Rhimphoctona grandis (Fonscolombe, 1852)

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 : 388-389

Rhimphoctona grandis (Fonscolombe, 1852)

( Figs 1 , 2 , 4 )

Material examined. No material examined from the Ukrainian Carpathians. Additional material: 2 males and 2 females from ZSM collection.

Diagnosis. The female of this species is characterized by the red hind coxae; long and widened temples ( Fig. 1. 1 ); closely rugulo-punctate mesopleuron ( Fig. 2. 1 ); propodeum with distinct costulae and rugulose area superomedia ( Fig. 4. 1 ); and the ovipositor which is about 1.5 × the length of hind tibia. The male generally resembles female and has black face.

Distribution. Western Palaearctic, Nearctic ( 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 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.