Foenobethylus
Creators: name: Liu, Jingxian
name: Chen, Huayan
name: Xu, Zaifu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Bethylidae
Foenobethylus

description: Key to species of genus Foenobethylus
(based on Várkonyi & Polaszek 2007)
1. Hind femur with a single blunt spine slightly distal of the middle; hind trochanter without ventral spine or tooth. Philippines ....................................................................................... F. gracilis Kieffer
- Hind trochanter with a ventral spine, or if without, then hind femur with two spines or teeth.......................... 2
2. Hind trochanter without ventral spine; fore femur moderately swollen, at least 2.5 times as long as wide................. 3
- Hind trochanter with a ventral spine; fore femur distinctly swollen, less than 2.1 times as long as wide.................. 5
3. Distance between posterior margin of compound eye and occipital carina as long as length of compound eye in dorsal view; eighth sternum with distal margin narrowly emarginated; terminal segment of maxillary palpus over 4.0 times longer than wide. Brunei .............................................................. F. bidentatus Várkonyi et Polaszek
- Distance between posterior margin of compound eye and occipital carina longer than length of compound eye in dorsal view; eighth sternum with distal margin strongly emarginated; terminal segment of maxillary palpus less than 4.0 times longer than wide................................................................................................ 4
4. Head in dorsal view 1.42 times as long as wide; terminal segment of maxillary palpus 2.5 times as long as wide; median carina of propodeum incomplete, reaching 0.6 length of propodeal disc. China (Hainan)................. F. h a i n a n e n s i s sp. nov.
- Head in dorsal view 1.16 times as long as wide; terminal segment of maxillary palpus 3.5 times as long as wide; median carina of propodeum complete. China (Zhejiang)............................................... F. zhejiangensis sp. nov.
5. Pronotum with anterior horizontal flange medially very narrow; hind trochanter with a needle-like long spine below; hind femur with a ventral oblique furrow; terminal segment of maxillary palpus less than 3.0 time longer than wide. Thailand .......................................................................... F. emiliacasellae Várkonyi et Polaszek
- Pronotum with anterior horizontal flange medially as broad as laterally; hind trochanter with a tooth or broad spine; hind femur ventrally flattened, without ventral oblique furrow; terminal segment of maxillary palpus over 3.0 time longer than wide.. 6
6. Head strongly narrowing behind; propodeal disc more elongate. Malaysia .............. F. elongatus Várkonyi et Polaszek
- Head only slightly narrowing behind; propodeal disc less elongate. Malaysia ........ F. thomascokeri Várkonyi et Polaszek
description: Published as part of Liu, Jingxian, Chen, Huayan & Xu, Zaifu, 2011, Two new species of the genus Foenobethylus Kieffer 1913 (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) from China with a key to the known species, pp. 53-59 in Zootaxa 2806 on page 54, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.277079