Deuteroxorides, Viereck, 1914

Watanabe, Kyohei, 2017, Revision of the Genus Viereck, 1914 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Poemeniinae), from Japan, Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science) 46, pp. 101-106 : 105

Key to World species of Deuteroxorides

1. Mesopleuron nearly entirely black ( Figs. 1 , 8 ), at most with a small indistinct yellow area below subalar prominence. Mesoscutum without conspicuous yellow areas. Palearctic region...................2

-. Mesopleuron with conspicuous yellow stripes or spots. Mesoscutum with conspicuous yellow areas. Oriental region...................4

2. All coxae and hind femur red. Second to fourth segments of hind tarsus with a conspicuous white band. Ovipositor sheath 0.5–0.7 times as long as fore wing. Distribution: Western Palearctic region. ...................... D. elevator (Panzer, 1799)

-. At least hind coxa and hind femur largely black to blackish-brown ( Figs. 1, 6 , 8, 10 ). Second to fourth segments of hind tarsus entirely black ( Figs. 8, 10 ) or with a conspicuous white band ( Figs. 1, 6 ). Ovipositor sheath 0.6–1.0 times as long as fore wing. Distribution: Eastern Palearctic region.......................3

3. All coxae black ( Fig. 1 ). Tegula black to blackish-brown ( Fig. 4 ). Ovipositor sheath 0.6 times as long as fore wing and 1.2–1.3 times as long as hind tibia. POL 0.8 times as long as OOL. Hind tibia with a conspicuous white band ( Figs. 1, 6 ). Hind femur 5.5–6.2 times as long as maximum depth in lateral view. Male unknown. ...................... D. breviterebratus sp. nov.

-. Fore and mid coxae red ( Fig. 8 ). Hind coxa black, sometimes with a reddish-brown area. Tegula yellow to whitish-yellow. Ovipositor sheath 0.7–1.0 times as long as fore wing and 1.4–2.2 times as long as hind tibia. POL 0.6–0.7 times as long as OOL. Hind tibia without a conspicuous white band ( Figs. 8, 10 ). Hind femur 6.3–6.5 times as long as maximum depth in lateral view. ................. D. orientalis ( Uchida, 1928) (= D. atratus Kasparyan, 1976 syn. nov.)

4. All coxae black with a small yellow spot. Fore and mid femora red. Mesopleuron with three yellow areas. Mesopleuron densely punctate. Male unknown. ................... D. indicus Gupta, 1980

-. Fore and mid coxae yellow. Fore and mid femora yellow. Mesopleuron with two yellow areas. Mesopleuron sparsely punctate. Female unknown. .................. D. brumhus Gupta, 1980

Figures

Figs. 1–7. Deuteroxorides breviterebratus sp. nov., female (holotype: KPM-NK 5006273). — 1, lateral habitus; 2, head, frontal view; 3, mesoscutum and scutellum, dorsal view; 4, mesopleuron, lateral view; propodeum, dorsolateral view; 6, anterior aspect of left hind leg, lateral view; 7, T1-T4, dorsolateral view.

Figs. 8–11. Deuteroxorides orientalis (Uchida, 1928), female (KPM-NK 5006272). — 8, lateral habitus; 9, head, frontal view; 10, anterior aspect of right hind leg, lateral view; 11, hind coxae, posterior view.