Zele (Curtis, 1832)

Stigenberg, Julia & Ronquist, Fredrik, 2011, Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084, Zootaxa 3084 (1), pp. 1-95 : 26

Key to European species of Zele :

1 Vein cu–a of forewing antefurcal ( Fig. 13a )..................................... Z. chlorophthalmus ( Spinola, 1808)

– Vein cu-a of forewing postfurcal ( Fig. 13b )................................................................. 2

2 Precoxal sulcus narrow ( Fig. 14 ).......................................................................... 3

– Precoxal sulcus wide, not always strongly rugose ( Fig. 15 ) ( albiditarsus Curtis s.l.)................................. 4

3 Ovipositor short, 1.5 times petiolar tergum, (ovipositor sheath 0.19–0.28 times fore wing)..... Z. caligatus ( Haliday, 1835)

– Ovipositor long 2.5 times petiolar tergum (ovipositor sheath 0.38–0.39 times fore wing).... Z. annulicrus ( Thomson, 1895)

4 Length of fore leg tibial spur 0.4–0.5 times fore basitarsus, fore femur swollen, 5.0–6.0 times as long as wide ( Fig. 16 )..................................................................................... Z. albiditarsus Curtis, 1832

– Length of fore leg tibial spur 0.2–0.4 times fore basitarsus, fore femur slender, 6.5–9.0 times as long as wide ( Fig. 17 ).................................................................................... Z. deceptor ( Wesmael, 1835)

Figures

FIGURES 10–17. Characters used in key to species. 10a) hind wing of Z. albiditarsus, 10b) hind wing of M. colon, 11) metaoma of Z. deceptor, 12) metasoma of M. pendulus, 13a) fore wing of Z. chlorophthalmus, 13b) fore wing of Z. albiditarsus, 14) mesosoma of Z. caligatus, 15) mesosoma of Z. deceptor, 16) fore femur and tibial spur of Z. albiditarsus, 17) fore femur and tibial spur of Z. deceptor.