Rhimphoctona xoridiformis (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 : 394

Rhimphoctona xoridiformis (Holmgren, 1860)

( Figs 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 )

Material examined. Ukrainian Carpathians: 2 males, Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Bogorodchany District , Zhbyr , 48°47'4.92"N, 24°28'46.45"E, 400 m, mixed forest, 7–8 km SW of Bogorodchany, sweep netting, 23.v.2012 ; female, Dibrova , 48°46'10.35"N, 24°30'20.28"E, 310 m, oak forest, 5 km SW of Bogorodchany, sweep netting, 12.vi.2013. Additional material: 16 males and 16 females from ZSM collection.

Diagnosis. The female is similar to R. teredo , but has long, widened temples ( Fig. 1. 4 ) and ovipositor which is about 1.3–1.5 × the length of hind tibia. The male generally resembles female and has a yellow face with apical central black line ( Fig. 5. 4 ).

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

Figures

FIGURE 1. Rhimphoctona spp., dorsal view of head, female. 1 — R. grandis; 2 — R. rufocoxalis; 3 — R. lucida; 4 — R. xoridiformis; 5 — R. teredo; 6 — R. longicauda; 7 — R. maiator; 8 — R. pectoralis.

FIGURE 2. Rhimphoctona spp., lateral view of mesopleuron, female. 1 — R. grandis; 2 — R. rufocoxalis; 3 — R. xoridiformis; 4 — R. teredo.

FIGURE 3. Rhimphoctona spp., lateral view of mesopleuron, female. 1 — R. longicauda; 2 — R. melanura; 3 — R. megacephalus; 4 — R. pectoralis.

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.

FIGURE 5. Rhimphoctona spp. 1 – 2 — dorsal view of mesoscutum, Female: 1 — R. lucida; 2 — R. teredo; 3 — R. pectoralis, lateral view of head and mesososma, male; 4 – 5 — frontal view of head, male; 4 — R. xoridiformis; 5 — R. teredo.