Perithous divinator (Rossi, 1790)

Varga, O., 2018, A Review Of The Tribe Delomeristini (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) In The Ukrainian Carpathians, Vestnik Zoologii 52 (3), pp. 235-240 : 238

Perithous divinator (Rossi, 1790) ( fig. 2 , 3)

M a t e r i a l. Ukraine: ZAK: Rakhiv , sweeping, 1.08.1994, 1 ♀ (Kotenko) ; Chorna Gora , MT, 2– 22.07.2017 ,

1 Ơ, sweeping, 22.07.2017, 1 ♀ (Varga) ( ZISK) .

Diagnosis. This species is characterized by the red mesoscutum, mesopleuron, and partly pronotum (as on figs 2 , 1 , 5); the yellow laterally scutellum; the smooth, black propodeum with narrow yellow arch along apical transverse carina ( fig.2 , 3); the red hing coxa; the smooth first metasomal tergite; the second tergite without a distinct median longitudinal keel anteriorly ( fig. 2 , 3); the ovipositor which is about 2.5–3.2 × length of hind tibia.

Flight period in Carpathians. July to August (2.07–1.08).

Figures

Fig. 2. Perithous spp.: 1 — P. speculator, female, habitus, lateral view; 2 — P. scurra, female, dorsal view of the second metasomal tergite; 3–4 — dorsal view of propodeum and metasomal tergites I–II, female: 3 — P. divinator; 4 — P. septemcinctorius; 5 — P. scurra, male, habitus, lateral view.

Fig.1.Delomerista spp.1–2 —habitus,lateralview:1—D.cf.japonica, female;2 — D.novita,male;3 —D. novita, female, dorsal view of propodeum; 4, 5 — dorsal view of the second metasomal tergite: 4 — D. pfankuchi, male; 5 — D. novita, female; 6–10 — lateral view of ovipositor tip: 6 — D. pfankuchi; 7 — D. borealis; 8 — D. mandibularis; 9 — D.cf. japonica; 10 — D.japonica (non-Carpathian material); 11–12 — lateral view of two basal antennal segments: 11 — D. borealis; 12 — D. mandibularis.