Daggoo philoctetes, 2002

Sime, Karen R. & Wahl, David B., 2002, The cladistics and biology of the Callajoppa genus-group (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 134 (1), pp. 1-56 : 38-39

DAGGOO PHILOCTETES WAHL & SIME , SP. N.

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from other members of the Trogus subgroup by the characters given above in the generic description of Daggoo , and from the other undescribed species in the genus by the following combination of characters: petiole with distinct flattened sides, apical 0.5 punctate (vs. petiole cylindrical and with apical 0.7 punctate); dorsal 0.4 of pronotum, mesoscutum, and central section of dorsal 0.5 of mesepisternum, fuscous (vs. size of dark areas reduced, and colour dark to light brown).

Female. Structure. Petiole with distinct flattened sides, apical 0.5 punctate. Other characters as in generic description. Colour. Overall colour whitish yellow. Following areas fuscous: median 0.5 of supraantennal area, vertex, dorsal 0.3 of gena, dorsal 0.4 of lateral area of pronotum, central area of dorsal 0.5 of mesepisternum (excluding epicnemium), hind femur, apical 0.6 of hind tibia, hind tarsus, T5-7, and S5-6. Antenna dark brown except for except for light brown of ventral surface. Fore and middle legs beyond trochantellus brownish-red except for brown of tarsomeres 2–5. Wings yellow with brown banding as in Fig. 33. Length. 17.9 mm; fore wing 16.3 mm.

Male. Unknown.

Type material. Holotype ♀, EL SALVADOR: Ahuachapán, El Corozo, El Imposible, 9.vii.1987, ‘#10 ex Parides photinus at 500 m’ ( Serrano ) [NMNH]. Condition of holotype: intact.

Etymology. Named after Philoctetes, the Greek archer who slew Paris.