Leucospis aurantiaca Shestakov, 1923

Ye, Xin-hai, van Achterberg, Cornelis, Yue, Qi & Xu, Zai-fu, 2017, Review of the Chinese Leucospidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea), ZooKeys 651, pp. 107-157 : 112-113

Leucospis aurantiaca Shestakov, 1923 Figs 1-2, 3-4

Leucospis aurantiaca Shestakov, 1923: 96; Bouček 1974a: 196; Bouček and Narendran 1981: 12.

Type material.

Lectotype here designated, ♀ (ZISP), "CHINA, [Inner Mongolia], Alashan, oas[is] / Dyn-yuan-in, 18.VI.1908, P. Kozlov", " Leucospis aurantiaca Shestakov", “Lectotype”.

Diagnosis.

Female. Body mainly orange, with exception of orange brown to brown antennal flagellum, reddish brown mandible, black head, with black inverted U-shaped marking on mesoscutum, mesoscutellum with axillae black, black mesepimeron and propodeum, anterior margin of T1, anterior margin and posterior margin of T5, T6 and lower part of epipygium black, wings brownish, ovipositor sheath reddish brown (Fig. 2); propodeum raised medially, with weak median carina; hind femur with nine teeth ventrally, basal one largest (Fig. 4); metasoma strongly convex dorsally and medially (Fig. 1); T1 without ovipositorial furrow (Fig. 2); ovipositorial furrow up to black anterior margin of T5 (Fig. 2). Male. Unknown.

Biology.

Unknown. Collected in June.

Distribution.

China (Inner Mongolia).

Remarks.

Bouč ek’s (1974a) interpretation was correct, despite he had no access to the type series.