Polyphrix Townes

Santos, Bernardo F., Aguiar, Alexandre P. & Tedesco, Anazélia M., 2009, Phylogenetic revision and the origin of Polyphrix Townes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with description of a new species, Zootaxa 2214, pp. 29-44 : 39

Key to the species of Polyphrix Townes

1. Propodeum with one or two pairs of somewhat oval dark spots; hind trochanter, trochantellus and femur dark brown; mesoscutum completely black ...................................................................................................................................... 2

- Propodeum uniformly orange, without dark spots (Fig. 12); hind trochanter, trochantellus and femur entirely yellowish ( Fig. 7 ); mesoscutum not completely black ( Fig. 9 ) .............................................................................................. 3

2. Paraocular stripe complete ( Fig. 9 ); pronotum with strong and distinct submarginal lamellar protuberance; anterior margin of propodeum centrally distinctly concave; ovipositor slender, dorsal valve with nodus, ventral valve with nine apical teeth, apical 3–4 faint...................................................................... Polyphrix cristata Nogueira & Aguiar

- Paraocular stripe interrupted from supraclypeal area to posterior orbit; pronotum with very weak submarginal protuberance; anterior margin of propodeum weakly sinuous; ovipositor thick, dorsal valve without nodus, ventral valve with seven apical teeth .................................................................................... Polyphrix atlantica Nogueira & Aguiar

3. Pronotum and mesoscutum completely orange; metasomal tergites 2–8 black with apical white stripe; transverse furrow at base of propodeum, measured centrally, about 1.2 as wide as basal area of propodeum .................................... ............................................................................................................................................. Polyphrix varians Townes

- Pronotum and mesoscutum mostly black, with small yellow marks (Figs. 7,9); metasomal tergites 2–8 entirely orange (Figs. 7,9); transverse furrow at base of propodeum, measured centrally, about 0.7 as wide as basal area of propodeum ............................................................................................ Polyphrix stellata Tedesco & Santos , sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 5 – 11. Polyphrix stellata sp. nov. Holotype Ƥ. 5, Head, frontal. 6, Lateral view. 7, Tip of ovipositor. 8, Head, mesosoma and metasoma, dorsal. 9, Right fore wing. 10, Right hind wing. 11, Propodeum, dorsal. Illustrations not to scale.