taxonID	type	description	language	source
0915CFE38C9050B3AD60618A658AD77D.taxon	description	Fig. 4; Suppl. material 2	en	Salden, Tobias, Mikó, István, Staverløkk, Arnstein, Moser, Marina, Vasilița, Cristina, van de Kamp, Thomas, Vogel, Jonathan, Podsiadlowski, Lars, Hein, Nils, Japoshvili, George, Peters, Ralph S. (2026): Known unknowns at our doorstep: Description of 14 Western Palaearctic species within the newly defined Aphanogmus fumipennis species group (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea, Ceraphronidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 99: 125-214, DOI: 10.3897/jhr.99.178410
8662DB9127A05E09BD8491A7FF0DE5AE.taxon	description	Figs 5, 6; Suppl. materials 3, 4	en	Salden, Tobias, Mikó, István, Staverløkk, Arnstein, Moser, Marina, Vasilița, Cristina, van de Kamp, Thomas, Vogel, Jonathan, Podsiadlowski, Lars, Hein, Nils, Japoshvili, George, Peters, Ralph S. (2026): Known unknowns at our doorstep: Description of 14 Western Palaearctic species within the newly defined Aphanogmus fumipennis species group (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea, Ceraphronidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 99: 125-214, DOI: 10.3897/jhr.99.178410
77E0CE717DC558CE92488023AACB451C.taxon	description	Figs 7, 8; Suppl. materials 5, 6	en	Salden, Tobias, Mikó, István, Staverløkk, Arnstein, Moser, Marina, Vasilița, Cristina, van de Kamp, Thomas, Vogel, Jonathan, Podsiadlowski, Lars, Hein, Nils, Japoshvili, George, Peters, Ralph S. (2026): Known unknowns at our doorstep: Description of 14 Western Palaearctic species within the newly defined Aphanogmus fumipennis species group (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea, Ceraphronidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 99: 125-214, DOI: 10.3897/jhr.99.178410
CF343D8240B1EFE10B5A3A6631B60A29.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Randomly sized areolae on head and mesosoma absent. Median mesoscutal sulcus present, transscutal articulation present. Lateral carina on mesoscutellum absent, posterior lamella of mesoscutellum absent. Lateroventral mesopleural carina present. Posterior mesosomal comb present, scattered setae on posteriomedian metacoxa absent, setal patch on proximal metacoxa absent, posteriodistal spine on metacoxa present (Fig. 2). Transverse carina of syntergite present, submedial setiferous patches on synsternite absent. Stigmal vein longer than pterostigma marginal length.	en	Salden, Tobias, Mikó, István, Staverløkk, Arnstein, Moser, Marina, Vasilița, Cristina, van de Kamp, Thomas, Vogel, Jonathan, Podsiadlowski, Lars, Hein, Nils, Japoshvili, George, Peters, Ralph S. (2026): Known unknowns at our doorstep: Description of 14 Western Palaearctic species within the newly defined Aphanogmus fumipennis species group (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea, Ceraphronidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 99: 125-214, DOI: 10.3897/jhr.99.178410
CF343D8240B1EFE10B5A3A6631B60A29.taxon	description	Male genitalia. Dorsal apodeme of penisvalva present. Ventromedian apodeme of aedeagus absent. Medioventral area of gvc not folded: Parossicular seta oriented ventrally, visible in lateral view. Aedeagus not widened. Harpe usually finger-shaped, often with basomedian and median spine (e. g., Figs 4 D, 27 D) and sometimes with lamella-like extension along median margin (e. g., Figs 15 D, 25 D). Female terminalia. Tergo-valviferal articulation (tva) on the posterior margin of the first valvifer (1 vf) located in middle, not angled. First valvula (1 vv) gradually tapering distally. Second valvula (2 vv) slightly shorter than first valvula. Basal line of the second valvifer (bl) and anterior section of dorsal flange of the second valvifer (asf) distinct. Terebra (trb) slightly longer than ovipositor assembly. Ovipositor length virtually equal to mesonotum length in lateral view (Fig. 3).	en	Salden, Tobias, Mikó, István, Staverløkk, Arnstein, Moser, Marina, Vasilița, Cristina, van de Kamp, Thomas, Vogel, Jonathan, Podsiadlowski, Lars, Hein, Nils, Japoshvili, George, Peters, Ralph S. (2026): Known unknowns at our doorstep: Description of 14 Western Palaearctic species within the newly defined Aphanogmus fumipennis species group (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea, Ceraphronidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 99: 125-214, DOI: 10.3897/jhr.99.178410
CF343D8240B1EFE10B5A3A6631B60A29.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Afrotropics: Kenya. Palaearctic: Czech Republic, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Slovakia, Sweden, and Switzerland.	en	Salden, Tobias, Mikó, István, Staverløkk, Arnstein, Moser, Marina, Vasilița, Cristina, van de Kamp, Thomas, Vogel, Jonathan, Podsiadlowski, Lars, Hein, Nils, Japoshvili, George, Peters, Ralph S. (2026): Known unknowns at our doorstep: Description of 14 Western Palaearctic species within the newly defined Aphanogmus fumipennis species group (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea, Ceraphronidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 99: 125-214, DOI: 10.3897/jhr.99.178410
CF343D8240B1EFE10B5A3A6631B60A29.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology. Unknown.	en	Salden, Tobias, Mikó, István, Staverløkk, Arnstein, Moser, Marina, Vasilița, Cristina, van de Kamp, Thomas, Vogel, Jonathan, Podsiadlowski, Lars, Hein, Nils, Japoshvili, George, Peters, Ralph S. (2026): Known unknowns at our doorstep: Description of 14 Western Palaearctic species within the newly defined Aphanogmus fumipennis species group (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea, Ceraphronidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 99: 125-214, DOI: 10.3897/jhr.99.178410
CF343D8240B1EFE10B5A3A6631B60A29.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The posterior mesosomal comb is the main diagnostic character and allows quick identification of the A. fumipennis species group. It consists of two rows of densely packed setae interlocking at their distal parts and bordering a smooth, concave area along the posterior metacoxa. The posterodistal spine of the metacoxa marks the terminal point of the comb. On the posterolateral surface of the metanoto-propodeo-mesopecto-metapectal complex, densely packed setae continue (Fig. 2). Aphanogmus was previously divided into three species groups by Evans et al. (2005), based on the presence or absence of two morphological characters: the median mesoscutal sulcus (“ mesoscutal median furrow ” in Evans et al. (2005 )) and the transverse carina of the syntergite (“ gastral basal carina ”). In the clavicornis group, both characters are absent; in the tenuicornis group the median mesoscutal sulcus is absent while the transverse carina of the syntergite is present; and in the fumipennis group both characters are present. These species groups have been adopted in recent taxonomic work (Matsuo et al. 2016; Salden and Peters 2023; Mollaei et al. 2025). The present A. fumipennis species group diagnosis significantly expands and refines the previous diagnosis of the fumipennis group by Evans et al. (2005).	en	Salden, Tobias, Mikó, István, Staverløkk, Arnstein, Moser, Marina, Vasilița, Cristina, van de Kamp, Thomas, Vogel, Jonathan, Podsiadlowski, Lars, Hein, Nils, Japoshvili, George, Peters, Ralph S. (2026): Known unknowns at our doorstep: Description of 14 Western Palaearctic species within the newly defined Aphanogmus fumipennis species group (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea, Ceraphronidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 99: 125-214, DOI: 10.3897/jhr.99.178410
A1BCB3F392C155DCA225D5265DE63C66.taxon	description	Figs 9, 10; Suppl. materials 7, 8	en	Salden, Tobias, Mikó, István, Staverløkk, Arnstein, Moser, Marina, Vasilița, Cristina, van de Kamp, Thomas, Vogel, Jonathan, Podsiadlowski, Lars, Hein, Nils, Japoshvili, George, Peters, Ralph S. (2026): Known unknowns at our doorstep: Description of 14 Western Palaearctic species within the newly defined Aphanogmus fumipennis species group (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea, Ceraphronidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 99: 125-214, DOI: 10.3897/jhr.99.178410
2D06D3F9EA2350B580BAC681A74C8413.taxon	description	Figs 11, 12; Suppl. material 9	en	Salden, Tobias, Mikó, István, Staverløkk, Arnstein, Moser, Marina, Vasilița, Cristina, van de Kamp, Thomas, Vogel, Jonathan, Podsiadlowski, Lars, Hein, Nils, Japoshvili, George, Peters, Ralph S. (2026): Known unknowns at our doorstep: Description of 14 Western Palaearctic species within the newly defined Aphanogmus fumipennis species group (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea, Ceraphronidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 99: 125-214, DOI: 10.3897/jhr.99.178410
C6A7160219C250398266A4848455EFE3.taxon	description	Fig. 13; Suppl. material 10	en	Salden, Tobias, Mikó, István, Staverløkk, Arnstein, Moser, Marina, Vasilița, Cristina, van de Kamp, Thomas, Vogel, Jonathan, Podsiadlowski, Lars, Hein, Nils, Japoshvili, George, Peters, Ralph S. (2026): Known unknowns at our doorstep: Description of 14 Western Palaearctic species within the newly defined Aphanogmus fumipennis species group (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea, Ceraphronidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 99: 125-214, DOI: 10.3897/jhr.99.178410
1904C843B2F554F0B66C92B77CEAE8FE.taxon	description	Fig. 14; Suppl. material 11	en	Salden, Tobias, Mikó, István, Staverløkk, Arnstein, Moser, Marina, Vasilița, Cristina, van de Kamp, Thomas, Vogel, Jonathan, Podsiadlowski, Lars, Hein, Nils, Japoshvili, George, Peters, Ralph S. (2026): Known unknowns at our doorstep: Description of 14 Western Palaearctic species within the newly defined Aphanogmus fumipennis species group (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea, Ceraphronidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 99: 125-214, DOI: 10.3897/jhr.99.178410
CD548AB6917050E88E9C8787E0456516.taxon	description	Figs 15, 16; Suppl. material 12	en	Salden, Tobias, Mikó, István, Staverløkk, Arnstein, Moser, Marina, Vasilița, Cristina, van de Kamp, Thomas, Vogel, Jonathan, Podsiadlowski, Lars, Hein, Nils, Japoshvili, George, Peters, Ralph S. (2026): Known unknowns at our doorstep: Description of 14 Western Palaearctic species within the newly defined Aphanogmus fumipennis species group (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea, Ceraphronidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 99: 125-214, DOI: 10.3897/jhr.99.178410
A161BD1EDE535A4B9242799F0D232BF2.taxon	description	Figs 17, 18	en	Salden, Tobias, Mikó, István, Staverløkk, Arnstein, Moser, Marina, Vasilița, Cristina, van de Kamp, Thomas, Vogel, Jonathan, Podsiadlowski, Lars, Hein, Nils, Japoshvili, George, Peters, Ralph S. (2026): Known unknowns at our doorstep: Description of 14 Western Palaearctic species within the newly defined Aphanogmus fumipennis species group (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea, Ceraphronidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 99: 125-214, DOI: 10.3897/jhr.99.178410
55C4745BD6905115849194CA70927149.taxon	description	Figs 19, 20; Suppl. material 13	en	Salden, Tobias, Mikó, István, Staverløkk, Arnstein, Moser, Marina, Vasilița, Cristina, van de Kamp, Thomas, Vogel, Jonathan, Podsiadlowski, Lars, Hein, Nils, Japoshvili, George, Peters, Ralph S. (2026): Known unknowns at our doorstep: Description of 14 Western Palaearctic species within the newly defined Aphanogmus fumipennis species group (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea, Ceraphronidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 99: 125-214, DOI: 10.3897/jhr.99.178410
6B554C38B2095309BE1DAF9DDEAE18C8.taxon	description	Figs 21, 22; Suppl. material 14	en	Salden, Tobias, Mikó, István, Staverløkk, Arnstein, Moser, Marina, Vasilița, Cristina, van de Kamp, Thomas, Vogel, Jonathan, Podsiadlowski, Lars, Hein, Nils, Japoshvili, George, Peters, Ralph S. (2026): Known unknowns at our doorstep: Description of 14 Western Palaearctic species within the newly defined Aphanogmus fumipennis species group (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea, Ceraphronidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 99: 125-214, DOI: 10.3897/jhr.99.178410
50F597AAEED45993BB49E5D123F75792.taxon	description	Figs 23, 24; Suppl. material 15	en	Salden, Tobias, Mikó, István, Staverløkk, Arnstein, Moser, Marina, Vasilița, Cristina, van de Kamp, Thomas, Vogel, Jonathan, Podsiadlowski, Lars, Hein, Nils, Japoshvili, George, Peters, Ralph S. (2026): Known unknowns at our doorstep: Description of 14 Western Palaearctic species within the newly defined Aphanogmus fumipennis species group (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea, Ceraphronidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 99: 125-214, DOI: 10.3897/jhr.99.178410
E1687281FDC5595AAD46379CD4EF4DE7.taxon	description	Figs 25, 26; Suppl. materials 16, 17	en	Salden, Tobias, Mikó, István, Staverløkk, Arnstein, Moser, Marina, Vasilița, Cristina, van de Kamp, Thomas, Vogel, Jonathan, Podsiadlowski, Lars, Hein, Nils, Japoshvili, George, Peters, Ralph S. (2026): Known unknowns at our doorstep: Description of 14 Western Palaearctic species within the newly defined Aphanogmus fumipennis species group (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea, Ceraphronidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 99: 125-214, DOI: 10.3897/jhr.99.178410
FC7CA2AD24BC5C0DAE3585F87C432B9C.taxon	description	Fig. 27; Suppl. material 18	en	Salden, Tobias, Mikó, István, Staverløkk, Arnstein, Moser, Marina, Vasilița, Cristina, van de Kamp, Thomas, Vogel, Jonathan, Podsiadlowski, Lars, Hein, Nils, Japoshvili, George, Peters, Ralph S. (2026): Known unknowns at our doorstep: Description of 14 Western Palaearctic species within the newly defined Aphanogmus fumipennis species group (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea, Ceraphronidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 99: 125-214, DOI: 10.3897/jhr.99.178410
