Rhyssa persuasoria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Varga, A., 2014, A Review Of The Subfamily Rhyssinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) From The Ukrainian Carpathians, Vestnik Zoologii 48 (1), pp. 27-34 : 30-31

Rhyssa persuasoria (Linnaeus, 1758) ( fig. 5 , 2 ; 6 , 1 )

M a t e r i a l. Ukraine: Ivano-Frankivsk Region: Bogorodchany District, Mochary , 48°50ʹ51.17ʹʹ N, 24°35ʹ26.91ʹʹ E, 300–350 m, mixed forest, 5 km NE of Bogorodchany, 9.05.2011, 5 ♂, 10.05.2011, 1 ♂, 31.05.2011, 1 ♀, 29.04.2012, 2 ♂, 1.05.2012, 2 ♂, 5.05.2012, 5 ♂, 1 ♀, 6.05.2012, 5 ♂, 1 ♀, 12.05.2012, 7 ♂, 31.05.2012, 1 ♂, 2 ♀, 10.06.2012, 1 ♀, 10.07.2012, 1 ♀, 19.07.2012, 2 ♀, 1.05.2013, 2 ♂, 6.05.2013, 3 ♂, 12.05.2013, 1 ♂, 21.05.2013, 1 ♀, 27.05.2013, 1 ♀, 17.08.2013, 1 ♀; Dibrova, 48°46ʹ10.35ʹʹ N, 24°30ʹ20.28ʹʹ E, 310 m, oak forest, 5 km SW of Bogorodchany, 10– 11.05.2012, 4 ♂; Zhbyr, 48°47ʹ4.92ʹʹ N, 24°28ʹ46.45ʹʹ E, 400 m, mixed forest, 7–8 km SW of Bogorodchany, 31.05.2013, 1 ♀, TT, 15– 31.05.2013, 1 ♀; Gorgany, 48°36ʹ54.56ʹʹ N, 24°09ʹ54.27ʹʹ E, 1050–1100 m, 4 km SW of Stara Guta , 8– 9.06.2012, 46 ♂, 5 ♀, 4.06.2012, 2 ♂, 1 ♀, 1.07.2012, 1 ♂ ; 48°33ʹ32.30ʹʹ N, 24°07ʹ41.34ʹʹ E, 1250–1300 m, 11–12 km SW of Stara Guta, 20– 22.05.2012, 1 ♀ ( Varga ); Nadvirna District, Gorgany, Elmy , 48°24ʹ39.50ʹʹ N, 24°24ʹ50.28ʹʹ E, 800–900 m, coniferous forest, 15 km SW of Yaremche, 7.06.2009, 1 ♀ ( Sirenko ), 14.07.2011, 1 ♀, 20– 23.06.2012, 2 ♂, 2 ♀, 8.06.2013, 2 ♂, 4 ♀; Transcarpathian Region: Rakhiv District, slopes of m. Sheshul , 48°09ʹ23.13ʹʹ N, 24°21ʹ27.15ʹʹ E, 1400–1500 m, subalpine zone, 6–7 km E of Kvasy, 16– 18.06.2012, 7 ♂, 2 ♀, 15.06.2013, 7 ♂; Tyachiv District , Solotvyno, 280 m , 47°57ʹ15.82ʹʹ N, 23°52ʹ13.95ʹʹ E, 23.06.2013, 1 ♀ ( Varga ).

Coloration. Female. Generally body colour as in previous species, but white marks of head and mesosoma more abundant: stripes on eye orbits, frons, temples, pronotum partly, tegula, subtegular ridge, mesopleuron partly, scutellum, postscutellum and spots on propodeum white. Clypeus varying from reddish-brown to black. Legs generally red, all coxae varying from red to brown, sometimes with yellow spots, hind tibiae and tarsi fuscous.

M a l e. Body colour as in female, but face entirely yellow. Fore and mid coxae, trochanters and trochantelli yellow with red or (and) black spots.

V a r i a t i o n. In only one male, the fore and mid coxae, trochanters and trochantelli were entirely yellow and in a few males the pedicel has a small yellow spot, but the combination of these two characters were never found in the same specimen.

D i s t r i b u t i o n. A cosmopolitan species.

Figures

Fig. 5. Genus Rhyssa: 1 — Rhyssa amoena, head (frontal view), female; 2 — Rhyssa persuasoria, mesosoma (lateral view), female. Рис. 5. Род Rhyssa: 1 — Rhyssa amoena, голова (вид спереди), самка; 2 — Rhyssa persuasoria, грудь (вид сбоку), самка.

Fig. 2. Tereskhinʹs trap in coniferous forest.

Fig. 6. Genus Rhyssa: 1 — Rhyssa persuasoria, head (frontal view), male; 2 — Rhyssa amoena, mesosoma head (frontal view), male. Рис. 6. Род Rhyssa: 1 — Rhyssa persuasoria, голова (вид спереди), самец; 2 — Rhyssa amoena, голова (Buq cnepequ), caMeƞ.

Fig. 1. Female of Megarhyssa rixator boring into the wood of dead Picea abies. Рис. 1. Cамка Megarhyssa rixator, которая сверлит отверстие в стволе мертвой Picea abies.