A new species of the genus Asthenara Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Mexico with identification key
Reshchikov, Alexey
Zootaxa
2016
4154
2
190
192
34FV
273887
[480,605,1640,1666]
Insecta
Ichneumonidae
Asthenara
Animalia
Hymenoptera
0
190
Arthropoda
genus
1. Propodeal carina absent (except for pleural carinae) ........................................................................................................................ 2 - Propodeal carina complete or at least partly present ......................................................................................................................... 3 2. Metasoma black, T2 and T3 with median longitudinal pale band. Fore and middle femora white anteriorly and black dorsally. Coxae white (except dorsal part of hind coxa black). Hind tibia and hind tarsus blackish. Scutellum and postscutellum white....... .................................................................................................................................................................. A. atrator Kasparyan 2006 - Metasoma reddish yellow (expect of T1 black in basal half). Fore and middle femora reddish yellow. Fore and middle coxae white, hind coxa reddish yellow. Scutellum and postscutellum black ...................................................................... A. tecuexe sp. n. 3. Median projection above antennal sockets present ........................................................................................................................... 4 - Median projection above antennal sockets absent ............................................................................................................................ 5 4. T1–3 yellow. T4–7 and parameres of male black. Hind coxa black with ventro-posterior and posterior side yellowish. Hind femur black with yellowish base and apex. Hind tibia and tarsus uniformly reddish yellow ............................ A. chiapas Kasparyan 2006 - T1, most part of T2 and T6–8 black, the rest brownish red. Hind coxa black, apically with yellowish dorsal and ventral spots. Hind femur red, blackish posteriorly. Hind tibia and tarsus dirty reddish yellow, tibia paler at base and darker on posterior side. .. ................................................................................................................................................................ A. coahuila Kasparyan 2006 5. Mesosoma black with a few pale spots. Propodeum with dorsal longitudinal carinae complete. Mesoscutum black ....................... ............................................................................................................................................................ A. michoacan Kasparyan 2006 - Mesosoma with pronotum and mesopleuron predominantly white. Metapleuron and propodeum pale orange or very light pale brown. Propodeum without distinct median longitudinal carinae. Mesoscutum with central pale spot ............................................. ................................................................................................................................................................ A. guerrero Kasparyan 2006