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Psyche 
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late or subcuneate; sheathed portion of ovipositor 0.70-0.90 
as long as fore wing; dorsal valve of ovipositor with a deep 
groove that reaches forward some distance from notch .... 6 
6. Dorsal valve of ovipositor strongly rippled on tip, profile of 
dorsal valve between notch and apex slightly concave basad 
but becoming convex apicad; sheathed portion of ovipositor 
0.80-0.90 as long as fore wing 2. T. carrascoi Porter 
6'. Dorsal valve of ovipositor smooth or slightly wrinkled on tip, 
profile of dorsal valve directly declivous between notch and 
apex; sheathed portion of ovipositor 0.70-0.80 (usually 0.70) 
as long as fore wing 1. T. metallicus (Cameron) 
MALES 
(Male of T. escomeli lost) 
1. Second gastric tergite uniformly mat and granular 2 
T. Second gastric tergite smooth and polished, with more or less 
distinct micro-reticulation 3 
2. Mesoscutum with many, almost uniformly distributed, medium 
sized to large punctures; flagellum usually with a white band; 
hind tarsomeres 3-4 usually white; purple with blue or green 
gaster and no golden on thoracic pleura or propodeum 
9. T. viridis (Brulle) 
2'. Mesoscutum with punctures usually dense only toward base of 
central lobe; no white on flagellum or on hind tarsus; purple 
or blue and purple with golden reflections on thoracic pleura 
or propodeum 8. T. cleonis Viereck 
3. Head very broadly white; gastric tergites 4-7 with broad white 
bands; apical margin of clypeus somewhat produced and 
feebly bilobed on median 0.5 10. T. venustus Myers 
3'. Head not or more narrowly marked with white; no white on 
gaster; apical margin of clypeus entire 4 
4. Temple with grossly tangled and shaggy setae; setae on 2nd gas- 
tric tergite well separated; propodeum short and high with 
apical face sharply discrete and vertically declivous; cristae 
narrowly ligulate; aggressively projecting; notauli reaching 
0.7 length of mesoscutum; malar space 1.0 as long as basal 
width of mandible; mesosoma golden 
6. T. imperator Porter 
