Rhimphoctona lucida (Clément, 1924), Clement, 1924

Varga, Oleksandr, 2017, A review of the genus Rhimphoctona Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae) from the Ukrainian Carpathians, with a key to European species, Zootaxa 4263 (2), pp. 387-394 : 391

Rhimphoctona lucida (Clément, 1924)

( Figs 1 , 4 , 5 )

Material examined. No material examined from the Ukrainian Carpathians. Additional material: 8 males and 13 females from ZSM collection, 1 male and 2 females of which given as cotypes.

Diagnosis. The female of this species is characterized by the black hind coxae; long and widened temples ( Fig. 1. 3 ); weakly sculptured mesoscutum ( Fig. 5. 1 ); sparsely punctate mesopleuron; propodeum with distinct costulae and area superomedia ( Fig. 4. 3 ); and the ovipositor which is about 1.4–1.5 × the length of hind tibia. The male generally resembles female and has black face.

Distribution. Palaearctic ( Yu et al. 2012).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Rhimphoctona spp., dorsal view of head, female. 1 — R. grandis; 2 — R. rufocoxalis; 3 — R. lucida; 4 — R. xoridiformis; 5 — R. teredo; 6 — R. longicauda; 7 — R. maiator; 8 — R. pectoralis.

FIGURE 2. Rhimphoctona spp., lateral view of mesopleuron, female. 1 — R. grandis; 2 — R. rufocoxalis; 3 — R. xoridiformis; 4 — R. teredo.

FIGURE 3. Rhimphoctona spp., lateral view of mesopleuron, female. 1 — R. longicauda; 2 — R. melanura; 3 — R. megacephalus; 4 — R. pectoralis.

FIGURE 4. Rhimphoctona spp., dorsal view of propodeum, female. 1 — R. grandis; 2 — R. rufocoxalis; 3 — R. lucida; 4 — R. obscuripes; 5 — R. teredo; 6 — R. xoridiformis; 7 — R. melanura; 8 — R. longicauda; 9 — R. megacephalus; 10 — R. maiator; 11 — R.? megacephalus / melanura; 12 — R. pectoralis.

FIGURE 5. Rhimphoctona spp. 1 – 2 — dorsal view of mesoscutum, Female: 1 — R. lucida; 2 — R. teredo; 3 — R. pectoralis, lateral view of head and mesososma, male; 4 – 5 — frontal view of head, male; 4 — R. xoridiformis; 5 — R. teredo.