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Key to northern European
Phanerotoma
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Cheloninae
Phanerotoma
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Vein 3-SR
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Wing vein 3-SR short, pterostigma 1.1-5.3 times wider than 3-SR is long.
Wing vein 3-SR long, pterostigma less than 1.1 times wider than 3-SR is long.
Mandible
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Lower tooth of mandible clearly less than half as long as upper one.
Lower tooth of mandible about half as long as upper one or longer.
Coloration
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Body at least in part redish brown or yellowish.
Body completely black.
Ovipositor/hypopygium
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Ovipositor protruding far beyond apex of abdomen. Apex of hypopygium modified into a distinct spine.
Ovipositor usually only slightly protruding, if long then hypopygium normal.
Middle tibia
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Blister of middle tibia absent.
Blister of middle tibia distinct.
Scutellum coloration
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Scutellum black or dark brown and mesoscutum with a distinct U-shaped area posteriorly.
Scutellum yellowish to redish brown, if darker then mesoscutum without distinct U-shaped area.
dentata/rufescens
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Middle tibia with a distinct dark spot above blister. Second tergite unevenly or inconsistently longitudinally rugose.
Middle tibia without distinct dark spot above blister (sometimes a very faint one present). Second tergite very coarsely spaced longitudinally rugose.
Likely taxa
Phanerotoma atra
Phanerotoma bilinea
Phanerotoma dentata
Phanerotoma diversa
Phanerotoma obscura
Phanerotoma rufescens
Phanerotoma tritoma
Info
References
Medvedev, G. S. (1986).
Keys to the insects of the European USSR (Opredelitel nasekomykh Evropeiskoi chasti SSSR). Vol: 3 Hymenoptera. Part 4
. Akademiia nauk SSSR Zoologicheskii Institut.
Van Achterberg, C. (1990). Revision of the western Palaearctic Phanerotomini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae).
Zoologische Verhandelingen, 255
(1), 1–106.
