Monitoriella
Creators: name: Shimbori, Eduardo Mitio
name: Penteado-Dias, Angélica Maria
name: Nunes, Juliano Fiorelini
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Monitoriella

description: Key to species of Monitoriella (modified from Infante et al. 1995)
1. Mesothorax along ventral midline prolonged as a spine that extends part way between mid coxae; head and body pale, yelloworange to brownish red............................................................... M. banosensis (Fischer)
- Mesothorax along ventral midline lacking posteriorly directed spine; color variable, some species dark brown at least in part.................................................................................................... 2
2(1). Occipital carina absent (Fig. 23); fore tibia with row of spines anterodorsally (Fig. 24); midventral line of mesothorax not set within deep groove (Fig. 9); very large eyes, in frontal view malar space about 0.35 times the eye height...................................................................................... M. spinata Shimbori et Nunes, sp. nov.
- Occipital carina present, though incomplete mid-dorsally in most species; fore tibia at most with row of thickened setae anterodorsally; midventral line of mesothorax usually set within deep groove, at least along posterior 0.3; eyes smaller, malar space at most 0.5 times the eye height.......................................................................... 3
3(2). Occipital carina complete; pronotum extensively rugose laterally; midventral line of mesothorax set within deep groove throughout its length; in ventral view, right and left sides of mesopleuron widely separated (as in Fig. 12).................................................................................................... M. elongata Hedqvist
- Occipital carina incomplete mid-dorsally (Figs 21, 22); pronotum laterally smooth or nearly so; midventral line of mesothorax variable; in ventral view, right and left sides of mesopleuron not widely separated anteriorly, except for M. ubatuba ....... 4
4(2). Head high, subtriangular in frontal view, at most 1.4 times wider than high; malar space large, about as long as eye height (at least 0.75 times) (Fig. 8)............................................................................... 5
- Head broader and shorter in frontal view, 1.7–2.0 times wider than high; malar space short, 0.33–0.50 eye height......... 6
5(4). Midventral line of mesothorax not set within a deep groove except along posterior 0.3; frons with carinated furrow; antenna dark brown with yellow apex.......................................................... M. rufithorax Hedqvist
- Midventral line of mesothorax set within deep groove throughout (Fig. 11); frons granular-rugulose, without a carinated furrow (Fig. 16); antenna entirely, uniformly blackish............................... M. anthurii (Costa Lima et Guiton)
6(4). Thorax yellowish, yellowish-brown or orangish (Figs 1, 4); face brown to blackish at least in part (Figs 5, 7); fore wing vein RS+M moderately sinuate; wings infumate; ovipositor extending beyond gaster about 1.0–1.3 times the length of body.... 7
- Thorax dark brown; face stramineous; fore wing vein RS+M straight or nearly so; wings hyaline or nearly so; ovipositor extending beyond gaster about 1.5 times the body length............................... M. compressithorax Hedqvist
7(6). Eye large, maximum lateral width 4.0–6.8 times longer than temple; face usually mottled brown and yellow; frons and vertex coriaceous, otherwise polished............................................................. M. curta Wharton
- Eye small, maximum lateral width at most 2.8 times longer than temple; face entire dark brown to brown; frons and vertex sculpture variable, but never coriaceous................................................................... 8
8(7). Polished median area of face extending from above clypeus to the area between toruli (Fig. 7); frons and vertex coarsely rugose (Fig. 15); prescutelar pit crenulate............................. M. ubatuba Shimbori et Penteado-Dias sp. nov.
- Polished median area of face not reaching toruli (Fig. 5); frons and vertex with concentric rugosities around ocelli (Fig. 13); prescutelar pit polished, with median carina......................... M. costalimai Shimbori et Penteado-Dias, sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Shimbori, Eduardo Mitio, Penteado-Dias, Angélica Maria & Nunes, Juliano Fiorelini, 2011, Monitoriella Hedqvist (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) from Brazil, with descriptions of three new species, pp. 28-38 in Zootaxa 2921 on page 29, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.277925