Identity and synonymy of Dicroscelio Kieffer and description of Axea, a new genus from tropical Africa and Asia (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Platygastridae)
Author
Yoder, Matthew J.
Author
Valerio, Alejandro A.
Author
Masner, Lubomír
Author
Johnson, Norman F.
text
Zootaxa
2009
2003
1
45
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.274672
beb6969a-faa1-4b55-af28-541e94ecd956
1175-5326
274672
Key to world species of
Axea
1
Hind
wing with submarginal vein complete, tubular (Asian species) ......................................................................... 2
-
Hind
wing with submarginal vein absent all but basally (Africa,
Yemen
) .................................................................. 4
2 Metascutellum not projecting, smooth and shining (Fig. 73); mesosoma anterior to propodeum orange, metasoma nearly black, concolorous with head (Figs. 71, 72) ......................................................
A. kilen
Valerio & Yoder
,
n.sp.
- Metascutellum projecting, sculptured (Figs. 19, 20); mesosoma and metasoma concolorous, yellow to orange yellow with head black ........................................................................................................................................................... 3
3 Metascutellum bilobed (Fig. 20) (
India
) .....................................................................
A. yama
Valerio & Yoder
,
n.sp.
- Metascutellum bluntly pointed medially (Fig. 19) (Southeast Asia)..............................................
A. atriceps
(Kieffer)
4 Head and mesosoma orange, metasoma black (Figs. 77, 78) (
Madagascar
) ...............
A. mena
Valerio & Yoder
,
n.sp.
- Color pattern not as above (Figs. 47, 53, 59) .............................................................................................................. 5
5 Head and mesosoma black, metasoma medially yellow with lateral areas black for metasomal terga 2–5, T1 mainly black with a reduced yellow area posteromedially (Figs. 119, 120); legs including coxae yellow (
Madagascar
; male unknown) ................................................................................................................
A. zanahary
Valerio & Yoder
,
n.sp.
- Color pattern not as described above........................................................................................................................... 6
6 Lateral ocellus separated from eye margin (Fig. 58; known only from male) ............
A. eshu
Valerio & Yoder
,
n.sp.
- Lateral ocellus contiguous with eye margin ............................................................................................................... 7