Rhimphoctona teredo (Hartig, 1847)

Varga, Oleksandr, 2017, A review of the genus Rhimphoctona Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae) from the Ukrainian Carpathians, with a key to European species, Zootaxa 4263 (2), pp. 387-394 : 394

Rhimphoctona teredo (Hartig, 1847)

( Figs 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 )

Material examined. Ukrainian Carpathians: female, Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Bogorodchany District , Mochary , 48°50'51.17"N, 24°35'26.91"E, 300–350 m, mixed forest, 5 km NE of Bogorodchany, sweep netting, 4.vi.2011 ; male, ibid., sweep netting, 27.v.2013; 3 males, ibid., sweep netting, 12.v.2014; 37 males, 5 females, ibid., sweep netting, 11–26.v.2014; 9 males, female, Dibrova , 48°46'10.35"N, 24°30'20.28"E, 310 m, oak forest, 5 km SW of Bogorodchany, sweep netting, 10–11.v.2012 ; female, ibid., sweep netting, 6.vi.2013; 4 females, ibid., sweep netting, 12.vi.2013; female, Gorgany , 48°36'42.77"N, 24°09'10.69"E, 1200 m, coniferous forest, 5 km SW of Stara Guta, sweep netting, 20–22.v.2012. Additional material: 7 males and 6 females from ZSM collection , 6 males and 4 females labelled as cotypes.

Diagnosis. The female is characterized by the black hind coxae; long and parallel temples ( Fig. 1. 5 ); strongly punctate mesoscutum ( Fig. 5. 2 ); propodeum with indistinct costulae ( Fig. 4. 5 ); and short ovipositor which is about 0.8 × the length of hind tibia. The male generally resembles female and has a yellow face with apical central black mark ( Fig. 5. 5 ).

Distribution. Western Palaearctic ( Yu et al. 2012), new record for Ukraine.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Rhimphoctona spp., dorsal view of head, female. 1 — R. grandis; 2 — R. rufocoxalis; 3 — R. lucida; 4 — R. xoridiformis; 5 — R. teredo; 6 — R. longicauda; 7 — R. maiator; 8 — R. pectoralis.

FIGURE 2. Rhimphoctona spp., lateral view of mesopleuron, female. 1 — R. grandis; 2 — R. rufocoxalis; 3 — R. xoridiformis; 4 — R. teredo.

FIGURE 3. Rhimphoctona spp., lateral view of mesopleuron, female. 1 — R. longicauda; 2 — R. melanura; 3 — R. megacephalus; 4 — R. pectoralis.

FIGURE 4. Rhimphoctona spp., dorsal view of propodeum, female. 1 — R. grandis; 2 — R. rufocoxalis; 3 — R. lucida; 4 — R. obscuripes; 5 — R. teredo; 6 — R. xoridiformis; 7 — R. melanura; 8 — R. longicauda; 9 — R. megacephalus; 10 — R. maiator; 11 — R.? megacephalus / melanura; 12 — R. pectoralis.

FIGURE 5. Rhimphoctona spp. 1 – 2 — dorsal view of mesoscutum, Female: 1 — R. lucida; 2 — R. teredo; 3 — R. pectoralis, lateral view of head and mesososma, male; 4 – 5 — frontal view of head, male; 4 — R. xoridiformis; 5 — R. teredo.