Table 1.

Morphological characters and their states, as used in the diagnostic description of the new species of Alphomelon.

Character	Character states (separated by semicolons)
White patch on gena	neither extending onto clypeus nor to occiput (Figs 65C, 85A, 85B); extending to occiput but not to clypeus (Figs 2B, 16B, 32B, 41B, 64B); extending to occiput and onto clypeus (Figs 18B, 19A, 31C, 37B, 68B)
Tegula/humeral complex color	white/yellow; yellow/yellow; yellow/brown; brown/brown
Mesonotum color	mostly orange-yellow (Figs 57F, 64H, 22F); mostly dark brown to black (Figs 1E, 2E, 3D, 42G)
Metasoma color	mostly orange-yellow (Figs 57E, 64G); with several tergites orange-yellow, some laterotergites and sternites yellow, rest mostly brown (Figs 8D, 18D, 19A, 22A, 22E, 31D, 67B, 67F, 77A, 77F, 77G, 78D); mostly dark brown to black but with some laterotergites and sternites yellow (Figs 15A, 18A, 21B, 21G, 34B, 34F); mostly black or dark brown (Figs 1E, 2E, 7C, 38A, 39A, 42C)
Tarsal claws spine number (hind leg)	0; 1; 2; 3; 4
Pterostigma shape	comparatively more elongate, its length ≥ 3.0× its central height and more triangular with its two lower margins more or less straight (Figs 3C, 6B, 7A, 24A, 48C); comparatively less elongate, its length ≤ 2.5× its central height and usually more rounded with at least one of its lower margins curved (Figs 11C, 18C, 29B)
T1 sculpture	entirely to mostly smooth (Figs 11G, 13E, 13F, 14C, 31D, 31E, 41D, 45E); weakly sculptured along margins (Figs 1D, 1E, 8E, 36F, 38D); strongly sculptured on at least apical half or more (Figs 2D, 2E, 3E, 75F, 76C)
T1 central ridge	absent (Figs 26E, 59B); faintly indicated by shallow depression (Figs 30D, 45E); marked by weak carina (Figs 31D, 31E, 46F, 78D, 78E); clearly marked by two raised carinae (Figs 1E, 3E, 17F, 32E); strongly marked by two raised carinae and strong costulae centrally (Figs 2D, 18D, 33E, 72E, 76C, 76E)
T2 sculpture	entirely to mostly smooth (Figs 1D, 4F, 6F, 8D, 12E, 14C); weakly sculptured along margins (Figs 21G, 22E, 22F, 27E, 29E, 32D); entirely to mostly strongly sculptured (Figs 2D, 3E, 16D, 18D)
Ovipositor sheaths length	shorter than the first segment of metatarsus (Figs 9A, 31A, 44A, 61A); longer than the first segment of metatarsus (Figs 2A, 15A, 16A, 21B, 25A)
Body length (mm)	as detailed in Fernandez-Triana et al. (2014)
Fore wing length (mm)	as detailed in Fernandez-Triana et al. (2014)