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Key to northern European Bothriothorax
Hymenoptera
Chalcidoidea
Encyrtidae
Bothriothorax
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Eyes
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Eyes covered with hairs that are about as long as the width of an ocellus.
Eyes bare or with hairs that are clearly shorter than the width of an ocellus.
Propodeum
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Postero-lateral angles of the propodeum (viewed dorsally) toothed.
Postero-lateral angles of the propodeum (viewed dorsally) rounded.
Clava shape
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Clava strongly oblique, angled side longer than lower side.
Calva not as obique, angled side shorter than lower side.
Basal cell
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Basal cell hairy.
Basal cell bare.
Clava length
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Clava about as long as the previous 5 funicular segments.
Clava about as long as the previous 4 funicular segments.
Vertex
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Vertex with the area between punctures smooth and shining.
Vertex with the area between punctures mate.
Funicle
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Funcile with hairs about as long as the segment they are placed on. First funicle segment not or hardly longer than broad.
Funcile with hairs about half as long as the segment they are placed on. First funicle segment at least 1.5 times as long as wide.
Likely taxa
Bothriothorax aralius
Bothriothorax clavicornis
Bothriothorax ghesquieri
Bothriothorax intermedius
Bothriothorax paradoxus
Bothriothorax serratellus
Bothriothorax trichops
Bothriothorax wichmani
Info
This key covers most northern European species of
Bothriothorax
.
Missing species
Bothriothorax callosus
(Greenish blue species with transverse funicular segments, apparently similar to
B. clavicornis
)
Bothriothorax koponeni
References
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