Sphelodon Townes 1966
Creators: name: Herrera-Florez, Andres Fabian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Sphelodon

description: Key to Sphelodon species occurring in the Neotropical Region
(Adapted in part from Gauld et al., 2002 and Herrera & Penteado-Dias 2011)
1. Metasoma pale yellowish brown or orange (Figs 1,6) ...................................................................................................................... 2
- Metasoma black or dark brown with transverse white or pale yellowish bands ............................................................................... 8
2. Flagellum without a median white band ......................................................................................................... S. brunicornis Herrera
- Flagellum with a median white band ................................................................................................................................................ 3
3. Mesopleuron closely and coarsely punctate ................................................................................. S. guanacastensis Godoy & Gauld
- Mesopleuron with fine, inconspicuous punctures (Figs 1,4) ............................................................................................................ 4
4. Pronotum in dorsal view with upper end of epomia forming a distinct tubercle ...................................... S. wardae Godoy & Gauld
- Pronotum in dorsal view not tuberculate above (Figs 2,3)................................................................................................................ 5
5. Base of tergite I with margin of lateral tooth pointing laterally (Fig. 6) ........................................................................................... 6
- Base of tergite I with margin of lateral tooth pointing down ........................................................................................................... 7
6. Gena and vertex mostly yellow (only the interocellar area black) ........................................................... S. ugaldei Godoy & Gauld
- Gena and vertex mostly black (Figs 2–4) ................................................................................. S. antioquensis Herrera-Florez sp. n.
7. Propodeum with anterior and posterior transverse carinae normally developed; the latter rather straight (Fig. 13). Triangular area of tergite II with some punctures ....................................................................................................................... S. plaumanni Herrera
- Propodeum with anterior transverse carina, complete and strong and posterior transverse carina complete, strong and sinuous. Triangular area of tergite II smooth ............................................................................................................... S. boraceiensis Herrera
8. Propodeum without an enclosed area superomedia ...................................................................................... S. phoxopteridis (Weed)
- Propodeum with an enclosed area superomedia................................................................................................................................ 9
9. Antenna with 39–40 flagellomeres. Mesosoma black in part ...................................................................... S. annulicornis (Morley)
- Antenna with 43 or more flagellomeres. Mesosoma partly orange or red ...................................................................................... 10
10. Lateral area of tergite II with some sparse punctures. Propodeum with area petiolaris, area posteroexterna and most of area denti- para and area superomedia yellow; area externa mostly orange, rest of propodeum dark ferrugineous; apex of fore wing with a weak brown spot ..................................................................................................................................................... S. zuleidei Herrera
- Lateral area of tergite II different (smooth with some pubescence). Propodeum mostly red with yellow spots in area dentipara; fore wing hyaline ............................................................................................................................................ S. botucatensis Herrera
description: Published as part of Herrera-Florez, Andres Fabian, 2017, A new species of Sphelodon Townes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Banchinae) from Colombia, pp. 289-294 in Zootaxa 4277 (2) on page 293, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4277.2.11, http://zenodo.org/record/809747