Rhimphoctona obscuripes (Holmgren, 1860)

Varga, Oleksandr, 2017, A review of the genus Rhimphoctona Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae) from the Ukrainian Carpathians, with a key to European species, Zootaxa 4263 (2), pp. 387-394 : 392-393

Rhimphoctona obscuripes (Holmgren, 1860)

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Material examined. Ukrainian Carpathians: female, Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Bogorodchany District , Mochary , 48°50'51.17"N, 24°35'26.91"E, 300–350 m, mixed forest, 5 km NE of Bogorodchany, Tereshkin trap, 11– 26.v.2014 ; female, Zhbyr , 48°47'4.92"N, 24°28'46.45"E, 400 m, mixed forest, 7–8 km SW of Bogorodchany, sweep netting, 13.vi.2013 ; female, Gorgany , 48°36'42.77"N, 24°09'10.69"E, 1200 m, coniferous forest, 5 km SW of Stara Guta, sweep netting, 4.vi.2012 ; female, ibid., sweep netting, 30.v.2013; female, Nadvirna District, Gorgany, Elmy , 48°24’39.50”N, 24°24’50.28”E, 800–900 m, coniferous forest, 15 km SW of Yaremche, sweep netting, 8.vi.2013. Additional material: 4 males and 17 females from ZSM collection.

Diagnosis. The female is characterized by the black hind coxae; brown hind femora; long and parallel temples; propodeum with indistinct costulae ( Fig. 4. 4 ); and ovipositor which is about 0.5–0.6(0.9) × the length of hind tibia. The male generally resembles the female and has yellow face with apical central black mark.

Distribution. Western Palaearctic ( Yu et al. 2012), new record for Ukraine.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Rhimphoctona spp., dorsal view of propodeum, female. 1 — R. grandis; 2 — R. rufocoxalis; 3 — R. lucida; 4 — R. obscuripes; 5 — R. teredo; 6 — R. xoridiformis; 7 — R. melanura; 8 — R. longicauda; 9 — R. megacephalus; 10 — R. maiator; 11 — R.? megacephalus / melanura; 12 — R. pectoralis.