Hyposoter validus ( Pfankuch, 1921 )

Galsworthy, Anthony, Shaw, Mark R. & Haraldseide, Håkon, 2023, A key to European species of Hyposoter Förster, 1869 (Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae) with descriptions of 18 new species, and notes on all included species, Zootaxa 5290 (1), pp. 1-73 : 69

Hyposoter validus ( Pfankuch, 1921)

Anilastus validus Pfankuch, 1921 : holotype ♁ in ZMHB, examined by Horstmann.

Horstmann (1986) gave details of the holotype, which he had examined.

The partially red metasoma, coupled with dark tegulae and hind femora, and the presence of a glymma, should distinguish the species from all others, except the occasional darker specimen of H. dolosus , from which it should be distinguishable by the key characters. For distinction from pseudovalidus sp. nov., see under the latter.

This species has been reported by Kolomiets (1962) as a parasitoid in Russia of the defoliating moth Dendrolimus sibiricus Chetverikov ( Lepidoptera , Lasiocampidae ), but the accuracy of this determination needs to be checked. We have seen a specimen from Norway in Dr M.Riedel’s collection. Apart from this, its description from Germany and the report from Russia, it has also been reported from Poland.