Apaeleticus bellicosus WESMAEL

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 : 1439-1440

Apaeleticus bellicosus WESMAEL (Plate 24)

Apaeleticus bellicosus WESMAEL 1844 - Acad. Sci. Bruxelles Nouv. Mém. 18: 166.

F e m a l e

F l a g e l l u m: Bristle-shaped moderately slender, widened and flattened ventrally beyond middle, moderately attenuated toward apex, almost semi bristle-shaped, with 34- 36 segments and white semiannulus on segments (6)7-11(12), or 7-13; basal segment from the side 2,1-2,3 times longer than width at apex, second segment 1,7 times longer than mandible base width, segment 5 square, remaining transverse. Flagellum slightly shorter than the front wing and distinctly shorter than body length.

H e a d: Head contour from front strongly, almost straightly, narrowed downwards, transversal, 1,4 times wider than height; genae from front short, strongly narrowed toward mandibles, 5,7 times shorter than height of eye; head from above 2 times wider than length. Vertex from lateral sharply sloping just after the ocelli; temples from above moderately long, strongly sinuously narrowed behind eyes, from side narrowed toward mandible base, 1,8 times shorter than longitudinal diameter of an eye at the middle, at lower part almost flat; occipital carina high, sharp all round, from above gradually impressed, at the bottom highly raised and curved, so, that bottom of hypostomal carina visible from lateral; occipital carina meeting with hypostomal carina on mandible base; malar space equal to mandible base width; mandibles with form character to tribe, gradually narrowed to apex and sharply carinated along upper border; clypeus transverse, convex, with straight front margin and rounded lateral corners, with long pubescence along front margin, clearly separated from face by impression; clypeal foveae small, deep labrum not protrude from under clypeus; middle field of face strongly protrude, narrow, in middle narrower than lateral fields; antennal cavities small, moderately deep, not reach borders of eyes and far not reach front ocellus level, laterally above antennal fossae with tubercles, interantennal tubercle absent or only just marked; ocelli moderately convex, diameter of lateral ocellus equal to distance from ocellus to eye; ocellar triangle slightly elevated and not sharply limited. Surface of face and frons punctured or wrinkly-punctured; clypeus with only just visible punctures, frons transversally wrinkly-punctured, vertex behind hind ocelli superficially longitudinally wrinkly-punctured.

T h o r a x: Collar of pronotum moderately long, from above with straight front margin; transverse furrow of pronotum shallow. Mesonotum moderately convex, 1,2 times wider than length; notauli distinct almost to middle; axillary tongue not developed; surface of mesonotum densely punctured by big punctures (intervals narrower than diameter of punctures), shining, without microsculpture; subalarum not sharpened; area of speculum with same sculpture as other part of mesopleurae; area of mesopleural fovea deeply and broadly impressed; mesopleurae at lower part without sharp break; sternauli extraordinary sharp, deep, reach hind third of mesopleurae; mesopleurae very densely longitudinally wrinkly-punctured, without microsculpture; scutellum slightly convex, laterally carinated up to middle, at apex rounded, dorsal surface densely punctured, without microsculpture. Hind margin of metanotum with broad triangular projections opposite lateral longitudinal carinae. Propodeum with distinct division on horizontal and vertical parts, horizontal part 1,5 times shorter than length of area posteromedia in middle; all areas distinct (set of carinae complete, including costula and coxal carina); basal area deep with tooth; area superomedia hexagonal, with equal length and breadth; costulae at middle of area superomedia; area dentipara with tooth at apex; spiracles small (equal 0,3 breadth of field at area of spiracle), roundish, 1,5 times longer than width. Surface of propodeum extremely roughly reticulate rugose, cellular, without microsculpture, at expressed fields; metapleurae roughly wrinkled.

L e g s: Quite strong. Claws slightly and gradually curved.

W i n g s: Areolet pentagonal, rather symmetrical, narrow in front; stigma broad, darkened; radius uniformly curved, almost straight, short; radial cell broad; nervulus interstitial; ramulus only marked; membrane of wing hyaline, veins dark. Front wing 1,3 times shorter than body length.

A b d o m e n:Fromabove rather long, almost parallel sided, truncate at apex; second tergite transversal, 1,2 times shorter than breadth at apex. Petiolus at base practically not flattened, from lateral with rather sharp bend to postpetiolus, lateral carinae of petiolus distinct, lateral surface with slight ribs; from above petiolus strongly, but gradually broadened to postpetiolus; middle field of postpetiolus not limited by carinae (first tergite without dorsal carinae), its surface punctured by big smoothed punctures; lateral fields of postpetiolus narrower than middle field. Gastrocoeli deep, laterally reach margins of tergite; thyridia distinct, very slightly oblique and closed to base of tergite, wider than interval; interval punctured by big punctures; spiracles of second tergite approximately at middle, lunulae distinct, large, slightly elevated; surface of second and third tergites, except apex densely punctured by distinct punctures, other tergites with more sparse and smoothed punctures, all tergites shining, without microsculpture; tergites 6-7 hidden under tergite 5 and thus abdomen from above truncated. Hypopygium without fold with membranous apex; sheath of ovipositor only just sclerotized, directed from hypopygium upwards.

C o l o r a t i o n: Head and thorax black with red-brown pattern: internal orbits, middle field of face, dorsal margins of pronotum, spots on mesopleurae and propodeum; abdomen red-brown with darkened apex, legs ferruginous, except of front trochanters; apex of hind femora, tibiae and tarsi darkened. Spots on collar, at lower surface of pronotum and scutellum completely, white.

S i z e: Body length: 7,0; front wing: 5,4; flagellum: 5,0 mm.