Spilichneumon, Thomson, 1894

Riedel, Matthias, 2019, Contribution to the Ichneumoninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of Nepal, Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2), pp. 1119-1162 : 1152

Key to the ♀♀ of the known Oriental Spilichneumon species:

1 Body black and yellow, without reddish colour. Nepal.............. Sp. flavomaculatus nov.sp.

- Body with ± reddish colour (at least mesoscutum and parts of head red)............................2

2 1 st flagellomere slightly longer than wide. Metasoma black, with yellow posterolateral marks on all tergites. Mesosoma except red mesoscutum mainly black, with extended yellow coloration, yellow spots on metapleuron and propodeum present. Myanmar............ ............................................................................................... Sp. victoriae HEINRICH, 1965

- 1 st flagellomere slightly wider than long. Metasoma mainly red, with black basal bands on 2 nd to 6 th tergites, sometimes also with yellow apical stripes. Mesosoma tricoloured: red, black and yellow. Metapleuron and propodeum without yellow spots. Nepal............... ................................................................................................................ Sp. rufator nov.sp.