Maurillus Smith, 1855

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Key to the species of Maurillus Smith

Females

1 Head wholly black, as high as wide ( Fig. 1a ); MID 0.6× TFD; flagellomere1 0.6× UID; and distance from eye top to vertex crest, in profile, about two-fifths of eyeheight ( Fig. 1c ) …...................................................... M. argenticapitis sp. nov.

2 Head dark ferruginous above ocelli, higher than wide ( Fig. 2a ); frons very broad, MID 0.7× TFD; flagellomere1 0.5× UID; and distance fromeye top to vertex crest, in profile, abouttwo-thirdsof eyeheight ( Fig. 2c ). M. australis Smith

Figures

Fig. 1. Maurillus argenticapitis, sp. nov., holotype female.(a) Head, anterior view; (b) head and anterior part of antenna, ventrolateral view; (c) head and mesosoma, lateral view; (d) head and anterior part of mesosoma, dorsal view; (e) posterior part of mesosoma and metasoma, dorsal view; (f) fore wing and anterior part of hind wing; (g) head and mesosoma, dorsal view; (h) apical part of fore tibia, dorsal view; (i) right fore tarsus, dorsal view; and (j) right hind pretarsus, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm for (j), 0.5 mm for (h) and (i) and 1 mm for others.

Fig. 2. Maurillus australis Smith, holotype female. (a) Head, anterior view; (b) clypeus and mandible, anterior view; (c) head and anterior part of mesosoma, lateral view; (d) scape, dorsal (above) and lateral view (below); (e) head and anterior part of pronotum, dorsal view; (f) posterior part of propodeum and metasoma, dorsal view; (g) fore and hind wings; (h) posterior part of mesosoma and anterior part of metasoma, dorsolateral view; (i) apical part of right fore tibia, medial view; and (j) hind tibia, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 mm. ((d), (i) and (j) lack scale bars (no measurement data available due to lack of access to the holotype).)