Apanteles

Key to Apanteles species in Reunion

1 Propodeum polished with areola reduced to a small apical fork (Fig. 5 f)............................ A. bordagei Giard

– Propodeum with a distinct areola, at least apically and laterally defined, usually with distinct costulae and often basally closed (Figs 4 c, 4e, 5c–d, 5h, 6b, 6e)............................................................................ 2

2(1) Most venation of fore wing translucent: pterostigma and veins of the anterior margin fully colored, including sometimes the veins Rs and r–m, all other veins tubular but unpigmented (Fig. 4 d, 5b)........................................... 3

– Fore wing with venation sometimes partially pale but not so discolored........................................... 4

3(2) Propodeum with costulae present (Fig. 5 c), hind femur black.............................. A. nigrofemoratus Granger

– Propodeum with costulae hardly distinguishable (Fig. 4 e), hind femur lighter......................... A. romei sp. nov.

4(2) Propodeum with costulae present and strong, clearly distinguishable from the background sculpture (Figs 4 c, 5c–d, 6b, 6e); flagellomere 15 of female barely to distinctly longer than wide.................................................. 5

– Propodeum with costulae absent or hardly distinct among rugosities (Fig. 5 h); flagellomere 15 of female quadrate or nearly so.................................................................................................... 6

5(4) Hind coxa punctate above and nearly smooth laterally; hind tibia apically infuscate................. A. minatchy sp. nov.

– Entire hind coxa densely punctate-rugose; hind tibia usually strikingly bicolor (black and yellow).... A. fontinalis de Saeger

6(4) Posterior half of mesopleuron smooth, pterostigma enlarged (length / width = 2.0)................. A. galleriae Wilkinson

– Posterior half of mesopleuron finely aciculate, pterostigma not enlarged (length / width = 2.8)......... A. pashmina sp. nov.