Revision of the genus Jethsura Cameron, 1902 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ichneumoninae: Phaeogenini)
Author
Claridge, Brandon
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-11-23
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.5071.2.3
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Key to species of
Jethsura
1. Body primarily brownish-red (
Fig. 5A
,
6A
). Female flagellum with yellowish-white banding from flagellomeres 7/8–12/13 (
Fig. 5A
). Dorsal face of propodeum with carinae distinct (
Fig. 5E
)....................................
J. pyriformis
- Primarily black with at least head and mesosoma black (e.g.
Figs 1A
,
7A
). Female flagellum black and without yellowishwhite banding (e.g.
Figs 1A
,
7A
). Dorsal face of propodeum with carinae obsolete (e.g.
Figs 1E
,
7E
)...................
2
2. Head and mesosoma black with metasoma primarily brownish-red (
Figs 7A
,
8A
). Gastrocoelus and thyridium of T2 subobsolete (
Fig. 7F
)........................................................................
J. rubricauda
sp. nov.
- Head, mesosoma, and metasoma black (e.g.
Figs 1A
,
9A
). Gastrocoelus and thyridium of T2 well-developed (e.g.
Figs 1E
,
9F
)................................................................................................
3
3. Body elongate and strongly laterally flattened (
Figs 9A
,
10A
). Mandible broad (
Fig. 9D
)............................
4
-
Body of normal length, not strongly laterally flattened (e.g.
Figs 1A
,
2A
). Mandible moderately wide (
Fig. 1D
) or slightly narrowed (
Fig. 3D
)......................................................................................
5
4. Mesopleuron smooth with a few coarse punctures (
Fig. 9B
)...................................
J. serpentina
sp. nov.
-
Ventral 0.6 of mesopleuron longitudinally rugulose, dorsal 0.4 smooth and coarsely punctate (
Fig. 10B
).....................................................................................................
Jethsura
species
X.
5. Mandible black with dark reddish apex (
Figs 1D
,
2C
). Clypeus and supraclypeal area slightly convex in profile (
Fig. 1B
). In female, head slightly tapering ventrally (
Fig. 1C
).............................................
J. euthenia
sp. nov.
- Mandible brown to light brown with dark brown apex (
Figs 3D
,
4C
). Clypeus and supraclypeal area nearly flat in profile (
Fig. 3B
). In female, head nearly quadrate (
Fig. 3C
)............................................
J. gonawindua
sp. nov.