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some pits larger than punctures (fig. 12); frons usually with 
cross carina and carinae extending back toward ocelli .... 
. Neochrysis (Pleurochrysis) Bohart 
19. Outer veins of discoidal cell faint (fig. 17) . 
. Trichrysis (Lorochrysis) Kimsey and Bohart 
Outer veins of discoidal cell sclerotized (fig. 18). 20 
20. T-III not apicomedially notched, usually with three to six teeth 
. 21 
T-III apicomedially deeply notched, lacking subsidiary teeth, 
except on either side of notch, central Mexico north ... 22 
21. T-III ending in three or fewer teeth or angles . 
. Trichrysis (Caenochrysis) Kimsey and Bohart 
T-III ending in four or six teeth or angles . 
....! . Chrysis Linnaeus 
22. Tibiae with pale basal markings and T-III rim whitish; or meta- 
notum conically produced (fig. 7) .. 
. Argochrysis Kimsey and Bohart 
Tibiae without pale markings and T-III rim not whitish; metano- 
tum not produced . Ceratochrysis Cooper 
Clave para les generos neotropicales de la familia Chrysididae 
1. Region ventral del abdomen convexa . 2 
Region ventral del abdomen plana o concava . 7 
2. T-I-II dorsalmente subiguales o mas cortos que el largo de T-III- 
IV (fig. 3); pronotum con hendidura submedia transversa 
(fig. 3); frente superior con una hendidura descendiendo del 
ocelo medio (Cleptinae) . Cleptidea Mocsary 
T-I-II dorsalmente tan largos que el largo de T-III-IV (figs 1, 2); 
pronotum sin o con hendidura transversal; frente superior sin 
hendidura media (Amiseginae). 3 
3. Propodeum redondeado posteriolateralmente (fig. 1), lobulos 
pronotales usualmente sin alcanzar la tegula (fig. 1) .... 4 
Propodeum dentado posteriolateralmente (Fig. 2), lobulos 
pronotales alcanzando la tegula. 6 
