<document ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3791342" ID-GBIF-Dataset="8693c7c6-1b69-4f15-aa74-1070d53c16a1" ID-GBIF-Taxon="163749230" ID-ISSN="1313–2970" ID-Zenodo-Dep="3791342" ID-ZooBank="BC2641F1-498F-48F0-8786-393772FA3B93" approvalRequired="90" approvalRequired_for_taxonomicNames="1" approvalRequired_for_textStreams="89" checkinTime="1587969639135" checkinUser="plazi" docAuthor="Yoder, Matthew, Polaszek, Andrew, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman & Valerio, Alejandro" docDate="2009" docId="03B48785AE26FFAD9F8281EB4306FC1A" docLanguage="en" docName="ZK_article_2041.pdf" docOrigin="ZooKeys 20 (20)" docStyle="DocumentStylede.uka.ipd.idaho.easyIO.settings.Settings@618e35b9" docStyleName="zookeys.2008.journal_article" docTitle="Scelio pulchripennis Brues. 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Known" authorityYear="1906" box="[429,684,991,1018]" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Scelio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="61" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchripennis"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[429,684,991,1018]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="61">Scelio pulchripennis</emphasis> </taxonomicName> -group (females) </emphasis> </heading> </paragraph> </subSubSection> <subSubSection lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="64" pageId="8" pageNumber="61" type="key"> <keyStep pageId="8" pageNumber="61"> <paragraph blockId="8.[140,1108,1046,1672]" pageId="8" pageNumber="61"> <keyLead pageId="8" pageNumber="61"> 1 Body massive (4.8 mm long in the specimen we examined, recorded as 5.5 mm in Kozlov and Kononova, 1990), black throughout, without metallic coloration; mesoscutum robustly sculptured medially, with two smooth patches in humeral area (Fig. 72); apical fascia of fore wing absent (Figs. 67, 68) ( <collectingCountry box="[299,412,1187,1214]" name="Mongolia" pageId="8" pageNumber="61">Mongolia</collectingCountry> ) ............................................................... <taxonomicName authority="Kozlov" authorityName="Kozlov" box="[891,1108,1187,1214]" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Scelio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="61" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nisa"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[891,1108,1187,1214]" pageId="8" pageNumber="61"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[891,1016,1187,1214]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="61">Scelio nisa</emphasis> Kozlov </emphasis> </taxonomicName> </keyLead> </paragraph> <paragraph blockId="8.[140,1108,1046,1672]" pageId="8" pageNumber="61"> <keyLead pageId="8" pageNumber="61"> – Body typically sized (usually around 2.5– <quantity box="[710,777,1222,1249]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.0" pageId="8" pageNumber="61" unit="mm" value="4.0">4 mm</quantity> long, never> 4.5 mm), body variously colored, if metasoma dark brown to black and concolorous with mesosoma, then with a distinct metallic sheen; mesoscutum variously sculptured, with or without smooth patches; apical fascia of fore wing (Fig. 101, af) absent or (more commonly) present ...................................................... <emphasis bold="true" box="[1092,1107,1363,1389]" pageId="8" pageNumber="61">2</emphasis> </keyLead> </paragraph> </keyStep> <keyStep pageId="8" pageNumber="61"> <paragraph blockId="8.[140,1108,1046,1672]" pageId="8" pageNumber="61"> <keyLead pageId="8" pageNumber="61"> 2 Mesoscutum with 2–3 straight longitudinal carinae (Fig. 114, car) that correspond roughly to the notauli and the medial mesoscutal line, length of medial pair reduced in some cases; sculpture of lateral mesoscutum more or less absent; body without orange or metallic coloration ( <collectingCountry box="[734,796,1504,1530]" name="India" pageId="8" pageNumber="61">India</collectingCountry> , <collectingCountry box="[807,876,1504,1530]" name="Nepal" pageId="8" pageNumber="61">Nepal</collectingCountry> , <collectingCountry box="[887,994,1504,1531]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="8" pageNumber="61">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry> )............ <emphasis bold="true" box="[1092,1107,1504,1530]" pageId="8" pageNumber="61">3</emphasis> </keyLead> </paragraph> <paragraph blockId="8.[140,1108,1046,1672]" pageId="8" pageNumber="61"> <keyLead pageId="8" pageNumber="61"> – Mesoscutum variously sculptured, sometimes with notauli indicated, if appearing to have three carinae as above, then mesosoma orange, mesoscutellum variously sculptured or smooth; lateral mesoscutum with or without sculpture; body with or without metallic coloration.................................... <emphasis bold="true" box="[1092,1107,1645,1671]" pageId="8" pageNumber="61">4</emphasis> </keyLead> </paragraph> </keyStep> <keyStep pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> <paragraph blockId="9.[140,1108,167,1672]" pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> <keyLead pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> 3 Mesoscutellum sculptured with more or less parallel carinae throughout (Fig. 114); notauli typically indicated as a pair of carinae at posterior margin of mesoscutum (Fig. 114) ( <collectingCountry box="[522,584,237,264]" name="India" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">India</collectingCountry> )............... <emphasis bold="true" box="[708,1108,236,263]" pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> <taxonomicName authority="Yoder & Masner" authorityName=", Yoder & Masner" authorityYear="2009" box="[708,1031,236,263]" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Scelio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tria" status="sp. n."> <emphasis bold="true" box="[708,829,236,263]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">Scelio tria</emphasis> Yoder & Masner </taxonomicName> , <taxonomicNameLabel box="[1043,1108,237,263]" pageId="9" pageNumber="62" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel> </emphasis> </keyLead> </paragraph> <paragraph blockId="9.[140,1108,167,1672]" pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> <keyLead pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> – Mesoscutellum with sculpture obliterated medially, otherwise rugulose with very slight longitudinal trend (Fig. 42); notauli indicated by single irregular carina with many short transverse extensions (Fig. 42, nt) ( <collectingCountry box="[1030,1104,343,369]" name="Nepal" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">Nepal</collectingCountry> , <collectingCountry box="[246,358,378,405]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry> )....................................................... <emphasis bold="true" box="[775,1108,377,404]" pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> <taxonomicName authority="Yoder" authorityName="Yoder & Polaszek & Masner & Johnson & Valerio" authorityYear="2009" box="[775,1031,377,404]" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Scelio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ememeye" status="sp. n."> <emphasis bold="true" box="[775,956,377,404]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">Scelio ememeye</emphasis> Yoder </taxonomicName> , <taxonomicNameLabel box="[1043,1108,378,404]" pageId="9" pageNumber="62" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel> </emphasis> </keyLead> </paragraph> </keyStep> <keyStep pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> <paragraph blockId="9.[140,1108,167,1672]" pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> <keyLead pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> 4 Head and mesosoma black with green metallic sheen; posterodorsal head (Fig. 4, ph) with well-defined transverse striae; base of upper frons (as in Fig. 4, uf) with band of ventrally oriented setae (Fig. 29); fore wing with fuscate patches reduced in size, without a clearly defined apical fascia, margin with more or less transparent band throughout (Fig. 26); pilosity of anterior metapleuron very sparse ( <collectingCountry box="[676,742,589,615]" name="India" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">India</collectingCountry> , <collectingCountry box="[755,869,589,616]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry> ) .............................. .......................................................................... <emphasis bold="true" box="[798,1108,624,651]" pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> <taxonomicName authority="Yoder" authorityName="Yoder & Polaszek & Masner & Johnson & Valerio" authorityYear="2009" box="[798,1030,624,651]" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Scelio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clarkei" status="sp. n."> <emphasis bold="true" box="[798,956,624,651]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">Scelio clarkei</emphasis> Yoder </taxonomicName> , <taxonomicNameLabel box="[1043,1108,624,650]" pageId="9" pageNumber="62" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel> </emphasis> </keyLead> </paragraph> <paragraph blockId="9.[140,1108,167,1672]" pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> <keyLead pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> – Head and mesosoma variously colored, if head metallic then without transverse striae, smooth or densely reticulate; setae of upper frons typically oriented laterally or dorsally; fore wing with well-developed fuscate patches that meet wing margins; pilosity of anterior metapleuron moderate to very dense (Africa, Arabian Peninsula, <collectingCountry box="[556,691,800,827]" name="Madagascar" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">Madagascar</collectingCountry> ) ..................................................... <emphasis bold="true" box="[1092,1107,800,826]" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">5</emphasis> </keyLead> </paragraph> </keyStep> <keyStep pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> <paragraph blockId="9.[140,1108,167,1672]" pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> <keyLead pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> 5 Mesonotum smooth and shining except for setose punctures and, occasionally, longitudinal carinae along posterior margin adjacent to mesoscutellum (Figs. 75, 81, 96); dorsal head completely smooth ...................................... <emphasis bold="true" box="[1092,1107,905,931]" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">6</emphasis> </keyLead> </paragraph> <paragraph blockId="9.[140,1108,167,1672]" pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> <keyLead pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> – Mesonotum predominantly sculptured, at most with some smooth obliterated patches along humeral area, between notauli, or on anterior mesoscutum (e.g., Figs. 18, 24, 42, 126); dorsal head variously sculptured, though usually with at least some fine faint sculpture ......................................................... <emphasis bold="true" box="[1092,1107,1046,1072]" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">8</emphasis> </keyLead> </paragraph> </keyStep> <keyStep pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> <paragraph blockId="9.[140,1108,167,1672]" pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> <keyLead pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> 6 Head and mesoscutum metallic green to blue; posterior margin of mesoscutum and anterior margin of mesoscutellum smooth ( <collectingCountry box="[870,943,1117,1143]" name="Kenya" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">Kenya</collectingCountry> and south to <collectingCountry box="[246,390,1152,1179]" name="South Africa" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">South Africa</collectingCountry> ) .............................................................................................. <emphasis bold="true" box="[1092,1107,1152,1178]" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">7</emphasis> </keyLead> </paragraph> <paragraph blockId="9.[140,1108,167,1672]" pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> <keyLead pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> – Head black, mesoscutum orange, sometimes brown to dark brown medially, without any trace of metallic coloration; posterior margin of mesoscutum and anterior margin of mesoscutellum with slight grooves ( <collectingCountry box="[938,1009,1258,1284]" name="Egypt" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">Egypt</collectingCountry> , <collectingCountry box="[1024,1103,1258,1284]" name="Eritrea" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">Eritrea</collectingCountry> , <collectingCountry box="[246,308,1293,1319]" name="India" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">India</collectingCountry> , <collectingCountry box="[320,467,1293,1319]" name="Saudi Arabia" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">Saudi Arabia</collectingCountry> , <collectingCountry box="[479,729,1293,1319]" name="United Arab Emirates" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">United Arab Emirates</collectingCountry> , <collectingCountry box="[741,807,1293,1319]" name="Spain" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">Spain</collectingCountry> , <collectingCountry box="[819,897,1294,1320]" name="Yemen" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">Yemen</collectingCountry> )........................... .......................................................................... <taxonomicName authority="Risbec" authorityName="Risbec" box="[791,1107,1328,1355]" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Scelio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="poecilopterus"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[791,1107,1328,1355]" pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[791,1022,1328,1355]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">Scelio poecilopterus</emphasis> Risbec </emphasis> </taxonomicName> </keyLead> </paragraph> </keyStep> <keyStep pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> <paragraph blockId="9.[140,1108,167,1672]" pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> <keyLead pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> 7 Fore wing with apical fascia absent (not to be confused with presence of light- er colored radial cell) (Fig. 78); pilosity of hind tibia strongly appressed, not distinctly elongate (Fig. 7, 74, ht) ( <collectingCountry box="[648,762,1434,1460]" name="Botswana" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">Botswana</collectingCountry> , <collectingCountry box="[775,877,1434,1460]" name="Namibia" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">Namibia</collectingCountry> , <collectingCountry box="[889,1037,1434,1460]" name="South Africa" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">South Africa</collectingCountry> , <collectingCountry name="Zimbabwe" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">Zimbabwe</collectingCountry> ) ............................................................................ <taxonomicName authority="Brues" authorityName="Brues" authorityYear="1906" box="[885,1107,1468,1495]" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Scelio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nitens"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[885,1107,1468,1495]" pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[885,1032,1468,1495]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">Scelio nitens</emphasis> Brues </emphasis> </taxonomicName> </keyLead> </paragraph> <paragraph blockId="9.[140,1108,167,1672]" pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> <keyLead pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> – Fore wing with apical fascia present (Fig. 84, af); pilosity of of hind tibia nearly completely erect, distinctly elongate, and somewhat sparse (Fig. 8, 80, ht) ( <collectingCountry name="Botswana" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">Botswana</collectingCountry> , <collectingCountry box="[326,399,1575,1601]" name="Kenya" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">Kenya</collectingCountry> , <collectingCountry box="[410,552,1575,1601]" name="South Africa" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">South Africa</collectingCountry> , <collectingCountry box="[563,684,1575,1602]" name="Zimbabwe" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">Zimbabwe</collectingCountry> ) ....... <emphasis bold="true" box="[753,1108,1574,1601]" pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> <taxonomicName authority="Yoder" authorityName="Yoder & Polaszek & Masner & Johnson & Valerio" authorityYear="2009" box="[753,1031,1574,1601]" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Scelio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paranitens" status="sp. n."> <emphasis bold="true" box="[753,956,1574,1601]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">Scelio paranitens</emphasis> Yoder </taxonomicName> , <taxonomicNameLabel box="[1043,1108,1575,1601]" pageId="9" pageNumber="62" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel> </emphasis> </keyLead> </paragraph> </keyStep> <keyStep lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="63" pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> <paragraph blockId="9.[140,1108,167,1672]" pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> <keyLead pageId="9" pageNumber="62"> 8 Mesosoma orange, with at most some patches of brown to dark brown color dorsomedially ............................................................................................. <emphasis bold="true" box="[1092,1107,1645,1671]" pageId="9" pageNumber="62">9</emphasis> </keyLead> </paragraph> <paragraph blockId="10.[140,1108,167,1672]" pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> <keyLead pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> – Mesosoma brown, nearly black, or with a metallic sheen or coloration, if traces of orange (primarily along sutures) then otherwise completely metallic ....... <emphasis bold="true" box="[1077,1107,201,227]" pageId="10" pageNumber="63">10</emphasis> </keyLead> </paragraph> </keyStep> <keyStep pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> <paragraph blockId="10.[140,1108,167,1672]" pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> <keyLead pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> 9 Head black, without any trace of metallic coloration, sculptured throughout,with sculpture almost granular in appearance (Fig. 125); medial mesoscutum with parallel fine striae all but anteriorly, lateral mesoscutum smooth (Fig. 126); body moderately hairy, pilosity of moderate length, white to golden brown, appressed to semi-erect (Figs. 121, 122); posterodorsal metasoma without metallic coloration (Canary Islands, <collectingCountry box="[588,648,413,439]" name="India" pageId="10" pageNumber="63">India</collectingCountry> , <collectingCountry box="[661,806,413,439]" name="Saudi Arabia" pageId="10" pageNumber="63">Saudi Arabia</collectingCountry> , <collectingCountry box="[818,883,413,439]" name="Spain" pageId="10" pageNumber="63">Spain</collectingCountry> , <collectingCountry name="United Arab Emirates" pageId="10" pageNumber="63">United Arab Emirates</collectingCountry> , <collectingCountry box="[300,376,449,475]" name="Yemen" pageId="10" pageNumber="63">Yemen</collectingCountry> ) .................................... <taxonomicName authority="Kozlov & Kononova" authorityName="Kozlov & Kononova" authorityYear="1990" box="[657,1108,448,475]" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Scelio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="variegatus"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[657,1108,448,475]" pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[657,855,448,475]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="63">Scelio variegatus</emphasis> Kozlov & Kononova </emphasis> </taxonomicName> </keyLead> </paragraph> <paragraph blockId="10.[140,1108,167,1672]" pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> <keyLead pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> – Head completely metallic, green or blue, with dense fine rugulae throughout (Fig. 65); mesoscutum with fine rugulae throughout (Fig. 63); body densely setose, with long, white and erect setae (Fig. 62); posterodorsal metasoma with metallic blue coloration ( <collectingCountry box="[422,530,589,615]" name="Botswana" pageId="10" pageNumber="63">Botswana</collectingCountry> , <collectingCountry box="[541,678,589,616]" name="South Africa" pageId="10" pageNumber="63">South Africa</collectingCountry> )............. <emphasis bold="true" box="[784,1108,588,615]" pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> <taxonomicName authority="Yoder" authorityName="Yoder & Polaszek & Masner & Johnson & Valerio" authorityYear="2009" box="[784,1031,588,615]" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Scelio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="masneri" status="sp. n."> <emphasis bold="true" box="[784,956,588,615]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="63">Scelio masneri</emphasis> Yoder </taxonomicName> , <taxonomicNameLabel box="[1043,1108,589,615]" pageId="10" pageNumber="63" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel> </emphasis> </keyLead> </paragraph> </keyStep> <keyStep pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> <paragraph blockId="10.[140,1108,167,1672]" pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> <keyLead pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> 10 Head and mesosoma with metallic sheen to strong metallic coloration, frequently sheen visible on dorsal metasoma as well, degree of metallic coloration variable, bright to almost absent, but always present; metasoma in profile with terga arched, terga and sterna somewhat asymmetrical (cf. Fig. 11) ............ <emphasis bold="true" box="[1077,1107,729,755]" pageId="10" pageNumber="63">11</emphasis> </keyLead> </paragraph> <paragraph blockId="10.[140,1108,167,1672]" pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> <keyLead pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> – Head, mesosoma (and metasoma) without metallic sheen, brown to black; metasoma in profile with terga more or less flat to slightly convex, not arched, terga and sterna more or less symmetrical (e.g., Fig. 54)............................ <emphasis bold="true" box="[1077,1107,835,861]" pageId="10" pageNumber="63">12</emphasis> </keyLead> </paragraph> </keyStep> <keyStep pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> <paragraph blockId="10.[140,1108,167,1672]" pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> <keyLead pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> 11 Head and mesonotum uniformly sculptured throughout with fine well-developed rugulae (Fig. 57) ( <collectingCountry box="[512,660,906,932]" name="South Africa" pageId="10" pageNumber="63">South Africa</collectingCountry> , <collectingCountry box="[671,794,906,933]" name="Zimbabwe" pageId="10" pageNumber="63">Zimbabwe</collectingCountry> ) ........ <taxonomicName authority="Nixon" authorityName="Nixon" authorityYear="1958" box="[868,1106,905,932]" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Scelio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="marbis"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[868,1106,905,932]" pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[868,1027,905,932]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="63">Scelio marbis</emphasis> Nixon </emphasis> </taxonomicName> </keyLead> </paragraph> <paragraph blockId="10.[140,1108,167,1672]" pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> <keyLead pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> – Head and mesonotum somewhat irregularly sculptured, frequently with smooth patches, particularly on vertex near lateral ocelli, rugulae somewhat coarse (Figs. 4, 18) ( <collectingCountry box="[473,619,1011,1038]" name="South Africa" pageId="10" pageNumber="63">South Africa</collectingCountry> )............................ <taxonomicName authority="Nixon" authorityName="Nixon" authorityYear="1958" box="[839,1106,1011,1038]" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Scelio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="antorides"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[839,1106,1011,1038]" pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[839,1026,1011,1038]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="63">Scelio antorides</emphasis> Nixon </emphasis> </taxonomicName> </keyLead> </paragraph> </keyStep> <keyStep pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> <paragraph blockId="10.[140,1108,167,1672]" pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> <keyLead pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> 12 Lateral mesoscutum with a distinct smooth patch or completely smooth (Figs. 33, 117) .......................................................................................... <emphasis bold="true" box="[1077,1107,1081,1107]" pageId="10" pageNumber="63">13</emphasis> </keyLead> </paragraph> <paragraph blockId="10.[140,1108,167,1672]" box="[140,1107,1117,1144]" pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> <keyLead box="[140,1107,1117,1144]" pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> – Lateral mesoscutum sculptured throughout (cf. Figs. 24, 51, 87).............. <emphasis bold="true" box="[1077,1107,1117,1143]" pageId="10" pageNumber="63">15</emphasis> </keyLead> </paragraph> </keyStep> <keyStep pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> <paragraph blockId="10.[140,1108,167,1672]" pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> <keyLead pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> 13 Dorsal mesoscutum with 4 smooth or obliterated patches, two medially and 1 laterally in each humeral area (Fig. 33); medial mesoscutum rugulose where sculpture not obliterated; sculpture of lower frons variable; shape of hind femur variable (eastern to southern Africa)................................................ <emphasis bold="true" box="[1077,1107,1257,1283]" pageId="10" pageNumber="63">14</emphasis> </keyLead> </paragraph> <paragraph blockId="10.[140,1108,167,1672]" pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> <keyLead pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> – Dorsal mesonotum with 2 smooth patches, sculptured throughout medially, humeral area with a distinct smooth patch; medial mesoscutal sculpture predominantly longitudinal, parallel-sided, with interstices predominantly smooth, though occasionally with few to moderate number of transverse elements (Fig. 33); lower frons with fine transverse striae (Fig. 35); hind femur narrow, dorsal surface weakly convex ( <collectingCountry box="[498,563,1469,1495]" name="Niger" pageId="10" pageNumber="63">Niger</collectingCountry> , <collectingCountry box="[573,627,1469,1495]" name="Serbia" pageId="10" pageNumber="63">Mali</collectingCountry> , <collectingCountry box="[638,783,1469,1496]" name="Burkina Faso" pageId="10" pageNumber="63">Burkina Faso</collectingCountry> )........... <taxonomicName authority="Nixon" authorityName="Nixon" authorityYear="1958" box="[875,1107,1468,1495]" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Scelio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="corion"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[875,1107,1468,1495]" pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[875,1026,1468,1495]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="63">Scelio corion</emphasis> Nixon </emphasis> </taxonomicName> </keyLead> </paragraph> </keyStep> <keyStep lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="64" pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> <paragraph blockId="10.[140,1108,167,1672]" pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> <keyLead pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> 14 Dorsal head nearly completely smooth and shining; transverse pronotal carina incomplete (cf. Fig. 1); hind femur narrow, more or less symmetrical; lower frons striate ( <collectingCountry box="[462,608,1575,1602]" name="South Africa" pageId="10" pageNumber="63">South Africa</collectingCountry> ) .................................. <taxonomicName authority="Nixon" authorityName="Nixon" authorityYear="1958" box="[870,1107,1574,1601]" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Scelio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="habilis"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[870,1107,1574,1601]" pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[870,1026,1574,1601]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="63">Scelio habilis</emphasis> Nixon </emphasis> </taxonomicName> </keyLead> </paragraph> <paragraph blockId="10.[140,1108,167,1672]" lastBlockId="11.[140,1108,167,968]" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="64" pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> <keyLead lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="64" pageId="10" pageNumber="63"> – Dorsal head sculptured throughout, though very minutely and faintly in some; transverse pronotal carina complete, meeting mesoscutum or adjacent cell (cf. Fig. 2); hind femur broad, dorsal surface distinctly bulging (Fig. 7, hf); lower frons rugulose in most individuals, Fig. 119) ( <collectingCountry box="[876,990,202,228]" name="Botswana" pageId="11" pageNumber="64">Botswana</collectingCountry> , <collectingCountry box="[999,1103,202,228]" name="Tanzania" pageId="11" pageNumber="64">Tanzania</collectingCountry> , <collectingCountry box="[246,390,237,264]" name="South Africa" pageId="11" pageNumber="64">South Africa</collectingCountry> ) ................................................... <emphasis bold="true" box="[778,1108,236,263]" pageId="11" pageNumber="64"> <taxonomicName authority="Yoder" authorityName="Yoder & Polaszek & Masner & Johnson & Valerio" authorityYear="2009" box="[778,1031,236,263]" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Scelio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="64" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="turbidus" status="sp. n."> <emphasis bold="true" box="[778,956,236,263]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="64">Scelio turbidus</emphasis> Yoder </taxonomicName> , <taxonomicNameLabel box="[1043,1108,237,263]" pageId="11" pageNumber="64" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel> </emphasis> </keyLead> </paragraph> </keyStep> <keyStep pageId="11" pageNumber="64"> <paragraph blockId="11.[140,1108,167,968]" pageId="11" pageNumber="64"> <keyLead pageId="11" pageNumber="64"> 15 Apical fascia of fore wing absent (Fig. 54); transverse pronotal carina incomplete (Fig. 1) ( <collectingCountry box="[405,544,307,334]" name="Madagascar" pageId="11" pageNumber="64">Madagascar</collectingCountry> )..................................... <emphasis bold="true" box="[822,1108,307,334]" pageId="11" pageNumber="64"> <taxonomicName authority="Yoder" authorityName="Yoder & Polaszek & Masner & Johnson & Valerio" authorityYear="2009" box="[822,1031,307,334]" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Scelio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="64" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leipo" status="sp. n."> <emphasis bold="true" box="[822,955,307,334]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="64">Scelio leipo</emphasis> Yoder </taxonomicName> , <taxonomicNameLabel box="[1043,1108,307,333]" pageId="11" pageNumber="64" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel> </emphasis> </keyLead> </paragraph> <paragraph blockId="11.[140,1108,167,968]" pageId="11" pageNumber="64"> <keyLead pageId="11" pageNumber="64"> – Apical fascia of fore wing present (sometimes only slightly contrasting with lighter surroundings) (as in Fig. 101); transverse pronotal carina complete or incomplete................................................................................................ <emphasis bold="true" box="[1077,1107,413,439]" pageId="11" pageNumber="64">16</emphasis> </keyLead> </paragraph> </keyStep> <keyStep pageId="11" pageNumber="64"> <paragraph blockId="11.[140,1108,167,968]" pageId="11" pageNumber="64"> <keyLead pageId="11" pageNumber="64"> 16 Pronotum with transverse pronotal carina incomplete, not meeting mesoscutum or adjacent cell (Fig. 1); apical fascia with a well-developed posterior element (Fig. 101, af) ( <collectingCountry box="[508,654,519,546]" name="South Africa" pageId="11" pageNumber="64">South Africa</collectingCountry> ) ................. <taxonomicName authority="Brues" authorityName="Brues. Known" authorityYear="1906" box="[794,1107,518,545]" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Scelio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="64" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchripennis"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[794,1107,518,545]" pageId="11" pageNumber="64"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[794,1032,518,545]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="64">Scelio pulchripennis</emphasis> Brues </emphasis> </taxonomicName> </keyLead> </paragraph> <paragraph blockId="11.[140,1108,167,968]" pageId="11" pageNumber="64"> <keyLead pageId="11" pageNumber="64"> – Pronotum with transverse pronotal carina complete, meeting mesoscutum or adjacent cell (Fig. 2); apical fascia present only along anterior margin, if area along posterior margin appearing lighter then whole of apex weakly infuscated and no clear division between fascia and apex delimited .................. <emphasis bold="true" box="[1077,1107,659,685]" pageId="11" pageNumber="64">17</emphasis> </keyLead> </paragraph> </keyStep> <keyStep pageId="11" pageNumber="64"> <paragraph blockId="11.[140,1108,167,968]" pageId="11" pageNumber="64"> <keyLead pageId="11" pageNumber="64"> 17 Sculpture of T3 predominantly parallel longitudinal with evident gap between longitudinal elements (Fig. 10); mesoscutellar sculpture somewhat rugulose, rugulae often somewhat flattened in appearance, with only slight longitudinal trend (Fig. 87) ( <collectingCountry box="[425,561,800,827]" name="Madagascar" pageId="11" pageNumber="64">Madagascar</collectingCountry> )............ <emphasis bold="true" box="[662,1108,800,827]" pageId="11" pageNumber="64"> <taxonomicName authority="Yoder" authorityName="Yoder & Polaszek & Masner & Johnson & Valerio" authorityYear="2009" box="[662,1031,800,827]" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Scelio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="64" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="parapulchripennis" status="sp. n."> <emphasis bold="true" box="[662,956,800,827]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="64">Scelio parapulchripennis</emphasis> Yoder </taxonomicName> , <taxonomicNameLabel box="[1043,1108,800,826]" pageId="11" pageNumber="64" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel> </emphasis> </keyLead> </paragraph> <paragraph blockId="11.[140,1108,167,968]" pageId="11" pageNumber="64"> <keyLead pageId="11" pageNumber="64"> – Sculpture of T3 finely reticulate, with few prominent longitudinal elements (Fig. 9); sculpture of mesoscutellum predominantly fine parallel striae, in most specimens with few connecting interstices (widespread throughout continental Africa)................................................................ <taxonomicName authority="Risbec" authorityName="Risbec" authorityYear="1950" box="[885,1107,940,967]" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Scelio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="64" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="baoli"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[885,1107,940,967]" pageId="11" pageNumber="64"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[885,1023,940,967]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="64">Scelio baoli</emphasis> Risbec </emphasis> </taxonomicName> </keyLead> </paragraph> </keyStep> </subSubSection> </treatment> </document>