Phrudus monilicornis Bridgman, 1886

Varga, Oleksandr, 2023, The genera Astrenis Förster, 1869 and Phrudus Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae) in the Ukrainian Carpathians, Zootaxa 5315 (6), pp. 584-592 : 591-592

Phrudus monilicornis Bridgman, 1886 ( Fig. 6 )

Material examined. UKRAINE: Transcarpathian Reg.: 1 ♀, Rakhiv Distr. , Chornogora, 900–1500 m, coniferous forest, 5.viii.1994, leg A. Kotenko ( SIZK) .

Diagnosis. The Ukrainian specimen of Phrudus monilicornis is characterized by the combination of the following characters: body not strongly compressed laterally ( Figs 6A ); head in lateral view with temple widest close to the middle of the eye; antenna with 17 flagellomeres, flagellomeres 4–8 each with a dark tooth-like projection basally ( Fig. 6B ); mesoscutum with notauli indistinct; propodeum with area basalis and area superomedia separated; fore wing with vein 3rs-m partly unpigmented; all femora red.

Distribution. Oriental and Palaearctic ( Choi et al. 2014; Yu et al. 2016); recorded from the Ukrainian Carpathians (Ivano-Frankivsk and Transcarpathian Regs) by Vikberg and Koponen (2000).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Phrudus monilicornis Bridgman, 1886. A. Lateral view of habitus. B. Lateral view of head.