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b |
c
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1A
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First funicle segment twice the length of any of the
rest, multiporous plate sensilla (MPS) short and stumpy (fig. a); first
tarsal segments of the mid and hind legs expanded and enlarged, ex F.
sansibarica macrosperma ...Crossogaster
inusitata |
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a |
b |
c
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1B
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First
funicle segment subequal or shorter than the rest, MPS either placoid or free
and elongate; first tarsal segments of the mid and hind legs not enlarged ...2 |
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2A
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Antennae twelve
segmented with two anelli and five funicle segments; head very elongate,
more than 1.5X longer than wide ...3 |
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2B
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Antennae eleven segmented
with either one anellus and five funicle segments or two anelli and four funicle
segments; head less elongate, less than 1.3X longer than wide ...4 |
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b |
c
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3A
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Epistomal margin
with a small medial convexity; cheek 1.48X longer than the eye, ex F.
artocarpoides ...Crossogaster
michaloudi |
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3B
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Epistomal
margin smooth; cheek twice as long as the eye, ex F. sansibarica macrosperma
...Crossogaster
lachaisei |
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4A
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Funicular MPS
placoid, fused for at least three-quarters of their length to the
segment; one or two anelli ...5 |
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4B
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Funicular MPS elongate, free
for at least half their length; one anellus ...10 |
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5A
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Clypeal margin
convex, sometimes with a weak medial concavity ...6 |
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5B
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Clypeal margin flat, with a
weak medial concavity ...8 |
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6A
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Head elongate, at
least 1.20X longer than wide, cheek at least 1.2X longer than the eye
length; lateral ocelli completely visible in dorsal view, ex F.
trichopoda ...Crossogaster
robertsoni |
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6B
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Head square;
cheek length equal to eye length; lateral ocelli half hidden in dorsal view ...7 |
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7B
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One anellus, five funicle
segments, first funicle segment reduced with only a single MPS present, ex F.
vasta ...Crossogaster
triformis |
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8B
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One
anellus, five funicle segments, first funicle segment reduced with only
a single MPS present ...9 |
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9B
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Head elongate, l:w = 1.24;
cheek length 1.45X eye length, ex F. ovata ...Crossogaster
ovata |
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10A
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Head elongate, more
than 1.20X longer than wide; malar sulcus present ...11 |
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10B
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Head approximately square;
malar sulcus absent ...12 |
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11A
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Clypeal
margin medially pointed; mandible with uneven rows of smaller teeth anterior to
the ventral row of main teeth, ex Ficus species
...Crossogaster
praeacuta |
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11B
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Clypeal
margin slightly convex, set into paraclypeal margins; mandible with a single
ventral row of 14 long teeth, ex Ficus species
...Crossogaster
rastellus |
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12A
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Thorax and
gaster testaceous ...13 |
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12B
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Thorax and gaster metallic
black or brown ...14 |
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14A
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Clypeal margin
bilobed, with shallow medial concavity; eighth urotergite spiracular
peritremata extremely expanded, horizontal diameter 0.61X the length of
the ovipositor valves, ex F. glumosa ...Crossogaster
stigma |
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14B
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Clypeal margin slightly
convex; eighth urotergite spiracular peritremata less expanded, horizontal
diameter 0.4X or less than the length of the ovipositor valves ...15 |
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15A
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Cheek length usually half of
eye length, if longer than this then the vertex is concave; epistomal margin
broad, width 0.31X or more than head width; horizontal diameter of the eighth
urotergite spiracular peritremata 0.28X the length of the ovipositor valves, ex
F. thonningii & F. stuhlmannii ...Crossogaster
odorans |
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15B
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Cheek length 0.70X eye
length, vertex always straight; epistomal margin narrower, width 0.27X head
width; horizontal diameter of the eighth urotergite spiracular peritremata 0.40X
the length of the ovipositor valves, ex F. glumosa ...Crossogaster
quadrata |
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MALES
The males of C. lachaisei, C. vansomereni, C.
rashbrooki and C. oculagrandis are unknown. |
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1A
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Head metallic
greenish-black, rest of body and antennae yellowish-brown; mandibular
apical teeth subequal, inner tooth just longer than outer; antennae with
twelve segments, ex F. artocarpoides ...Crossogaster
michaloudi |
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1B
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Head and
body yellows-brown, but may be dark brown on the vertex, scutellum and
mesoscutum; inner mandibular tooth distinctly longer than outer; antennae with
only eleven segments ...2 |
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2A
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Two types of multiporous
plate sensilla (MPS) present, one short and stumpy, other narrow and free; first
tarsal segments on the mid and hind legs expanded and enlarged, ex F.
sansibarica macrosperma ...Crossogaster
inusitata |
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2B
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Single MPS type - placoid;
first tarsal segments on the mid and hind legs not enlarged ...3 |
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3A
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Epistomal margin medially
convex ...4 |
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3B
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Epistomal margin medially
flat or with a medial concavity ...6 |
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4B
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Cheek length more than 0.6X
eye length ...5 |
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5A
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Lobes of paraclypeal margins project further anteriorly than the
epistomal margin; MPS only present on the last two club segments, ex
F. "natalensis" ...Crossogaster
rastellus |
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5B
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Lobes of paraclypeal margins
project anteriorly only as far as the epistomal margin; MPS present on all three
club segments, ex Ficus species K ...Crossogaster
praeacuta |
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6A
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Cheek length 0.4X or less
than eye length; head quadrate or transverse ...7 |
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6B
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Cheek length
0.57X or more than eye length; head slightly longer than wide ...10 |
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7A
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Epistomal margin
with a slight medial concavity; MPS present on all three club segments,
ex F. natalensis natalensis ...Crossogaster
lurida |
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7B
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Epistomal margin medially
flat; MPS either only present on the last two club segments or present on all
the club segments and one or two funicle segments ...8 |
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8B
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MPS present on all the club
segments and either the last funicle segment or the last two funicle segments
...9 |
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9A
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Toruli separated by a fifth of the torulus width, axillae and parapsides
dark brown; MPS present on the last funicle segment and all the club
segments, ex F. glumosa ...Crossogaster
stigma |
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9B
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Toruli separated by a third
of the torulus width, thorax uniformly testaceous; MPS present on the last two
funicle segments and all the club segments, ex F. glumosa ...Crossogaster
quadrata |
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10A
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Large
species, total length with head in orthognathous position = 1.84 mm; MPS only
present on the last funicle segment and all the club segments, ex F. ovata ...Crossogaster
ovata |
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10B
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Smaller species, total
length with head in orthognathous position = 1.40 mm; MPS present on the last
three funicle segments and all the club segments, ex F. trichopoda …Crossogaster
robertsoni |
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