Promethes melanaspis ( Thomson 1890, Promethus

Klopfstein, Seraina, 2014, Revision of the Western Palaearctic Diplazontinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), Zootaxa 3801 (1), pp. 1-143 : 81-82

Promethes melanaspis ( Thomson 1890, Promethus )

Promethes nigriventris nigroscutellata Habermehl 1925

Promethes gravenhorsti Dasch 1964a

Diagnosis. Fore wing length 4.4–6.2 mm. Antenna with 19–22 flagellomeres in both sexes, first flagellomere 3.7–4.6 times longer than wide; in males with narrow, long tyloids on flagellomeres 6/7 to 10. Face without a sulcus between compound eye and base of mandible, at most with a change in sculpture instead. Mesopleuron with punctures weak, distinct at most on lower half. Propodeum with basal area about 2 times wider than long, apical carina usually complete; petiolar area mostly smooth, with some irregular wrinkles close to its margins. Tergite 2 with longitudinal wrinkles basally, remainder smooth and shining, wrinkles more extended in males. Females with metasoma laterally compressed and tapered from tergite 3 to apex.

Colouration of females. Antenna black. Head and mesosoma black, face sometimes with a small yellow central face patch, yellow on part of clypeus, mouthparts, hind corner of pronotum, tegula, subtegular ridge, and upper mesepimeron; at most with small yellow shoulder marks; scutellum black. Legs orange, coxae orange, fore coxa sometimes yellow; femora orange; hind tibia white with a dark apex and a subbasal dark band, hind tarsus dark, first segement white basally. Metasoma black.

Colouration of males. As in females but with yellow ventrally on scape and pedicel, antenna often orange below, yellow over entire face, propleuron, often large shoulder mark, varying portions of epicnemium and mesosternum, often lower mesopleuron; scutellum usually black but rarely with light spots on basolateral corners. Coxae usually yellow, hind coxa sometimes partly orange. Metasoma with yellow anterolateral spots on tergites 3 and sometimes 4.

Material examined. Holotype of Promethus melanaspis Thomson : Germany, Bayern, between Ebenhausen and Pullach , leg. Kriechbaumer, 12.VIII.1885. 1♀, at ZSM.

New for France: Col-des-Montets, 24.VII.1975. 1♂, at ZSM . New for Slowakia: Low Tatra, Maluziná, 750m, leg. K.Zwakhals, 11.VII.1982. 1♀, at KZ.

Austria (2), Finland (7), France (1), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Norway (1), Russia (1), Slowakia (1), Sweden (7), Switzerland (13).

Distribution. Holarctic.

Figures. Propodeum ( Fig. 22 B), habitus ( Fig. 33 B).

Figures

FIGURE 22. Propodea of Promethes species showing carination and shape of the different areas. A. Promethes nigriventris. B. Promethes melanaspis. Scale bars represent 500 µm.

FIGURE 33. Habitus of Diplazontinae species. A. Promethes bridgmani. B. Promethes melanaspis. C. Promethes sulcator. D. Sussaba aciculata. E. Sussaba cognata. F. Sussaba erigator.