Ammonoencyrtus De Santis 1964
Creators: name: Noyes, John Stuart
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Encyrtidae
Ammonoencyrtus

description: Key to Costa Rican species of Ammonoencyrtus   
 (Females)   
1. Hind basitarsus yellow, concolorous with following tarsomeres; pedicel (Figs 1303, 1312, 1317, 1318) with a dorsal margin distinctly produced in lateral view [best seen on slide-mounted specimen]; frontovertex, above transfacial carina, with more than 20 conspicuous setae, excluding those along eye margin................... 2  
- Hind basitarsus dark brown, contrasting with following tarsomeres that are yellow or pale orange; pedicel (Fig 1323, 1331, 1336) with dorsal margin not distinctly produced in lateral view [best seen on slide-mounted specimen]; frontovertex above transfacial carina with fewer than 15 setae, excluding those along eye margin....................................................................................................................4  
 2 (1) Both mesoscutum and scutellum with a strong metallic dark green and blue-green sheen; sculpture on lateral one-third or so of scutellum very shallow and superficial, quite smooth and very shiny, contrasting strongly with much deeper sculpture on mesoscutum.................................................................. hyperion sp.nov. (p. 520)   
- Dorsum of thorax at most with a strong metallic sheen only on mesoscutum, scutellum orange; scutellum conspicuously sculptured, except on extreme side and apex, hardly shiny, with sculpture clearly deeper than that on mesoscutum..................3  
 3 (2) Exserted part of ovipositor at least 1.5X as long as mid tibial spur, ovipositor about 2X as long as mid tibia; area above mouth margin pale orange...................................................................................................................... prosymnos sp.nov. (p. 522)   
 - Exserted part of ovipositor not longer than mid tibial spur, ovipositor usually not more than about 1.7X as long as mid tibia; area above mouth margin dark brown (Fig. 1319)....................................................................... carolinensis (Meyer) (p. 524)   
 4 (1) Antenna (Fig. 1323) with sensory area on clava shorter than ventral surface of clava.................................................................................................. keira sp.nov. (p. 526)   
- Antenna (Figs 1331, 1336) with sensory area on clava at least about 1.5X as long as ventral surface of clava......................................................................................... 5  
 5 (4) All coxae dark brown, legs otherwise mostly dark brown; mesoscutum and scutellum dark brown, mesoscutum with a strong, metallic dark blue and purple sheen, scutellum somewhat duller, but with a strong metallic sheen on side and at apex.............................................................................................. galas sp.nov. (p. 527)   
- At least mid coxa orange, legs otherwise orange with dusky areas; mesoscutum orange or dusky orange with a weak to moderate dark blue and purple sheen, scutellum orange, sometimes with side and apex slightly metallic...................................... 6  
 6 (5) Mesoscutum dusky orange, but with a distinct metallic purple and green, blue or blue-green sheen and contrasting quite strongly with the orange scutellum; sensory area of clava (Fig. 1336) not more than about 2.3X as long as ventral margin (measured along straight ventral part) of clava; head less than 6X as wide as frontovertex............................................................................................. xanthos sp.nov. (p. 529)   
 - Mesoscutum concolourous with scutellum, orange and with a weak coppery purple sheen; sensory area of clava about 3X as long as ventral margin; head at least about 7X as wide as frontovertex.................................... autone sp.nov. (p. 531)
description: Published as part of Noyes, John Stuart, 2023, ENCYRTIDAE OF COSTA RICA (HYMENOPTERA: CHALCIDOIDEA), 4 Subfamily Encyrtinae: tribes Arrhenophagini, Habrolepidini, Cerapterocerini, Cheiloneurini, Trechnitini, Cercobelini, Polaszekiini, Protyndarichoidini, Gahaniellini and Syrphophagini (part), mainly primary parasitoids and hyperparasitoids of Coccoidea and Psylloidea (Hemiptera), pp. 1-921 in Taxonomic Monographs on Neotropical Hymenoptera (Oxford, England) (Oxford, England) 2 (11) on page 520, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8074943