Aphelagathis
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.1.3 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E91C9EBA-8176-4A5F-8185-4ECC6FE1BD02 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6100167 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AE2C87CD-FFF3-FFD0-998B-FE1DFA548FEE |
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Key to species of Aphelagathis
1. A. Head mostly or entirely melanic........................................................... A. ericgrisselli B. Head entirely pale.................................................................................. 2 C. Head mostly pale with black color dorsally and sometimes posteriorly (check antennal sockets, occiput, and ocellar triangle)................................................................................................... 6
2(1). A. Mesopleuron entirely pale........................................................................... 3 B. Mesopleuron pale and melanic............................................................... A. schlingeri
3(2). A. Propodeum mostly smooth with some irregularities along midline.................................. A. mikeirwini B. Propodeum mostly or entirely rugose................................................................... 4
4(3). A. Apex of hind tibia pale with contrastingly dark pegs; basal tarsomere mostly pale....................... A. genehalli B. Apex of hind tibia melanic with concolorous dark pegs; basal tarsomere mostly melanic.......................... 5
5(4). A. Cub vein of hind wing weak or absent. AA. wings less infuscate; Mexico south to Costa Rica....... A. rociofernandezae B. Cub vein of hind wing present and stronger. BB. wings more infuscate; Grand Cayman Island........... A. mclintocki
6(1). A. Stigma of fore wing yellow, contrasting with melanic parastigma............................... A. bonnieirwinae B. Stigma of fore wing light brown, concolorous with parastigma.............................................. 7
7(6). A. Thoracic pleura all entirely pale....................................................................... 8 B. Thoracic pleura all entirely pale except for a small subalar melanic spot....................................... 9 C. Thoracic pleura with more extensive mixture of pale and melanic color...................................... 10
8(7). Mexico south to Costa Rica............................................................. A. rociofernandezae South central and eastern USA.................................................................. A. verticalis
9(7). A. Propodeum almost completely smooth, with some sculpture anteromedially....................... A. wendymooreae B. Propodeum more extensively sculptured, especially laterally and posteriorly...................... A. ceciliapinedae
10 (7) A. Wings weakly infuscate. Distribution: Mexico.................................................... A. stangei B. Wings more deeply infuscate. Distribution: eastern and south-eastern USA............................. A. verticalis
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