Walkerella Westwood
Creators: name: Peng, Yun-Cui Ma Yan- Qiong
name: Yang, Da-Rong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Agaonidae
Walkerella

description: Key to species of Walkerella Westwood from figs
(Figs 1 B, 3E, 4C, 5A–G, 6A–G, 7 A–G)
1 Female .............................................................................................. 2
- Male................................................................................................ 8
2 POL (distance between posterior ocelli) <3× OOL (distance between posterior ocellus and eye margin)................. 3
- POL> 3× length of OOL............................................................................... 5
3 Marginal vein> 2× length of postmarginal vein. Fore leg tarsal length> 0.7× tibial length..................................................................................................... W. curtipedis Ma & Yang sp. nov. ♀
- Marginal vein 2× as long as postmarginal vein. Fore leg tarsal length <0.7× tibial length............................. 4
4 Stigmal vein subequal in length to postmarginal vein. Antennal club 2× as long as its maximum width W. benjamini Joseph ♀
- Stigmal vein shorter than postmarginal vein. Antennal club 2.4× as long as its maximum width....... W. jacobsoni Grandi ♀
5 Eye elongate, clearly <0.7× as wide as long. Basitarsus of mid leg longer than length of three following tarsomeres combined................................................................................ W. temereria Westwood ♀
- Eye more rounded,> 0.7× as wide as long. Basitarsus of mid leg shorter than length of three following tarsomeres combined 6
6 POL 4.8× as long as OOL. Scape> 8× as long as broad....................... W. nigrabdomina Ma & Yang sp. nov. ♀
- POL <4× as long as OOL. Scape about 6× as long as broad................................................... 7
7 Eye> 0.75× as long as wide. POL 3.67× as long as OOL. Metasoma as long as mesosoma...... W. kuruandensis Bouček ♀
- Eye 0.75× as long as wide. POL 3.5× as long as OOL. Metasoma slightly longer than mesosoma... W. microcarpae Bouček ♀
8 Antennae inserted far apart, distance between toruli much greater than diameter of a torulus. Pronotum wider than long.... 9
- Antennae inserted close together, distance between toruli less than diameter of a torulus. Pronotum longer than wide...... 12
9 Head oval, much wider than high........................................................................ 10
- Head subquadrate.................................................................................... 11
10 Distance between toruli less than between torulus and eye................................. W. temereria Westwood ♂
- Distance between toruli greater than between torulus and eye................................. W. benjamini Joseph ♂
11 Head with posterior transverse groove. Toruli with posterior margins not connected by a groove. Mandible falcate with both teeth pointed........................................................................ W. jacobsoni Grandi ♂
- Head without posterior transverse groove. Toruli with posterior margins connected by a groove. Mandible large and massive, with ventral tooth massive and obtuse......................................... W. curtipedis Ma & Yang sp. nov. ♂
12 Head with posterior transverse groove not produced forward to the eye margins................ W. microcarpae Bouček ♂
- Head with posterior transverse groove deepened and widened towards dorsal margins of eyes........................ 13
13 area raised anteriorly into a round smooth tubercle, and on either side with a strong lobe-like elevation, the elevations parallel to each other. Metasoma yellow..................................................... W. kuruandensis Bouček ♂
- Supraclypeal area raised into a sharp longitudinal carina, and on either side with a low but distinct ridge that diverges laterall. towards the mandibular base. Metasoma black............................... W. nigrabdomina Ma & Yang sp. nov. ♂
description: Published as part of Peng, Yun-Cui Ma Yan- Qiong & Yang, Da-Rong, 2013, Description of two new species of Walkerella (Pteromalidae, Otitesellinae) from China with a key to species of the genus, pp. 473-482 in Zootaxa 3702 (5) on pages 474-475, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3702.5.6, http://zenodo.org/record/223546