Xanthosomnium froesei, 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 : 37-38

XANTHOSOMNIUM FROESEI WAHL & SIME , SP. N.

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from other members of the Callajoppa genus-group by the characters given above in the generic description of Xanthosomnium , and by the uniformly brownish red colouration and light brown wings.

Female. Structure. As in generic description. Colour. Uniformly brownish-red except for dark brown of flagellomeres 14–42, and fuscous gastrocoelus. Wings uniformly light brown. Length. 20.2 mm; fore wing 15.6 mm.

Male. Unknown.

Type material. Holotype ♀, COSTA RICA: Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Cerro Pedregal, 1000 m, ex Cautethia spuria (host larva collected 2.ix.1998, wasp emerged from host pupa 17.x.1998), ‘98-SRNP-3514’ ( Pereira ) [AEIC]. Condition of holotype: intact except right antenna broken beyond flagellomere 12 (flagellomeres 13–37 mounted on point below specimen).

Etymology. Named after Edgar Froese, the founder and continuity behind Tangerine Dream.