Tersilochus (Tersilochus) rusticulus, Khalaim, 2006

Khalaim, A. I., 2019, New records of Afrotropical Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), Zoosystematica Rossica (China) 28 (2), pp. 267-276 : 275-276

Tersilochus (Tersilochus) rusticulus

Khalaim, 2006

( Fig. 23)

Remarks. This species was described based on a single female from Ethiopia ( Khalaim, 2006). Three additional females that are recorded here from South Africa indicate that this is a distinct species. Tersilochus rusticulus differs from another Afrotropical species, T. moestus , by features given in the key below.

Material examined. South Africa, Eastern Cape Prov.: Grahamstown Town , 22–30.XI.1971, II.1972, coll. F. Gess, 2 females ( AEIC); same locality, 33°19´40´´S, 26°30´00´´E, 760 m, Malaise trap, 22– 24.X.2004, coll. J. & A. Londt, 1 female ( ZIN) .

Distribution. Ethiopia, * South Africa.

Key to species of Tersilochus occurring in Afrotropical Region

1. Metacarpus (R1) shorter, not reaching apex of fore wing ( Fig. 21). Ovipositor more or less evenly tapered apically, with neither prominence nor notch dorsally ( Fig. 22).................... T. moestus

– Metacarpus (R1) almost reaching apex of fore wing. Ovipositor with shallow dorsal subapical depression, with prominence before this depression, and with a small but distinct notch on this prominence ( Fig. 23).................... T. rusticulus