Neottiglossa - New World Species
Key to New World species of
Neottiglossa (from Rider, 1989)
1 Coxae pale
yellow; evaporative surfaces pale yellow to brown-grey with contrasting
black punctures |
2 |
– Coxae
fuscous to black; evaporative surfaces black with concolorous punctures |
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2(1) Dorsal surface of head and
propleura mostly black with concolorous punctures |
trilineata
(Kirby) |
– Dorsal
surface of head and propleura with large areas of pale yellow to brown
with black punctures |
undata (Say) |
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3(1) Apex of head broadly rounded,
arcuate; dorsal surface of head distinctly concave, thickly clothed with
short inward-curving hairs |
cavifrons Stål |
– Apex of
head more tapering, narrowly rounded; dorsal surface of head not
distinctly concave, or if somewhat concave then lacking short hairs |
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4(3) Boundary between dark surface
of abdominal venter and pale lateral callus relatively straight, sharp;
trochanters dark fuscous; scutellum lacking medial pale line |
sulcifrons Stål |
– Boundary
between dark surface of abdominal venter and pale lateral callus diffuse,
not well defined; trochanters pale; scutellum usually with medial pale
line |
tumidifrons Downes |
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cavifrons |
sulcifrons |
tumidifrons |
undata |
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North Dakota State University
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