Genaemirum rhinoceros Heinrich, 1967

Rousse, Pascal, Broad, Gavin R. & van Noort, Simon, 2016, Review of the genus Genaemirum Heinrich (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae) with interactive identification keys to species, ZooKeys 636, pp. 77-105 : 97

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.636.10216

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:22F6CC2B-C414-4431-8883-5CE43927C670

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A5CBB304-991E-69E6-7D85-5E3F4B572225

treatment provided by

ZooKeys by Pensoft

scientific name

Genaemirum rhinoceros Heinrich, 1967
status

 

Genaemirum rhinoceros Heinrich, 1967 View in CoL Fig. 7

Material examined.

Holotype ♀: Holotype [red label] UGANDA, Zika Forest, Mengo, xi.18 '63, G.A. Lancaster, Typus Nr. Hym. 436 Zoologische Staatssammlung München [red label], Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Type-No.: ZSM-Hym-00254 [pink label], Genaemirum rhinoceros det G. Heinrich, Imaged WaspWeb LAS 4.4 SAMC 2015 [yellow label] (ZSMC).

Diagnosis.

Female. Body length 15 mm. Head and mesosoma bright red interspersed with numerous large yellow markings; metasoma and legs yellowish-orange with coxae largely white; flagellum darker with a white median ring; antenna with 35 flagellomeres; hypostomal carina extended onto malar space, expanded into a backward curved blunt triangle over lower gena; clypeus lenticular, without differentiated ventro-lateral corners; face with a mid-longitudinal, horn-like, projecting lamella; lower frons smooth and short, separated from upper frons by a transverse M-shaped carina; upper frons with a differentiated rugose, triangular and shield-shaped surface; ventral junction of occipital and hypostomal carinae moderately expanded, triangular; tergites almost entirely punctate, without longitudinal sculpture except between gastrocoeli. Male. Unknown.

Biology.

Unknown, but see discussion on biology under the genus treatment.

Distribution.

Uganda.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Ichneumonidae

Genus

Genaemirum