Neolirata, Torréns, Javier & Heraty, John M., 2013

Torréns, Javier & Heraty, John M., 2013, A new genus of Eucharitidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), with notes on life history and immature stages, Zootaxa 3630 (2), pp. 347-358 : 349

Key to species of Neolirata gen. nov.

1 Both sexes: Scutellar spines straight, directed outward from mesosoma (Fig. 18). Face striate (Figs 16, 20). Female: Antenna with 10 flagellomeres; basal flagellomere sharply serrate.......................................... N. alta (Walker)

− Both sexes: Scutellar spines strongly bowed medially or nearly parallel ( Figs 7 , 19). Face smooth ( Figs 3 , 17). Female: Antenna with 8, 9 or 10 flagellomeres; basal flagellomere blunt serrate or cylindrical with a small serrate tip............. 2

2 Both sexes: Scutellar spines long, thin and bowed medially with apices closely spaced ( Figs 6, 7 ). Female: Antenna with 8 or 9 flagellomeres; basal flagellomere cylindrical with a small serrate tip, 7.0–8.3× as long as basal width, and 1.1–1.4× as long as scape ( Fig. 3 )..................................................................... N. daguerrei (Gemignani)

− Both sexes: Scutellar spines stout and nearly parallel (Fig. 19). Female: Antenna with 10 flagellomeres; basal flagellomere blunt serrate, 3.6–5.0× as long as basal width and 0.8–0.9× length of scape (Fig. 17).................. N. furcula sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 7. Neolirata daguerrei: 1, habitus (female); 2, head (female, dorsal; carina indicated); 3, antenna and head (female, frontal); 4, habitus (male); 5, antenna (male, lateral); 6, mesosoma (male, lateral); 7, mesosoma (female, dorsal).