Andesipolis
Creators: name: Mitio, Shimbori Eduardo
name: Souza, Souza-Gessner Carolina Da Silva
name: Maria, Penteado-Dias Angelica
name: Richard, Shaw Scott
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Andesipolis

description: Key to known species of Andesipolis
1. Propodeum with two pairs of lateral carinae arising from areola toward limit with metapleuron (as in Figs 14, 15), anterior pair frequently irregular; if anterior pair of carinae weak and reduced then petiole rugose............................... 2
- Propodeum without anterior pair of lateral carinae and surface smooth and polished (Figs 17, 21, 24); petiole mostly smooth and polished except by dorsal carinae and weak striation (Figs 28, 30, 32)....................................... 23
2(1). Fore wing maculate; stigma broadly rounded, 2.4x longer than broad...................... A. framea Whitfield & Choi
- Fore wing hyaline or evenly infuscate; stigma narrower, more than 2.8x longer than broad.......................... 3
3(2). Hind tarsal claw with distinct basal lobe (Fig. 36).............................................. A. chilensis sp. n.
- Hind tarsal claw simple, sometimes with tiny basal bump (Fig. 35)............................................. 4
4(3). Mesosoma compressed dorso-ventrally, 2.5x longer than high (Fig. 92); mesoscutum projected anteriorly over pronotum (Fig. 96); scutellar sulcus 0.07x longer than wide, strongly crenulate (Fig. 95)..................... A. compressithorax sp. n.
- Mesosoma not compressed dorso-ventrally, at most 2.0x longer than high; mesoscutum not projected over pronotum; scutellar sulcus 0.24–0.52x longer than wide, mostly with one median carina and few weak lateral carinae..................... 5
5(4). Body color entirely honey yellow (Fig. 134).............................................. A. patagoniensis sp. n.
- Body color variable, entirely dark brown to mostly yellow with brown regions (as in Fig. 129) but never entirely honey yellow................................................................................................... 6
6(5) Posterior region of pronotum dorsally long and nearly flat, at least 3x longer than anterior region and mostly smooth and with- out sulcus (Figs 6 and 7); and fore wing vein 2a close to vein 1cu-a, 1-1AC less than 0.2x vein 2-1A (Figs 112 and 122).. 7
- Posterior region of pronotum dorsally not more than 2x longer than anterior region, usually with more or less crenulate sulcus or rugose (Figs 2–5, 8–13); length of fore wing vein 1-1AC variable, usually longer than 0.2x vein 2-1A (Fig. 67)....... 8
7(6) Pterostigma long and narrow (Fig. 112), 5.6–6.2x longer than wide............................... A. longicollis sp. n.
- Pterostigma 3.2-3.8x longer than wide (Fig. 122).............................................. A. monteiroi sp. n.
8(6) Pronotum long (Fig. 153), in dorsal view longer than vertex; hind wing vein M+CU about as long as vein 1M (Fig. 156)........................................................................................... A. supernus sp. n.
- Pronotum short, in dorsal view shorter than vertex (Fig. 60); hind wing vein M+CU more than 1.5X longer than vein 1M (Fig. 58)................................................................................................ 9
9(8) Occipital carina bordered by crenulate sulcus (Figs 40, 41); frons and vertex densely setose................. A. ona sp. n.
- Occipital carina bordered by smooth sulcus (sulcus sometimes shallow and inconspicuous) (Fig. 42); frons and vertex with scattered setae (Fig. 39)............................................................................... 10
10(9) Sternaulus long and strongly crenulate, covering more than half length of mesopleuron and reaching epicnemial carina anteri- orly (Figs 49 and 50)................................................................................ 11
- Sternaulus shorter and not reaching epicnemial carina (Figs 47, 48)........................................... 12
11(10) Head honey yellow, frons and vertex mostly brown (Figs 145–147); pronotum brown dorsally............ A. shawi sp. n.
- Head dark brown (Figs 102, 103); pronotum yellow dorsally (Fig. 104).............................. A. itatiaia sp. n.
12(10) Propodeum and head, except stemmaticum, yellow (Figs 56, 152)............................................. 13
- Propodeum and head mostly dark brown to black (Figs 87, 139, 167, 168)........................................14
13(12) Pronotum black (Fig. 60)................................................................ A. atlanticus sp. n.
- Pronotum yellowish (Fig. 152).............................................................. A. soaresi sp. n.
14(12) Metasomal terga beyond petiole brown to dark brown with TII+III whitish (Fig. 78)................ A. brasiliensis sp. n.
- Metasomal terga beyond mostly brown or pale brown including TII+III (Fig. 83, 87).............................. 15
15(14) Mesonotum yellow-brown with brown scutellar sulcus; ovipositor 0.8-0.9x longer than hind tibia and 1.6x longer than sheaths................................................................................... A. masoni Choi & Suh
- Mesonotum mostly brown or dark brown (Fig. 127), if mostly yellowish then scutellar sulcus also yellowish (Fig. 65); ovipos- itor 0.5-0.7x longer than hind tibia and at most 1.3x longer than sheaths.........................................16
16(15) Antennal sockets expanded, shaped as a short additional pair of scapus (Fig. 42).................. A. pseudoscapus sp. n.
- Antennal sockets not expanded (Fig. 41)................................................................. 17
17(16) Stigma narrow, 4.2-4.6x longer than wide (Figs 67, 161).................................................... 18
- Stigma globose, 2.8-3.6x longer than wide (Fig. 125)....................................................... 20
18(17) Ovipositor curved............................................................ A. yanayacu Townsend & Shaw
- Ovipositor straight (Fig. 159).......................................................................... 19
19(18) Propleuron and pronotum laterally dark brown to black (Fig. 159)............................... A. townsendi sp. n.
- Propleuron and pronotum laterally honey yellow to orange-brown (Fig. 62)........................ A. belshawi sp. n.
20(17) Hind wing vein 1M short, almost as long as vein 1cu-a; pronotum dorsally dark brown.............. A. nothofagus sp. n.
- Hind wing vein 1M about 2x longer than vein 1cu-a (Fig. 166); pronotum dorsally yellowish........................ 21
21(20) Mesopleuron honey yellow (Fig. 80); petiole without mid-longitudinal ridge....................... A. brevisulcus sp. n.
- Mesopleuron dark brown (Figs 85, 164); petiole with distinct mid-longitudinal ridge.............................. 22
22(21) Notauli deeply impressed and crenulate dorsally (Fig. 167); petiole yellow but medially brown (Fig. 168). A. whitfieldi sp. n.
- Notauli weakly impressed and smooth dorsally; petiole dark brown (Fig. 87)........................ A. cacildis sp. n.
23(1) Dorsal carinae of petiole meeting, and reaching the apex of terga (Fig. 32); stigma long and narrow, about 6x longer than wide; vein r arising well basad middle of stigma (Fig. 116)............................................. A. masneri sp. n.
- Dorsal carinae of petiole present only basally, not meeting apically (Fig. 28); stigma about 4x longer than wide; vein r arising at middle of stigma (Fig. 100)......................................................................... 24
24(23) Hind tarsal claw with prominent basal lobe (as in Fig. 36).............................. A. whartoni Whitfield & Choi
- Hind tarsal claw simple, without basal lobe ((as in Fig. 35)................................................... 25
25(24) Propodeum with areola incomplete (Fig. 17); hind wing vein 1M 2x longer than r-m.................. A. flamengo sp. n.
- Propodeum with long triangular areola (Fig. 21); hind wing vein 1M about as long as vein r-m........... A. bicolor sp. n.
description: Published as part of Mitio, Shimbori Eduardo, Souza, Souza-Gessner Carolina Da Silva, Maria, Penteado-Dias Angelica & Richard, Shaw Scott, 2017, A revision of the genus Andesipolis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Mesostoinae) and redefinition of the subfamily Mesostoinae, pp. 101-152 in Zootaxa 4216 (2) on pages 112-113, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.230717