1. Gena
distinctly concave in anterior view (A); pronotal shoulders
well-developed, pronotum anteriorly with well-defined neck (B);
notauli narrow, 7x longer than wide (B) …Afrisolia anyskop
van Noort and Lahey, 2021
- Gena straight or convex in anterior view (a); pronotal shoulders
more evenly rounded, pronotum anteriorly with weakly defined neck
(b); notauli broad, at most 5x longer than wide (b) …2
2. Metasoma dark brown, not strongly contrasting with head and
mesosomal coloration (A); notauli 5x longer than wide (B); OOL equal
to LOL (C) ...Afrisolia
robertsoni van Noort and Lahey, 2021
- Metasoma yellow-orange or red-orange, contrasting with darker head
and mesosoma (a); notauli at most 3x longer than wide (b); OOL
either distinctly shorter (c) or distinctly longer than LOL ...3
3. Notauli posteriorly widely spaced relative to scutellar width
(red lines), meeting the mesoscutellar sulcus less than the
posterior notaular width from the lateral margins of the scutellum
(white lines) (A); mesoscutum polished between the notauli (A); OOL
shorter than LOL, two-fifths of POL, (B); single dorsal striation on
mesopleuron (C) ...Afrisolia
obesa Masner and Huggert
- Notauli positioned closer together relative to scutellar width
(red lines), meeting the mesoscutellar sulcus at least double the
posterior notaular width from the lateral margins of the scutellum
(white lines) (a); mesoscutum with alutaceous reticulation between
the notauli (a); OOL longer than LOL, two-thirds of POL (b); two or
more dorsal striations on mesopleuron (c) ...Afrisolia quagga
van Noort and Lahey, 2021
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