Bioblapsis cultiformis ( Davis 1897, Otoblastus

Klopfstein, Seraina, 2014, Revision of the Western Palaearctic Diplazontinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), Zootaxa 3801 (1), pp. 1-143 : 29

Bioblapsis cultiformis ( Davis 1897, Otoblastus ), (comb. nov.)

Zootrophes bicoloripes Ashmead 1902 (nomen nudum)

Bioblapsis mallochi Rotheray 1990 (syn. nov.)

Diagnosis. Fore wing length 3.25 to 4.25 mm. Antenna in females with 18–20, in males with 19–20 flagellomeres and with narrow tyloids on flagellomeres 5/6 to 12/13. Face coriaceous and matt. Propodeum with spiracle enlarged, but rim not conspicuously paler than surroundings; with a full set of carinae enclosing basal, lateral and petiolar areas, although transverse carina sometimes almost disappears among the strong rugae.

Colouration of females. Antenna dark brown. Head and mesosoma black or brown, face often with yellow central face patch, yellow on clypeus and mouthparts, hind corner of pronotum, tegula, and often a spot on upper mesepimeron; scutellum black. Legs and all coxae orange, coxae sometimes dark, especially basally; hind tibia and tarsus slightly darkended apically. Metasoma black or brown, often paler on tergites 2 and 3, sometimes even orange.

Colouration of males. As in females but with yellow or orange ventrally on scape and pedicel, yellow over entire face. Fore coxa often mostly yellow.

Material examined. Holotype ♀ and paratypes of Bioblapsis mallochi Rotheray : United Kingdom, Scotland, Perthshire, Black Wood of Rannoch , leg. G.Rotheray, 28.VIII.1988. 10♂, 2♀, at NMSZ.

New for Sweden: Vaesterbotten, Vindelns kommun, Kulbäckslidens försökspark. 15 yr spruce plantation with blue-berry, N64°09.270', E19°35.591', leg. SMTP, 20.VIII.–03.IX.2004. 1♀, at NRM.

Netherlands (7), Sweden (2), Switzerland (1), USA (1).

Distribution. Holarctic.

Figures. Habitus ( Fig. 28 A).

Figures

FIGURE 28. Habitus of Diplazontinae species. A. Bioblapsis cultiformis. B. Bioblapsis polita. C. Campocraspedon caudatus. D. Daschia brevitarsis. E. Diplazon annulatus. E. Diplazon flixi sp. nov..