Microleptes splendidulus Gravenhorst, 1829

Varga, O. & Kostro-Ambroziak, A., 2021, New Records Of The Subfamilies Cylloceriinae And Microleptinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) From Eastern Europe, Zoodiversity 55 (6), pp. 485-492 : 490

Microleptes splendidulus Gravenhorst, 1829 ( figs 11–12 )

Material. Poland: Podlasie Voivodeship : Biebrza National Park , ‘ Zdroj’, 2 km NE of Kostry-Litwa, YPT on picket (about 1 m) near small river, 15.10.2006, 1 Ơ (A. Kostro-Ambroziak) (UwB). Ukraine: Transcarpathian Region: Vynogradiv, oak forest, 280 m, 48.1383 N, 23.0737 E, MT No. 2, 17.05– 10.06.2017, 1 ♀ (Varga) ( SIZK) .

Diagnosis. The species is characterized by the weakly swollen and apically rounded clypeus; antenna with 14 flagellomeres, first flagellomere short, at most 3 times longer than width; propodeum with costulae present; stout legs with hind femora about 3.0–3.7 times longer than width, and smooth hind coxa; and tyloids on male flagellomeres 1–2(3).

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Holarctic; first record for Poland and Ukraine.

Figures

Figs 11–12. Microleptes splendidulus: 11 — habitus (lateral view); 12 — face (frontal view).