Key to Palaearctic females of Microcurgus

1. Head (except eye margin), mesosoma, and abdominal tergites I–IV reddish with brown (Fig. 1–4). Frons (in lateral view) flat, not protruding between the eyes (Fig. 4). Vertex (in frontal view) flat (Fig. 3). Egypt and Tunisia.. M. braconoides (Priesner)

- Body pale yellow (Fig. 7–8). Frons (in lateral view) thick, protruding between eyes (Fig. 11). Vertex (in frontal view) with medial elevation (Fig. 9). Iran.................................................. M. iraniensis Schmid-Egger sp.n.