Key to the species of Seres

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b

1A

Fore tibial armature consists of a plate of many teeth fused to the dorso-axial face of the tibia (fig.a); mandible with a single ventral ridge (fig. b), ex F. bubu ..........................................  Seres wardi van Noort

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1B

Fore tibial armature consists of a dorso-apical comb of teeth (fig. a) that may have an additional two combs above it (fig. b); mandible with two or three ventral teeth (fig. c) .....................................  2

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2A

Epistomal margin with a medial tooth (fig. a); 3 anelli, 4 funicle segments (fig. b); proximal maxillary palp segment shorter than the medial segment (fig. c), ex F. artocarpoides ................................... ....................................................................................................... Seres longicalcar van Noort

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2B

Epistomal margin subquadrate (fig. a); 2 anelli, 4 funicle segments (fig. b); proximal maxillary palp segment longer than the medial segment (fig. c)  ............................................................... 3

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3A

Epistomal margin protrudes anteriorly no further than the paraclypeal margins (fig. a), ex F. ovata (Zambia), F. polita polita, F. sansibarica sansibarica, F. sansibarica macrosperma  ... ........................................................................................................  Seres solweziensis van Noort

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3B

Epistomal margin protrudes anteriorly further than the paraclypeal margins (figs. a, b & c) ...........  4

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4A

Head more than twice as long as wide and more than 4.5X wider than the epistomal margin (fig. a), ex F. ovata (West Africa) .........................................................................  Seres armipes armipes Waterston

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4B

Head less than twice as long as wide and less than 4.1X wider than the epistomal margin (fig. a), ex F. ovata (East Africa) ............................................................  Seres armipes breviceps Wiebes

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b

1A

Head metallic green, rest of body testaceous (fig. a); head narrows anteriorly (fig. b), ex F. bubu ..........................................................................................................  Seres wardi van Noort

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b

1B

Head and rest of body testaceous (fig. a); head parallel sided, as broad anteriorly as posteriorly (fig. b) ............................................................................................................................................  2

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2A

Subapical mandibular tooth bicuspid (fig. a), ex F. ovata ........... Seres armipes armipes Waterston

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2B

Subapical mandibular tooth unicuspid (fig. a) .............................................................................  3

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3A

Marginal vein short, 5.4X longer than wide (fig. a), ex F. ovata (Zambia), F. polita polita, F. sansibarica sansibarica, F. sansibarica macrosperma  ........................................  Seres solweziensis van Noort

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3B

Marginal vein more elongate, at least 7.0X longer than wide (fig. 26), ex F. ovata ....................... ............................................................................................... Seres armipes breviceps Wiebes