................................................................... M. binotata (Radoszkowski)

- Antennal tubercle without denticle; mesopleuron without precoxal carina. Head and mesosoma dark ferruginous, antennae reddish-brown, with flagellum more or less ferruginous apically; legs reddish-brown, with tarsi lighter.... M. sinuata (Olivier)