Dirrhope Foerster 1851
Creators: name: Ranjith, A. P.
name: Samartsev, K. G.
name: Nasser, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Dirrhope

description: Key to Dirrhope Foerster species
1. Propodeum without sublateral cells near areola (Figs 1F, 6B); metasoma yellow.................................... 2
- Propodeum with sublateral cells near areola (Figs 4C, 7F); metasoma apically brown............................... 3
2. Face without distinct midlongitudinal carina (Fig. 5B); mesosoma as long as metasoma; pterostigma pale apically (Fig. 6C); eye 1.35–1.4 × as long as broad; fore wing vein 1-CU1 0.8 × cu-a; face rugulose-striate (Fig. 5B); areola of propodeum smooth (Fig. 6B); fore wing vein 2-SR straight (Fig. 6B) [Australia, Russia, Vietnam].............. Dirrhope minor Belokobylskij
- Face with distinct midlongitudinal carina (Fig. 1B); mesosoma 1.5 × as long as metasoma; pterostigma entirely dark brown (Fig. 2C); eye 2.2 × as long as broad; fore wing vein 1-CU1 1.3 × cu-a; face granulate (Fig. 1B); areola of propodeum sculptured basally (Fig. 1F); fore wing vein 2-SR sinuate (Fig. 2C) [India]................... Dirrhope indica Ranjith sp. nov.
3. Antenna 18–19 antennomeres; first flagellomere 2.0 × as long as wide; radial cell in the hind wing is divided by a desclerotized transverse vein [Russia]........................................................... Dirrhope eoa Belokobylskij
- Antenna 21–23 antennomeres; first flagellomere 2.0–3.0 × as long as wide; radial cell in the hind wing is not divided by the transverse vein....................................................................................... 4
4. Midlongitudinal carina of propodeum as long as propodeal fork; malar space less than 0.5 × basal width of mandible; body yellow; first flagellomere 2.0 × as long as wide [U.S.A.]............................. Dirrhope americana Muesebeck
- Midlongitudinal carina of propodeum distinctly longer than propodeal fork (Fig. 7F); malar space 0.5–1.0 × basal width of mandible; body brown (Fig. 7A); first flagellomere 3.0 × as long as wide......................................... 5
5. Mesopleuron entirely sculptured (Fig. 7E); fore wing vein 2-1A not sclerotised (Fig. 8B); malar space as long as basal width of mandible (Fig. 7B); head 1.5 × as wide as medial length in dorsal view; length of eye 2.7 × as long as temple in dorsal view; hind tibia 5.0 × as long as maximum width [Germany, Hungary, Japan, Korea, Moldova, Romania, Russia]................................................................................................. Dirrhope rufa Foerster
- Mesopleuron reticulate-rugose anteriorly, smooth posteriorly; fore wing vein 2-1A sclerotised; malar space 0.5 × as long as basal width of mandible; head 1.5 × as wide as medial length in dorsal view; length of eye 1.5 × as long as temple in dorsal view; hind tibia 5.0 × as long as maximum width [China]......................... Dirrhope shawi Wu, Chen & Huang
description: Published as part of Ranjith, A. P., Samartsev, K. G. & Nasser, M., 2021, Discovery of the braconid subfamily Dirrhopinae van Achterberg (Hymenoptera Ichneumonoidea) from the Indian subcontinent with the description of a new species from south India, pp. 251-262 in Zootaxa 4908 (2) on pages 252-253, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/4438394