Proclitus ganicus Sheng & Sun, 2013

Watanabe, Kyohei, 2023, Taxonomic and Zoogeographic Notes on Japanese Orthocentrinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), with Descriptions of Four New Species, Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science) 52, pp. 7-44 : 36-37

Proclitus ganicus Sheng & Sun, 2013

[New SJN: Motoguro-onaga-hae-himebachi]

( Figs. 19A–C, 23A, C)

Proclitus ganicus Sheng & Sun, 2013 in Sheng et al., 2013: 360.

Diagnosis. Anterior tentorial pit invisible ( Fig. 19B). Mesoscutum with a median longitudinal groove, without a pair of strong tubercles near anterior ends of each notaulus ( Figs. 23A, C). Mesosoma without large reddish areas ( Figs. 19A, C). Coxae black ( Figs. 19A, C). Hind tibia with basal and apical broad black bands ( Fig. 19A). Ovipositor sheath 0.6–0.75 times as long as hind tibia. Fore wing length 2.7–3.8 mm.

Material examined. JAPAN: KPM-NK 81119 , F, Kanagawa Pref., Odawara City, Iriuda , 22. XII. 2016, K. Watanabe leg. ; OMNH, F, Kagawa Pref., Takamatsu City, Nishiueta Town , 29. IX. 2013, S. Fujie leg. ; KPM-NK 81120 , F, Kagoshima Pref., Yakushima Is., Kankake , 28. IV. – 1. V. 2007 , T. Yamauchi et al. leg. (MsT); KPM-NK 81121 , F, Kagoshima Pref., Yakushima Is., Arakawa , 25. VIII. – 22. IX. 2006 , T. Yamauchi et al. leg. (MsT); KPM-NK 81122 , M, Kagoshima Pref., Amamioshima Is., Mt. Yui-dake , 14. X. 2004, H. Makihara leg. (MsT) ; KPM-NK 81123 , F, Kagoshima Pref., Amamioshima Is., Uken Vil. , Yuwan , 6. VI. 2007, K. Watanabe leg. ; KPM-NK 81124 , F, Kagoshima Pref., Amamioshima Is., Sumiyou , Gusuku , 29. VI. 2013, S. Yoshizawa leg. ; KPM-NK 81125 , F, ditto, 5. VII. 2013 ; KPM-NK 81126 , F, Kagoshima Pref., Amamioshima Is., Amami City , Nase , Chuo-rindo , 8. VII. 2014, S. Shimizu leg. ; KPM-NK 81127 , F, Kagoshima Pref., Tokunoshima Is., Kedoku , 21. V. 2008, A. Sakai leg. ; KPM-NK 81128 , M, Okinawa Pref., Okinawajima Is., Nago City, Mt. Nago-dake , 13. V. 2002, H. Irei & H. Makihara leg. (MsT) ; KPM-NK 81129 , M, ditto, 27. V. 2002 ; NARO, F, Okinawa Pref., Okinawajima Is., Kunigami Vil. , 30. III. – 3. IV. 1999, K. Konishi leg. (yellow pan trap) ; KPM-NK 81130–81132 , 2 F & 1 M, Okinawa Pref., Okinawajima Is., Kunigami Vil. , Yona , 21. V. 2007, K. Watanabe leg. ; NARO, 1 F & 1 M, Okinawa Pref., Okinawajima Is., Kunigami Vil. , Ura , 2. X. 1991, M. Hiratate leg. (Light trap) ; OMNH, 2 F & 2 M, Okinawa Pref., Okinawajima Is., Kunigami Vil. , Aha , 26. XII. 2016, S. Fujie leg. ; NARO, 1 F & 1 M, Okinawa Pref., Ishigakijima Is., Banna Park , 7–13. III. 1995, T. Matsumura leg. (MsT) ; NARO, 2 F & 1 M, ditto, 13–20. III. 1995 ; OMNH, F, Ishigakijima Is., Ishigaki City, Mt. Buzama-dake , 20. VI. 2013, S. Fujie leg. ; KPM-NK 81133 , F, Okinawa Pref., Iriomotejima Is., Riverside of Urauchigawa , 13. V. 2008, K. Watanabe leg. ; KPM-NK 81134 , M, ditto, 14. V. 2008 ; KPM-NK 81135–81141 , 2 F & 4 M, Okinawa Pref., Yonagunijima Is., Mt. Kubura-dake , 22. VII. 2013, M. Ito leg. ; KPM-NK 81142–81145 , 3 F & 1 M, ditto, 25. VI. 2013 ; TMNH, 1 F & 1 M, ditto . CHINA: GSFPM, F (holotype), Quannan County, Jiangxi Province, 13. IX. 2010 , standardized interception trap; GSFPM, M (paratype), ditto, 30. IX. 2010 ; GSFPM, F (paratype), Jiulianshan National Natural Reserve , Jiangxi Province, 11. IX. 2011 , standardized interception trap.

Distribution. Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Yakushima Is., Amamioshima Is., Tokunoshima Is., Okinawajima Is., Ishigakijima Is., Iriomotejima Is. and Yonagunijima Is.) and China.

Bionomics. Host is unknown. In Japan, adults are collected in broadleaf forests and can be collected in winter.

Remarks. In Eastern Palearctic species of this genus, this species is unique in several character states. Namely, the coxae black (largely yellow in other species), the hind tibia with conspicuous basal and apical black bands (usually indistinct or weak in other species), and the ovipositor sheath distinctly shorter than hind tibia (usually longer than hind tibia in other species).