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Key to northern European Xenoschesis
Xenoschesis
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Subgenus
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Subgenus Polycinetis. Petiolar area of propodeum absent or reduced. Ovipositor short, sheaths relatively broad.
Subgenus Xenoschesis. Petiolar area of propodeum well developed. Ovipositor longer, sheaths narrow.
Hind legs
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Hind legs with coxae and femurs red.
Hind legs with coxae and/or femurs black.
Antennae
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Antennae orange or reddish.
Antennae black or brownish.
Remaining taxa:
Xenoschesis aethiops
Xenoschesis fulvipes
Xenoschesis mordax
Xenoschesis ustulata
Xenoschesis ustulata (male)
Discarded taxa:
Info
This is an incomplete key to the northern European species of
Xenoschesis
. The Scandinavian records of
X.nigricoxa
are dubious, so this species is not included.
References
Kasparyan, D.R. & Khalaim, A.I. (2007). 14. Subfamily Ctenopelmatinae. Key to the insects of Russian Far East. Vol. IV. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera. Pt 5. pp. 474–559. In Ler, P. A. (Ed.). Vladivostok.
Wharton, B. (2024). PEET Ctenopelmatinae. The Wharton Lab.
http://mx.speciesfile.org/projects/8/public/otu_group/show/194
Yu, D.S.K., van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. (2016). Taxapad 2016, Ichneumonoidea 2015. Database on flash-drive. Nepean, Ontario, Canada.
Key to northern European Xenoschesis
Xenoschesis
