Dinapsis hirtipes, Hedqvist, 1967

Mita, Toshiharu & Shaw, Scott Richard, 2020, A taxonomic study of Dinapsis Waterson, 1922 from Madagascar (Hymenoptera Megalyridae, Dinapsini): crested wasps of the hirtipes species-group, Zootaxa 4858 (1), pp. 71-84 : 73

Key to species of the Dinapsis hirtipes species-group

1. Distal prong present on hind tibia ( Figs 5, 6, 8–10).......................................................... 2

-. Distal prong absent on hind tibia ( Fig. 7).................................................................. 3

2. Setae on distal prong spatulate ( Figs 5, 10); female body mostly brownish ( Fig. 11)..... D. planifrons Mita & Shaw , n. sp.

-. Setae on distal prong simple ( Figs 6, 8); female body mostly blackish ( Fig. 16)............ D. scriptus Mita & Shaw , n. sp.

3. Transverse raised carina on vertex developed ( Figs 1, 26, 27, 29–31); substraight part of raised carina wide, beyond inner margin of eyes ( Fig. 40)............................................................................... 4

-. Vertex less raised ( Figs 33, 34, 37, 38); substraight part of raised carina narrow, lying on inner margin of eyes........... 5

4. Forewing with dark bands; posterior margin of raised vertex ( Fig. 40) and anterior margin of mesoscutum ( Fig. 41) excavated medially............................................................................ D. hirtipes Hedqvist

-. Forewing without dark band; posterior margin of raised vertex ( Figs 26, 29, 30) and anterior margin of mesoscutum ( Figs 25, 29) flat, at most slightly excavated medially......................................... D. luteus Mita & Shaw , n. sp.

5. Dorsal surface of head rounded in lateral view ( Fig. 34); ovipositor whitish excluding brown apex ( Fig. 32)....................................................................................... D. albicauda Mita & Shaw , n. sp.

-. Dorsal surface of head flattened in lateral view ( Fig. 38); ovipositor entirely brown ( Fig. 35).. D. cresta Mita & Shaw , n. sp.