Ophion slaviceki Kriechbaumer, 1892

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 : 82-83

Ophion slaviceki Kriechbaumer, 1892

Belonging to the O. luteus -aggregate, this species is testaceous, the sclerotised section of the first sternite is ending anterior or at the level of the spiracle, and species are mainly active in the summer. It is a larger species (fore wing length 14–17 mm) with the ocelli large and usually touching the inner margin of the compound eye. All our specimens were males, they can be characterized by the more or less yellow temples. Additionally, the first flagellomere is four times as long as wide and the central flagellomeres are 1.5–1.6× as long as wide. It has an acute angled mandibular gape ( JOHANSSON & CEDERBERG, 2019).

First report for Belgium and the Netherlands.

MATERIAL EXAMINED:

BELGIUM: • 1 ♂; Sterrebeek (VB); 30/vii/1936; A. Crèvecoeur leg. ; coll. KBIN/RBINS (coll. Crèvecoeur); N. Johansson & T. Vandaudenard det.

THE NETHERLANDS: • 5 ♂♂; Corle (GE); 51°58’09”N 6°40’39”E; 22/vii/2020; K. Verhoogt & A. Krediet leg.; coll . PH; light trap; P. Hoekstra det. (ObsID: 197136908) .