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2. Body dorsum mostly green, a little purplish on propodeum and 
T-III postpit amoldi (Brauns) 
Body not mostly green dorsally 3 
3. Mesopleuron green overlaid with coppery 
poecilopus (Mocsary) 
Mesopleuron not coppery 4 
4. Lower mesopleuron extensively polished, T-III apex broad and 
a little indented medially (male only known) 
albata (Edney) 
Lower mesopleuron mostly sculptured-punctate, T-III apex 
somewhat pointed medially 5 
5. Hindtibia white on basal 1/3 of outer surface (fig. 4) 
bispinosa (Mocsary) 
Hindtibia white on basal 1/4 of outer surface 6 
6. Scutellum, metanotum, and pleuron reddish to coppery 
apiculata (Mocsary) 
Scutellum, metanotum and pleuron purple with a little green 
cyanophris (Mocsary) 
7. T-III with a conspicuous translucent distal strip nearly all 
around (figs. 8, 10), male F-I-II together about as long as III 
(fig. 10) ( vagans group) 8 
T-III without a translucent strip, or such strip broken medially, 
or extreme edge only translucent; male F-I-II not unusually 
short 12 
8. T-III basolaterally with an angled swelling or large lobe (fig. 8) 
9 
T-III basolaterally with at most a low, broadly rounded swelling 
10 
9. Scutal midsection with a strong longitudinal furrow, malar 
space shorter than F-IV, TFC angulate, basolateral lobe of 
T-III quite prominent; Ethiopia, Mideast 
invreai Zimmermann 
Scutal midsection not furrowed, malar space as long as F-IV, 
TFC crescentic, basolateral lobe of T-III a low angular lobe; 
s. Palearctic Region vagans (Radoszkowsky) 
10. Scutum with a pretegular hook (fig. 7), translucent rim of T-III 
pale brownish, Israel houskai (Balthasar) 
Scutum without a pretegular hook, translucent rim of T-III 
practically white 11 
