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Key to species of Afrotropical Tanaostigma

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Tanaostigmatidae; Genus: Tanaostigma)

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1. Fore wing with broad brown central infuscation (A); propodeum with complete medial longitudinal carina (B); axillar grooves meet at trans-scutellar sulcus (B); hind femur and fore tibia all black ...Tanaostigma lasallei van Noort, 2020

 


- Fore wing with narrow transverse band of dark setae (a); propodeum either without carina or with the medial longitudinal carina only present anteriorly for a very short distance (b); axillar grooves meet trans-scutellar sulcus independently (b); hind femur and fore tibia with distal end orangish-brown ...2


2. Forewing band with fewer, more pale, and less densely distributed setae (A); forewing twice as long as wide (A); postmarginal vein as long as stigmal vein (A); squamiform white setae stouter and individually more widely spaced on head (B) and other areas of the body; mesopleuron with coarse reticulate sculpturing (C); metanotal trough with three large metanotal fovea, not extending medially beyond small central metanotal fovea ...Tanaostigma mulu van Noort, 2020

 


- Forewing band with numerous dark, densely distributed setae (a); forewing 2.5 times as long as wide (a); postmarginal vein shorter than stigmal vein (a); squamiform white setae more elongate and densely distributed on head (b) and other areas of the body; mesopleuron with finer, more numerous reticulate sculpturing (c); metanotal trough with a single large metanotal fovea laterad of small central fovea, with narrow elongate fovea anteriorly situated, with three pit-like fovea present medially of central metanotal fovea ...Tanaostigma ukumbusho van Noort, 2020

 


References

van Noort S, Copeland RS. 2020. First record of the genus Tanaostigma (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Tanaostigmatidae) from the Afrotropical region with description of three new species. Journal of Natural History 54: 703-722. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2020.1746426

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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