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Are most hairs branched? 1. yes 2. no Is the hind basitarsus cylindrical? 1. yes 2. no, it is broader than at least the 4th and 5th tarsal segments Is the labrum thin and largely retracted behind the clypeus (as opposed to thick, at least basally and hinged near lower margin of clypeus)? 1. yes 2. no Is there a strigilis on the hind leg? 1. yes 2. no Are there bands of pale hairs (NOT silvery or golden, often interrupted medially) on the apices of several or more gastral terga? 1. yes 2. no How many midtibial spurs are there? 1. one 2. two Is the dorsal surface of the propodeum extremely elongate, 3-8 times as long as metanotum? 1. yes 2. no
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Is the female brachypterous (wings reduced to stubs with no closed cells in the forewing)? 1. yes 2. no Is the hind wing of the male lacking an enclosed costal cell? 1. yes 2. no Is the metasoma petiolate with at least the basal half of the petiole apparently formed of S1 only? 1. yes 2. no Are there one or more subteeth to the pretarsal claws? 1. yes 2. no In the male, are there only three metasomal terga visible? 1. yes 2. no Is there a carina across the mesosternum just anterior to a depression that accommodates the midcoxa? 1. yes 2. no Are the propodeal teeth fused apically? 1. yes 2. no Are the most ventro-apical distitarsal spines enlarged and bladelike, forming a foretarsal rake? 1. yes 2. no
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Is the lateral articular line of T1 absent? 1. yes 2. no Are the lateral ocelli mis-shaped, in the form of elongate ovals, commas, hockey sticks, replaced by scars or absent? 1. yes 2. no Is there one or more propodeal sternites present? 1. yes 2. no Is the male S7 visible externally? 1. yes 2. no In which biogeographic realm was the specimen collected? 1. Australian 2. Asia 3. Ethiopia 4. Palaearctic 5. Nearctic 6. Neotropical Is the episternal groove 1. complete, extending beyond the scrobal groove 2. incomplete, not extending beyond the scrobal groove 3. absent, not present above or below the scrobal area The hind wing jugal lobe is... 1. at least half as long as vannal lobe 1 (sometimes as long as the vannal lobe) 2. less than half as long as vannal lobe 3. absent
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Are there areas of yellow integument on the metasoma? 1. yes 2. no Is a pygidial plate present in the female?/ 1. yes 2. no Is the specimen a male or a female? 1. male 2. female Are there 2 subantennal sutures? 1. yes 2. no, only one subantennal suture is present. Is the apex of the glossa truncate, concave, bilobed or deeply bifid as opposed to rounded or pointed? 1. yes 2. no Are labial segments 1 and 2 elongate, flattened and sheath-like with segments 3 and 4 tiny in comparison? 1. yes 2. no Is there a scopa on the hind leg of the female that is obviously more important for pollen collection than the hairs of the sterna? 1. yes 2. no Is there a metasomal scopa present and entire on at least sterna 2-5 that is obviously more important for pollen collection the than hairs of the hind leg? 1. yes 2. no
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Is there a partial scopa on sterna 2-5 or 3-5 that forms bands of long hairs that are interrupted medially? 1. yes 2. no Is the labrum at least almost as long as broad AND widening just before the base such that its articulation with the clypeus is at least as broad as the greatest width of the labrum? 1. yes 2. no Does the male possess a gonobase? 1. yes 2. no Is there a midtibial comb? 1. yes 2. no Is the hind tibial spur enormously developed as a triangular, pectinate structure? 1. yes 2. no Is the basal vein strongly arched and especially so towards its base? 1. yes 2. no Is there a pseudopygidial are on the female T5? 1. yes 2. no
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Is the lacinia a hairy finger-shaped lobe on the anterior surface of the labiomaxillary complex? 1. yes 2. no Is a stipital comb present? 1. yes 2. no Is the galeal blade elongate? 1. yes 2. no Is the clypeus markedly bent backwards at the sides? 1. yes 2. no Is the prepalpal part of the galea tapered to a point and overlapping at least half of the stipes? 1. yes 2. no Does the scopa on S2 (if present at all) in the form of a true corbicula (ie does it enclose a bare medial area)? 1. yes 2. no Are the antennal annuli abruptly slender at around segment 6 forming a strongly curved apex? 1. yes 2. no Is the first flagellar segment of the female capitate? 1. yes 2. no
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Is the distal part of the labrum formed into a laterally compressed keel? 1. yes 2. no Does the posterior surface of the prementum bear a large flat area covered with short hairs or scales generally of unifo...