Revision of the Western Palaearctic Diplazontinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae)
Author
Klopfstein, Seraina
text
Zootaxa
2014
2014-05-22
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journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3801.1.1
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Xestopelta sexcincta
(
Brauns
1896
,
Bassus
)
Zootrephes fasciatus
Szépligeti
1899
Promethes pretiosa
Schmiedeknecht
1926
Diagnosis.
(Female unknown). Fore wing length
4.8 mm
. Antenna with
19
flagellomeres. Propodeum with carinae only partly reduced, pleural and lateral carinae strong over most of its length, apical transverse carina indicated at least medially, partly replaced by strong rugae.
Colouration of males.
Antenna black dorsally, yellow ventrally. Head and mesosoma black, face and orbits yellow, yellow on clypeus, mouthparts, propleuron, most of pronotum, tegula, subtegular ridge, large shoulder marks with their inner corners elongated over most of mesoscutum (cf.
Fig.
13
D), and upper mesepimeron; scutellum yellow. Propodeum often marked with irregular yellow spots. Legs yellow to orange, coxae and trochanters yellow, hind coxa partly orange; femora yellow or orange; hind tibia and first tarsomere white with apex dark, remainder of hind tarsus dark. Metasoma black with broad yellow bands on apex of tergites
1 to 6
or
7
.
Material examined.
Lectotype
of
Bassus sexcinctus
Brauns
:
Hungary
, Budapest, Svábhegy,
2
.V.
1895
.
1♂
, at TMA.
Additional material.
Germany
,
1
♂
, at
ZSM
.
Notes.
Only males of this species are known and I could only find two specimens in all the collections examined. It is morphologically very distinct.