Leptophion maculipennis ( Cameron , 1905 )

Shimizu, So & Watanabe, Kyohei, 2015, Discovery of the genus Leptophion Cameron, 1901, from Japan and the Palaearctic region, with description of two new species (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ophioninae), Zootaxa 4000 (1), pp. 111-122 : 119-120

Leptophion maculipennis ( Cameron, 1905)

Spilophion maculipennis Cameron, 1905: 125 . Lectotype female, Sri Lanka (British Museum of Natural History, London), designated by Gauld (1977: 34).

Stauropodoctonus orientalis Morley, 1912: 18 . Unnecessary replacement name for maculipennis ( Gauld, 1977; Gauld & Mitchell, 1981).

Spilophion sigiriya Fernando, 1956: 666 . Holotype female, Sri Lanka (Fernando collection unknown). Synonymized by Gauld & Mitchell (1981: 77).

Specimen examined. Female, Taiwan: Lushan-wenchuan, Nantou hsien, 16–17. viii. 1983 (I. Kanazawa, light trap).

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from other species of Leptophion by the following combination of character states: (1) anterior pecten of tarsal claws of hind legs distinctly longer than true apex of claw and other pectens; (2) hind wing with apparently elongated penultimate hamulus on vein R 1; (3) marginal cell of hind wing entirely covered with hairs, its proximal part with an area with isolated dense hairs enclosed by glabrous area; (4) vein 1 m-cu strongly sinuate; (5) AI, 1.3–1.7; and (6) the angle of an intersection of two veins of hind wing, R 1 and Rs, around 90°; and (7) mesopleuron strongly polished without wrinkles.

Distribution. Australasian ( Australia and Papua New Guinea) and Oriental ( China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan) regions ( Yu et al., 2012).

Remarks. According to Gauld & Mitchell (1981), this is a morphologically uniform species, only showing some variations in the extent of black area of mesosoma.