A review of the genera Gnathochorisis Foerster and Symplecis Foerster of South Korea, with notes on Korean orthocentrines (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Orthocentrinae)AuthorHumala, Andrei E.AuthorChoi, Jin-KyungAuthorLee, Jong-WooktextZooKeys201656285104http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.562.7303journal articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.562.73031313-2970-562-85F76DF98033CF4DE7AF324EF385B07C5FTaxon
classification Animalia Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae
Genus
Symplecis
Foerster
, 1869
SymplecisFoerster
1869
: 151. Type species:
Symplecis alpicolaFoerster
, 1871: 119;
Thomson 1888
: 1285;
Schmiedeknecht 1911
: 2169.
BlapticusFoerster
1869
: 171. Type species:
Blapticus leucostomusFoerster
, 1871: 83.
Diagnosis.
Inner eye orbits strongly convergent ventrally in female, slightly in male; clypeus small, weakly to more strongly separated from face by a groove; eye large; temple short; malar space very narrow with subocular sulcus; mandible small, usually not twisted; male antenna lacking tyloids. Notaulus short and deep; epicnemial carina complete; carinae of propodeum complete and strong. Fore wing with areolet present
or
absent, when present sessile or short petiolate, rectangular. First metasomal segment slender, with glymma lacking, its sternite fused to tergite. Second tergite coriaceous, or with longitudinal striae. Ovipositor usually short, almost straight, stout at base, slenderer in apical part, 0.4-0.9 times as long as hind tibia.
Remarks.
Medium sized genus with 14 recognized species distributed worldwide: 11 species are known in the Palaearctic region, six in the Nearctic region (
Dasch 1992
), one in the Neotropical region, one in the Afrotropical region and one in the Oriental region (
Yu et al. 2012
).
Two species are reported from South Korea in this paper. This is the first record of the genus from this country. Both Korean species of
Symplecis
are Holarctic.
There
are two known host records for
Symplecis
, both from
Diptera
,
Sciaroidea
:
Symplecis breviuscula
Roman was reared from
Diadocidia ferruginosa
Meigen (
Diadocidiidae
) in Europe (
Roman 1923
) and
Symplecis matilei
Delobel from
Neoempheria ombrophila
Matile et Matile (
Mycetophilidae
) in Central Africa (
Delobel and Matile 1976
).
Key to species of
Symplecis
occurring in South Korea
3334353132
Symplecis bicingulata
Gravenhorst
39413738
Symplecis invisitata
Rossem
Figures 30-35.
Symplecis bicingulata
; 30 Habitus, lateral view 31 Head of female, anterior view 32 Head of male, anterior view 33 Wings 34 Metasoma, distal tergites, lateral view and ovipositor 35 Metasoma, second tergite, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (30, 33); 0.2 mm (31, 32, 34, 35).
Figures 36-41.
Symplecis invisitata
; 36 Habitus, lateral view 37 Head of female, anterior view 38 Head of male, anterior view 39 Wings 40 Metasoma, distal tergites, lateral view and ovipositor 41 Metasoma, second tergite, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (36, 39); 0.2 mm (37, 38, 40, 41).