Gelanes cuspidatus Khalaim, 2002

Kim, Ki-Beom, Balueva, Ekaterina N., Khalaim, Andrei I. & Lee, Jong-Wook, 2013, The genus Gelanes Horstmann (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae) from South Korea, with description of four new species, Zootaxa 3716 (3), pp. 417-430 : 420-421

Gelanes cuspidatus Khalaim, 2002

(Figs 3, 7, 9, 15, 24–26)

Gelanes cuspidatus Khalaim, 2002: 8 . Type: ♀, Russia, TD: ZISP.

FIGURES 15 – 20. 15. Gelanes cuspidatus ; 16. G. protritus ; 17. G. simillimus ; 18. G. dentator ; 19. G. verendus ; 20. G. gubarevae . Scale bars: 0.1 mm

Diagnosis. Head and mesosoma predominantly smooth. Frons finely punctate on more or less smooth background. Lower 0.7–0.8 of clypeus flat, separated by transverse crease from upper 0.2–0.3 of clypeus. Flagellum of female with 17–18 flagellomeres (Fig. 3). Foveate groove of mesopleuron narrow and sharp, about half as long as mesopleuron length (Fig. 7). Basal area of propodeum narrow, basal longitudinal carinae more or less parallel (Fig. 9). Thyridial depression transverse ( Fig 26 ). Apex of ovipositor lanceolate, equally tapered dorsally and ventrally, with very small and narrow dorsal subapical notch (Fig. 15), sheath 3.8–4.6 times as long as first tergite. Scape and pedicel of antenna ventrally yellowish, distinctly paler than flagellum.

Material examined. South Korea: 1♂, [GB] Cheongdo-gun Unmun-myeon Mt.Unmunsan U4, Malaise trap, 35º38’9"N 128º59’18"E, 26.IV–10.V.2008, K.B. Kim; 1♀, [GG] Gapyeong-gun Oeseo-myeon Mt.Homyeongsan, 220m, Malaise trap, 37º43’16.3"N 127º29’23.4"E, 1–26.V.2009, J.O. Lim; 1♀, Namyangju-si Wabu-eup Dogongri San84 Korea Univ. Forestry experiment station SUGWAN-B, 37°34'56"N 127°13'55"E, 29.V.1987, J.W. Lee. 1♀, ditto, 20.V.1986, J.W.Lee; 1♀, [GW] Jeongseon-gun Sindong-eup Sugwallyeong, 37º18’21"N 128º34’56"E, 20.V.1986, J.W. Lee; 1♂, [JB] Muju-gun Seolcheon-myeon Mt.Deogyusan, 36°54'20"N 127°49'5"E, 20.V.1997, J.W. Lee.

Distribution. South Korea (new record), South of the Russian Far East (Khabarovsk reg., Primorskiy reg.).

Biology. Flight period in May to June. Reared from Xyela alpigena (Strobl) (Xyelidae) on Pinus cembra L. ( Pinaceae ) in Austria (Khalaim & Blank 2011).

Remarks. In the review of the Palaearctic fauna of Gelanes (Khalaim, 2002) one specimen with shorter ovipositor was described as forma “curticauda”. We re-examined this specimen and propose that it actually belongs to a new species, described below as G. provectus sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 21 – 26. Gelanes belokobylskii Khalaim, ♀. 21. Lateral habitus; 22. Fore wing; 23. Head in dorsal view; G. cuspidatus Khalaim, ♀. 24. Lateral habitus; 25. Fore wing; 26. Second tergite in dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm for 21, 24; 0.1 mm for 22, 23, 25, 26.