Apteroscelio, Kieffer, 1913

Kamalanathan, Veenakumari, Talamas, Elijah J., Keloth, Rajmohana & Mohanraj, Prashanth, 2017, Two new species of Apteroscelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) from India, Zootaxa 4277 (1), pp. 137-143 : 142-143

Key to species of Apteroscelio (females)

1) Ocelli absent ( Figs 5, 7 , 14 ); maximum distance across compound eye less than or equal to length of malar sulcus ( Figs 2 , 14 ).......................................................... A. aureus Veenakumari, Talamas & Rajmohana sp. n.

- Ocelli present ( Figs 18, 21 ); maximum distance across compound eye distinctly greater than length of malar sulcus ( Fig. 23 ).

................................................................................................... 2 2. T2 the longest tergite ( Fig. 20 )............................... A. shyamala Veenakumari, Talamas & Rajmohana sp. n. - T3 the longest tergite.................................................................... A. montanus Kieffer

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Apteroscelio aureus 1 Head and mesosoma, dorsal view (ICAR / NBAIR / P 249) 2 Head and mesosoma, lateral view (ICAR / NBAIR / P 253) 3 Head, ventral view (ICAR / NBAIR / P 249) 4 Mesosoma, posterior view (ICAR / NBAIR / P 253) 5 Head, mesosoma, metasoma, dorsal view (ICAR / NBAIR / P 249) 6 Head and mesosoma, posterolateral view (ICAR / NBAIR / P 253) 7 Head and antennae, dorsal view (ICAR / NBAIR / P 249) 8 Metasoma, ventral view (ICAR / NBAIR / P 253)

FIGURES 14 – 17. Apteroscelio aureus ZSI / WGRC / IR / INV 3432 a 1 4 Head, anterior view 15 Metasoma, dorsal view 16 Mesosoma, dorsal view 17 Metasoma, ventral view

FIGURES 18 – 25. Apteroscelio shyamala female holotype 18 Head, mesosoma, metasoma, dorsolateral view 19 Head, anterior view 20 Metasoma, dorsal view 21 Head and mesosoma, dorsal view 22 Head and mesosoma, dorsal view 23 Head and mesosoma, lateral view 24 Head and antennae, dorsolateral view 25 Head, anteroventral view