Acrotaphus, Townes, 1960

Álvarez-Arellano, Diego, Palacios-Castro, Shirley & Pádua, Diego G., 2025, A new Andean species of Acrotaphus Townes, 1960 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from the Central Cordillera, and a taxonomic key to Colombian species, Zootaxa 5719 (2), pp. 271-276 : 272

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5719.2.6

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Acrotaphus
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Key to females of Acrotaphus View in CoL View at ENA species in Colombia (adapted from Pádua et al. 2020)

1 Fore wing blackish with one yellowish band ( Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1 ).......................... A. guacas Álvarez-Arellano , sp. nov.

- Fore wing yellowish with two black bands ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 )......................................................... 2

2 Epicnemial carina present only ventrally, not extending until reaching level of the lower corner of the pronotum laterally ( Fig. 1C View FIGURE 1 )....................................................................... A. latifasciatus (Cameron, 1911) View in CoL

- Epicnemial carina present ventrally, extending laterally until the level of the lower corner of the pronotum ( Fig. 1D View FIGURE 1 )...... 3

3 Margin of the gena>0.7× height of eye in dorsal view ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 E-1)........................... A. chedelae Gauld, 1991 View in CoL

- Margin of the gena <0.6× height of eye in dorsal view ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 F-1).............................................. 4

4 Mesosoma with propleuron, pronotum, mesoscutum and anterior and ventral region of mesopleuron black ( Fig. 1G View FIGURE 1 )....... 5

- Mesosoma entirely orange (anterior margin of pronotum sometimes blackish) ( Figs 1C, 1D View FIGURE 1 )......................... 6

5 Margin of gena>0.6× the length of eye in dorsal view; posterior ocelli separated from eye by>0.4× its diameter in dorsal view............................................................................ A. franklini Gauld, 1991 View in CoL

- Margin of gena <0.5× the length of eye in dorsal view; posterior ocelli separated from eye by <0.3× its diameter in dorsal view....................................................................... A. homeofranklini Pádua, 2020

6 Occipital carina forming a narrow “neck” ( Fig. 1H View FIGURE 1 )................................ A. pseudomexicanus Pádua, 2020

- Occipital carina without a narrow “neck” ( Figs 1E, 1F View FIGURE 1 )....................................................... 7

7 Hind leg orange, with distal 0.3–0.4 of tibia and tarsus blackish ( Fig. 1I View FIGURE 1 ).................... A. tibialis (Cameron, 1886) View in CoL

- Hind leg entirely black (sometimes black with the base of coxa orange) ( Fig. 1J View FIGURE 1 ) or entirely black except coxa orange ( Fig. 1K View FIGURE 1 )................................................................................................ 8

8 Margin of gena behind eyes flat ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 E-2); hind leg entirely black ( Fig. 1J View FIGURE 1 ).................................................................................................... A. pseudoamazonicus Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020

- Margin of gena behind eyes concave or strongly concave ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 F-2); hind leg orange with femur, tibia and tarsus black ( Fig. 1K View FIGURE 1 )................................................................................................ 9

9 Margin of gena behind eyes concave ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 F-2); posterior ocelli separated from eye by 0.3–0.4× its diameter in dorsal view ( Fig. 1H View FIGURE 1 )........................................................... A. amazonicus Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020

- Margin of gena behind eyes strongly concave; posterior ocelli separated from eye by 0.1× its diameter in dorsal view ( Fig. 1F View FIGURE 1 )........................................................................... A. fasciatus (Brullé, 1846) View in CoL

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