Diospilini Forster 1863
Creators: name: Ranjith, A. P.
name: Achterberg, Cornelis Van
name: Priyadarsanan, Dharma Rajan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae

description: Key to the Indomalayan and Palaearctic genera of Diospilini
1 Vein 1r-m of hind wing distinctly longer than vein 1-M (Fig. 5G); second labial palp segment short and distinctly wide (Figs 5I, 6E); second submarginal cell of fore wing narrower apically (Figs 6D, F, M); medial sulcus of propleuron coarsely crenulate and deep (Fig. 5K).................................................................................... 2
- Vein 1r-m of hind wing subequal to vein 1-M (Fig. 5A) or shorter (Figs 3B, 6F, M), rarely longer in Diospilus; second labial palpomere comparatively long and slender (Fig. 5E); second submarginal cell of fore wing wider or parallel apically (Figs 3A, 5A, J); medial sulcus of propleuron variable................................................................ 3
2 Tarsal claws simple (Fig. 6C); clypeus at most slightly protruding medio-ventrally (Fig. 6B); pronope absent or obsolescent (Fig. 6A)........................................................................ Aspicolpus Wesmael, 1838
- Tarsal claws with wide lobe (Fig. 5C, M); clypeus distinctly protruding medio-ventrally (Fig. 5L); pronope large and deep (Fig. 5H)............................................................................ Aspigonus Wesmael, 1835
3 Second submarginal cell of fore wing more or less parallel-sided (thus vein 3-SR equal to vein 2-M (Figs 3A, 5A, J) or longer); first flagellomere 1.0–1.6 × as long as second flagellomere or longer (Figs 4C, D, 5B)............................... 4
- Second submarginal cell of fore wing distinctly narrowed anteriorly (vein 3-SR shorter than vein 2-M; Figs 6F, M); first flagellomere 0.9 × as long as second flagellomere (Figs 6G, L)...................................................... 5
4 Pronope small to medium-sized (Fig. 5F); medial sulcus of propleuron medium-sized, often largely smooth and median lamellae narrow (Fig. 5D); tarsal claws often with lobe (Fig. 5C)............................... Diospilus Haliday, 1833 s.l.
- Pronope large (Fig. 2B); medial sulcus of propleuron widened, deep, coarsely crenulate and median lamellae comparatively wide (Figs 1F, 2F); tarsal claws slender and enlarged, without basal lobe (Fig. 4E)....................... Atree gen. nov.
5 Dorsal carinae of first metasomal tergite curved and tergite robust (Fig. 6H); base of mandible slightly depressed basally (Fig. 6I); vein CU1b of fore wing absent (Fig. 6F)............................................. Taphaeus Wesmael, 1835
- Dorsal carinae of first metasomal tergite straight and tergite elongate (Fig. 6K); base of mandible distinctly depressed basally (Fig. 6J); vein CU1b of fore wing present (Fig. 6M)................................. Vadumasonium Kammerer, 2006
description: Published as part of Ranjith, A. P., Achterberg, Cornelis Van & Priyadarsanan, Dharma Rajan, 2022, Atree, a remarkable new genus of the subfamily Brachistinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and the first report of the tribe Diospilini from India, pp. 571-580 in Zootaxa 5105 (4) on page 572, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5105.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/6333882