Apechthis Foerster , 1869

Watanabe, Kyohei & Takasuka, Keizo, 2013, Description of Apechthis cantika sp. n. from Sulawesi Is., Indonesia with redescription of the holotype of A. taiwana Uchida (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae), Journal of Hymenoptera Research 31, pp. 105-117 : 106

Genus Apechthis Foerster, 1869

Ephialtes Schrank, 1802: 316. Name suppressed. [Type species: Ichneumon compunctor Linnaeus, 1758]

Apechthis Förster, 1869: 164. [Type species: Ichneumon rufatus Gmelin, 1790]

Apechtis Thomson, 1889: 1410. Emendation.

Parapechthis Blanchard, 1936: 404. [Type species: Parapechthis bazani Blanchard, 1936]

Taiwatheronia Sonan, 1936: 256. [Type species: Taiwatheronia mahasenae Sonan, 1936 (= Apechthis taiwana Uchida, 1928)]

Remarks.

Morphologically, this genus can easily be distinguished from other genera of Pimplini by the yellow face of the male, the mandibular teeth of equal length, the strongly notched inner margin of the eye, the non-divided clypeus ( Fig. 5 ), and the hook-like (apically down-curved) ovipositor tip ( Fig. 16 ) ( Townes 1969).

Figures

Figures 5 - 17. Holotypes (female) of Apechthis cantika sp. n. (5, 7 - 16) and Apechthis taiwana Uchida (17), paratype (male) of Apechthis cantika sp. n. (6) 5 Head, frontal view 6 left flagellum, lateral view 7, 8 apex of flagellum, dorsal (7) and lateral (8) views 9, 17 anterior half of mesopleuron, lateral view 10 - 12 left fore- (10), mid- (11) and hind (12) tarsal claw, lateral view 13 fore wing areolet 14, 15 propodeum and metasomal tergites I and II, dorsal (14) and lateral (15) views; 16 apex of ovipositor, lateral view.