Eccoptosage brevispinosa (TOSQUINET)

A. M, 2009, Illustrated key to the tribes of subfamilia Ichneumoninae and genera of the tribe Platylabini of world fauna (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2), pp. 1317-1608 : 1364-1365

Eccoptosage brevispinosa (TOSQUINET) (Plate 11)

Hoplismenus brevispinosus TOSQUINET 1903 - Mém. de la Soc. Entom. Belg. 10: 347, Ƌ. Acantojoppa brevispinosa: HEINRICH 1934 - Mem. Zool. Mus. Berlin 20: 143, Ƌ.

Acantojoppa charlottae HEINRICH 1934 - Mem. Zool. Mus. Berlin 20: 246, ♀.

Eccoptosage brevispinosa: TOWNES et al. 1961 - Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. 1: 351.

F e m a l e

F l a g e l l u m: Bristle-shaped, with 3[7] segments, first segment moderately long, 3,3 times longer than width at apex, black with white semiannulus on segments (7)8-13, flattened and widened ventrally from segment 16 (already segment 16 square from lateral). Flagellum equal by length to front wing and 1,7 times shorter than body length.

H e a d: Head contour from front strongly narrowed downwards, transversal, 1,4 times wider than height; eyes large, genae from front 5 times shorter than height of eye; head from above transversal, 1,8 times wider than length. Occiput roundly impressed behind hind ocelli; temples almost two times shorter than longitudinal diameter of an eye at the middle, from above sharply almost straightly narrowed behind eyes, from side parallel to hind margin of an eye; occipital carina from above deeply but roundly impressed to level of eyes, but not reach level of hind ocelli, sharp all round, meeting with hypostomal carina on mandible base; malar space 1,3 times shorter than mandible base width; mandibles narrow, sickle-shaped, upper tooth long, lower considerably short, but sharp, strongly moved inside in comparison with upper tooth; clypeus broad, flat, only just convex at base, strongly concave at apex, with oblong rounded front margin, separated from face by clear, but not sharp impression; clypeal foveae practically not expressed, presented by only just visible pore, similar to adjoined superficial punctures; labrum broad, triangular, far protrude from under clypeus, with long pubescence along front margin; middle field of face narrow, slightly separated and only just elevated above lateral fields; antennal cavities not great, very deep, laterally reach borders of eyes, but far not reach level of front ocellus, without lateral tubercles and tooth between antennal fossae; margins of antennal fossae slightly elevated above face surface; ocelli of normal size, diameter of lateral ocellus 1,4 times less than distance from ocellus to eye; ocellar triangle practically not elevated. Surface of face and upper third of clypeus densely punctured by large smoothed punctures (interspaces considerably more than theirs diameter); front part of clypeus without distinct sculpture, only front margin with slight rugosity; surface of head without microsculpture or with slightly visible microsculpture, dully-shining.

T h o r a x: Collar of pronotum long, transverse furrow of pronotum with pit in middle; pronotal base gradually uniformly curved; epomiae strong, pronotal ridge not thickened; most part of pronotum surface matt. Mesonotum moderately convex, of equal length and breadth; notauli sharp in front third; surface very densely wrinkly-punctured, matt; prepectus behind front coxae densely punctured by small shallow punctures, slightly shining; subalarum thin, high, sharp; surface of speculum with sparse punctures; mesopleural fovea small, deep, with slightly impressed, shining bordered area; lower part of meso- pleurae (mesosternum) angularly separated; sternauli slightly impressed in front third; upper part of mesopleurae under subalarum longitudinally-wrinkled, other part densely wrinkly-punctured; surface of mesopleurae matt; scutellum high elevated above postscutellum, carinated laterally up to apex by high carinae, horizontal part of scutellum slightly convex, densely wrinkly-punctured, matt. Hind margin of metanotum with small triangle projections opposite lateral longitudinal carinae. Propodeum from lateral of angle-form, its horizontal part only just shorter than area posteromedia in middle; all carinae of propodeum sharp, only coxal carina weak, but distinct; basal area long; area superomedia elongated, sharply hexagonal, narrowed from costulae forward and backwards, costulae almost at middle of area superomedia; areae dentiparae at apices with long (strong) turned up teeth; spiracles long, rather narrow. Horizontal and vertical surface of propodeum densely wrinkly-punctured, slightly shining; metapleurae very roughly densely punctured, matt.

L e g s: Legs long and slender; hind coxae of female without traces of scopa; claws small with strongly curved apex.

W i n g s: Areolet pentagonal with very narrow base (almost quadrangular), asymmetrical, external vein of apex shorter than internal; stigma narrow; radius slightly sinuous, long; nervulus slightly postfurcal, ramulus only just marked; nervellus at hind wing strongly reclival; veins of both wings brown; membrane of wings hyaline. Length of front wing more than 1,8 shorter than body length.

A b d o m e n From above narrow, fusiform, with strongly projecting sheath of ovipositor, sharply oxypygous, flattened dorso-ventrally, sternites 2 and 3 completely unsclerotized. First tergite from lateral without distinct bend at place of transform of petiolus to postpetiolus; lateral surface of petiolus not sculptured, shining, lateral carinae completely absent; petiolus narrow, from above gradually broadened to postpetiolus; middle field of postpetiolus slightly elevated, not carinated; postpetiolus only laterally with sparse shallow punctures, smooth, shining. Gastrocoeli long, slightly impressed; thyridia slightly expressed, many narrower than interval between them; lunulae only just marked, practically absent; surface of tergites 2-3 densely sculpturated by very small punctures, matt, only at apex slightly shining, other tergites very densely sculptured more small punctures, slightly shining. Sheath of ovipositor protrude on length of third segment of hind tarsus.

C o l o r a t i o n: Head, prothorax, most part of mesothorax and apex of abdomen black; apex of mesothorax, propodeum, segments 1-3 of abdomen and legs, including coxae of basic color; broad spots on apex of frontal orbits, scutellum, hind margin of fifth and sixth tergites of abdomen completely light-yellow; apices of hind femora, tibiae and tarsi darkened.

S i z e: Body length: 12,5; front wing: 7,1; flagellum: 7,3 mm.