Microcurgus, Haupt, 1950

Al-Jahdhami, Ali & Schmid-Egger, Christian, 2020, A new species of Microcurgus Haupt, 1950 (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) from Oman, Zootaxa 4728 (4), pp. 498-500 : 498

Key to Palaearctic females of Microcurgus

Updated key from Schmid-Egger et al. (2018), males of M. iranensis and M. samadensis are unknown.

1. Body mostly black and shiny. Forewing yellowish, without bands. North Oman.............................................................................................. M. samedensis Al-Jahdhami & Schmid-Egger sp.n.

- Body entirely or partly red or pale yellow, dull. Forewing transparent, with dark bands..............................2.

2. Head (except eye margin), mesosoma, and abdominal tergites I–IV reddish with brown. Frons (in lateral view) flat, not protruding between eyes. Vertex (in frontal view) flat. Egypt and Tunisia........................... M. braconoides (Priesner)

- Body pale yellow. Frons (in lateral view) thick, protruding between eyes. Vertex (in frontal view) with medial elevation. Iran............................................................................. M. iraniensis Schmid-Egger