Kerevata
Creators: name: Butcher, Buntika Areekul
name: Quicke, Donald L. J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Kerevata

description: Key to the species of Kerevata
1 Hind wing vein m-cu strongly curving towards base of wing (Fig. 5 A); differentiated, distal part of fore wing vein M+CU more than 0.55 x basal part; transverse diameter of posterior ocellus more than 0.8 x shortest distance between it and eye (Fig. 5 D); apex of fore wing subbasal cell evenly setose (Fig. 5 A); fore wing vein 1cu-a thickened and curved (Fig. 6B); metasomal tergites and at least basal 0.6 of antenna brown yellow........................................................ 2
- Hind wing vein m-cu more or less straight and nearly perpendicular (Fig. 3 A); differentiated, distal part of fore wing vein M+CU less than 0.35 x basal part; transverse diameter of posterior ocellus less than 0.65 x shortest distance between it and eye (Figs 2 B, 4D); apex of fore wing subbasal cell with a glabrous area (Fig. 3 A); fore wing vein 1cu-a not especially thickened, and more or less straight (Fig. 3 A); metasomal tergites either entirely black (Fig. 4 G) or boldly patterned white and black (Fig. 3 C)............................................................................................... 3
2 (1) Occipital carina forming a point medio-dorsally; mesoscutum with distinct elongate medio-posterior pit between notauli; 2nd metasomal tergite approximately as wide posteriorly as medially long; flagellum and mesosoma entirely brown-yellow, hind femur largely light reddish brown..................................................... K. pacificus Belokobylskij
- Occipital carina evenly rounded medio-dorsally (Fig. 5 D); mesoscutum with rugose at confluence of notauli (Fig. 5 B); 2nd metasomal tergite approximately 1.2 x longer than posteriorly wide; apical 0.25 of flagellum, mesopleuron, metapleuron, patches on lateral part of propodeum and large post-medial part of hind femur blackish (Fig. 6C)..... K. hammondi sp. nov.
3 (1) First metasomal tergite almost parallel-sided (Fig. 4 G); occipital carina distinctly sinuous and not pointed medio-dorsally (Fig. 4 D); mesoscutum longitudinally striate between motaili posteriorly (Fig. 4 F); fore wing vein 1CUb straight (Fig. 4 A); frons entirely smooth and shiny; antenna (female only) black with a pre-apical pale stripe (Fig. 4 C); head and mesosoma entirely orange-red; metasoma black (Figs 4 A, G)................................................. K. clarksoni sp. nov.
- First metasomal tergite widening markedly posteriorly (Fig. 3K); occipital carina evenly rounded or medially pointed mediodorsally; mesoscutum rugulose between notaili posteriorly (Fig. 2 D); fore wing vein 1CUb strongly arched (Fig. 3 A); frons with at least some distinct carination, either running from ocelli to antennal sockets or transverse behind antennal sockets, at least laterally; antenna without pre-apical pale band; head largely black, mesosoma with strong black markings (Figs 2 A, B); metasomal tergite 1 and most of 2 white (Fig. 3 C)........................................... K. jamesmayi sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Butcher, Buntika Areekul & Quicke, Donald L. J., 2014, Three new species of Kerevata (Braconidae: Rogadinae: Clinocentrini) from mainland Papua New Guinea, pp. 338-346 in Zootaxa 3811 (3) on page 339, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3811.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/227512