Auplopus Spinola, 1841

Waichert, Cecilia, Rodriguez, Juanita, Von Dohlen, Carol D. & Pitts, James P., 2012, Spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Dominican Republic, Zootaxa 3353 (1), pp. 1-47 : 11

Key to females of the species of Auplopus Spinola of the Caribbean Islands

1 Body uniform in color, clypeus or legs not concolorous with body in color....................................... 2

- Body not uniform in color, clypeus or legs differing from body in color.......................................... 4

2 Body black without bluish reflections..................................................................... 3

- Body and legs strongly metallic bluish; pygidium polished and shiny; clypeus with silvery pubescence; Caribbean … A. bellus (Cresson)

3 Pygidium shiny, impunctate; wings darkened; Bermuda.................................. A. bermudensis Dreisbach

- Pygidium roughened, mat; wings hyaline; Puerto Rico................................... A. taino Snelling & Torres

4 Femur of at least fore and middle legs orange.............................................................. 5

- Only femur of hind leg orange; Trinidad, Costa Rica, Brazil, and Guyana....................... A. comparatus (Smith)

5 Wings hyaline or subhyaline........................................................................... 6

- Wings with dark bands; Cuba............................................................. A. montanus Alayo

6 Body black with greenish or purplish reflections............................................................ 7

- Body black without purplish reflections; Cuba................................................. A. nabori Alayo

7. Hind tibia, coxae, and trochanter dark brown, coxae and trochanters with purplish relections; wings hyaline with greenish reflections; head dull greenish contrasting with blackish mesosoma and metasoma having purplish relections; Cuba.......................................................................................... A. aquilus (Dreisbach)

- Hind tibia, coxae, and trochanter orange, except for fore coxa blackish with purplish relections; wings darkened with purplish reflections; head mesosoma and metasoma blackish with purplish relections; Dominican Republic............................................................................................. A. charlesi Waichert & Pitts , sp. nov.