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Key to northern European Protarchus
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Taxa:
Metasoma
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At least tergites 2-4 yellowish-brown or orange.
Metasoma with all tetgites black.
Hind femur
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Hind femur predominantly red.
Hind femur black.
1st tergite
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1st tergite about 2.7 times longer than wide.
1st tergite less than 2.7 times longer than wide.
Info
This key covers the four known northern European
Protarchus
species. One species,
P. grandis
, is only known from its holotype and is potentially a synonym of
P. testatorius
, from which it is supposedly differentiated by a more elongate first tergite.
Likely taxa
Protarchus grandis
Protarchus heros
Protarchus sorbi
Protarchus testatorius
References
Finlands Artdatacenter (2024). LAJI.FI: Protarchus.
https://laji.fi/sv/taxon/MX.309567
[2024-10-26]
Kasparyan, D. R., Khalaim, A. I. (2007). Key to the insects of Russian Far East. Vol. IV. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera. Pt 5. Vladivostok, 428-430.
SLU Artdatabanken (2024). Artfakta: Protarchus.
https://artfakta.se/taxa/1014732
[2024-10-26]
Townes, H. K. (1970). The genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 3.
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 13
, 1–307.
