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Carpenter — Gayellini 
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emarginate nor bispinose apically . . . Paramasaris Cameron 
- Pronotum with one carina (Fig. 7); clypeus pointed or 
rounded (Figs. 14-17); last tergum widely emarginate and bi- 
spinose apically (Figs. 50-52) Gayella Spinola 
Paramasaris 
1. Pronotum with posterior carina extending no further dorsad 
than anterior carina (Fig. 24); head with carina not extending 
from vertex to mandibular base (Fig. 20); propodeum without 
oblique carinae (Fig. 41) (Brazil) richardsi (Giordani Soika) 
- Pronotum with posterior carina extending much further dor- 
sad than anterior carina (Figs. 25-26); head with carina 
extending from vertex to mandibular base (Fig. 19); propo- 
deum with oblique carinae (Fig. 33) 2 
2. Pronotum with posterior carina incomplete dorsally (Fig. 25); 
female clypeus without lateral carinae (Fig. 12) (Argentina, 
Brazil) brasiliensis Giordani Soika 
- Pronotum with posterior carina continuous dorsally (Fig. 26); 
female clypeus with lateral carinae (Fig. 13) 3 
3. Propodeum with median groove delimited by carinae which 
are higher than the adjacent areolae (Fig. 34); mesepisternum 
with dorsal groove narrower, shallow (Fig. 40) (Colombia, 
Peru) cupreus Giordani Soika 
- Propodeum with median groove not delimited by carinae 
which are higher than adjacent areolae (Fig. 33); mesepister- 
num with dorsal groove broad, deep (Fig. 31); (Colombia to 
Mexico) fuscipennis Cameron 
Gayella 
1 . Thorax and metasoma with short, sparse whitish pubescence 
(Fig. 1) .2 
- Thorax and at least TI, TII basally and sterna with long, thick 
black hairs (Fig. 36) 3 
2. Pronotum rounded laterally (Fig. 28) araucana Willink 
- Pronotum angled laterally (Fig. 27) .... eumenoides Spinola 
3. Malar space as long as width of interantennal distance (2, Fig. 
14) or longer ($) mutilloides Saussure 
- Malar space less than the width of the interantennal distance 
4 
4. TII with long hairs only anteriorly, posterior terga without 
long hairs (Fig. 36) reedi Willink 
