Anastatus Motschulsky 1859
Creators: name: Peng, Lingfei
name: Tang, Lu
name: Gibson, Gary A. P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eupelmidae
Anastatus

description: Genus Anastatus Motschulsky, 1859
Key to species of Anastatus described by J.K. Sheng and coauthors from China
1. Brachypterous, apex of fore wing extending to no more than middle of gaster (Figs 32, 34) ......... 2
– Macropterous, apex of fore wing extending at least to apex of gaster (Figs 8, 41) .......................... 3
2. Fore wing very short, extending to no more than apex of second gastral tergite (Fig. 34); mesoscutum with anterior convex portion of medial lobe rhomboidal (Fig. 38) .................................................... ...................................................................................................... A. meilingensis Sheng & Yu, 1998
– Fore wing extending to middle of gaster (Figs 28, 32); mesoscutum with anterior convex part of medial lobe almost triangular (Fig. 31) ................................................ A. huangi Sheng & Yu, 1998
3. Profemur ventrally expanded into blunt to sharp angulation (tooth) at apical quarter (Figs 7, 47); mesoscutum with anterior convex portion of medial lobe densely setose and posterior concave portion with metallic green luster (Figs 4, 45) ................................................................................. 4
– Profemur with ventral margin not angularly expanded (Fig. 36); mesoscutum with anterior convex portion of medial lobe with a few setae (Figs 8, 24) and posterior concave portion with metallic bluish-purple luster ........................................................................................................................... 5
4. Profemur ventroapically expanded into an acute, tooth-like angulation (Fig. 7); lower face with a few setae (Fig. 3); scrobal depression with scrobes shallow, not distinctly delimited in upper half (Fig. 5) ..................................................................................... A. dexingensis Sheng & Wang, 1997
– Profemur ventroapically expanded into a blunt angulation (Fig. 47); lower face densely setose (Figs 42, 46); scrobal depression with scrobes deep, distinctly delimited (Fig. 46) .......................... .............................................................................................. A. shichengensis Sheng & Wang, 1997
5. Mesosoma dark (Fig. 24); fore wing disc with basal infuscate part three times as wide as hyaline cross-band (Fig. 23); scrobal depression not distinctly delimited in upper third, but separated from anterior ocellus by 0.8–1.1 × diameter of ocellus (Fig. 20). Male with antennal clava as long as the apical four funiculars or longer ........................................................... A. fulloi Sheng & Wang, 1997
– Mesosoma yellowish-brown (Fig. 9); fore wing disc with basal infuscate part twice as wide as hyaline cross-band (Fig. 10); scrobal depression distinctly delimited, including upper third, separated from anterior ocellus by about 1.5–2.0 × diameter of ocellus (Fig. 12). Male with antennal clava as long as the apical three funiculars, much shorter than the apical four funiculars ....................................... ......................................................................................................... A. flavipes Sheng & Wang, 1997
description: Published as part of Peng, Lingfei, Tang, Lu & Gibson, Gary A. P., 2017, Redescription of the types of species of Anastatus Motschulsky, 1859 (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae) described by J. K. Sheng and coauthors, pp. 1-24 in European Journal of Taxonomy 292 on pages 3-4, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.292, http://zenodo.org/record/3825721