Pseudopimpla Habermehl

Mazón, Marina & Bordera, Santiago, 2010, Taxonomy of Pseudopimpla Habermehl (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) with description of a new species, Zootaxa 2572, pp. 48-56 : 50

Key to the World species of Pseudopimpla Habermehl

The key below works equally well for males and females.

1. Area petiolaris smooth or punctate, not bordered by a carina ( Figs 6–7 ) .................................................................. 2

-. Area petiolaris smooth and bordered by a conspicuous carina, rest of propodeum punctate ( Figs. 2–5 ) .................. 3

2(1). Area petiolaris smooth, propodeum finely punctate anterolaterally ( Fig. 6 ). Hind tibia short and stout, 5.5–6.5 times as long as its apical depth. Propodeal spiracle elliptic. Ovipositor tip with ripple-like teeth in the dorsal side of the upper valve ( Fig. 8 ). Front and middle coxae light yellow ........................................................... P. glabripropodeum

-. Propodeum, including area petiolaris, uniformly and strongly punctate ( Fig. 7 ). Hind tibia long and stout, 9.4 times as long as its apical depth. Propodeal spiracle rounded. Ovipositor tip without ripple-like teeth in the dorsal side of the upper valve ( Fig. 9 ). All coxae black ..................................................................... P . propodeumpunctata sp. nov.

3(1). Median dorsal carinae of first tergite conspicuous and reaching beyond the middle. Hind tibia blackish in its apex, white in its middle. Eye orbits dark .............................................................................................................. P. carinata

-. Median dorsal carinae of first tergite not conspicuously developed, or reaching at most one third of first tergite length. Hind tibia uniformly red. Eye orbits yellow, sometimes discontinuous .......................................... P. algerica

Figures

FIGURES 6 – 7. Propodeum of Pseudopimpla spp.: 6. P. glabripropodeum; 7. P. propodeumpunctata.

FIGURES 2 – 5. Variation in longitudinal carinae at the base of propodeum in P. a l g e r i ca: 2. Type; 3. Specimen from Cabañeros; 4. Specimen from Portugal; 5. Specimen from Serbia.

FIGURES 8 – 9. Ovipositor apex of Pseudopimpla spp.: 8. P. glabripropodeum; 9. P. propodeumpunctata. The white arrows show the ripple-like teeth.