Centistes

Aguirre, Helmuth, Almeida, Luis Felipe Ventura De & Shaw, Scott Richard, 2017, Revision of the genus Centistes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae: Centistini) of Costa Rica, Zootaxa 4216 (1), pp. 1-46 : 5-6

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.229787

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6027931

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/330687C9-FF83-FFC1-36F8-8D35A0CCFA5E

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scientific name

Centistes
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Key to females of the Neotropical species of Centistes View in CoL View at ENA

1. Pit on mesoscutum present ( Figs 30 View FIGURES 26 – 32 , 40 View FIGURES 36 – 42 , 47 View FIGURES 43 – 49 , 61 View FIGURES 57 – 63 , 68 View FIGURES 64 – 70 , 75 View FIGURES 71 – 77 , 117 View FIGURES 113 – 119 , 138 View FIGURES 134 – 140 , 145 View FIGURES 141 – 147 , 166 View FIGURES 162 – 168 , 173 View FIGURES 169 – 175 and 180 View FIGURES 176 – 182 ).............................2

- Pit on mesosctum absent...............................................................................13

2(1). Vertex, temple, and median mesonotal lobe extensively pubescent ( Figs 47 View FIGURES 43 – 49 , 117 View FIGURES 113 – 119 and 166 View FIGURES 162 – 168 )............................3

- Vertex, temple, and median mesonotal lobe almost glabrous, only a few scattered setae. If a dense pubescence is present it is restricted to the anterior half of the median mesonotal lobe ( Figs 124 View FIGURES 120 – 126 and 145 View FIGURES 141 – 147 ).....................................5

3(2). Vein Rs+M absent ( Figs 21–23 View FIGURES 21 – 25 ).............................................................. C. pilosus n. sp.

- Vein Rs+M present as a short stub ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 21 – 25 ).................................................................4

4(3). Head completely yellow; ovipositor sheath ± 2.5 × as long as basal width............................ C. hirsutus n. sp.

- Head dorsally dark brown-black, and genae, face and clypeus yellow; ovipositor sheath Ż 3.0 × as long as basal width.......................................................................................... C. auricephalus n. sp.

5(2). Vein Rs+M complete ( Fig. 25 View FIGURES 21 – 25 )........................................................................... 6

- Vein Rs+M either present as a short stub or absent ( Figs 21–24 View FIGURES 21 – 25 ).................................................8

6(5). Ovipositor short and broad, ovipositor sheath ± 2.0 × longer than basal width; pterostigma Ż 3.0 × longer than maximum width

........................................................................................ C. sergeyi n. sp. - Ovipositor long and narrow, ovipositor sheath Ż 3.0 × longer than basal width; pterostigma ± 4.0 × longer than maximum width............................................................................................... 7

7(6). Ovipositor sheaths apically pointed; lateral ocellus separated from compound eye by a distance 2.0 × ocellar width........................................................................................... .. C. cartagoensis n. sp.

- Ovipositor sheaths apically truncated; lateral ocellus separated from compound eye by a distance equal to ocellar width....................................................................................... C. puntarenensis n. sp.

8(5). Hypopygium with clasper-like structures.................................................... C. bicaudatus n. sp.

- Hypopygium without clasper-like structures................................................................9

9(8). Ovipositor sheaths long, narrow, and parallel-sided ( Figs 32 View FIGURES 26 – 32 , 140 View FIGURES 134 – 140 , and 147).......................................10

- Ovipositor short, broad, basally widened and apically pointed ( Figs 42 View FIGURES 36 – 42 and 70 View FIGURES 64 – 70 )....................................12

10(9). Face yellow........................................................................ C. longicaudatus n. sp.

- Face black or dark brown..............................................................................11

11(10). Fore wing with stigma brown; head in dorsal view with eyes prominently bulging...................... C. marshi n. sp.

- Fore wing with stigma yellow; head in dorsal view with eyes not prominently bulging as before....... C. achterbergi n. sp.

12(9). Vein Rs+M absent....................................................................... C. cabecares n. sp.

- Vein Rs+M present as a short stub...................................................... C. acuticaudatus n. sp.

13(1). Vein Rs+M either complete or present as a short stub ( Figs 24 and 25 View FIGURES 21 – 25 )...........................................14

- Vein Rs+M absent ( Figs 21–23 View FIGURES 21 – 25 ).........................................................................19

14(13). Vein Rs+M complete ( Fig. 25 View FIGURES 21 – 25 )..........................................................................15

- Vein Rs+M present as a short stub ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 21 – 25 )................................................................18

15(14). Notauli deeply impressed throughout its longitude ( Figs 5 View FIGURES 1 – 7 and 159 View FIGURES 155 – 161 )............................................. 16

- Notauli either absent or impressed only anteriorly ( Figs 12 View FIGURES 8 – 14 and 103 View FIGURES 99 – 105 )............................................17

16(15). Body color mostly black-dark brown; front and middle femora normal, not particularly thickened; ovipositor sheath 1.7 × as long as basal width.................................................................. C. epicaeri Muesebeck View in CoL

- Head, propodeum and terga black; mesoscutum, mesopleuron, mesosternum and sterna orange; front and middle femora stout; ovipositor sheath ± 1.0 × as long as basal width............................................. C. ornamentum n. sp.

17(15). Body mostly orange-yellow; ovipositor sheaths relatively long, length> 3.0 × basal width................ C. gasseni Shaw View in CoL

- Body mostly black-dark brown; ovipositor sheaths relatively short, length <2.0 × basal width............ .. C. gauldi n. sp.

18(14). Ovipositor sheaths cup-shaped; ovipositor sheath <1.5 × as long as basal width; hind femora thick, hind femora length 4.1 × maximum width; fore wing with pterostigma brown.......................................... C. laticaudatus n. sp.

- Ovipositor sheaths finger-like; ovipositor sheath> 2.0 × as long as basal width; hind femora thin, hind femora length 5.0‾6.0 × maximum width; fore wing with pterostigma yellow........................................... C. auristigma n. sp.

19(13). Hypopygium with clasper-like structures.................................................. .. C. chorotegus n. sp.

- Hypopygium without clasper-like structures...............................................................20

20(19). Precoxal sulcus absent; posterior border of hypopygium sinuate.............................. .. C. curvicaudatus n. sp.

- Precoxal sulcus present; posterior border of hypopygium otherwise but never sinuate...............................21

21(20). Body stout; femora particularly thick; ovipositor sheath length 1.0‾1.2 × basal width................. C. compactus n. sp.

- Neither body nor legs particularly stout as above; ovipositor sheath length Ż 2.0 × basal width........................22

22(21). Ovipositor sheaths short and broad; ovipositor sheath 2.0 × as long as basal width.................... .. C. hansoni n. sp.

- Ovipositor sheaths longer and narrow; ovipositor sheath 3.0 × as long as basal width...............................23

23(22). Notauli deeply impressed only anteriorly.................................................... C. muertensis n. sp.

- Notauli absent.......................................................................................24

24(23). Face black-dark brown; median mesonotal lobe anteriorly densely pubescent, posteriorly glabrous......... C. janzeni n. sp.

- Face yellow; median mesonotal lobe thoroughly glabrous, occasionally with a few scattered setae..... .. C. zurquiensis n. sp.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

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