Neotrichoporoides Girault, 1913

Mansowr, Zainab F., Jafarlu, Majid & Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, 2025, Discovery of the genus Neotrichoporoides Girault, 1913 (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in Iraq, with three new records, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1), pp. 183-193 : 189

Key to the Iraqi species of the genus Neotrichoporoides Girault, 1913 (based on male)

1 In both female and male: Body mostly yellow ( Fig. 4) with metallic green markings on meosoma and metasoma ( Figs 4A, 4B, 4E, 4F, 4G); marginal vein more than 8× as long as stigmal vein ( Figs 4A–C); malar sulcus with a small fovea just below the eye ( Figs 4A, 4B, 4D); propodeum with only submedian area metallic green and dull ( Figs 4E, 4G). .............. Neotrichoporoides viridimaculatus (Fullaway, 1955)

— Body mostly metallic green ( Figs 2, 3); marginal vein at most 7× as long as stigmal vein ( Figs 2A, 2C, 3A, 3C); malar sulcus with a large fovea below the lower margin of eye ( Figs 2A, 2D, 3A, 3D); propodeum metallic green and shiny ( Figs 2B, 3B, 3E). .......................................................................................................... 2

2 Body with head ( Figs 3A, 3B, 3D), mesosoma ( Figs 3A–B) and metasoma ( Figs 3A, 3E) completely metallic green; malar sulcus distinctly curved backward; Antennal scape 3× and pedicel 2.2× as long as wide ( Figs 3A, 3D); mesoscutum with distinct median line and adnotaular setae arranged in one row ( Fig. 3B). .................................................................................... Neotrichoporoides cavigena Graham, 1987

— Body with mesosoma metallic green ( Figs 2A, 2B), but lower half of face ( Figs 2A, 2D) and basal gastral tergites ( Figs 2A, 2E) yellow; malar sulcus mostly straight to slightly curved at the end; antennal scape more than 4× and pedicel about 2× as long as wide ( Figs 2A, 2D); mesoscutal median line absent, and adnotaular setae arranged in two rows ( Fig. 2B). .................... Neotrichoporoides basiflavus Li & Li, 2021