Xiphogramma Nowicki, 1940

Khan, Mohd Talib, Ahmad, Syed Kamran, Anis, Shoeba Binte & Dawah, Hassan Ali, 2018, A new species of Xiphogramma Nowicki (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Saudi Arabia, Zootaxa 4410 (2), pp. 393-396 : 394

Key to species of Xiphogramma Nowicki (female) (Additional, non-contrasting characters are given in brackets)

1 Gaster largely or completely dark brown; fore wing with RS1 present ............................................................................................ 2

- Gaster largely yellow with a few brown spots or bands; fore wing with RS1 absent (mandible with 3 teeth, Fig. 2 ) ..................... 4

2 Mandible with 3 teeth; hypopygium reaching apex of gaster ........................................................................................................... 3

- Mandible with 4 teeth; hypopygium extending to about 0.8× length of gaster) (USA; Mexico) .............................. X. fuscum Pinto

3 Gaster with a broad yellowish spot at base; F1 about as long as F2; clava 4× as long as wide (Poland; England)............................ ...................................................................................................................................................................... X. holorhoptra Nowicki

- Gaster completely dark brown, without any yellowish spot at base; F1 distinctly longer than F2; clava 2.42–2.68× as long as wide (India) ..................................................................................................................................................................... X. indicum Hayat

4 Marginal vein normal, not widened at apex, about as long as premarginal vein; head as broad as high (South Africa).................... ................................................................................................................................................................................ X. anneckei Doutt

- Marginal vein widened at apex, about twice as long as premarginal vein; head broader than high (Saudi Arabia)........................... .................................................................................................................................................................................. X. hayati sp.nov.

Figures

FIGURES 1–7. Xiphogramma hayati sp. nov. female: 1, head; 2, mandible; 3, habitus; 4, fore wing; 5, antenna; 6, mid lobe of mesoscutumand scutellum; 7, mesosoma.