Evaniidae, Latreille, 1802

Silva, Hugo Miguel, Franquinho Aguiar, António M., Gonçalves, Ysabel Margarita, Gomes, Gonçalo & Aguín-Pombo, Dora, 2025, A review of the ensign wasps (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae) from Macaronesia, Zootaxa 5653 (2), pp. 263-274 : 271

Identification key to the genera of Evaniidae of Macaronesia

The identification key is for adults and includes the genus Brachygaster , although it is not present in Macaronesia.

1 Fore wings with 3 closed cells ( Fig. 4A ).................................................... Brachygaster Leach

- Fore wings with more than 3 closed cells ( Fig. 4A )........................................................... 2

2(1) Fore wings with 6 closed cells ( Fig. 4B )..................................................... Zeuxevania Kieffer

- Fore wings with 7 closed cells ( Fig. 4B )................................................................... 3

3(2) Mandibles with three teeth ( Fig. 4C ); pronotum with a transverse ridge ( Fig. 4D ); distance between mid and hind coxa approximately equal to the distance between fore and mid coxa ( Fig. 4E )........................... Prosevania Kieffer

- Mandibles with two teeth ( Fig. 4C ); pronotum without a transverse ridge ( Fig. 4D ); distance between mid and hind coxa half or less the distance between fore and mid coxa ( Fig. 4E ).......................................... Evania Fabricius

Figures

FIGURE 4. Morphological differences among genera of Evaniidae from Macaronesia: a) and b) Fore wings cells patterns. c) Mandibular tooth count, three (*) or two (**). d) Presence (+) or absence (++) of the transverse ridge on the pronotum. E) Length between the mid coxa and hind coxa (# and ##). M = mesonotum, P = pronotum, FC = forecoxa, MC = mid coxa, HC = hind coxa. Figures redrawn from del Castillo (1983), and Deans and Huben (2003).