From: Berta de Fernández, D.C. 1998. Contribución al conocimiento del género
Cremnops Foerster, 1862 (Braconidae, Agathidinae) en la region Neotropical. Acta
zoological lilloana [1]: 231-288.
Key to Neotropical species of Cremnops Foerster, 1862
1. Pronotum with the subpronope contiguous, with a continuous transverse groove dorsally....................... 2
1´ Subpronope normal, separated dorsally ..................................................................................................... 5
2 Body reddish brown with some blackish spots; T1 slightly less than 1.5 times apical width .................... 3
2’ Body brownish black or partly black with some parts reddish brown; T1 more than 1.5 times longer
than wide ........................................................................................................................................... 4
3 Head longer than wide, forewing with stigma yellow ........................................................... C. boliviensis
3’ Head as long as wide, forewing with stigma not yellow.......................................................... C. cubenisis
4. T1 with a median elevation, mesoscutum with median longitudinal groove; sternaulus with 2 foveae ......
................................................................................................................................ C. violaceipennis
4’ T1 without median elevation, mesoscutum lacking median longitudinal groove; sternaulus with 4
foveae ......................................................................................................................... C. misionensis.
5 Scape with apical tooth, hind tibia with 15 pegs........................................................................ C. vulgaris
5’ Scape normal lacking apical tooth, hind tibia variable usually with fewer than 15 pegs ........................... 6
6 Hind trochantellus with longitudinal carinae ............................................................................................. 7
6’ Hind trochantellus lacking longitudinal carinae ...................................................................................... 13
7 Mesoscutum with many punctures, scutellum with apical carina; labrum almost 1.5 times wider than long
........................................................................................................................................ C. punctatus
7’ Mesoscutum with few punctures, scutellum usually lacking apical carina (but if present the lateral carinae
of the frons meet the lateral ocelli: C. tibiomaculatus); labrum not nearly 1.5 times wider than long
........................................................................................................................................................... 8
8 Subpronope separated by wide bridge; interantennal ridges separated by deep groove ............................ 9
8’ Subpronope separated by narrow bridge; interantennal ridges separated by shallow groove .................. 10
9 Body color yellowish; apical flagellomeres paler than basal flagellomeres ...........................C. turrialbae
9’ Body color reddish black; fagellomeres brown and concolorous ..................................... C. ferrungineus
10 Sternaulus with 4 large fovae that occupy more than half the length of the mesopleuron; median and
lateral carinae of frons touching lateral ocelli; scutellum with apical carina ..........C. tibiomaculatus
10’ Sternaulus represented by a depression near the mid coxa; median and lateral carinae of frons not touching
lateral ocelli; scutellum lacking apical carina .................................................................................. 11
11 Notaulli foveate .......................................................................................................................... C. marshi
11’ Notaulli smooth ....................................................................................................................................... 12
12 Forewing uniformly dark ............................................................................................................C. willinki
12’ Fore wing hyaline in the basal half .................................................................................. C. apicalipennis
13 Malar space longer than eye height; hind tibia with 4-10 apical pegs ..............................C. nigrosternum
13’ Malar space shorter longer than eye height; hind tibia usually with less than 4 apical pegs, if there are
more then the sternaulus has 3-5 fovae and it extends more than half the length of the mesopleuron
(C. haematodes)............................................................................................................................... 14
14 Subpronope separated by narrow bridge (its width narrower than the width of a subpronope) ............... 15
14’ Subpronope separated by wide bridge (its width equal to or greater than the width of a subpronope) ... 17
15 Fore wing with basal third of stigma paler; hind femur three times longer than wide; apical width of T1
1.5 times basal width ................................................................................................... C. guanicanus
15’ Forewing with stigma uniformly coloured; hind femur length less than three times longer than wide; apical
width of T1more than 1.5 basal width ............................................................................................. 16
16 Sternaulus almost half length of mesopleuron and with 4 foveae.......................................... C. cameronii
16’ Sternaulus with 2 foveae ........................................................................................................ C. caribensis
17 Sternaulus longer than half length of mesopleuron; hind tibia with 3-15 distal pegs ......... C. haematodes
17’ Sternaulus less than half length of mesopleuron; hind tibia with 1-2 distal pegs (if 3 pegs then length of
maxilla equal to length of first four maxillar palpomeres and sternaulus with strong foveae [C.
melanopterus])................................................................................................................................. 18
18 Malar space equal to eyes height ...................................................................................... C. melanopterus
18’ Malar space less than eyes height ........................................................................................................... 19
19 Lateral and medial carinae of frons not reaching lateral ocelli; hind femur less than three times longer than
wide; length of T1 1.5 its distal wide ................................................................................... C. sharki
19’ Lateral and medial carinae of frons reaching lateral ocelli; hind femur more than 3 times longer than
wide; T1 more than 1.5 times longer than wide ............................................................................................ 20
20 Body length longer than 6mm; notauli smooth; clypeus height greater than half of face height .................
...............................................................................................................................C. plesiopectoralis
20’ Body length lesser than 6mm; notauli with foveae; clypeus height half or less than half of face height ....
......................................................................................................................................................... 21
21 Body color brownish yellow, with propleuron and mesopleuron mostly black; sternaulus with 4 foveae;
ventral area of metapleuron very rugose ........................................................................ C. pectoralis
21’ Body color entirely reddish brown; sternaulus without foveae; ventral area of metapleuron with few rugae
....................................................................................................................................... C. yucatanus