1985] 
Porter & O'Neil — Genus Chromocryptus 
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Key to the Species of Chromocryptus 
FEMALES 
(Female of C. golbachi unknown.) 
1. South American species (Peru, Argentina, Brasil) 5 
1'. Mexican and North American species 2 
2. Propodeum and mesopleuron largely red; 2nd and 3rd gastric 
tergites with apical white bands obsolete or absent 3 
2'. Propodeum and mesopleuron black and white, without con- 
spicuous red areas; 2nd and 3rd gastric tergites with promi- 
nent white apical bands 4 
3. Ground color of head, pronotum, and mesoscutum black; hind 
face of propodeum with a pair of white bars that reach from 
cristae to its apical margin; gastric tergites 4-7 with white 
apical bands and otherwise mostly blackish; punctures on 
upper 0.3 of mesopleuron mostly adjacent to subadjacent; 
sheathed portion of ovipositor 0.30 as long as fore wing. . . . 
1. C. planosae (Fitch) 
3'. Ground color of head, pronotum, and mesoscutum red; propo- 
deum red with only a trace of whitish on cristae and area 
immediately apicad; gastric tergites 4-7 red with white apical 
bands on 5-7; punctures on upper 0.3 of mesopleuron mostly 
reticulately confluent; ovipositor 0.40 as long as fore wing 
2. C. weemsi (Porter) 
4. Second and succeeding gastric tergites black with apical band; 
broad white stripe in anterior 0.6 of sternaulus; hind femur 
and tibia dusky on apex; hind tarsus partly white 
3. C. mesorufus Cushman 
4'. Second and succeeding gastric tergites red with a white apical 
band; only a trace of white in sternaulus; hind femur and 
tibia not dusky on apex; no white on hind tarsus 
4. C. vandykei Townes 
5. No white on propodeum; fore wing palpably darkened toward 
apex, 8.6-9. 1 mm long; speculum invaded by coarse wrin- 
kles; fore tibia stout and inflated; propodeal spiracle 2. 3-3.0 
as long as wide; ovipositor robust, its notch and nodus obso- 
lete, its profile on tip weakly tapering and not sagittate, its 
ventral valve on tip with strong, almost vertical ridges 
5. C. alvaradoi n. sp. 
