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Key to northern European Protarchus
Protarchus
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Taxa:
Metasoma
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At least tergites 2-4 yellowish-brown or orange.
Metasoma with all tergites 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.
Remaining taxa:
Protarchus grandis
Protarchus heros
Protarchus sorbi
Protarchus testatorius
Discarded taxa:
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.
References
Finlands Artdatacenter (2024). Protarchus. LAJI.FI. Retrieved October 26, 2024.
https://laji.fi/sv/taxon/MX.309567
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). Protarchus. Artfakta. Retrieved October 26, 2024.
https://artfakta.se/taxa/1014732
Townes, H.K. (1970). The genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 3. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 13: 1–307.
