Erythropompilus Shimizu & Pitts 2021
Creators: name: Wu, Haiying
name: Li, Qiang
name: Ma, Li
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Pompilidae
Erythropompilus

description: Key to the world species of the genus Erythropompilus Shimizu & Pitts, 2021
Female
1 Frons, in profile, strongly convex (Fig. 2C); in dorsal view, gena slightly thickened (Fig. 2B); clypeus narrower than LID (Fig. 2D); OOD larger than 0.85 × POD........................................................................ 2
- Frons, in profile, gently convex; in dorsal view, gena thin; clypeus as broad as LID; OOD shorter than 0.75 × POD........ 3
2 Mesosoma mostly orange-red (Fig. 2A); vertex, in frontal view, distinctly convex (Fig. 2D); lateral margin of pronotal dorsum, in dorsal view, slightly narrowing anteriorly (Fig. 2E)......................... E. macroplacoideus Wu & Ma, sp. nov.
- Mesosoma entirely black; vertex, in frontal view, almost transversely straight (Fig. 3A in Shimizu et al. 2021); lateral margin of pronotal dorsum, in dorsal view, not narrowing anteriorly........................... E. taiwanensis Pitts & Shimizu
3 Gena, in dorsal view, very thin, abruptly receding posteriorly; lateral margin of pronotal dorsum, in dorsal view, slightly narrowing anteriorly (Fig. 1 B in Shimizu et al. 2021)............................... E. malaysiensis Pitts & Shimizu
- Gena, in dorsal view, not very thin, roundly receding posteriorly; lateral margin of pronotal dorsum, in dorsal view, concave and scarcely narrowing anteriorly (Fig. 5B)........................................ E. thailandensis Pitts & Shimizu
Male
1 Clypeus less than LID (Fig. 3D); mid and hind femora without small spines set in pits apicodorsally; OOD larger than 0.85 × POD............................................................................................... 2
- Clypeus as broad as LID (Fig. 1D); mid and hind femora with small spines set in pits apicodorsally; OOD shorter than 0.8 × POD............................................................................................... 3
2 Placoids small, shorter than 1/2 of each flagellomere; mesosoma dark rufous; SGP triangular; aedeagus not extending beyond apex of parapenial lobe, and apical margin slightly emarginated medially................. E. taiwanensis Pitts & Shimizu
- Placoids large, longer than 3/4 of each flagellomere (Fig. 3H); mesosoma partly orange-red (Fig. 3A); SGP arrowhead-shaped (Fig. 3K); aedeagus extending beyond apex of parapenial lobe, and apical margin strongly concave medially (Fig. 4E).......................................................................... E. macroplacoideus Wu & Ma, sp. nov.
3 Frons, in profile, spherically convex (Fig. 1C); side of S4 and S5, each with tuft of dense and erect black bristles (Fig. 1J); SGP broad, almost parallel-sided, and with rounded apex, slightly thickened basal medially (Fig. 1K); S6 with slightly arcuate emargination posteriorly (Fig. 1I)............................................ E. venterisetalis Wu & Ma, sp. nov.
- Frons, in profile, gently convex; side of S4 and S5 without tuft of dense and erect black bristles; SGP not parallel-sided, if parallel-sided, it narrow and long; S6 with inverted-V-shaped emargination posteriorly.............................. 4
4 Mesosoma mostly orange-red; placiods large, much longer than 1/2 of each flagellomere; SGP long, parallel-sided for most part....................................................................... E. thailandensis Pitts & Shimizu
- Mesosoma usually dark rufous; placiods small, shorter than 1/2 of each flagellomere; SGP arrowhead-shaped....................................................................................... E. malaysiensis Pitts & Shimizu
description: Published as part of Wu, Haiying, Li, Qiang & Ma, Li, 2023, The spider wasp genus Erythropompilus Shimizu & Pitts, 2021 (Hymenoptera Pompilidae) in China, with description of two new species and an updated key to world species, pp. 160-172 in Zootaxa 5244 (2) on pages 161-162, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5244.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/7656174