Acropimpla Townes from China (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae), with key to Chinese fauna and descriptions of two new species Author Liu, Jing-Xian Author He, Jun-Hua Author Chen, Xue-Xin text Zootaxa 2010 2394 23 40 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.193926 c9a5f410-842c-4710-9cb9-e09f3425b5a5 1175-5326 193926 Key to species of Acropimpla Townes from China The key below is modified from Gupta and Tikar (1976) and He et al. (1996) , both based on female characters. 1. Propodeum without distinct median longitudinal carina on dorsal face, or with short stub on base, always smooth or with few sparse punctures ............................................................................................................................................ 2 -. Propodeum with distinct median longitudinal carinae on dorsal face, at least reaching to basal 0.50, smooth or densely punctate............................................................................................................................................................ 5 2(1) Fore wing with crossvein 3rs-m and areolet absent. China ........................................................ A. tricolor Kusigemati -. Fore wing with crossvein 3rs-m and areolet present .................................................................................................... 3 3(2) Supraclypeal area wholly black; scutellum and metascutellum black on basal 0.70–0.80, yellow on apical 0.20; metasomal tergites black except for T2–4 with lateral sides yellow; tubercles on T2–5 smooth and shiny. China ....... ............................................................................................................................................ A. laevituberculata sp. nov. -. Supraclypeal area largely yellow and with a black mark on middle; scutellum and metascutellum largely yellow; metasomal tergites red or yellow with transverse apical smooth bands black; tubercles on T2–5 punctate ............... 4 4(3) Upper margin of supraclypeal area weakly concave below antennal sockets; propodeum with short stubs on basal 0.20–0.30; propodeum and mesopleuron partly red; mesopleuron with a yellow spot on anterior; metasomal tergites reddish yellow, T2–5 with transverse apical smooth bands black. China , Myanmar , India , Nepal .............................. ..................................................................................................................................................... A. uchidai (Cushman) -. Upper margin of supraclypeal area straight below antennal sockets; propodeum without median longitudinal carinae or grooves; propodeum and mesopleuron black; mesopleuron without yellow spot on anterior, metasomal tergites black, and with T1 yellowish brown, T2–4 yellowish brown with basal and apical 0.20 black, apical margin of T6–7 yellow. China , Japan , India , Indonesia , Laos , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Vietnam ..................... A. leucostoma ( Cameron ) 5(1) Dorsal face of propodeum smooth, pleural area with sparse punctures, median longitudinal carinae long but weak, its apical part diverging. China ............................................................................................... A. nakula Gupta et Tikar -. Dorsal face of propodeum with dense punctures on basal area, lateral area and pleural area, or areola smooth, median longitudinal carinae at least strong at base ...................................................................................................... 6 6(5) Supraclypeal area yellow; median longitudinal carinae of propodeum short. China , India , Myanmar ........................ ........................................................................................................................................................... A. hapaliae (Rao) -. Supraclypeal area wholly or partly black; median longitudinal carinae of propodum strong and long (but in A. perimilis weak, only with depression) ................................................................................................................................... 7 7(6) Supraclypeal area wholly black ................................................................................................................................... 8 -. Supraclypeal area black with yellow marks ............................................................................................................... 10 8(7) Scutellum and metascutellum fiery-red; propodeum with fine and sparse punctures; punctures on metasomal tergites sparse; most part of pronotum and mesoscutum fiery-red; mesopleuron largely red with lower margin near sternum black; metapleuron black, sometimes with red dish brown parts; metasomal tergites dark brown, with T1 black. China ....................................................................................................................................... A. emmiltosa Kusigemati -. Scutellum and metascutellum black; propodeum with dense and coarse punctures; punctures on metasomal tergites dense; pronotum, mesoscutum, mesopleuron and metapleuron wholly black; metasomal tergites wholly black ....... 9 9(8) Areolet of fore wing petiolate, receiving 2m-cu at apex, ovipositor sheath shorter than metasoma. Palaearctic Region ..................................................................................................................................... A. pictipes (Gravenhorst) -. Areolet of fore wing sessile, receiving 2m-cu at basal 0.2 of outer corner, ovipositor sheath as long as metasoma. Eastern Palaearctic Region and Oriental Region .................................................................... A. persimilis (Ashmead) 10(7) Propodeum flat and wide dorsally, strongly punctate; metasomal tergites largely ferrugineous or reddish ........... 11 -. Propodeum with a normal curvature, rounded on sides, moderately to sparsely punctate; metasomal tergites black or yellow with black, or black with lateral sides yellow ................................................................................................ 12 11(10) Clypeus blackish and dark area joined to the triangular spot above it on supraclypeal area, supraclypeal yellow margins on supraclypeal area not extend beyond the antennal sockets. China , Philippines ......... A. punctata Baltazar -. Clypeus yellow, supraclypeal mark rectangular, supraclypeal yellow margins extend beyond the antennal sockets. China , India , Myanmar ........................................................................................................... A. aspera Gupta et Tikar 12(10) Black mark on supraclypeal area pentagonal; metasoma with T1 dirty yellow, T2–4 yellow except for tubercles and transverse apical smooth bands black. China .................................................................... A. taishunensis sp. nov. -. Black mark on supraclypeal area various, but not pentagonal; metasomal tergites black or with yellow lateral sides .................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 13(12) Scutellum and metascutellum yellow with a narrow black stripe medially; propodeum densely punctate. China .. .............................................................................................................................. A. nigrescens nigrescens (Cushman) -. Scutellum and metascutellum wholly black; propodeum sparsely punctate ............................................................. 14 14(13) Upper margin of supraclypeal area straight, without dorsal median groove; metasomal tergites black. Palaearctic Region .................................................................................................................................... A. didyma (Gravenhorst) -. Upper margin of supraclypeal area weakly raised below antennal sockets and with a faint groove between sockets; metasomal tergites blackish brown with lateral sides yellow. China ..................................... A. poorva Gupta et Tikar