Macrotarsipodes pedunculata ( Hampson, 1910 ) Bartsch & Sáfián, 2022

Bartsch, Daniel & Sáfián, Szabolcs, 2022, Taxonomic changes and review of the genera Tipulamima Holland, 1893 and Macrotarsipodes Le Cerf, 1916 stat. rev. (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Sesiinae), Zootaxa 5094 (1), pp. 103-128 : 121-122

Macrotarsipodes pedunculata ( Hampson, 1910) comb. nov. ( Ichneumenoptera )

( Figs 34–36 , 46 )

Ichneumenoptera pedunculata: Hampson 1910: 155 .

Sphecosesia brachyptera: Hampson 1919: 77 ; unnecessary replacement name; Dalla Torre & Strand 1925: 119; Gaede 1929: 527; Heppner & Duckworth 1981: 44.

Tipulamima pedunculata: Pühringer & Kallies 2004: 33 .

Type material examined. Holotype ♂ ( Fig. 34 ): Gold Coast [ Ghana], Ashanti, Obuasi , [Label: 20. March 1906, W. M.] Graham leg. ( NHMUK); with labels: “ Ashanti. Obuasi. / 20.III.1956 / W.M.Graham. / 1907-74”; “ Ichneumenoptera pedunculata / type ♂. Hmpsn.”; “Type / H.T.”.

Further specimens. 1♂, 13.Jan.1993 (Bartsch GU 2007-20) ( Fig. 46 ); 1♂, 21.Jan.1993; 1♂, 26.Jan.1993; 2♂, 27.Jan.1993; 1♂, 29.Jan.1993; 1♂, 23.Feb.1993, all specimens: W-Africa, Nigeria, Ile-Ife , 280m, leg. L. Schlimm ; 1♂, Cameroon, SW-Region, Mt. Cameroon, Buea, Ekonjo , 04°03'49.2"N, 09°09'18.8"E, 600-650 m, 19.Oct.2011 , pheromone ( SMNS). 1♂, Ghana, Ashanti Region, Bonkro village community guesthouse, 7.Oct.2019 , at pheromone, leg. D. Bartsch & Sz. Sáfián; 1♂ ( Figs 35–36 ), Ghana, Central Region, Gyawale private forest near Kakum NP, 16.Oct.2019 , at pheromone, leg. D. Bartsch & Sz. Sáfián ( CDB), 1♂ Guinea, Nimba Mountains, Cité 1 ( SMFG concession area), 07°42'02.83"N, 08°23'58.60"W, 700 m, at mixed pheromone lure bundle, 3.Sept.2017 , leg. Sz. Sáfián & G. Simonics ( ANHRT).

This West African species occurs in the lowlands from Guinea in the west to Cameroon in the east. Some unspecifically attracted males came around noon to artificial pheromones originally composed for western Palearctic Sesiidae species.

Figures

FIGS 32–43. Specimens of Macrotarsipodes. 32–33. M. leptosceles (Bradley, 1968). (32) holotype ♂. (33) paratype ♀. 34–36. M. pedunculata (Hampson, 1910) comb. nov., (34) holotype ♂. (35–36) ♂ Ghana, Gyawale, Kakum. 37–38. M. sexualis (Hampson, 1910) comb. nov. (37) lectotype ♂. (38) paralectotype ♀. 39–43. M. tricinctus Le Cerf, 1916 comb. rev. (39–40) ♂ South Africa, East London. (41) holotype ♂. (42–43) ♀ South Africa, Natal, Durban. Scale 10 mm.

FIGS 44–46. Genitalia structures of Macrotarsipodes. 44–45. M. tricinctus. (44) ♀, South Africa, Natal, Durban. (45) ♂, South Africa, Eastern Cape, East London. 46. M. pedunculata ♂, Nigeria, Ile-Ife. (a) left lateral, right ventral. (b) phallus (twice size as other Figs). Scales 1 mm.