Dolichomitus messor ( Gravenhorst 1829 )

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 : 246-247

Dolichomitus messor ( Gravenhorst 1829)

Ephialtes messor Gravenhorst, 1829: 232 . Type: female; TD: IZU. Ephialtes continuus Ratzeburg, 1848: 1 –238. Type: lost.

Pimpla reissigii Ratzeburg, 1848: 1 –238. Type: female; TD: DEI. Ephialtes pusillus Ratzeburg, 1852: 1 –272. Type: lost.

Ephialtes heteropus Thomson, 1888: 1249 . Type: female; TD: ZI. Ephialtes simillimus Hensch, 1930: 235 –250. Lectotype: male; TD: IZB. Ephialtes zagoriensis Hensch, 1930: 235 –250. Lectotype: male; TD: IZB.

Diagnosis. Body 13.5–24.5 mm; fore wing 10–18 mm; ovipositor 17–34 mm long.

Body black. Palpi and tegula yellow. Clypeus reddish brown. All legs reddish brown except hind tibia and tarsus black. Antenna with 28–35 flagellomeres.

Face shiny, sparsely and weakly punctate. Head parallel, slightly contracting behind eyes in dorsal view. Frons shiny and without wrinkles. Malar space granulate, 0.25 × as long as mandible base. Mandible rugosely punctate. Pronotum glabrous. Speculum convex and glabrous; mesopleural pit distinct. Prepectal carina short, end at lower corner of pronotum. Propodeum rugosely and coarsely punctate, without carina; longitudinal median part of propodeum concave. Area postero-media and postero-externa not separated, glabrous. Petiole with spiracle before the middle of petiole. First and second tergites elongate; third and fourth tergites almost quadrate. Dorsal lobe of ovipositor with five to six ridges.

Material examined. [ South Korea] [Seoul]: 1 ♀, Ilwong-dong, Daeosan, 19.v.1996, M.J. Kang; 1 ♀, Kangnam-gu, Seonryeung, 17.v.1988, S.W. Lee; 1 ♀, Seocho-gu, Cheonggyesan, 22.v.1990, E.J. Lee; 1 ♀, ditto, 11.v.1990, J.H. Kim; [GG]: 1 ♀, Kwangryeung, 5.v.1988, K. Mun; 1 ♀, Yongin-si, Guseong-myeon, 5.v.1998, J.E. Kim; 1 ♀, Yongmunsan, 13.vi.1983, J.W. Lee; 1 ♀, Aengmubong, 9.v.1976, S.H. Nam; 1 ♀, Kwacheon-si, Kwanaksan, 6.x.1987, J.Y. Son; 1 ♀, Cheongryangsan, 2.vi.1995, S.H. Kim; 1 ♀, ditto, 8.v, H.J Lee; [GW]: 1 ♀, Pyeongchang-gun, Eoam-myeon, Yongsan, 29.vi.1985, K.H. Sin; 1 ♀, Wonju-si, Heungeup-myeon, Maeji-ri, Yonsei Univ., 5.v.2004, Y.A. Gu & H.J. Im; 1 ♀, ditto, 30.v.2004, B.G. Kim & S.M. Oh; 1 ♀, ditto, 27.iv.2005, K.M. Lee; 1 ♀; ditto, 15.v.1996, H.W. Byun; 1 ♀, ditto, 15.v.1996, H.S. Kim & S.J. Cho; 1 ♀, Hangrobong, 13.v.1992, S.M. Ryu; 1 ♀, Yanggu-gun, Gachilbong, 31.v.1992, J.W. Lee; [Daejeon]: 1 ♀, Yongun-dong, 25.v.1988, T.I. Jeong; [CB]: 1 ♀, Chungju-si, Suanbo-myeon, Samun-ri, Woraksan National Park, 21.v–16.vi.2013, J.K. Choi; [CN]: 1 ♀, Seosan-si, Gayasan, 2.v.1994, G.M. Kim; 1 ♀, ditto, 2.v.1995, H.J. Won; 1 ♀, Bomunsan, 15.v.1987, H.B. Park; [GB]: 1 ♀, Hwangaksan, 3.vi.1978, J.Y. Song; 1 ♀, Sobaeksan National Park, 6.vi.1981, C.S. Lee; 1 ♀, ditto, 14.vii.1997, S.M. Ryu; 1 ♀, Yeongyang-gun, Suha valley, 16.v.2001, E.S. Park; 1 ♀, Gyeongsan-si, Yeungnam Univ., 1.v.1992, S.Y. Park; 1 ♀, Yeongcheon-si, Enhaesa, 30.v.1987, H.Y. Jeon; 1 ♀, Yecheon-gun, Hakgasan, 19.v.2005, Y.Y. Kim; [JB]: 1 ♀, Deokyusan National Park, 25.v.1993, J.I. Kim.

Distribution. South Korea (new record), Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia (Irkutsk Oblast, Krasnodar Kray, Primor'ye Kray), Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, U.S.A., Ukraine, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia ( Yu et al., 2012).

Region. Eastern Palaearctic, Nearctic, Western Palaearctic.

Host. Asemum striatum, Euterapha sedecempunctata, Paranthrene tabaniformis, ( Sheng & Sun 2010) Cryptorhynchus lapathi (Sheng et al. 2002; Sheng & Sun 2002, 2010), Saperda populnea (Sheng & Sun 2002, 2010).