Aleiodes coxalis

Shaw, Scott R. & Marsh, Paul M., 2004, Two new Eastern North American species of the Aleiodes coxalis (Spinola) species­group (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Rogadinae) reared from Geometridae, Zootaxa 656, pp. 1-10 : 3-4

Key to North American species of the coxalis species­group

1. Fore wing stigma unicolored brown or yellow ......................................................... 2

— Fore wing stigma bicolored, brown with yellow at base or base and apex; median length of pronotum greater than ocell­ocular distance and length of first flagellomere ...................................................................................................... aciculatus Cresson

2(1). Metasoma black or dark brown, at least first tergum dark........................................ 3

— Metasoma orange or yellow, at most apical terga black or darker; body length 4–6 mm; head and mesosoma usually with black markings; fore wing stigma usually medium to dark brown.................................. ................ sanctihyacinthi (Provancher)

3(2). Hind wing vein m­cu a distinct tubular vein for most of its length and nearly as long as vein cu­a; first metasomal tergum rugose coriaceous .................................. ......................................................................................... itamevorus new species

— Hind wing vein m­cu represented by short fuscous line or nebulous vein; first metasomal tergum rugose costate............................. ........... maritimus new species