Proaphelinoides, Girault, 1917

Menakadevi, C. & Manickavasagam, S., 2012, A new species of Proaphelinoides Girault (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) with a key to world species and additional records from Tamil Nadu, India, Zootaxa 3193 (1), pp. 62-68 : 63-64

Key to world species of Proaphelinoides (females)

(Modified from Hayat, 1985)

1 Fore wing without tuft of bristles just below the proximal third of marginal vein; linea calva well defined, proximally bordered by 3 or 4 rows of setae................................................................... P. anomalus Hayat

- Fore wing with a tuft of bristles just below the proximal third of marginal vein; linea calva either absent or bordered by single line of setae.......................................................................................... 2

2(1) Fore wing with linea calva defined by a single line of setae..................................................... 3

- Fore wing with linea calva absent or not clearly defined....................................................... 4

3(2) F3 (or first segment of clava) about as long as wide; fore wing with a tuft of 7 or 8 long bristles below marginal vein.......................................................................................... P. bendovi Tachikawa

- F3 (or first segment of clava) about 1.5× as long as wide; fore wing with a tuft of 13–15 short bristles below marginal vein........................................................................................ P. australis Girault

4(2) Fore wing with a tuft of 15–17 long bristles below marginal vein; coxae yellowish white; third funicle segment and clava dark brownish......................................................................... P. elongatiformis Girault

- Fore wing with a tuft of 30–35 bristles below marginal vein; coxae white; third funicle segment and clava brownish..................................................................................... P. c hidambaramensis sp. nov.