Aulacideini Nastasi & Deans 2024

Key to the Aulacideini genera of Kyrgyzstan We provide the following key to allow for the separation of all Aulacideini genera known from Kyrgyzstan. Specimens may be identified as Aulacideini using the identification key in Buffington et al. (2020), although some updated diagnostic characters were provided by Nastasi et al. (2024a) to prevent the exclusion of taxa with reticulate sculpture on the mesopleuron (e.g., Soparia Nastasi gen. nov.). 1. Fore wing marginal cell closed (Fig. 6)................................ ..................................... 2 - Fore wing marginal cell open (Fig. 14)..................................................................... 3 2. Mesopleuron sculpture entirely striate-reticulate (Fig. 5). Notauli incomplete and weakly impressed, most conspicuous in posterior half of mesoscutum (Fig. 3).................................................. Soparia Nastasi gen. nov. - Mesopleuron sculpture mostly or entirely striate; at most with some reticulate sculpture apparent in ventral third. Notauli complete, deeply impressed across entire mesoscutum*.................................. Aulacidea Ashmead, 1897 3. Notauli conspicuous and strongly impressed (Fig. 20). Clypeus only slightly projecting ventrally over base of mandibles (Fig. 16)................................................................................ Isocolus Förster, 1869 - Notauli inconspicuous to weakly impressed (Fig. 11). Clypeus broadly projecting ventrally over base of mandibles (Fig. 10).................................................................................. Panteliella Kieffer, 1901 * = Notauli complete in both species known from Kyrgyzstan (Aulacidea acroptilonica Tyurebaev, 1972 and A. serratulae Diakontschuk, 1984) but incomplete in some species known from other geographic regions.