Ampulicomorpha, Ashmead, 1893

Olmi, Massimo, Capradossi, Leonardo & Guglielmino, Adalgisa, 2019, Discovery of the first species of Ampulicomorpha Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Embolemidae) in French Guiana, Israel Journal of Entomology 49 (1), pp. 49-55 : 53-54

Following the description of the above new species, the keys to the females of the Neotropical

Ampulicomorpha

presented by Olmi (1999) and Azevedo & Amarante (2006) should be modified as follows:

1 Head not pyriform ( Fig. 1), with OOL as long as OPL ( Fig. 1), or less than twice as long as OPL; palpal formula 2/1 or 6/3......................................................... 2

– Head pyriform ( Azevedo & Amarante 2006: fig. 2), with OOL more than twice as long as OPL ( Azevedo & Amarante 2006: fig. 2); palpal formula 4/2 or 5/2 ........................................................................................................................... 3

2 Disc of metapectal-propodeal complex with two median longitudinal keels forming a square basal areola near metanotum ( Fig. 6); palpal formula 6/3 ...... .......................................................................................................... suavis Olmi

– Disc of metapectal-propodeal complex without longitudinal keels ( Fig. 1); palpal formula 2/1 ( Figs 4, 5)................................................................... poirieri n. sp.

3 Metapectal-propodeal disc with two almost obsolete median longitudinal keels ............................................................................................................. gilli Olmi

– Metapectal-propodeal disc with two distinct median longitudinal keels ( Azevedo & Amarante 2006: fig. 2) ................... aperta (Azevedo & Amarante) , n. comb.