PTEROMALIDAE OF N.W. EUROPE 47 



Key to European Species 

 (Females) 



1 Wings vestigial, the fore wing not reaching the level of the middle of the 



propodeum. Ovipositor sheaths only slightly exserted. Antennal scape, 

 pedicellus, and legs including the coxae, testaceous. Funicular segments 

 of antenna only slightly longer than broad . . brachyptera Masi (p. 47) 



Wings well-developed, the fore wing reaching the tip of the gaster or beyond 

 it. Either the ovipositor sheaths are quite strongly exserted ; or the legs 

 are mainly blackish .......... 2 



2 (1) Fore wings reaching about level with tip of gaster, relatively narrow, strongly 



infumate. Ovipositor sheaths only slightly exserted. Body relatively 

 squat. Antennae with funicular segments relatively long, the first nearly 

 twice, the fifth 1-5 to i-6 times, as long as broad. Legs mainly blackish 



alata Boucek (p. 47) 



- Fore wings reaching distinctly beyond tip of gaster. Ovipositor sheaths more 



strongly exserted, length of their exserted portion two fifths to nearly half 

 that of the hind tibia. Body squat or slender. Antennae with funicular 

 segments rather shorter, the fifth hardly longer than broad ... 3 



3 (2) Antennal scape and pedicellus, and the tibiae, testaceous or brownish testa- 



ceous. Eyes slightly larger, malar space slightly less than half the length 

 of an eye. Antennal scape not longer than an eye. Thorax more squat, 

 1 -5 to 1 -6 times as long as broad ; scutellum as broad as long, only moder- 

 ately convex in the transverse axis . . . dudichi Erdos (p. 48) 



- Antennae fuscous to black ; tibiae mainly fuscous. Eyes slightly smaller, 



malar space fully half the length of an eye. Antennal scape slightly longer 

 than an eye. Thorax slender, 1 -g to 2 times as long as broad ; scutellum 

 slightly longer than broad, strongly convex in the transverse axis 



procera Graham (p. 48) 



The males of Spalangiopelta are not sufficiently well known for a key to be 

 provided at present. 



Spalangiopelta brachyptera Masi 



Spalangiopelta brachyptera Masi, 1922c : 170-174, $. 

 Spalangiopelta brachyptera Masi ; Boucek, 1952 : 158, 160, $. 

 Spalangiopelta brachyptera Masi ; Boucek, 1961 : 57. 



Type material. Syntypes, 2 $, Italy, Isle of Giglio, March 1902 ; Province of 

 Salerno, Vallo Lucano, June 1904, in Museo Civico di Storia naturale, Genoa ; 

 no lectotype has yet been designated. 



France, Italy, Hungary, Rumania. 

 Biology. Unknown. 



Spalangiopelta alata Boucek 



Spalangiopelta alata Boucek, 1952 : 159, 160-163, ?• 

 Spalangiopelta alata Boucek, 1961 : 56. 



Type material. Holotype $, North-eastern Bohemia, Tyniste nad Orlici, in 

 forest humus, 5.xi.i943 (Boucek), in Narodni Museum, Prague. 

 The male has not yet been described. 



