Zonopimpla Ashmead

Valera, Neicy & Díaz, Francisco, 2010, Nine new Zonopimpla Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) and key to species from Venezuela, Zootaxa 2438, pp. 37-51 : 38

Key to the Venezuelan species of Zonopimpla Ashmead

Valid to females, but will work for males of Z. sebastiani , Z. vasquezi , and Z. victoriae .

1. Submetapleural carina entirely absent (Fig. 4). Pleural carina present ( Figs 1 , 2, 4) ............................................. 2

-. Submetapleural carina present ( Figs 1–3 ). Pleural carina present or absent ............................................................ 3

2(1) Wings hyaline. Metasomal tergites black with white stripes (Fig. 4) ....................................... Z. sebastiani sp. nov.

-. Wings yellow with a broad-dark brown band. Metasoma fulvous with tergites 6–8 black ......... Z. fasciata Townes

3(1). Pleural carina absent ( Fig. 3 ). Lateromedian carina of tergite 1 clearly distinct and almost reaching apex of tergite ( Fig. 3 ) ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4

-. Pleural carina present. Lateromedian carina of tergite 1 distinct or vestigial and not reaching the apex of tergite. 5

4(3) Metasoma entirely orange. Wings uniformly infuscated .......................................................... Z. atriceps (Cresson)

-. Metasoma orange with four last tergites black. Forewing with a black stripe at apex and a triangular black spot close to vein Rs&M ( Fig. 7 ).............................................................................................. Z. pseudoatriceps sp. nov.

5(3) Epicnemial carina absent ( Fig. 1 ). Lateral carina of tergite 1 absent. Head black, palpi white .................................. ................................................................................................................................................... Z. rodriguesi sp. nov.

-. Epicnemial carina present. Lateral carina of tergite 1 present at least as vestiges. Head and palpi yellow or orange ................................................................................................................................................................................... 6

6(5) Epicnemial carina not reaching to level of lower corner of pronotum. Wings hyaline ............................................ 7

-. Epicnemial carina reaching or surpassing the level of lower corner of pronotum. Wings slightly infumate ........... 8

7(6) Ovipositor projecting beyond apex of metasoma by about 2.8–3.1 times length of hind tibia; apex of upper valve evenly rounded ............................................................................................................................ Z. vasquezi sp. nov.

-. Ovipositor projecting beyond apex of metasoma by 1.7 times length of hind tibia; apex of upper valve slightly flat- tened ............................................................................................................................................ Z. pereirai sp. nov.

8(6) Epicnemial carina reaching to level of lower corner of pronotum. Head and mesosoma orange ............................. 9

-. Epicnemial carina reaching distinctively above the level of lower corner of pronotum (Fig. 2). Head and mesosoma yellow ...................................................................................................................................................................... 10

9(8) Lateral carina of tergite 1 at the anterior and posterior ends of tergite. Ovipositor with apex of upper valve steeply rounded. Hind wing with abscissa of Cu1 between M and cu-a 2 times as long as cu-a .................. Z. diazi sp. nov.

-. Lateral carina of tergite 1 well-developed posteriorly. Ovipositor with apex of upper valve flattened. Hind wing with abscissa of Cu1 between M and cu-a 1.3–1.5 times as long as cu-a ................................... Z. victoriae sp. nov.

10(8) Ovipositor with apex of upper valve flattened, without nodus (Fig. 2). Metasoma black with transversal white stripes on hind margin of all the tergites, white stripes on lateral areas of tergites 2–8 .............. Z. moralesi sp. nov.

-. Ovipositor with apex of upper valve slightly flattened, with a weak nodus ( Fig. 7 ). Metasoma black with lateral and hind margins of all tergites white ........................................................................................ Z. torrellasi sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Mesosoma of Zonopimpla rodriguezi Valera, sp. nov., Paratype Ƥ. FIGURE 2. Mesosoma of Zonopimpla torrellasi Valera, sp. nov., Holotype Ƥ.

FIGURE 3. Propodeum, metapleuron and tergite 1 of Zonopimpla pseudoatriceps Valera & Díaz, sp. nov., Paratype Ƥ. FIGURE 4. Propodeum, metapleuron and tergite 1 of Zonopimpla sebastiani Valera, sp. nov., Holotype Ƥ.

FIGURE 7. Wings of Zonopimpla pseudoatriceps Valera & Díaz, sp. nov., Holotype Ƥ. FIGURE 8. Wings of Zonopimpla moralesi Valera, sp. nov., Holotype Ƥ.