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Key to Northern European Rhinotorus
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Taxa:
Metasoma
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Metasoma with all tergites black without any reddish coloration, except in some males where some tergites can be reddish or brownish centrally or on hind margins.
Metasoma with central tergites reddish, basal and apical tergites black.
Metasoma with the basal 1 or 2 tergites black, apical tergites reddish.
Coxae
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Hind coxae dark, usually black.
Hind coxa reddish or yellowish-red.
Scutellum
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Scutellum yellow.
Scutellum black.
Mesopleuron
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Lower part of mesopleuron partially yellow.
Mesopleuron black, shining and distinctly punctate.
Mesopleuron black. Surface matt, coriaceous or weakly shining, shagreened and either inpunctate or weakly punctate.
Face
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Female face with yellow spots.
Female face entirely black.
Nervellus
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Nervellus intercepted almost at its bottom, very close to vein 1A.
Nervellus intercepted at or below the middle but always distant from vein 1A.
Tergite 1
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Tergite 1 not projecting at spiracles and gradually narrowing towards its base.
Tergite 1 projecting at spiracles or strongly constricted basally.
Hind legs
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Hind legs stout. Hind femur 4.2 times as long as broad and 1st tarsal segment about 6 times as long as broad.
Hind legs slender. Hind femur about 5 times as long as broad and 1st tarsal segment 9-12.5 times as long as broad.
R. alpinus / R. mesocastanus
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Head diamond shaped in anterior view. Transverse impression of tergite 1 not defined.
Head roundish in anterior view. Transverse impression of tergite 1 clearly defined.
R. campester / R. jussilai
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Tergite 1 convex in profile.
Tergite 1 flat in profile.
Info
This key includes all known species of
Rhinotorus
that occur in northern Europe.
Likely taxa
Rhinotorus alpinus
Rhinotorus campester
Rhinotorus compactor
Rhinotorus jussilai
Rhinotorus leucostomus
Rhinotorus longicornis
Rhinotorus mesocastanus
Rhinotorus nasutus
Rhinotorus similis
Rhinotorus tarsilatus
Rhinotorus umbrarum
References
Kasparyan D. R., & Khalaim A. I. (2007). 14. Subfamily Ctenopelmatinae. In Ler, P. A. (Ed.),
Key to the insects of Russian Far East. Vol. IV. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera. Pt 5
(s. 474–559). Vladivostok.
Reshchikov, A. V. (2016). A revision of the genus Rhinotorus Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ctenopelmatinae), with descriptions of three new species and an illustrated identification key.
European Journal of Taxonomy
, 235.
