Hoplismenus lamprolabus WESMAEL, 1857

Riedel, Matthias, 2021, The Western Palaearctic species of the subtribe Hoplismenina HEINRICH (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 53 (2), pp. 901-926 : 910-911

Hoplismenus lamprolabus WESMAEL, 1857 (figs 4, 17, 25)

H o l o t y p e: (♀) (Paris), not studied.

syn. Amblyteles violaceus RUDOW, 1888

L e c t o t y p e: (♁) Graecia (Jena), synonymized by HORSTMANN (1993), not studied.

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: 10♀♀, 12♁♁ from Austria, France, Georgia *, Germany, Greece, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Russia (Siberia), Switzerland, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.

D e s c r i p t i o n: ♀: Body length 12-14 mm. Flagellum with 38-40 flagellomeres; 1 st flagellomere 3.1-3.4× and 2 nd flagellomere 2.4-2.5× longer than wide, FI 0.84-0.94, widest flagellomere square or slightly longer than wide. Temple distinctly and linearly narrowed behind eye. OED 1.8-2.0× ocellar diameter. Frons moderately concave, rugose-punctate and granulate. Face punctate and granulate. Clypeus punctate, smooth between punctures. Gena with longitudinally punctured striae. MI 2.0. Hypostomal carina slightly elevated.

Mesosoma covered with short brownish hairs. Side of pronotum rugose-punctate dorsally, partly striate ventrally. Notaulus indicated by transverse rugae in frontal 1/3 of mesoscutum. Lateral lobe of mesoscutum densely punctate, granulate. Mesopleuron rugose-punctate, speculum with fine punctures. Sternaulus impressed in frontal 0.4 of mesopleuron. Epicnemial carina low. Metapleuron rugose. Juxtacoxal carina present or absent. Scutellum moderately elevated, with lateral carina in basal 0.2, rounded in profile, punctate. Area superomedia slightly transverse, hexagonal; anterior transverse carina indistinct. Area petiolaris coarsely rugose. Apophysis about as long as basally wide. Coxae densely punctate. Hind femur 4.3-5.2× longer than wide. Metasoma semi-amblypygous. Postpetiolus moderately widened, 0.72-0.88× as wide as distance between apophyses, median field with fine worm-like rugae. Gastrocoelus indistinctly impressed. Thyridium transverse, 0.35-0.5× as wide as the interval. 2 nd tergite 1.5-1.7× and 3 rd tergite 2.0× wider than long. 2 nd tergite densely rugose-punctate, but ± shining. 3 rd tergite with superficial punctures, finely granulate, shining; 4 th to 7 th tergites almost smooth. Hypopygium moderately elongate, about as long as distance between its apical margin and metasoma apex. Ovipositor sheath wide, 0.28-0.36× as long as hind metatarsus.

Color: black. Flagellum black, sometimes ± reddish centrally. Femora, tibiae and tarsi reddish; hind tibia infuscate in apical 0.5-0.7; hind tarsus black. Pterostigma ochreous.

♁: Body length 15-17 mm. Flagellum with 38-44 flagellomeres; 1 st flagellomere 2.9- 3.2× and 2 nd flagellomere 1.7-1.9× longer than wide, FI 0.81-0.90. Tyloids on flagellomeres 8/9-19/21, oval. OED 1.5× ocellar diameter. Hind femur 4.6-5.0× longer than wide. Notaulus impressed in frontal 0.35 of mesoscutum. Propodeum coarsely rugose. Area superomedia halfmoon-shaped, transverse. Thyridium narrow, 0.3× as wide as the interval. 2 nd tergite 1.5-1.7× and 3 rd tergite 1.8-2.3× wider than long. 2 nd and 3 rd tergites finely rugose, with indistinct punctures. 4 th tergite finely granulate and punctate, ± shining.

Color: black. Scape and flagellum sometimes reddish ventrally. Side of clypeus, facial and/or frontal orbits sometimes yellow. Femora, tibiae and tarsi reddish-brown; hind tibia infscuate in apical 0.7; hind tarsus black.

H o s t s: Aglais urticae (LINNAEUS, 1758) (Lep., Nymphalidae ) (ZSM), Argynnis aglaja (LINNAEUS, 1758) (Lep., Nymphalidae ) (EDI).