Philoplitis Nixon 1965
Creators: name: Fernandez-Triana, Jose
name: Goulet, Henri
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Philoplitis

description: Key to species of <i>Philoplitis</i> 1 Metatibial spurs dark brown; scutellar disc (Fig. 5) relatively short (length/ width 0.92), its length 0.77× that of mesoscutum; scutellum in lateral view with apex pointing dorsally; mesoscutum with coarse punctures medially and along anterior and lateral margins (last one above tegulae) (Fig. 8 and 11); forewing with length of vein <i>r</i> 1.00x of <i>3RSa</i>, 1.00x <i>r-m</i> and 0.50× <i>2RS</i> (Thailand)......................................................... <b> <i>Philoplitis punctatus</i> sp. n.</b> – Metatibial spurs white, yellow or yellowish-brown but not dark brown; scutellar disc (Fig. 3, 4 and 6) relatively long (length/width&gt; 1.00), its length more than 0.83× that of mesoscutum, usually close to same size as mesoscutum; scutellum in lateral view with apex truncate, pointing ventrally or posteriorly; mesoscutum without coarse punctures medially and along anterior and lateral margins, sometimes with impressed surface posterolaterally; forewing with length of vein <i>r</i> &gt; 1.33× <i>3RSa</i>,&gt; 1.80× <i>r-m</i> and&gt; 0.68× <i>2RS.............</i> <b>2</b> 2 Metatibial spurs white; scutellum (Figs 4) with apex truncate and scutellar disc length &lt;0.85× that of mesoscutum; notauli less impressed; forewing with length of vein r 3.30× that of <i>3RSa</i>; mediotergite 2 (Fig. 14) less transverse, its medial length 0.77× its width at apex (Kenya)........................................................................................................... <b> <i>Philoplitis masneri</i> sp. n.</b> – Metatibial spurs yellow or yellowish-brown; scutellum (Figs 3, 6) longer and not truncate, scutellar disc length&gt; 0.90× that of mesoscutum, usually close to same size; notauli deeply impressed; forewing with length of vein r &lt;2.60× <i>3RSa</i>; mediotergite 2 (Figs 13, 16) more transverse, its medial length less than 0.45× its width at apex....................................................................... <b>3</b> 3 Mediotergite 2 dark brown, transversely striate medially and longitudinally striate lateroapically (Fig. 16); tergite 1 length less than 1.80× its apical width (Sri Lanka and southern India)............................. <b> <i>Philoplitis striatus</i> sp. n.</b> – Mediotergite 2 yellowish-white, at least basally, and almost completely smooth; tergite 1 length twice or more its apical width.............................. <b>4</b> 4 Body color black; palpi brown; mediotergite 1 length 2.0× its apical width; mediotergite 2 with medial length 0.50× its width at apex and with median zone outlined by rounded groove widening toward apex of tergite (Northern India).............................................. <b> <i>Philoplitis adustipalpus</i> Ahmad, 2005</b> – Body color reddish-brown; palpi light brown with apical segments yellowish; mediotergite 1 length&gt; 2.0× its apical width; mediotergite 2 (Fig. 13) with medial length less than 0.45× its width at apex and with median zone outlined by shallow and quite divergent groove (Philippines and southeastern China).................................................. <b> <i>Philoplitis coniferens</i> Nixon, 1965</b>
description: Published as part of <i>Fernandez-Triana, Jose &amp; Goulet, Henri, 2009, Revision of the genus Philoplitis Nixon (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), pp. 285-298 in ZooKeys 20 (20)</i> on page 288, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.20.84, http://zenodo.org/record/576518
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