Lathrolestes luteolus ( Thomson, 1883 )

Reshchikov, Alexey, 2015, Review of North European species of the genus Lathrolestes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) with description of one new species from Öland (Sweden), Zootaxa 4033 (1), pp. 1-47 : 26

Lathrolestes luteolus ( Thomson, 1883)

Figs. 33 , 78–81 .

Lathrolestus luteolus Thomson, 1883: 917 . Holotype ♂, MZLU [examined]. Type locality: Sweden (Lund, Skåne).

Material. 1♂, NETHERLANDS, Haarlem, Bolwerk, 11.vi.1878, leg. C. Ritsema; 2♀, SWEDEN, Gotlands kommun, Fårö, near Fårö kyrka, 57.915668,19.131789 = 57°54'55.27" N 19° 7'57.58" E, 16m., 5.vi.2013, sweep netting, Ulmus , leg. Alexey Reshchikov, NHRS.

Additional material. 1♀, FRANCE, leg. Hinz, ZSM.

Diagnosis. This species differs from other species of the genus by the following character states: 1) malar space as long as width of base of mandibles, 2) occipital carina incomplete dorsally, 3) body mostly pale yellow except black first metasomal tergite, 4) mostly yellow colouration.

Distribution. Czech Republic, France, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden.

Figures

FIGURES 30 – 36. Types of ovipositor of Lathrolestes. 30, L. luteolator, with shallow notch before apex, stout at base; 31, L. clypeatus, with shallow notch before apex, curved upwards; 32, L. bipunctatus, stout in basal half, with gradually narrowing apical half, without shallow notch before apex; 33, L. luteolus, thin, gradually narrowing towards apex; 34, L. orbitalis, swollen dorsally, without notch; 35, L. ensator; 36, L. oelandinus sp. nov., elongate, curved upwards, without notch, with nodus and apical teeth.

FIGURES 78 – 81. Lathrolestes luteolus (Thomson, 1883), 78, face; 79, head dorsally; 80, propodeum; 81, habitus.