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Key to species of Eusterinx (Orthocentrinae)

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Ichneumonidae; Subfamily: Orthocentrinae)

ClassificationIdentification keys

1. T2 slender, 2.15 × as long as maximum width posteriorly (A); first flagellomere 7.0 × as long as wide (B), flagellum with wide pale band on flagellomeres 7–14 (B); propodeal apophyses nearly as long as hind coxal width (C); hind femur slender, 6.3 × as long as wide (CAR) …. Eusterinx dzanga

- T2 less slender, 1.2– 1.6 × as long as maximum width posteriorly (a); first flagellomere 5.0– 5.5 × as long as wide (b), flagellum either without pale band (b), or with narrower pale band on flagellomeres 11-14 (c);propodeal apophyses shorter, at most 0.6 ×  hind coxal width (d); hind femur stouter, 5.0–5.7 × as long as wide … 2
 


2. Flagellum with pale band on flagellomeres 11–14 (A); apophyses elongate, terminally rounded, length equivalent to T1 height in lateral view (B) (Uganda) … Eusterinx kibale

- Flagellum without pale band (a); apophyses short, terminally acute, length equal to or less than 0.7 × T1 height in lateral view (b) … 3

 


3.  Inner orbits strongly convergent to clypeus (A); ocellar-ocular line longer than maximum diameter of lateral ocellus – as 28 : 27 (B); area superomedia elongate, 2.4 × as long as maximum wide (C) (South Africa) ...Eusterinx africana



- Inner orbits moderately convergent to clypeus (a); ocellar-ocular line shorter than or equal to maximum diameter of lateral ocellus  (c); area superomedia 1.3 -1.6 × as long as maximum width (c) …4
 


4.  Area superomedia 1.6 × as long as maximum width (A); malar space short 1.2 × as long as basal mandibular width (B); hind tarsus clearly longer than hind tibia (South Africa) … Eusterinx gamka



- Area superomedia 1.3 × as long as maximum wide (a); malar space longer 1.75 × as long as basal mandibular width (b); hind tarsus as long as hind tibia (South Africa) … Eusterinx kirkwoodi

References

Humala, AE, van Noort S. 2025. New records of the genus Eusterinx Förster (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Orthocentrinae) from the Afrotropical Region, with description of four new species from Central African Republic, South Africa and Uganda. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 98: 817-839. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.98.157523

Credits

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


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2026. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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