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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)

 

 

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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David A. Rider
Associate Professor of Entomology
North Dakota State University
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Fargo, ND 58105
E-Mail: David.Rider@ndsu.nodak.edu

 
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