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Key to northern European Ascogaster
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Carapace coloration
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Carapace black or blackish.
Carapace with lighter areas in the basal third.
Carapace yellow or red for more than its basal third.
Antennae
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Antennae with more than 25 segments.
Antennae with 25 or fewer segments.
Head coloration
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Head with lighter areas, often almost completely yellow or red.
Head completely black.
Carapace modifications
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Each side of the carapace with a distinct downwards pointed flange at its base. Carapace widest in its posterior third in dorsal view.
Apex of carapace with a denticle.
If carapace has flanges at its base then they are not pointed downwards. Apex without denticle.
Clypeus
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1. Clypeus straight and with one large denticle in the middle.
2. Clypeus with two denticles.
3. Clypeus with three often small denticles.
4. Clypeus either rounded and with with a single denticle in the middle or without denticles.
Face
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Face more smooth and punctate, sculpture similar to that of the clypeus.
Face strongly and irregularly rugose, usually contrasting with the much smoother clypeus.
Carapace shape 1
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Carapace "curved" so that the ventral opening is less than 0.8 as long as its total length.
Carapace weakly "curved", ventral opening more than 0.8 as long as its total length.
Mandibles
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Each mandible with a strong, large and semicircular depression at its base, visible as a distinct plane in oblique illumination.
Mandibles without basal depression or with a weaker depression of a different shape.
Temple length
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1. Temples shorter than eye in dorsal view.
2. Temples about equal to or slightly longer than eye in dorsal view.
3. Temples around 1.5 times as long as eye in dorsal view.
Propodeum
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Propodeum with a pair of distinct and large lateral denticles and another strong pair in the middle.
Propodeum with a pair of distinct and large lateral denticles but with weak or without denticles in the middle.
Propodeum without or with very weak denticles.
Vertex flanges
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Temples straight and produced backwards on each side into a strong flange.
Temples without flanges.
Carapace shape 2
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Carapace short, widest around its center.
Carapace long, clearly widest in its posterior third.
Scutellum
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Scutellum smooth and punctate.
Scutellum matte and with coarse rugose punctation.
Female carapace
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Female carapace distinctly emarginate posteriorly.
Female carapace not emarginate posteriorly.
Hind coxae
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Hind coxae largely orange or yellow.
Hind coxae black.
Temple shape
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Temples relatively straight and distinctly contracting behind the eyes.
Temples rounded and usually somewhat expanded behind the eyes.
Remaining taxa:
Ascogaster abdominator
Ascogaster albitarsus
Ascogaster annularis
Ascogaster bidentula
Ascogaster canifrons
Ascogaster consobrina
Ascogaster gonocephala
Ascogaster grahami
Ascogaster klugii
Ascogaster lapponicus
Ascogaster magnidentis
Ascogaster quadridentata
Ascogaster rufidens
Ascogaster rufipes
Ascogaster scabricula
Ascogaster similis
Ascogaster varipes
Discarded taxa:
Info
This key covers all species of Ascogaster that are known from northern Europe. Three taxa that are not handled by Huddleston (1984) are however placed with some uncertainty,
Ascogaster lapponicus
,
A. magnidentis
,
A. similis
, especially
A. lapponicus
. The status of this species is unclear as the type is supposedly lost, however a small denticle on the carapace described in its original description makes its inclusion here possible.
References
Farahani, S., Talebi, A.A., van Achterberg, C. & Rakhshani, E. (2014). A review of species of the genus Ascogaster Wesmael (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Cheloninae) from Iran. Far Eastern Entomologist 275: 1–12.
Finlands Artdatacenter (2024). Ascogaster. LAJI.FI. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
https://laji.fi/sv/taxon/MX.297055
Huddleston, T. (1984). The Palaearctic species of Ascogaster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology series 49(5): 341–392.
Medvedev, G.S. (ed.) (1986). Keys to the insects of the European USSR (Opredelitel nasekomykh Evropeiskoi chasti SSSR). Vol. 3 Hymenoptera. Part 4. Akademiia Nauk SSSR Zoologicheskii Institut.
SLU Artdatabanken (2024). Ascogaster. Artfakta. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
https://artfakta.se/taxa/1014330
Thomson, C.G. (1874). XXIV. Öfversigt af Sveriges Sigalpher. Opuscula Entomologica 6: 553–588.
Watanabe, C. (1937). A contribution to the knowledge of the Braconid fauna of the Empire of Japan. Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University 42(1): 1–188.
