Olixon
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.176543 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6249491 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/795E878A-691C-FFD5-FF32-FCB6EFB3FDB6 |
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Olixon |
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Key to the species of Olixon View in CoL View at ENA of the world
(Modified from Fernández and Sarmiento-M., 2002)
1 Gena without groove from eye to mandible ................................................................................................ 2
- Gena with groove from eye to mandible .................................................................................................... 7
2 Metasomal segment II with medial longitudinal impression and posterior notch; premedian transverse carina of metasomal tergite 1 strong, raised and evenly arched ( Colombia)...................................................... ............................................................................................ O. atlanticus Fernández & Sarmiento-M., 2002
- Metasomal segment II without medial longitudinal impression and posterior notch; premedian transverse carina strong or weak................................................................................................................................... 3
3 Flagellomere I 1.8 times as long as wide; upper hind edge of eye separated from occipital carina by 1.1 times width of scape (Eastern Australia) ............................................................ O. flavibase Townes, 1977 View in CoL
- Flagellomere I 2.0 to 4.2 times as long as wide; upper hind edge of eye separated from occipital carina by 0.25 to 1.0 times the width of scape ............................................................................................................ 4
4 Flagellomere I 2.2 to 2.9 times as long as wide ( Madagascar).................................................................... 5
- Flagellomere I 3.0 to 4.2 times as long as wide........................................................................................... 6
5 Vertex with medial impression; apicolateral carina of head with indentation; lamelliform process of propodeum emarginated; male with widened tarsomeres .............................................. O. toliaraensis View in CoL sp.nov.
- Vertex without a medial impression; apicolateral carina of head without an indentation (male unknown).. ......................................................................................................................................... O. martini View in CoL sp.nov.
6 Body fuscous; hindfemur of female about 2.5 times as long as high (male unknown) ( Ivory Coast) .......... ................................................................................................................................. O. majus Townes, 1977 View in CoL
- Body fulvous; hindfemur of female about 4.4 as long as high, of male about 5.5 times as long as high. (Eastern United States and Mexico) ....................................................................... O. banksii (Brues, 1922) View in CoL
7 Upper hind edge of the eye separated from occipital carina by about 0.3 times width of scape; head and body mostly or entirely fulvous (Mexico-Brazil) ............................................ O. testaceum Cameron, 1887 View in CoL
- Upper hind edge of eye separated from occipital carina by about 1.1 to 2.6 times width of scape; head and body dark brown or blackish, in some specimens thorax fulvoferruginous ................................................ 8
8 Tergite I without subbasal transverse carina; propodeum without transverse carina between apicolateral teeth (Eastern Australia) .................................................................................. O. australiae ( Perkins, 1908) View in CoL
- Tergite I with subbasal transverse carina; propodeum with complete or incomplete transverse carina between apicolateral teeth............................................................................................................................ 9
9 Forewing reaching to posterior end of thorax; setae of head and metasoma markedly dense; flagellomere I about 2.6 times as long as wide ( South Africa) ................................................... O. saltator (Arnold, 1935) View in CoL
- Forewing minute or absent, not longer than tegula; setae of head and metasoma moderately dense (but unusually sparse for the genus); flagellomere I segment about 1.4 to 2.2 times as long as wide ............. 10
10 Thorax fulvoferruginous; apex of scutellum a rounded 90° angle; upper hind edge of eye separated from occipital carina by 1.5 times width of scape; forewing present as small vestige ( Zimbabwe)...................... ................................................................................................................ O. myrmosaeforme (Arnold, 1935) View in CoL
- Thorax reddish brown to blackish; apex of scutellum rounded or subtruncate; upper hind edge of eye separated from the occipital carina by about 2.0 times width of scape; forewing absent (Southeast coast of South Africa) ................................................................................................. O. dentatum ( Cameron, 1904) View in CoL
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