Lepidura improcera Dasch, 1974

Araujo, Rodrigo O. & Vivallo, Felipe, 2018, Taxonomic revision of Lepidura Townes, 1971 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Mesochorinae) with the description of three new species, new distribution records and a key to the all known species, Zootaxa 4514 (2), pp. 215-229 : 218

Lepidura improcera Dasch, 1974

Lepidura improcera Dasch, 1974 . 17, 31, 476 (Original description, keyed, comparative illustration of metasoma); Lanfranco, 1974. 203 (Listed); Lanfranco, 1980. 79 (Listed).

Diagnosis: Body light green. Supra-antennal and ocellar areas, dorsal half of gena, propodeum, mesothorax and metasomal segments 6–9 dark brown. Antenna and all tarsi reddish brown. This species is easily identified by having 43 flagellomeres. Propodeum with areola delimited by median longitudinal carina and anterior and posterior transverse carina ( Fig. 3 ).

Type material: Holotype female ( USNM, not examined).

Type locality: CHILE: Región de Magallanes y de La Antártica Chilena: El Salto .

Distribution ( Fig. 6 ): * ARGENTINA: Neuquén: San Martín de Los Andes. CHILE: Región de Magallanes y de La Antártica Chilena: El Salto ( Dasch, 1974; Lanfranco, 1974).

Material Examined: 1 female: RA Neuquen, S. Martin Andes, Pucará, Jan’70, Schajovskoy Coll ( FSCA) .

Figures

FIGURE 6. Distribution records for Lepidura collaris Townes, 1971, L. improcera Dash, 1974 and L. rubicunda Dash, 1974.

FIGURES 1–3. Propodeum in dorsal view. 1–2 Propodeum without areola: 1 Propodeum with subpentagonal area delimited by complete lateral longitudinal and posterior transverse carinae and incomplete anterior transverse and median longitudinal carinae, Lepidura abbreviata Dash, 1974; 2 Propodeum smooth, with reduced carinae, L. olivacea Dash, 1974; 3 Propodeum with areola delimited by the median longitudinal, anterior transverse and posterior transverse carinae, L. improcera Dash, 1974. Scale bars (mm): Figs 1–3 = 0.2.