Xanthopimpla Saussure 1892
Creators: name: Gómez, Isrrael C.
name: Sääksjärvi, Ilari E.
name: Veijalainen, Anu
name: Broad, Gavin R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Xanthopimpla

description: Key to the Neotropical <i>Xanthopimpla</i> (modified from Townes |969) 1 Propodeum with only posterior transverse carina present; metasoma entirely yellow............................................................................ <b> <i>X. peruana</i> Krieger</b> – Propodeum with both posterior transverse and anterior transverse carinae present (Figs 2, 6); metasoma usually with brown or black markings.......... <b>2</b> 2 Dorsal part of occipital carina lacking; ovipositor sheath usually relatively long, 1.0-1.1 as long as hind tibia*.................................... <b> <i>X. aurita</i> Krieger</b> – Dorsal part of occipital carina present, from weak to very strong (Figs 4, 8); ovipositor sheath less than 0.9 as long as hind tibia..................................... <b>3</b> 3 Dorsal part of occipital carina very strong, forming vertical flange (Figs 4, 8); mesosternum black (Figs 1, 5).................................................................... <b>4</b> – Dorsal part of occipital carina weak and low; mesosternum yellow............. <b>5</b> * Gauld (1991) noted that some <i>X. aurita</i> specimens may have a shorter ovipositor (0.8-0.9 as long as hind tibia). According to Gauld the range 0.8-1.1 may not be continuous but bimodal. 4 Central part of posterior transverse carina horizontal (Fig. 6); propodeum with lateral longitudinal carina present, defining area dentipara (Fig. 6); yellowish species with wide black markings on occipital area (Fig. 8); vertical black stripe on posterior part of mesopleuron...................... <i>X. jussilai</i> <b>sp.n</b>. – Central part of posterior transverse carina bowed (Fig. 2); lateral longitudinal carina absent, not defining area dentipara (Figs 2, 3); bright yellow species with small black markings on occipital area, vertical black stripes on anterior and posterior part of mesopleuron (Fig. 1)..................... <i>X. amazonica</i> <b>sp.n</b>. 5 Lateral longitudinal carina of propodeum absent, not defining area dentipara; hind femur with a brown stripe on front side.......... <b> <i>X. rhabdomera</i> Townes</b> – Lateral longitudinal carina of propodeum present, at least partly defining area dentipara; hind femur lacking a brown stripe on front side......................... <b>6</b> 6 Area superomedia separated from area dentipara by complete or subcomplete carina; trochanter and nearly always also coxa of hind leg with black markings....................................................................... <b> <i>X. craspedoptera</i> Krieger</b> – Area superomedia not separated from area dentipara; trochanter and coxa of hind leg entirely yellow............................................... <b> <i>X. spiloptera</i> Krieger</b>
description: Published as part of <i>Gómez, Isrrael C., Sääksjärvi, Ilari E., Veijalainen, Anu &amp; Broad, Gavin R., 2009, Two new species of Xanthopimpla (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Western Amazonia, with a revised key to the Neotropical species of the genus, pp. 55-65 in ZooKeys 14 (14)</i> on pages 58-59, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.14.193, http://zenodo.org/record/576471
description: {"references": ["Gauld ID (1991) The Ichneumonidae of Costa Rica, 1. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 47: 1 - 589."]}