Polysphincta rufipes Gravenhorst, 1829

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 : 108

Polysphincta rufipes Gravenhorst, 1829

This species belongs to a second group of species, with its scutellum, mandibles and its subtegular ridge black and a slightly shorter ovipositor (ovipositor-hind tibia index less than 1.2). Its submetapleural carina is complete and present as a distinct raised keel. All coxae and trochanters are red and its mesoscutum is evenly hairy on its anterior 0.7 (more details see FITTON et al., 1988). First report for Belgium and the Netherlands.

MATERIAL EXAMINED:

BELGIUM: • 1 ♀; Oudenaarde , Wallebos (OVL); 50°50’40”N 3°38’16”E; 2/vii/2014; Bos Ename leg.; coll. KBIN/RBINS; malaise trap; P-N. Libert det. (ObsID: 134419351) .

THE NETHERLANDS: • 1 ♀; Oene (GE); 52°20’47”N 6°03’34”E; 25/iii/2015; G. Elbertsen leg.; coll. KZ; reared ex Larinioides sclopetarius (Westring, 1851) ; K. Zwakhals det. (ObsID: 100294725) .