Apsilocera
Creators: name: Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan
name: Achterberg, Cornelis Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Pteromalidae
Apsilocera

description: Key to females of Oriental species of Apsilocera
1 Vertex with various ornamentations distinctly raised above regular sculpture (Figs 19–22, 25, 26, 28, 30–32); mandible sometimes with distal tooth blunt (Figs 20, 25, 26)............................................................... 2
– Vertex with only regular sculpture (Figs 23, 24, 27, 29); mandible always with distal tooth sharp (Figs 23, 27, 29).........9
2(1) Fore wing with distinct brownish cloud below marginal vein (Figs 7, 33); head with a crest between each eye and corresponding torulus; antennae inserted very high, almost on vertex; clypeal margin with one small blunt tooth (Fig. 25); clava pale yellow (Fig. 7); distal tooth of mandible blunt (Fig. 25)................... A. fulvipennis Mitroiu & van Achterberg, sp. n.
– Fore wing hyaline (Figs 1–6, 8–12); head sometimes with other types of ornamentation; other characters not in above combination...............................................................................................3
3(2) Vertex with only one tooth between eye and corresponding ocellus; clypeal margin slightly emarginate; distal tooth of mandible sharp (Figs 3, 21, 31)............................................ A. cornuta Mitroiu & van Achterberg, sp. n.
– Vertex with other types of ornamentation, if with one strong tooth than this followed by several smaller ones (Figs 22, 30, 32); clypeus sometimes different; distal tooth of mandible blunt or sharp............................................. 4
4(3) Vertex with a row of teeth originating near eye and ending near posterior ocellus (Figs 22, 30, 32)......................5
– Vertex with one or two crests or elevations between posterior ocelli and anterior ocellus (Figs 19, 20, 26, 28)............. 6
5(4) Vertex high, in anterior view distinctly arched between posterior ocelli; head in anterior view only slightly transverse, about 1.2× as broad as high; tooth near eye distinctly larger than the rest; clypeal margin slightly emarginate; distal tooth of mandible rounded (Fig. 22).................................................. A. dentata Mitroiu & van Achterberg, sp. n.
– Vertex normal, not high, in anterior view not distinctly arched between posterior ocelli; head in anterior view very transverse, about 1.6× as broad as high; tooth near eye not or only slightly larger than the rest; clypeal margin with small median projection; distal tooth of mandible sharp (Figs 30, 32)..................... A. tuberculata Mitroiu & van Achterberg, sp. n.
6(4) Vertex with one continuous crest composed of small sharp teeth, leaving no depression in middle; clypeal margin protruding and slightly emarginate; clava uniformly brownish; distal tooth of mandible blunt (Fig. 19)......................................................................................... A. acuticristata Mitroiu & van Achterberg, sp. n.
– Vertex with two distinct crests not composed of small sharp teeth, leaving a depression in middle; clypeal margin protruding but straight; clava sometimes different; distal tooth of mandible blunt (Figs 20, 26) or sharp.......................... 7
7(6) Clava with last two segments pale yellow (Fig. 2); gena long (Fig. 20); two crests more distinct (Fig. 20); distal tooth of mandible blunt (Fig. 20)............................................. .. A. bicristata Mitroiu & van Achterberg, sp. n.
– Clava uniformly brownish (Figs 8, 10); gena long (Fig. 28) or short (Fig. 26); two crests less distinct (Figs 26, 28); distal tooth of mandible blunt (Figs 26) or sharp.......................................................................8
8(7) Funicular segments more elongate, with two rows of sensilla each (Figs 8, 26); gena short (Fig. 26); vertex very high (Fig. 26); distal tooth of mandible blunt (Fig. 26); hind coxa almost entirely pale yellow, with only a dark basal spot; all femora brown except proximally (Fig. 8)....................................... A. longicornis Mitroiu & van Achterberg, sp. n.
– Funicular segments shorter, with only one row of sensilla each (Figs 10, 28); gena long (Fig. 28); vertex less high (Fig. 28); distal tooth of mandible sharp; hind coxa almost entirely dark dorsally; only hind femur slightly dark (Fig. 10)....................................................................... A. obtusicristata Mitroiu & van Achterberg, sp. n.
9(1) Hind coxa mostly dark (Fig. 11); clava, especially the last two segments, yellowish, distinctly paler than rest of flagellum (Figs 11, 29); gena hollowed at mouth corner, clypeus emarginate, with one conspicuous projection on each side (Fig. 29)...................................................................... A. palliclava Mitroiu & van Achterberg, sp. n.
– Hind coxa pale, with only a dark basal spot; flagellum of uniform colour (Figs 5, 6, 9); gena and clypeus different........ 10
10(9) Vein M about 1.5× as long as vein S; malar space about 1/4 eye height; clypeal margin medially emarginate............................................................................................. A. brevivena Xiao & Huang
– Vein M at least twice as long as vein S (Figs 5, 6, 9); malar space longer (Figs 23, 24, 27); clypeal margin usually different. 11
11(10) Gena only slightly receding towards mouth; clypeal margin broadly angulate (Fig. 24); stigma elongated, lower margin emarginate (Fig. 6)................................................... A. elongata Mitroiu & van Achterberg, sp. n.
– Gena strongly receding towards mouth; clypeal margin with one or two small teeth (Figs 23, 27); stigma not elongated, lower margin not emarginate (Figs 5, 9)........................................................................ 12
12(11) Clypeus with one small tooth; mandible formula 3:4 (Fig. 27); metasoma dorsally with large pale spot at base (Fig. 9)..................................................................... A. maculata Mitroiu & van Achterberg, sp. n.
– Clypeus with two small teeth; mandible formula 4:4 (Fig. 23); metasoma dorsally without large pale spot at base (Fig. 5).................................................................... .. A. dupla Mitroiu & van Achterberg, sp. n.
description: Published as part of Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan & Achterberg, Cornelis Van, 2013, Revision of the Oriental species of Apsilocera Bouček (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae), with description of twelve new species, pp. 448-468 in Zootaxa 3717 (4) on pages 450-451, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3717.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/248095