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Westwoodia

Description

Key to species of Westwoodia

1 Fore wing areolet absent (Fig. 41). Occipital carina absent dorsomedially (Fig. 16); weak dorsolaterally. Antenna with more than 40 flagellomeres....................................................................... W. longipes Gauld

- Fore wing areolet present (Figs 38–40, 42–45). Occipital carina nearly always present and well-developed throughout (Figs 15, 17–18), rarely (5%) absent dorsomedially. Number of flagellomeres variable.........2

2 Face rugose, at least medially (Figs 1–2). Body and antenna orange.............................. W. rodmani, n. sp.

- Face without rugae except sometimes near clypeus (Figs 5–6), sparsely to densely punctate (Figs 3–4, 7– 8). Body with at least some black coloration; antenna dark brown to black at least over basal half..........3

3 Frons without strongly elevated median flange (Fig. 13), though low median carina may be present, lateral flanges present or absent. Antenna with more than 40 flagellomeres............................... W. romani, n. sp.

- Frons with strongly elevated median flange (Figs 11, 12), lateral flanges present or absent. Antenna with less than 40 flagellomeres.............................................................................................................................4

4 Face sparsely punctate, with or without wrinkled sculpture near clypeus (Figs 5–6). Second tarsomere of fore leg of female 1.0–1.3X longer than wide, with fleshy pad extending over most of ventral surface (Fig. 47); basitarsus of male fore leg 3.0–4.0X longer than wide (Fig. 50). Fore wing areolet with 2m-cu arising from distal half, often near apex (Figs 38–39)........................................................... W. ruficeps Brullé

- Face densely punctate (Figs 3–4), without wrinkled sculpture. Second tarsomere of fore leg of female about 2.5X longer than wide, with fleshy pad confined to distal third or less (Fig. 55); basitarsus of male fore leg 6.0–6.5X longer than wide. Fore wing areolet of male with 2m-cu arising from proximal half (Fig. 44)............................................................................................................................... W. gauldi, n. sp.

Notes

Published as part of Wharton, Robert A., Roeder, Karl & Yoder, Matthew J., 2008, A monograph of the genus Westwoodia (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), pp. 1-40 in Zootaxa 1855 on pages 8-9, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.183505

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Biodiversity

Family
Ichneumonidae
Genus
Westwoodia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Taxon rank
genus