Evagetes, Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1845

Key to Chinese species of Evagetes View in CoL View at ENA

Female

1. Forewing with two submarginal cells............ E. dubius ( Vander Linden, 1827) View in CoL

1’. Forewing with three submarginal cells ....................... 2

2. Anterior margin of labrum with distinct notch ......... 3

2’. Anterior margin of labrum flat, rounded or slightly notched............................................................................ 4

3. Pronotum elongated, outer surface of mandible without carina .................................. E. ishikawai Lelej, 1995 View in CoL

3’. Pronotum not elongated, outer surface of mandible with well-developed carina. E. subglaber ( Haupt, 1941) View in CoL

4. Spines on fore metatarsus flattened, widened towards apex, spine of 1 st tarsomere apically equal to 2 nd tarsomere and 3 rd combined or slightly shorter than them................................................................................. 5

4’. Spines on fore not flattened, not widened towards apex, spine of 1 st tarsomere apically equal to 2 nd tarsomere or slightly shorter than tarsomere 2 nd ............ 7

5. SMC 3 approximate 0.3X as large as SMC 2, ratio median length of gena to median length of eye (lateral view) 0.5X ........................... E. liane Schmid-Egger, 2019

5’. SMC 3 approximate as large as SMC 2, ratio median length of gena to median length of eye (lateral view) 0.3X .................................................................................. 6

6. Body predominantly covered with greyish-silvery pubescence, gena and propleuron with silvery erect setae ................................. E. pectinipes ( Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

6’. Body predominantly covered with brown pubescence, gena and propleuron with brown erect setae............... ................................................. E. trispinosus ( Kohl, 1886) View in CoL

7. Pronotum arcuate posteriorly ...................................... 8

7’. Pronotum angulate posteriorly.................................. 14

8. Mesopleuron with long, dark and erect setae. F1 length 2.4–2.5X its width ............................................... 9

8’. Mesopleuron with short erect setae or without setae. F1 length 2.0–2.3X its width........................................ 10

9. Propodeum with sharply defined anterior horizontal and posterior vertical surfaces. F10 truncate............ E. truncantennus Dong et Ma , sp. nov.

9’. Propodeum smooth transition from disc to posterior surface arcuate. F10 pointed... E. transbaicalicus Lelej, 1995 View in CoL

10. Malar space (minimum value) equal to 0.4–0.7X of greatest width of pedicel .......... E. iconionus Wolf, 1970 View in CoL

10’. Malar space (minimum value) equal to 0.1–0.3X of greatest width of pedicel ............................................. 11

11. Pro- and mesothorax more or less curved in lateral view................................................................................ 12

11’. Pro- and mesothorax flat in lateral view ................... 13

12. Pro- and mesothorax strongly curved in lateral view. Legs brown........... E. shwangtashanus Yasumatsu, 1935 View in CoL

12’. Pro- and mesothorax evenly, gently, roundly inclined forward in lateral view. Legs black................................. ................................................. E. taiwanus Tsuneki, 1989 View in CoL

13. Sides of mesosoma covered with gray pubescence, T1– T2, T3 basally red, rest of metasoma black ................... ............................................. E. littoralis ( Wesmael, 1851) View in CoL

13’. Sides of mesosoma covered with brown pubescence, T1 apically and T2 basally red, rest of metasoma black ..................................... E. deirambo View in CoL Ishikawa, 1960

14. Sides of propodeum with black long and erect setae.. ........................................................................................ 15

14’. Sides of propodeum without erect setae or with short light setae ...................................................................... 16

15. Propodeum abrupt, with longitudinal groove. Metatarsus usually with four spines. Body with dense pubescence ........................... E. proximus ( Dahlbom, 1845) View in CoL

15’. Propodeum gentle, without longitudinal groove, if with slight longitudinal groove, then without pubescence. Metatarsus usually with three spines. Body with sparse pubescence................................................... ........................................ E. sikhotealinensis ( Lelej, 1990) View in CoL

16. Propodeum with smooth transition from disc to posterior surface arcuate. SMC3 triangular ........................ ...................................... E. crassicornis ( Shuckard, 1837) View in CoL

16’. Propodeum with sharply defined anterior horizontal and posterior vertical surfaces. SMC3 trapeziform.. 17

17. Median length of metanotum 4.0–5.4X median length of metapostnotum. Frons with short sparse setae ....... ............................... E. orientalis Lelej & Loktionov, 2009 View in CoL

17’. Median length of metanotum 2.55–3.3X median length of metapostnotum. Frons with long dense setae .............................. E. sahlbergi (F. Morawitz, 1893) View in CoL