A KEY TO THE SPECIES OF SPINTHARINA 
WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES AND 
INDICATION OF SPECIES GROUPS 
(HYMENOPTERA, CHRYSIDIDAE)* 
By Richard M. Bohart 
Department of Entomology, University of California, 
Davis, CA 95616 
Spintharina Semenov (type species: vagans Radoszkowski occurs 
in the southern Palearctic and Ethiopian Regions. This group is 
characterized by the absence of teeth on tergum III, a long tri- 
angular forewing marginal cell, and an apically blunt or emarginate 
lateral propodeal projection. Fragmentary evidence points to Masa- 
ridae as hosts. I have been able to study types or authentically 
determined specimens of 23 of the 26 species. Status of the other 3 is 
in doubt. Complete synonymy and distribution will be given in a 
generic revision of Chrysididae now in preparation by L. S. Kimsey 
and R. M. Bohart. I would like to thank Dr. Kimsey for turning 
over to me her basic research on the genus, and for reviewing this 
paper. 
Technical terms used in the key and descriptions are: F-I etc., 
flagellomeres; T-I etc., terga; S-I etc., sterna; MOD, midocellus 
diameter. 
Type material has been studied at or borrowed from most of the 
important European and South African Museums. Acknowledge- 
ments will be made in the aforementioned revision. 
Key to Spintharina 
1. Hindtibia on outer surface with a whitish basal band (fig. 4), 
malar space slightly more or less than 1.0 MOD, T-III baso- 
laterally with a moderate convexity at most, male F-I-II bril- 
liant white in front (fig. 3) (males unknown in poecilopus, 
cyanophris, and apiculata ), ( cyanophris group); S. Africa. .2 
Hindtibia on outer surface dark basad, malar space and T-III 
basolaterally various, male F-I-II usually dark 7 
* Manuscript received by the editor February 16, 1987. 
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