Dolichomitus curticornis ( Perkins 1943 )

Choi, Jin-Kyung, Kolarov, Janko, Jeong, Jong-Chul & Lee, Jong-Wook, 2016, A taxonomic review of the genus Dolichomitus Smith (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from South Korea with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 4132 (2), pp. 235-253 : 237-238

Dolichomitus curticornis ( Perkins 1943)

(Fig. 33)

Ephialtes curticornis Perkins, 1943: 249 –273. Type: unknown.

Diagnosis. Body 14–21 mm; fore wing 9–15 mm; ovipositor 14.5–25 mm long.

Body black. Palpi and tegula yellow. Fore and mid coxae reddish yellow, darkened basally; fore and mid femur reddish yellow; fore and mid tibiae and trochanters yellow; hind leg almost black except trochanters and femur reddish brown. Antenna with 25 flagellomeres.

Head angular, not narrowed behind eyes in dorsal view. Frons polished with transversal wrinkles. Lower tooth longer than upper tooth. Malar space 0.5 × as long as mandible base. Pronotum with wrinkles on ventral area. Speculum convex and glabrous. Prepectal carina extending above corner of pronotum and curved forward, reaching anterior margin of mesopleuron. Propodeum with weak median longitudinal carinae; areola and petiolar areas granulate, and the rest of propodeum rugosely punctate with wrinkles. Fore tibia with thin setae on the middle of inside surface, and setae indistinctly on apical inner ridge (Fig. 33). Fifth hind tarsus shorter than third. First and second tergites elongate, third tergite quadrate. Petiole with spiracle at 0.3 basally. Dorsal lobe of ovipositor with two widely separated ridges.

Material examined. [ South Korea] [Seoul]: 1 ♀, Nowon-gu, Suraksan, 15.iv.1989, O.J.Lee; 1 ♀, Nowon-gu, Sanggye, Suraksan, 14.v.2003, J.Y.Kim; [GG]: 1 ♀, Cheonmasan, 11.vi.1983, M.K.Choi; 1 female, Kwangreung, 17.vi.1975, S.H.Yu; [GW]: 1 ♀, Wonju-si, Heungeup-myeon, Maeji-ri, Yonsei Univ., 15.v.1996, H.Y.Kim; [CB]: 1 ♀, Goesan-gun, Cheongcheon-myeon, Muleung-ri, 28.v.2005, H.G.Park, S.B.Kim, S.Y.Kim, J.H.Song & Y.H.Gwon; 1 ♀, Jecheon-si, Hansu-myeon, Weolagsan, 30.v.2004, H.S.Li; [Daegu]: 1 ♀, Dong-gu, Sinmu-dong, 36°00′5.18″N 128°40′54.71″E, 11.vi-14.vii.2014, J.W.Lee; [GN]: 1 ♀, Hapcheon-gun, Bongsan-myeon, Apgok-ri, 4.vi-10.vii.2014, J.W.Lee.

Distribution. South Korea (new record), Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Russia (Primor'ye Kray, Stavropolskiy Kray), Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia ( Yu et al., 2012).

Region. Eastern Palaearctic, Western Palaearctic.

Host. Unknown.