Table 1 in Revision of Holarctic Illidops Mason (Hymenoptera, Braconidae): A first step towards resolving a dark taxon and descriptions of three new species

Table 1. Comparison of relevant characters of Illidops Mason, 1981 and morphologically similar genera. An asterisk (*) indicates that very few exceptions are present. Morphological characterIllidops Mason, 1981Dolichogenidea Viereck, 1911Apanteles Förster, 1863Rhygoplitis Mason, 1981Napamus Papp, 1993Posterior smooth band of the scutellum interrupted centrally by sculptured areamost, with varying degreenonoyesnoFore wing vein R1 shorter than pterostigmayesno*no*yesyesPropodeum sculpturemostly sculptured (with exceptions)variable, ranging from entirely smooth propodeum to coarsely sculpturedvariable, ranging from entirely smooth propodeum to coarsely sculptured to areolatedmostly coarsely sculpturedvariable, ranging from rugose with irregular median carina to smooth and shinyLower margins of the eyes convergingmostfewfewnoslightlyPosterior tergites posteriorly desclerotizedmostfewfewnonoVannal lobe shape & setosity (Apanteles / Dolichogenidea)convex and setose [but rarely straight and bare, e.g., I. kostylevi]convex or slightly straight, and entirely setose*concave to slightly, without setae or very few, small and scattered setaeconvex and setoseconvex and setoseNotauli relatively well defined (Rhygoplitis)nononoyesnoMedian carina on propodeum (Napamus)somenonoyesyes/someMouth parts elongate (Napamus)somefewfewnoyesInner metatibial spur much longer (1.3 ×) than the outer spur (Napamus)nono [sometimes inner spur longer but less than 1.3 ×]no [sometimes inner spur longer but less than 1.3 ×]no [rarely inner spur longer but less than 1.3 ×]yesWings strongly infumate (Napamus)novery fewvery fewnoyes