Temelucha basiornata ( Cameron , 1911 )

Rousse, Pascal & Villemant, Claire, 2012, Ichneumons in Reunion Island: a catalogue of the local Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) species, including 15 new taxa and a key to species, Zootaxa 3278, pp. 1-57 : 22

Temelucha basiornata ( Cameron, 1911)

( Fig. 11 b)

Androna basiornata Cameron 1911: 189

Diagnosis. Temelucha basiornata lacks obvious morphological characters to easily differentiate it from other Temelucha species in the subregion. The coloration of metasoma is an useful cue, all tergites being reddish orange with a median blackish macula of variable size.

Description. Rousse et al. (2011).

Distribution records. Reunion (new record). Madagascar (Rousse et al. 2011). Ghana, South Africa.

Material examined. LECTOTYPE Ƥ ( BNHM HYM 3b 1420) Verbatim label data: Pretoria, 14 2 1909, A.J.T. Janse, P. Cameron coll. 1914–110. Other material ( Reunion) 3Ƥ Salazie / Trou de Fer, alt. 1400m, VI.2011, leg. T. Ramage; 1Ƥ St Pierre / Ligne Paradis, alt. 170m, IV.2011, leg. T. Ramage; 2Ƥ St Benoit / Grand Etang, alt. 510m, XI.2010, leg. T. Ramage (light trap); 1Ƥ St Gilles les Bains, XII.1994, leg. P. Viette.

Figures

FIGURE 11. Cremastinae (females), habitus. a: Temelucha minuta. b: Temelucha basiornata. c: Temelucha pestifer. d: Temelucha talibarti. e: Trathala annulicornis. f: Trathala flavoorbitalis.