Methochinae
Creators: name: Narita, Keisuke
name: Mita, Toshiharu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Tiphiidae

description: Key to the species of Methochinae from Taiwan
1 Alate (males)........................................................................................ 2
- Apterous (females).................................................................................... 9
2 Antennal lobe developed; flagellum inconspiciously flattened; maximum length of dorsal pronotal disc shorter than its width (genus Methocha Latreille, 1804)......................................................................... 3
- Antennal lobe inconspicuous; flagellum strongly flattened; maximum length of dorsal pronotal disc equal to or longer than its width (genus Karlissa Krombein, 1979).................................. Karlissa tricha (Strand, 1913), comb. nov.
3 Clypeus bilobate (Fig 112); mesepisternum foveolate (Fig 111)............................ M. taiwanica Tsuneki, 1986
- Clypeus not bilobate (Fig 4); mesepisternum not foveolate (Fig 3)............................................... 4
4 Clypeus distally translucent (Fig 62)...................................................................... 5
- Clypeus distally opaque (Fig 4).......................................................................... 6
5 Tarsal claws with subapical tooth shorter than half of apical tooth (Fig 65); propodeum areolate (Fig 64)................................................................................................. M. foveiventris Lin, 1966
- Tarsal claws with subapical tooth almost as long as apical tooth (Fig 83); propodeum transversely costate (Fig 82).............................................................................................. M. maai Lin, 1966
6 Mandible distally not narrowed (Fig 4).................................................................... 7
- Mandible narrowed in distal half or third (Fig 26)............................................................ 8
7 Propodeum dorsally areolate, with smooth interspaces (Fig 17)................................ M. areolata Lin, 1966
- Propodeum dorsally rugose longitudinally, with granulate interspaces (Fig 39).................... M. cirrhocrus sp. nov.
8 Propodeum dorsally clearly areolate (Fig 28).............................................. M. cavipyga Lin, 1966
- Propodeum dorsally finely areolate or areolae absent (Fig 6).................................. M. alutacea Lin, 1966
9 All tarsal claws with subapical tooth equal to or longer than apical tooth (Fig 94).................................. 10
- All tarsal claws with subapical tooth shorter than apical tooth (Fig 51).......................................... 11
10 Gena narrowed ventrally (Fig 93); mesosoma entirely black (Figs 88, 89)........................... M. maai Lin, 1966
- Gena not narrowed (Fig 100); mesosoma dark reddish brown (Figs 95, 96).......................... M. plana Lin, 1966
11 Frons impunctate or punctate (Fig 49).................................................................... 12
- Frons rugose; distal two-thirds of clypeus rugulose (Fig 74)................................. M. foveiventris Lin, 1966
12 Frontal tubercles absent (Fig 49)........................................................................ 13
- Pair of frontal tubercles present (Figs 106, 107)........................................... M. priorrecta Lin, 1966
13 Clypeal apex incurved (Fig 49)....................................................... M. emarginata Lin, 1966
- Clypeal apex truncate (Fig 56).................................................... M. formosana Williams, 1919
description: Published as part of Narita, Keisuke & Mita, Toshiharu, 2021, A review of the subfamily Methochinae from Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae) with description of a new species and redescription of the known species, pp. 303-329 in Zootaxa 4964 (2) on pages 304-305, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4964.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/4709412