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Wing venation: areolet large to very large, intercubiti almost paral- 
lel to moderately convergent above; 2nd abscissa of radius 0.7- 1.2 
as long as 1st intercubitus; 2nd recurrent practically straight or 
gently and evenly curved; discocubitus gently and evenly curved, 
weakly sinuate, or sometimes a little angled, ramellus absent to 
sometimes very long; mediella straight beyond base; axillus far from 
anal margin of hind wing, usually about intermediate between hind 
margin and submediella. Propodeum: spiracle elongate or very 
elongate; profile varying from short and high to moderately elon- 
gate and sloping rearward (especially in males); basal trans-carina, 
apical trans-carina, and median and lateral longitudinal carinae 
sometimes all at least weakly detectable or, often, more or less 
effaced; cristae varying from low and broad subligulate or subcu- 
neate to very strongly projecting ligulate. First gastric tergite: with- 
out a lateral expansion at base of petiole; postpetiole in female 
1. 1-2.3 as wide apically as long from spiracle to apex, in male 
0.7- 1.7 as wide; ventro-lateral and dorso-lateral longitudinal carinae 
usually well developed throughout; dorsal carinae varying from 
obsolete to at least partly sharp. Second gastric tergite smooth and 
polished or mat and finely granular; in female with widely scattered, 
inconspicuous, short setae which may be uniformly much shorter to 
sometimes in part only a little shorter than their interspaces and in 
male with long, mostly overlapping setae or with short setae as in 
female; punctures variably abundant, tiny to moderately large, 
superficial to sharp, but never large, strong, and extensively subad- 
jacent or adjacent. Ovipositor: 0.50-0.90 as long as fore wing; mod- 
erately stout, palpably compressed, straight to gently upcurved; 
nodus more or less distinct; notch weak to large and deep; tip 
0. 16-0.24 as high at notch as long from notch to apex; ventral valve 
on tip with fine, sharp, well spaced, inclivously oblique ridges. 
Key to the Coastal Desert Trachysphyrus 
FEMALES 
(Females of T. aegla, T. aglaus, and T. imperator unknown) 
1. Head mostly white; gastric tergites 4-7 with broad white apical 
bands; apical margin of clypeus on median 0.5 gently pro- 
duced and bilobed 10. T. venustus Myers 
