Odontepyris

Alencar, Isabel D. C. C. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2011, Revision of Malagasy Odontepyris Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), Zootaxa 2935, pp. 26-40 : 27

Key to Malagasy Odontepyris species (females)

1. Frontal angle ocellar triangle obtuse ( Fig. 2 ); ocellar triangle reaching vertex crest; fore wing with areolet (first discal cell) ( Fig. 5 ); scutellar groove absent ( Fig. 3 ); propodeal disc without paramedian carina ( Fig. 3 )............. O. acrius sp. nov.

- Frontal angle ocellar triangle acute ( Fig. 7 ); ocellar triangle not reaching vertex crest; fore wing without areolet (first discal cell) ( Figs 26 , 32 ); scutellar groove present ( Fig. 10 ); propodeal disc with paramedian carina ( Figs 10 , 24 )............... 2

2. Ocellar triangle slightly longer than wide ( Fig. 29 ); temple profile distinctly converging posterad; scutellar groove obsolescent medially ( Fig. 30 ); paramedian carina of propodeal disc incomplete................................. O. escus sp. nov.

- Ocellar triangle distinctly longer than wide; head wide and bulging behind eye; scutellar groove complete; paramedian carina of propodeal disc complete.............................................................................. 3

3. Vertex crest concave; punctures on head median-sized ( Fig. 23 ); lateral margin of pronotal disc not carinate or papillate; scutellar groove not trabeculate................................................................. O. cynpus sp. nov.

- Vertex crest slightly concave; punctures on head large ( Fig. 7 ); lateral margin of pronotal disc carinate and papillate; scutellar groove trabeculate........................................................................ O. bedus sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 5. Odontepyris acrius sp. nov., holotype. 1. Habitus; 2. Head, dorsal view; 3. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 4. Mesosoma, lateral view; 5. Fore wing (scales bar 0.5 mm).

FIGURES 6 – 12. Odontepyris bedus sp. nov., holotype, ♀. 6. Habitus; 7. Head, dorsal view; 8. Mandible, frontal view; 9. Placoid sensillae, detail; 10. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 11. Mesosoma, lateral view; 12. Hypopygium, ventral view (scales bar 0.5 mm).

FIGURES 22 – 27. Odontepyris cynpus sp. nov., holotype. 22. Habitus; 23. Head, dorsal view; 24. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 25. Mesosoma, lateral view; 26. Fore wing; 27. Hypopygium, ventral view (scales bar 0.5 mm).

FIGURES 28 – 32. Odontepyris escus sp. nov., holotype. 28. Habitus; 29. Head, dorsal view; 30. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 31. Mesosoma, lateral view; 32. Fore wing (scales bar 0.5 mm).