Ophion wuestneii Kriechbaumer, 1892

Johansson, Niklas & Cederberg, Björn, 2019, Review of the Swedish species of Ophion (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ophioninae), with the description of 18 new species and an illustrated key to Swedish species, European Journal of Taxonomy 550, pp. 1-136 : 111-112

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2019.550

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F8707194-B55E-48CA-8FE0-4CD0D023C217

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3476993

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A270EE7E-FC12-FF85-F308-A9513678FC9C

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scientific name

Ophion wuestneii Kriechbaumer, 1892
status

 

Ophion wuestneii Kriechbaumer, 1892 View in CoL

Fig. 16 View Fig B–C

Ophion wuestneii Kriechbaumer, 1892a:232–233 View in CoL .

Material examined

Holotype, ♂ ( ZMUC); 14 ♀♀, 6 ♂♂ ( Sweden).

Diagnosis

Fore wing length 12–13 mm. Antenna in both sexes with 55–60 flagellomeres. First flagellomere 4.0–4.5 times as long as wide. Central flagellomeres 1.5 times as long as wide. Head in female narrowed behind eyes, temples slightly more buccate in male. Face in anterior view relatively wide. Malar space about 0.2 times as long as mandibular base in female and about 0.3 times in male. Mandibular gape right-angled, with internal angles. Wing membrane clear. Pterostigma about 3.0 times as long as wide. Ramellus short or absent ( Fig. 16B View Fig ). Discocubitus evenly curved. Radius sinuous. Mesopleuron polished and weakly punctate. Interstices between punctures about 1.5–2 times their diameter. Pleurosternal angles obtuse, well defined, obviously anterior to sternal angles. Scutellum with distinct lateral carinae. Propodeum slightly coriaceous, often quite polished with anterior transverse carina partly absent laterally. Posterior transverse carina often widely interrupted centrally. Area superomedia absent, only weakly indicated posteriorly. Hind trochantellus shorter than wide in dorsal view. Hind femur strongly elongate, about 8.0–9.0 times as long as wide ( Fig. 16C View Fig ). Sclerotised part of first sternite ending distinctly posterior to spiracle. Inner spur of hind tibia 0.3 times as long as hind metatarsus.

Colour

Body testaceous. Head with inner and outer orbits yellow. Mandibular teeth black. Mesoscutum often with brownish areas. Ovipositor sheath testaceous.

DNA barcode

The DNA barcode sequences of three Swedish specimens of Ophion wuestneii are available at the BOLD systems database (www.boldsystems.org, BIN. BOLD: ACS3763. Specimen codes: STI-NJBC: 17, 89, 90).

Ecology

Nothing is known about the hosts of this species. It is active during spring and early summer from late March to early June.

Distribution in Sweden

Rare in the southern parts of the country. Only known from a handful of localities but probably overlooked.

Remarks

Ophion wuestneii might be confused with smaller specimens of O. scutellaris , but is easily separated by the characters given in the key.

ZMUC

Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Ichneumonidae

Genus

Ophion

Loc

Ophion wuestneii Kriechbaumer, 1892

Johansson, Niklas & Cederberg, Björn 2019
2019
Loc

Ophion wuestneii

Kriechbaumer 1892: 232
1892
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