Ophion splendens Johansson, 2019

Verheyde, Fons, Hoekstra, Paul, Libert, Pierre-Nicolas, Meijer, Hilco, Ketelaere, Augustijn De, Vandaudenard, Thibaud, Belgers, Dick & Brosens, Edwin, 1880, Two hundred and five ichneumonid wasps reported for the first time in Belgium and the Netherlands (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 122, pp. 1-142 : 83

Ophion splendens Johansson, 2019

Another rather large (fore wing length 17 mm) and testaceous species. The sclerotised section of the first sternite ends at the level of the spiracle. Its head is simple with 56 flagellomeres, of which the first flagellomere is more or less three times as long as wide. The ocelli are rather wide and touch the compound eye. The carination of the propodeum is incomplete. The nervellus is broken near the middle and finally, its mesopleuron has small punctures and is a bit shagreened ( JOHANSSON & CEDERBERG, 2019).

First report for Belgium; unreported in the Netherlands.

MATERIAL EXAMINED:

BELGIUM: • 1 ♀; Onhaye (NA); 50°17’10”N 4°46’49”E; 24/vi/2020; T. Vandaudenard leg.; coll. TV; light trap; N. Johansson & T. Vandaudenard det. (ObsID: 211833535) .