Symplecis bicingulata (Gravenhorst, 1829)

Humala, Andrei E., Choi, Jin-Kyung & Lee, Jong-Wook, 2016, A review of the genera Gnathochorisis Foerster and Symplecis Foerster of South Korea, with notes on Korean orthocentrines (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Orthocentrinae), ZooKeys 562, pp. 85-104 : 99

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae

Symplecis bicingulata (Gravenhorst, 1829) Figs 30-35

Mesoleptus bicingulatus Gravenhorst, 1829: 107; type depository: IZU.

Diagnosis.

Inner eye orbits strongly convergent ventrally in female (Fig. 31), face at the level of clypeus 0.41-0.45 times as wide as at the level of median ocellus; slightly convergent in male (Fig. 32). Mesoscutum polished; sternaulus short and deep; epomia lacking. Area superomedia of propodeum slightly transverse. Fore wing with areolet (Fig. 33). First metasomal tergite matt and striate, dorsal carina well developed; second tergite with distinct longitudinal striae (Fig. 35). Ovipositor short, hardly surpassing apex of metasoma (Fig. 34). Face and pronotum usually yellowish; tergites 2-3 apically and 3-4 basally yellow, forming two light bands on dark metasoma (Fig. 30).

Material examined.

Korea: 10 females, GW, Donghae-si, Samhwa-dong, Mureung Valley, [9-17 August 2005, 22 June– 3 July 2006, 17-28 August 2006, 10-20 September 2006, 20 September– 2 October 2006, 9 November 2006] (J.W. Lee); 1 female, ditto, 28 August– 9 October 2006 (K.B. Kim); 1 male, GW, Wonju-si, Heungeup-myeon, Yeonse Univ., 22 July– 11 August 2007 (J.W. Lee); 2 females, GG, Anyang-si, Manan-gu, Anyang-dong, Kwanagsan, 15-25 July 2008 (J.O. Lim); 1 male, GB, Gyeongsan-si, Daehak-ro, Yeungnam Univ., 22 April– 1 May 2006 (J.W. Lee); 1 male, Ulsan-si, Sangbuk-myeon, Gajisan, 11 August 1989 (J.W. Lee).

Distribution.

Holarctic; in Palaearctic region reported from Europe, Siberia, Russian Far East (Primorsky Terr., Sakhalin Isl., Kunashir Isl.) ( Humala 2007) and Japan ( Dasch 1992; no data on the examined material was provided) and South Korea (new record).