…………………… Apanteles leonelgarayi Fern dez-Triana, sp. n. Ovipositor sheaths at least 0.4 ?as long as metatibia (usually much more than that); T2 median length much shorter than T3 median length (almost always 0.5 ?or less); T1 almost always with some sculpture; body color variable …..3 Hypopygium with a relatively wide but short fold, restricted to posterior 0.4?.5 of hypopygium length, where no pleats are visible (or, rarely, at most with a single, weakly marked pleat); ovipositor short and slightly to strongly curved downwards (Figs 36 a, c); ovipositor sheaths very short (0.4?.5 ?as long as metatibia, Fig. 36 c); relatively small size, body length and fore wing length not surpassing 2.5 mm ……………………………………………………………4 Hypopygium usually with large fold and numerous pleats, if rarely with no visible pleats or just one pleat, then ovipositor relatively long and thick, not strongly curved downwards, and/or ovipositor sheaths longer than 0.5 ??2(1)?3(2)?Jose L. Fernandez-Triana et al. / ZooKeys 383: 1?65 (2014)4(3) ?5(3) ?6(5) ?7(6) ?8(6)?9(5) ?10(9) ?11(10)metatibia length (usually much longer), and/or body length and fore wing length surpassing 2.5 mm …………………………………………………………………5 Pterostigma white (Fig. 36 b); glossa elongate; antenna much shorter than body, not extending beyond SCR7 biological activity mesosoma (Fig. 36 a) ………………………………… ………………………………….Apanteles aidalopezae Fern dez-Triana, sp. n. Pterostigma brown, with small pale spot at base (Fig. 96 b); glossa not elongate; antenna usually as long as body or slightly shorter (extending beyond mesosoma) …………………………… carlosrodriguezi species-group [3 species] Head entirely orange (except for black interocellar area and/or small spot on upper part of gena), anteromesoscutum, scutellar disc, and axillar complex completely or almost completely orange (Figs 37, 135, 139, 163)……………6 Head mostly black to dark brown (except for clypeus and NVP-QAW039 site labrum, which may be yellow-orange) or head black with gena partially white; anteromesoscutum and scutellar disc usually black to dark brown, at most with relatively small yellow or orange spots ………………………………………………………………………9 Mesopleuron and mesosternum dark brown to black, except for upper anterior and/or lower posterior corners of mesopleuron which are orange (Figs 37 a, 163 a) …………………………………………………………………………7 Mesopleuron either completely orange, or mostly orange (upper anterior 1/3 dark brown to black), mesosternum fully orange (Figs 135 a, 139 a) ……….8 Mesoscutellar disc smooth (Fig. 163 g); all mediotergites dark brown to black (Fig. 163 g); tarsal claws pectinate ………………………………………………………. ……………………………… Apanteles waldymedinai Fern dez-Triana, sp. n. Mesoscutellar disc mostly punctured (Fig. 37 e); T1 mostly orange and T3 partially yellow (Fig. 37 e); tarsal claws with one basal spine-like seta ……….. …………………………… Apanteles alejandromasisi Fern dez-Triana, sp. n. T1 mostly white except for small black spot posteriorly (Fig. 135 f); all laterotergites, most sternites, and hypopygium white; scutoscutellar sulcus almost obliterated, with less than 4 small impressions (Fig. 135 f); propodeal areola……………………. Apanteles leonelgarayi Fern dez-Triana, sp. n. Ovipositor sheaths at least 0.4 ?as long as metatibia (usually much more than that); T2 median length much shorter than T3 median length (almost always 0.5 ?or less); T1 almost always with some sculpture; body color variable …..3 Hypopygium with a relatively wide but short fold, restricted to posterior 0.4?.5 of hypopygium length, where no pleats are visible (or, rarely, at most with a single, weakly marked pleat); ovipositor short and slightly to strongly curved downwards (Figs 36 a, c); ovipositor sheaths very short (0.4?.5 ?as long as metatibia, Fig. 36 c); relatively small size, body length and fore wing length not surpassing 2.5 mm ……………………………………………………………4 Hypopygium usually with large fold and numerous pleats, if rarely with no visible pleats or just one pleat, then ovipositor relatively long and thick, not strongly curved downwards, and/or ovipositor sheaths longer than 0.5 ??2(1)?3(2)?Jose L. Fernandez-Triana et al. / ZooKeys 383: 1?65 (2014)4(3) ?5(3) ?6(5) ?7(6) ?8(6)?9(5) ?10(9) ?11(10)metatibia length (usually much longer), and/or body length and fore wing length surpassing 2.5 mm …………………………………………………………………5 Pterostigma white (Fig. 36 b); glossa elongate; antenna much shorter than body, not extending beyond mesosoma (Fig. 36 a) ………………………………… ………………………………….Apanteles aidalopezae Fern dez-Triana, sp. n. Pterostigma brown, with small pale spot at base (Fig. 96 b); glossa not elongate; antenna usually as long as body or slightly shorter (extending beyond mesosoma) …………………………… carlosrodriguezi species-group [3 species] Head entirely orange (except for black interocellar area and/or small spot on upper part of gena), anteromesoscutum, scutellar disc, and axillar complex completely or almost completely orange (Figs 37, 135, 139, 163)……………6 Head mostly black to dark brown (except for clypeus and labrum, which may be yellow-orange) or head black with gena partially white; anteromesoscutum and scutellar disc usually black to dark brown, at most with relatively small yellow or orange spots ………………………………………………………………………9 Mesopleuron and mesosternum dark brown to black, except for upper anterior and/or lower posterior corners of mesopleuron which are orange (Figs 37 a, 163 a) …………………………………………………………………………7 Mesopleuron either completely orange, or mostly orange (upper anterior 1/3 dark brown to black), mesosternum fully orange (Figs 135 a, 139 a) ……….8 Mesoscutellar disc smooth (Fig. 163 g); all mediotergites dark brown to black (Fig. 163 g); tarsal claws pectinate ………………………………………………………. ……………………………… Apanteles waldymedinai Fern dez-Triana, sp. n. Mesoscutellar disc mostly punctured (Fig. 37 e); T1 mostly orange and T3 partially yellow (Fig. 37 e); tarsal claws with one basal spine-like seta ……….. …………………………… Apanteles alejandromasisi Fern dez-Triana, sp. n. T1 mostly white except for small black spot posteriorly (Fig. 135 f); all laterotergites, most sternites, and hypopygium white; scutoscutellar sulcus almost obliterated, with less than 4 small impressions (Fig. 135 f); propodeal areola.