Study on the Palaearctic Pristiphora species (Hymenoptera ...

HARIS A.: STUDY ON THE PALAEARCTIC PRISTIPHORA SPECIES
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abdominal tergites more or less, and antenna black.]........................P. saxesenii (Hartig)
- Mesepimeron black. Similar to P. saxesenii (Hartig). 5.0-7.0 mm. Penis valve in Fig. 152.
...........................................................................................................P. gerula (Konow)
8. Smaller, 4.0-6.0 mm..............................................................................................9.
- Larger species, 5.0-6.0 mm. Penis valve different.................................................11.
9. Hind femora yellow. Distance between the posterior ocelli and hind margin of head
less than twice of the diameter of the front ocellus. Penis valve in Fig. 153.
..........................................................................................................P. abietina (Christ)
- Hind femora dark brown..........................................................................................10.
10. Costa black. Hind basitarsus as long as 2 following tarsal segments. Penis valve in
Fig. 156.....................................................................................P. ezomatsuvora Togashi
- Costa pale brown. Hind basitarsus nearly as long as the next 3 tarsal segments. Penis
valve in Fig. 157.............P. politivaginatus Takeuchi (syn. Pristiphora harai Togashi ?)
11. Penis valve at dorsal margin nearly straight (Fig. 158). Mesopleuron mostly black.
6.0-7.0 mm. [Ground colour yellowish brown. Mesonotum and more or less the mesepisternum
black.]..................................................................................P. compressa (Hartig)
- Penis valve at dorsal margin emarginated (Figs. 154 and 155). Lower part of mesopleuron
mostly yellow. Two very similar species.........................................................12.
12. Penis valve in Fig. 154..............................................................P. decipiens Enslin
- Penis valve in Fig. 155....................................P. pseudodecipiens Benes and Kristek
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1. Hind legs entirely black, claws bifurcate. Head ochraceous with large frontal spot.
Thorax with ochraceous spots. Abdomen with black dorsal longitudinal band. Penis
valve in Fig. 87. 6.0-8.0 mm..................................................................P. fausta (Hartig)
- Hind legs at least partly light coloured. Claws various, mostly with preapical denticle.
Colour various..........................................................................................................2.
2. Abdomen only ventrally yellow.............................................................................11.
- Abdomen ventrally yellow, dorsally more or less yellow.........................................3.
3. Mesopleuron at least with yellow fleck or dominantly (nearly entirely yellow).....4.
- Mesopleuron black....................................................................................................7.
4. Claws bifid (subbifid). Penis valve in Fig. 88. 5.0-7.0 mm...P. subbifida (Thomson)
- Claws with small inner tooth....................................................................................5.
5. Penis valve with large apical spine (Fig. 146). Colour: see Figs. 189 and 190. Head
above and mesonotum shiny with fine and dense punctures. Mesopleuron smooth and shiny.
First abdominal tergite smooth and shiny, the other tergites with superficial undefined surface
sculpture, shiny. Inner hind tibial spur : hind basitarsus: 7 : 20. Claws subbifid. Inner tooth
close to the apical and hardly shorter. 5.8 mm. Female unknown...........P. ifranensis Lacourt
Morocco, high altitudes (1500 m).
- Penis valve different...................................................................................................6
6. Penis valve in Fig. 93. 6.0-7.5 mm. [Yellow. Black: frons, vertex, temples, thorax
above (except the yellow pronotum and tegula), spots on the mesosternum, middle spots
on the three last abdominal tergites. Antenna yellow, dorsally brown.]
..................................................................................................P. conjugata (Dahlbom)
- Penis valve in Fig. 96...................................................................P. atlantica Malaise
7. Abdomen with red median band..............................................................................8.
- Abdomen without red median band..........................................................................9.
8. Penis valve in Fig. 95. Smaller, 4.0-4.5 mm.................................P. cincta Newman
P. fulbobalteata Takeuchi also runs here. Penis valve unknown. Very similar to P. cincta, however the middle
red band of abdomen with fused pair of central spots on each tergites similarly to the female.