A revision of the genus Protomicroplitis Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), with the description of a new species Author Fernandez-Triana, J. L. text Zootaxa 2015 4039 4 529 542 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4039.4.3 f5aafc97-970a-4ac0-9a67-006b9c72f4f3 1175-5326 244946 5268A8C6-1214-46F5-97B4-716E96D71F7C Key to species of Protomicroplitis 1 Head (except for yellow-orange clypeus, labrum, and mandibles) and mesosoma entirely black ( Figs 3–5, 8, 9 ); male with same coloration on metasoma than female; body and fore wing length almost always 5.0 mm or more (body length average: 5.1 mm , range: 4.7–5.5 mm ; fore wing length average: 5.0 mm, range: 4.7–5.2 mm ); metatibia almost always over 1.96 mm (very rarely 1.92 mm ) [Nearctic species: northern Mexico , US (north of Gainesville, FL), Canada ]........................................................................................... Protomicroplitis calliptera (Say, 1836) - Head and/or mesosoma mostly to entirely orange or yellow ( Figs 11, 12, 15, 16 , 18, 20, 21, 23, 24 , 25–29 ); male with darker coloration on metasoma than female ( Figs 25–29 ); body length rarely reaching 5.0 mm (usually 4.8 mm or less), fore wing at most 4.8 mm (usually 4.4–4.5 mm ); metatibia almost always below 1.85 mm (rarely up to 1.90 mm ) [Neotropical species: US (south of Gainesville, FL), Cuba , southern Mexico , Costa Rica ]................................................ 2 2(1) Head mostly black (except for orange spot centrally on face, and yellow-orange clypeus, labrum and mandibles) ( Figs 12, 15 ); metatibia yellow-brown on anterior 0.8 ×, posterior 0.2 × (rarely up to 0.4 ×) black ( Fig. 11 ); fore wing mostly to entirely hyaline ( Fig. 13 ); pterostigma with anterior 0.5 yellow in female and male specimens; T1 relatively wider centrally, its width at half length of tergite 0.6–0.7 × its width at anterior margin ( Fig. 17 ) [Central America species: Costa Rica , Turrialba; Mexico : Chiapas, and Quintana Roo]...................... Protomicroplitis centroamericanus Fernandez-Triana new species - Head entirely orange ( Figs 18, 20, 21, 23 , 25, 26, 29 ); metatibia entirely dark brown to black ( Figs 18 , 26, 27 ); fore wing infumated ( Figs 19 , 28 ); pterostigma entirely brown in females ( Fig. 19 ), mostly brown in males (rarely male specimens with brown coloration restricted to posterior 0.5 of pterostigma) ( Fig. 28 ); T1 relatively narrower centrally, its width at half length of tergite 0.4–0.5 × its width at anterior margin ( Fig. 22 ) [Caribbean and southern Florida species: Cuba , US (FL, south of Gainesville)]....................................................... Protomicroplitis mediata (Cresson, 1865)