1 |
Hind wing vein SC+R present |
2 |
– |
Hind wing vein SC+R absent |
42 |
2(1) |
Metasomal terga 3-6 granulate apically, rarely smooth medially but at least granulate laterally |
3 |
– |
Metasomal terga 3-6 smooth apically |
15 |
3(2) |
Vertex granulate and usually with distinct transverse rugae behind ocelli, occasionally finely striate behind ocelli |
4 |
– |
Vertex evenly granulate behind ocelli |
6 |
4(3) |
Face granulate; temple in dorsal view narrow, sloping behind, width less than 1/2 eye width |
Heterospilus ektorincon Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Face rugose; temple in dorsal view broader, not distinctly sloping behind eye, width about 1/2 eye width |
5 |
5(4) |
Head dark brown, usually with yellow eye orbits; flagellum brown with white annulus near apex |
Heterospilus rojasi Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Head entirely brown or dark brown; flagellum entirely brown, without white annulus |
Heterospilus austini Marsh, sp. n. |
6(4) |
Stigma of fore wing yellow or honey yellow |
7 |
– |
Stigma of fore wing brown or black, occasionally hyaline brown |
9 |
7(6) |
Metasoma mostly yellow or honey yellow, head and mesosoma dark brown or black |
Heterospilus flavisoma Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Metasoma with at most apical terga 6-7 lighter, remainder of terga dark brown, concolorous with mesosoma |
8 |
8(7) |
Scape yellow with lateral longitudinal brown stripe |
Heterospilus achi Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Scape entirely dark brown or black |
Heterospilus dianae Marsh, sp. n. |
9(6) |
Ovipositor at most as long as metasomal tergum 1, usually shorter |
10 |
– |
Ovipositor longer than metasomal tergum 1 |
12 |
10(9) |
Metasomal tergum 1 distinctly wider at apex than length; flagellum entirely brown with white annulus near tip |
Heterospilus cora Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Metasomal tergum 1 width equal to or less than length; flagellum with white annulus near tip |
11 |
11(10) |
Body entirely black or dark brown |
Heterospilus barbalhoae Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Head, mesoscutum, metasomal tergum 2 dorsally and apical metasomal terga honey yellow, remainder of body brown |
Heterospilus quitirrisi Marsh, sp. n. |
12(9) |
Metasomal tergum 1 length equal to apical width |
13 |
– |
Metasomal tergum 1 length greater than width |
14 |
13(12). |
Propodeum in dorsal view with small but distinct tubercles just above hind coxae; flagellum with white annulus near tip |
Heterospilus chorotegus Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Propodeum without tubercles above hind coxae; flagellum entirely brown, without white annulus |
Heterospilus wrightae Marsh, sp. n. |
14(12) |
Metasomal terga entirely brown |
Heterospilus carolinae Marsh, sp. n. (in part) |
– |
Metasomal terga 5-7 yellow, terga 1-4 brown |
Heterospilus zapotec Marsh, sp. n. (in part) |
15(2) |
Body, including head, flattened dorso-ventrally |
Heterospilus complanatus Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Body not flattened dorso-ventrally |
16 |
16(15) |
Prescutellar furrow with one cross carina |
17 |
– |
Prescutellar furrow with 3-5 cross carinae |
18 |
17(16) |
Hind coxa brown, fore and mid coxae yellow |
Heterospilus phaeocoxus Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
All coxae unicolorous yellow or light brown |
Heterospilus kikapu Marsh, sp. n. |
18(16) |
Propodeum with median basal carina distinct and long, at least as long as median cross carina of prescutellar furrow, usually longer |
19 |
– |
Propodeum with median basal carina absent, if rarely a short carina apparently present, it is shorter than median cross carinae of prescutellar furrow, costulae of areola usually meeting at base of propodeum |
24 |
19(18) |
Scape yellow or brown, without lateral longitudinal brown stripe |
20 |
– |
Scape yellow, with lateral longitudinal brown stripe |
21 |
20(19) |
Fore wing vein r slightly less than 1/2 length of vein 3RSa; flagellum entirely brown; ocell-ocular distance 1.5 times diameter of lateral ocellus |
Heterospilus amuzgo Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Fore wing vein r nearly as long as vein 3RSa; flagellum brown with apical flagellomeres white; ocell-ocular distance 2.5 times diameter of lateral ocellus |
Heterospilus zitaniae Marsh, sp. n. |
21(19) |
Metasomal tergum 2 yellow or lighter than remainder of terga |
Heterospilus bicolor Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Metasomal tergum 2 brown, concolorous with remainder of terga |
22 |
22(21) |
Mesoscutum light brown or honey yellow |
Heterospilus cangrejaensis Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Mesoscutum dark brown |
23 |
23(22) |
Ovipositor as long as metasomal tergum 1 |
Heterospilus guapilensis Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Ovipositor 3/4 length of metasoma |
Heterospilus chocho Marsh, sp. n. |
24(18) |
Face smooth |
25 |
– |
Face sculptured, striate, granulate or areolate |
26 |
25(24) |
Scutellum smooth |
Heterospilus pitillaensis Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Scutellum granulate |
Heterospilus orosi Marsh, sp. n. |
26(24) |
Notauli meeting posteriorly in triangular rugose area |
27 |
– |
Notauli meeting posteriorly in triangular costate or costate rugose area |
32 |
27(26) |
Basal median areas of propodeum distinctly margined |
Heterospilus cocopa Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Basal median areas of propodeum not margined, often small or absent |
28 |
28(27) |
Ocell-ocular distance 2.5-3 times diameter of lateral ocellus |
29 |
– |
Ocell-ocular distance 2 times or less diameter of lateral ocellus |
30 |
29(28) |
Fore wing vein r usually as long as, or rarely very slightly shorter than, vein 3RSa |
Heterospilus jonmarshi Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Fore wing vein r distinctly shorter than vein 3RSa |
Heterospilus ixcatec Marsh, sp. n. |
30(28) |
Propodeum with distinct tubercle or projection apico-laterally just above hind coxae |
Heterospilus sumo Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Propodeum without tubercle or projection above hind coxae |
31 |
31(30) |
Legs bicolored, hind femur yellow on basal half, brown on apical half; flagellum brown with white annulus near apex |
Heterospilus villegasi Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Legs entirely yellow; flagellum entirely brown |
Heterospilus nemestrinus Marsh, sp. n. |
32(26) |
Basal median areas of propodeum not distinctly margined |
33 |
– |
Basal median areas of propodeum distinctly margined |
34 |
33(32) |
Body light brown to honey yellow; flagellum entirely brown |
Heterospilus achterbergi Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Head and mesosoma dark brown, metasoma bicolored dark brown and yellow; flagellum brown with weak apical white annulus |
Heterospilus pech Marsh, sp. n. |
34(32) |
Vertex with more or less distinct transverse rugae or costae behind ocelli |
35 |
– |
Vertex entirely granulate |
38 |
35(34) |
Scape entirely brown or dark brown |
Heterospilus sharkeyi Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Scape yellow with lateral longitudinal brown stripe |
36 |
36(35) |
Head yellow |
Heterospilus ugaldei Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Head dark brown |
37 |
37(36) |
Mesoscutal lobes brown to light brown, lighter than remainder of mesosoma |
Heterospilus jennieae Marsh, sp. n. (in part) |
– |
Mesosoma entirely dark brown |
Heterospilus arawak Marsh, sp. n. |
38(34) |
Scape brown or dark brown |
39 |
– |
Scape yellow with lateral longitudinal brown stripe |
40 |
39(38) |
Stigma yellow |
Heterospilus puertoviejoensis Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Stigma brown |
Heterospilus chilamatensis Marsh, sp. n. |
40(38) |
Apical metasomal terga dark brown, concolorous with anterior terga |
Heterospilus carolinae Marsh, sp. n. (in part) |
– |
Apical metasomal terga yellow, remainder of terga dark brown, tergum 2 often with yellow spots laterally |
41 |
41(40) |
Metasomal tergum 2 entirely dark brown |
Heterospilus zapotec Marsh, sp. n. (in part) |
– |
Metasomal tergum 2 brown with yellow spots laterally |
Heterospilus zoque Marsh, sp. n. |
42(1) |
Metasomal terga 3-6 smooth apically |
43 |
– |
Metasomal terga 3-6 granulate apically |
60 |
43(42) |
Ovipositor as long as or shorter than metasomal tergum 1 |
44 |
– |
Ovipositor longer than metasomal tergum 1 |
51 |
44(43) |
Scape yellow or brown without lateral brown stripe |
45 |
– |
Scape yellow with more or less distinct lateral longitudinal brown stripe |
46 |
45(44) |
Length of metasomal tergum 1 nearly twice apical width; mesoscutal lobes weakly granulate and shining |
Heterospilus nahua Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Length of metasomal tergum 1 equal to apical width; mesoscutal lobes distinctly granulate and dull |
Heterospilus poqomam Marsh, sp. n. |
46(44) |
Basal median areas of propodeum distinctly margined |
47 |
– |
Basal median area of propodeum not distinctly margined |
49 |
47(46) |
Mesoscutal lobes weakly granulate and shining |
Heterospilus mam Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Mesoscutal lobes distinctly granulate and dull |
48 |
48(47) |
Length of metasomal tergum 1 at least 1.5 times apical width, often nearly twice as long |
Heterospilus strazanaci Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Length of metasomal tergum 1 about equal to apical width |
Heterospilus aubreyae Marsh, sp. n. |
49(46) |
Propodeum with distinct tubercle (raised carina) laterally just above hind coxa |
Heterospilus vulcanus Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Propodeum without distinct tubercle laterally above hind coxa |
50 |
50(49) |
Prescutellar furrow with 3 cross carinae; mesoscutal lobes weakly granulate and shining |
Heterospilus jabillosensis Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Prescutellar furrow with 1 cross carina; mesoscutal lobes distinctly granulate and dull |
Heterospilus parkeri Marsh, sp. n. |
51(43) |
Scape yellow without lateral longitudinal brown stripe; flagellum entirely brown |
52 |
– |
Scape yellow with lateral longitudinal brown stripe; flagellum with apical white annulus |
54 |
52(51) |
Fore wing vein r at most half as long as vein 3RSa |
Heterospilus ixil Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Fore wing vein r nearly as long as or equal to vein 3RSa |
53 |
53(52) |
Body entirely yellow or honey yellow |
Heterospilus warreni Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Body entirely dark brown |
Heterospilus longisulcus Marsh, sp. n. |
54(51) |
Areola on propodeum with numerous distinct cross carinae or costae |
Heterospilus tzutujil Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Areola on propodeum rugose or areolate-rugose |
55 |
55(54) |
Mesosoma entirely dark brown or black |
56 |
– |
Mesosoma light brown or bicolored, at least mesoscutum partially light brown or yellow |
58 |
56(55) |
Vertex granulate with weak but distinctive transverse rugae behind ocelli |
Heterospilus sergeyi Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Vertex entirely granulate |
57 |
57(56) |
Metasomal tergum 2 dark brown, light brown or honey yellow medially; ocell-ocular distance usually more than twice diameter of lateral ocellus |
Heterospilus bennetti Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Metasomal tergum 2 entirely dark brown; ocell-ocular distance usually twice or less diameter of lateral ocellus |
Heterospilus spiloheterus Marsh, sp. n. |
58(55) |
Notauli meeting at prescutellar furrow in unsculptured area |
Heterospilus lasalturus Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Notauli meeting at prescutellar furrow in small triangular costate area |
59 |
59(58) |
Temple in dorsal view strongly sloping behind eye |
Heterospilus robbieae Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Temple somewhat bulging, not strongly sloping behind eye |
Heterospilus mopanmaya Marsh, sp. n. |
60(42) |
Ovipositor as long as or shorter than metasomal tergum 1 |
61 |
– |
Ovipositor longer than metasomal tergum 1 |
72 |
61(60) |
Metasomal tergum 2 bicolored brown or dark brown with median yellow or honey yellow spot |
62 |
– |
Metasomal tergum brown or yellow, concolorous with anterior and/or posterior terga |
67 |
62(61) |
Mesoscutal lobes lighter in color than remainder of mesosoma |
Heterospilus tricolor Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Mesosoma entirely brown, dark brown or black |
63 |
63(62) |
Face smooth, rarely partially very weakly granulate |
64 |
– |
Face granulate or striate |
65 |
64(63) |
Length of metasomal tergum 1 greater than apical width |
Heterospilus saminae Marsh, sp. n. (in part) |
– |
Length of metasomal tergum 1 equal to apical width |
Heterospilus dani Marsh, sp. n. |
65(63) |
Mesoscutal lobes weakly granulate, shining |
Heterospilus aesculapius Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Mesoscutal lobes distinctly granulate, dull |
66 |
66(65) |
Propodeum with distinct tubercle laterally just above hind coxa |
Heterospilus sabrinae Marsh, sp. n. (in part) |
– |
Propodeum without lateral tubercle above hind coxa |
Heterospilus bacchus Marsh, sp. n. |
67(61) |
Notauli weak or absent posteriorly |
Heterospilus caritus Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Notauli complete and distinct posteriorly |
68 |
68(67) |
Notauli meeting at prescutellar furrow in broadly rugose area |
Heterospilus longinoi Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Notauli meeting at prescutellar in costate or unsculptured area |
69 |
69(68) |
Face more or less smooth and shining |
Heterospilus saminae Marsh, sp. n. (in part) |
– |
Face granulate and dull |
70 |
70(69) |
Apical metasomal terga bright yellow, distinctly contrasting with the dark brown anterior terga |
Heterospilus kellieae Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Apical metasomal terga usually concolorous with anterior terga, rarely slightly lighter brown |
71 |
71(70) |
Notauli deeply scrobiculate anteriorly, meeting at prescutellar furrow in deeply costate-rugose area |
Heterospilus agujasensis Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Notauli shallow and weakly scrobiculate anteriorly, meeting at prescutellar furrow in weakly costate area |
Heterospilus sabrinae Marsh, sp. n. (in part) |
72(60) |
Body entirely yellow, apical metasomal terga rarely darker |
Heterospilus microstigmi Richards |
– |
Body entirely brown or dark brown |
73 |
73(72) |
Ovipositor longer than metasoma; flagellum entirely brown |
Heterospilus richardsi Marsh & Mello |
– |
Ovipositor shorter than metasoma; flagellum brown with apical white annulus |
74 |
74(73) |
Metasomal tergum 2 entirely brown or dark brown |
75 |
– |
Metasomal tergum 2 bicolored brown with yellow area medially |
76 |
75(74) |
Mesoscutal lobes weakly granulate, shining |
Heterospilus lenca Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Mesoscutal lobes granulate and dull |
Heterospilus rama Marsh, sp. n. |
76(74) |
Scape yellow without lateral longitudinal brown stripe |
Heterospilus braeti Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Scape yellow with distinct lateral longitudinal brown stripe |
77 |
77(76) |
Vertex granulate with weak transverse striae or rugae behind ocelli |
Heterospilus leenderti Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Vertex entirely granulate |
78 |
78(77) |
Mesosoma entirely dark brown, concolorous with head |
Heterospilus phytorius Marsh, sp. n. |
– |
Mesosoma partially or entirely brown or light brown or bicolored, usually lighter in color than head |
Heterospilus xinca Marsh, sp. n. |