FEMALES
1. Propodeal spiracles medially situated (a); propodeal plicae (sometimes weak)
extend from the spiracles to the posterior propodeal margin (a)...2
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Propodeal spiracles anteriorly situated (a); propodeal plicae absent (a)...6
2. Fore tibial armature consists of a plate of many teeth fused to the dorso-axial
face of the tibia (a); mandible with a single ventral ridge (b), ex F. bubu...Seres
wardi
van Noort
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Fore tibial armature consists of a dorso-apical comb of teeth (a) that may have
an additional two combs above it (b); mandible with two or three ventral teeth
(c)...3
3. Epistomal margin with a medial tooth (a); 3 anelli, 4 funicle segments (b);
proximal maxillary palp segment shorter than the medial segment (c), ex F.
artocarpoides...Seres
longicalcar
van Noort
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Epistomal margin subquadrate (a); 2 anelli, 4 funicle segments (b); proximal
maxillary palp segment longer than the medial segment (c)...4
4.
Epistomal margin protrudes anteriorly no further than the paraclypeal margins
(a), ex F. ovata (Zambia), F. polita polita, F. sansibarica
sansibarica, F. sansibarica macrosperma...Seres
solweziensis
van Noort
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Epistomal margin protrudes anteriorly further than the paraclypeal margins
(a)...5
5.
Head more than twice as long as wide and more than 4.5X wider than the epistomal
margin (a), ex F. ovata (West Africa)...Seres
armipes armipes
Waterston
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Head less than twice as long as wide and less than 4.1X wider than the epistomal
margin (a), ex F. ovata (East Africa)...Seres
armipes breviceps
Wiebes
6. Mandible with two apical teeth and a single large ventral tooth (a); head
always elongate and subovate, with a broadly bifurcate epistomal margin (b). MPS
on antennae numerous and in close apposition (c)...24
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Mandible with two apical teeth and two or more ventral teeth (a); head may be
square or elongate; epistomal margin otherwise; MPS less numerous and more
widely spaced (c)...7
7. Mandible with two to four ventral teeth apically situated (a & b); mandible
narrow and elongate, projecting forwards and downwards away from the epistomal
margin; epistomal margin broadly concave, often with a medial convexity (c)...15
- Mandible with a row of at least 9 teeth on ventral edge (a), or a ventral
plate of teeth (b); mandible broader, in close apposition with the epistomal
margin (c)...8
8. Four well-spaced teeth anterior to a ventral row of 13-20 teeth (a)...9
- Mandible otherwise (figs a, b & c)...10
9. Epistomal margin distinctly bilobed, projecting further than paraclypeal
margins (a); mandible with 18-20 ventral teeth (b); tibial armature a comb of
7-8 teeth, with 1-2 teeth dorsal to the comb (figc), ex Ficus spec. K....Seres
jinjaensis (van Noort)
- Epistomal
margin with slight lateral projections, not projecting further than the
paraclypeal margins (a); mandible with 13-15 ventral teeth (b); tibial armature
a comb of 5-6 teeth, with a single tooth dorsal to the comb (c), ex F.
"natalensis"...Seres geminus (van Noort)
10.
Mandible with at least two rows of ventral teeth. If only two rows are present
the anterior row is uneven (a), usually many rows forming a plate of teeth (b
&c)...11
- Mandible with a single row of ventral teeth (a). A second row of teeth may be
present, but it is then inconspicuous and in a straight line (b)...19
11. Head square; epistomal margin weakly produced (a); two rows of ventral teeth
on the mandible ([b), ex F. craterostoma...Seres insolitus (van
Noort)
- Head elongate, more than 1.25X longer than wide (a); epistomal margin strongly
produced; more than two rows of ventral teeth on the mandible (b)...12
12. Toruli situated completely between the eyes (a & b); ventral tentorial pits
situated in the posterior end of a medial groove (c)...13
- Toruli situated on an imaginary line joining the anterior margins of the eyes
(a & b); no medial groove present on the underside of the head (c)...14
13. Head 1.34X longer than wide, medial concavity of the epistomal margin as
deep as broad (a); three to four uneven rows of ventral teeth on the mandible,
posterior row with ca. 26 teeth (b), ex F. natalensis natalensis...Seres
medius (van Noort)
- Head 1.55X longer than wide, medial concavity of the epistomal margin deeper
than broad (a); more than three rows of ventral mandibular teeth forming an
extensive plate of teeth, posterior row with ca. 44 teeth (b), ex F.
"natalensis", F. "thonningii" and F. "dekekena"...Seres
ugandensis (van Noort)
14. Eye length 1.5X cheek length; epistomal margin with a broad v-shaped medial
indentation (a); hypostoma present (b), ex F. trichopoda...Seres
hippopotomus (van Noort)
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Eye length twice cheek length; epistomal margin with a narrow v-shaped medial
indentation, flanked by a step on each side (a); hypostoma absent (b), ex F.
platyphylla...Seres barbatus (Grandi)
15. Ovipositor valves more than half as long as the gaster (a), ex F. bussei
...Seres zambesiacus (van Noort)
- Ovipositor valves a third or less than a third of metasoma length...16
16.
Epistomal margin smooth and deeply concave (a); two ventral teeth on mandible
(b), ex F. glumosa...Seres warei (van Noort)
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Epistomal margin with a medial convexity and only slightly concave (a); three
ventral teeth on mandible (b & c)...17
17.
Four ventral teeth on mandible (a), ex F. craterostoma...Seres
quatuordentatus (van Noort)
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Three ventral teeth on mandible (a & b)...18
18.
Four teeth on the dorso-apical margin of the fore tibia (a); paraclypeal
margin/cheek junction rounded (b), ex F. abutilifolia...Seres rotundus
(van Noort)
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Three teeth on the dorso-apical margin of the fore tibia (a); paraclypeal
margin/cheek junction quadrate (b), ex F. burtt-davyi, F. burkei,
F. l. lingua, F. stuhlmannii, F. craterostoma and F. natalensis
leprieurii...Seres liodontus (Wiebes)
19.
Malar sulcus absent (fig a); toruli either situated completely below the eyes or
in line with the anterior margin of the eyes (fig b), if in line then epistomal
margin with a deep medial incision (c)...20
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Malar sulcus distinct for complete cheek length (fig a); toruli situated
completely between the eyes (b), epistomal margin never with a medial incision
(c)...22
20.
Head square (a), ex F. burkei...Seres barbarus (van Noort)
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Head elongate, at least 1.3X longer than wide (a & b)...21
21.
Eye 1.5X longer than cheek; epistomal margin with shallow medial concavity (a),
ex F. reflexa...Seres bouceki (Wiebes)
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Eye length equal to cheek length; epistomal margin convex (a), ex F.
antandronarum bernardii...Seres comorensis (van Noort)
22.
Comb of six teeth present on dorso-apical margin of tibia; epistomal margin with
a deep medial incision (a), ex F. lutea...Seres silvestrii (Grandi)
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Plate of teeth present for most of dorso-antiaxial length of tibia (a, b);
epistomal margin with only a shallow medial concavity (c)...23
23.
Tibial plate subequal in length to first tarsal segment (a & b); antennal
funicle segments longer than wide (c), ex F. saussureana...Seres cavus
(van Noort)
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Tibial plate 2.5X as long as first tarsal segment (a); antennal funicle segments
broader than long (b), ex F. chlamydocarpa...Seres comptoni (van
Noort)
24.
Eye length twice or more than twice as long as cheek...25
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Eye length less than 1.6X as long as cheek...26
25.
Head 1.6X longer than wide, eye length 2.4X longer than cheek; epistomal margin
broadly and shallowly concave (7), ex F. t. tremula...Seres clairae
(van Noort)
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Head 1.4X longer than wide, eye length twice as long as cheek; epistomal margin
concavity less broad and more medially situated (15), ex F. ottonifolia
lucanda...Seres levis (van Noort)
26.
Epistomal margin concavity deeper than the paraclypeal margins (1); head 1.5X
longer than wide; eye length 1.37X longer than cheek, ex F. ottonifolia
ulugarensis...Seres bifurcus (van Noort)
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Epistomal margin concavity shallower than the paraclypeal margins (5 & 16); head
either 1.25X or 1.65X longer than wide; eye length 1.56X longer than cheek...27
27.
Head 1.65X longer than wide; epistomal margin broad, width 0.4X head width (16);
fore tibial armature on dorso-apical margin bidentate (11), ex F.
artocarpoides...Seres rasplusi (van Noort)
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Head 1.25X longer than wide; epistomal margin narrow, width 0.26X head width
(5); fore tibial armature on dorso-apical margin tridentate, ex Ficus s.
macrosperma...Seres bakeri (van Noort) |
