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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.
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). 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.
