Acmopolynema Ogloblin 1946
Creators: name: Manickavasagam, Sagadai
name: Palanivel, Selvaraj
name: Triapitsyn, Serguei V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Mymaridae
Acmopolynema

description: Key to Indian species of Acmopolynema, females   
(modified from Triapitsyn and Berezovskiy 2007)  
1 Fore wing disc with distal brown band extending to apex of wing (Figure 5 (a)) 2  
– Fore wing disc either hyaline or with different colour patterns................................. 3  
 2(1) Propodeum with incomplete median groove, extending from anterior margin of propodeum to about its middle (fig. 2 of Triapitsyn and Berezovskiy 2007, p. 10); F6 brown (Figure 8)............................................................................ A. tachikawai Taguchi   
 – Propodeum without median groove (Figure 6 (a)); F6 yellowish (Figure 4 (c))..................................................... A. pseudotachikawai Manickavasagam & Palanivel, sp. nov.   
3(1) Apical 1/2–2/3 of fore wing disc more or less uniformly setose, with various types of setae present but these not arranged in conspicuous rows (fig. 6 of Triapitsyn and Berezovskiy 2007, p. 11)...................................................................................................... 4  
– Apical 1/2–2/3 of fore wing disc unevenly setose, with various types of setae present and at least some of these arranged in conspicuous rows (fig. 37 of Triapitsyn and Berezovskiy 2007, p. 25)................................................................................ 7  
4(3) Fore wing disc with one brownish band in middle (fig. 10 of Triapitsyn and Berezovskiy 2007, p. 12)............................................................................................................... 5  
– Fore wing disc usually with two subapical brownish spots (fig. 26 of Triapitsyn and Berezovskiy 2007, p. 21)...................................................................................................... 6  
 5(4) Scape with cross-ridges on inner surface, F6 dark brown (fig. 9 of Triapitsyn and Berezovskiy 2007, p. 12).................... A. incognitum (Narayanan, Subba Rao & Kaur)   
 – Scape smooth, F6 white (fig. 11 of Triapitsyn and Berezovskiy 2007, p. 14.)................................................................................................... A. problema Triapitsyn & Berezovskiy   
 6(4) Ovipositor length: metatibia length ratio at least 1.7: 1 A. indochinense (Soyka)   
 – Ovipositor length: metatibia length ratio at most 1.2: 1.............................................................................................................................................................. A. bimaculatum Subba Rao   
 7(3) Propodeum with a complete median groove (fig. 39 of Triapitsyn and Berezovskiy 2007, p. 25) extending from anterior margin to base of submedian carinae at posterior margin.............................................................................. A. campylurum Xu & Lin   
– Propodeum without such median groove........................................................................... 8  
 8(7) Propodeum with submedian carinae extending to anterior margin of propodeum (fig. 42 of Triapitsyn and Berezovskiy 2007, p. 27)........................................................................................................................................... A. orientale (Narayanan, Subba Rao & Kaur)   
– Propodeum with submedian carinae not extending to anterior margin of propodeum (fig. 54 of Triapitsyn and Berezovskiy 2007, p. 31).............................................. 9  
 9(8) Fore wing disc with two transverse bands (Figure 7 (a)), the basal band yellowish and the distal band narrow and brownish.. A. orchidea Triapitsyn & Berezovskiy   
– Fore wing disc with either an apical brown spot or three prominent dark bands.......................................................................................................................................... 10  
 10(9) Fore wing disc with one conspicuous (apical) brown spot (fig. 37 of Triapitsyn and Berezovskiy 2007, p. 25) and a narrow infumation in the middle............................................................................................................................................. A. malabaricum Subba Rao   
 – Fore wing disc with three conspicuous dark brown to black bands (Figure 2 (b,c)), the apical band almost reaching wing’ s apex but leaving a distinct, very narrow hyaline area at its apex.................. A. pteron Manickavasagam & Palanivel, sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Manickavasagam, Sagadai, Palanivel, Selvaraj & Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2017, Two new species and additional distributional records of Acmopolynema Ogloblin (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) from India, pp. 1971-1987 in Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) (J. Nat. Hist.) 51 (33 - 34) on pages 1973-1974, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1356391, http://zenodo.org/record/5183360