Hyposoter morairae Galsworthy & Shaw, 2023

Galsworthy, Anthony, Shaw, Mark R. & Haraldseide, Håkon, 2023, A key to European species of Hyposoter Förster, 1869 (Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae) with descriptions of 18 new species, and notes on all included species, Zootaxa 5290 (1), pp. 1-73 : 54

Hyposoter morairae Galsworthy & Shaw sp. nov.

( Figs. 21, 22 )

Diagnosis. Separated from Hyposoter orbator , which it otherwise resembles, by its complete lack of a glymma. Other similar species all have the apex of the metasoma darkened or black.

Description. Female. Wing length 5 mm.

Head: face quite strongly transverse, longitudinally rugose, with punctures well hidden between the rugae; clypeus distally curved, only slightly convex, apex sharp, similarly but less heavily sculptured than face; mandibles strongly tapering, with broad flange in basal two thirds; malar space small, about one third width of base of mandibles; genal carina meeting hypostomal carina at acute angle short of base of mandible; frons rugose in centre, granulate laterally; vertex and temples finely granulate; antenna slender and tapering, first flagellomere about 3x as long as wide. The unique female is missing one antenna and the tip of the other.

Mesosoma: mesoscutum with fairly large punctures about one diameter apart spread over its whole surface, on a strongly granulate background; anterior and lower part of mesopleuron with small punctures about 2 diameters apart on a lightly granulate background; speculum shining and partly smooth; area in front of speculum striate, the striations continuing towards the upper edge of the mesopleuron where they are strong; metapleuron with larger punctures on a granulate background; propodeum unevenly punctate on a coarse granulate background; area basalis V-shaped; area superomedia longer than wide, 5-sided, its posterior end marked only with rugae; carinae of lateral areas, including costulae, strong.

Wings narrow, 1 cu-a slightly postfurcal, areolet short-stalked.

Metasoma: petiole of first tergite smooth and polished, rather square in cross section, and without glymma; dorsolateral carina present, running faintly on as far as spiracle; postpetiole narrow, an elongate oval, convex, finely granulate; 2nd tergite 1.5x as long as wide; 2nd tergite onwards with unpunctured almost smooth surface, but somewhat dull as a result of very fine transverse microsculpture; 6th and 7th tergites entire; ovipositor shorter than apical depth of metasoma, minimally curved upwards, with strong subapical notch.

Colour: black; mandibles dark brown at base, yellowish towards apex, with teeth deep red-brown; tegulae yellow; all coxae, trochanters and trochantelli black; all femora orange; fore tibia orange inside, white outside; mid tibia brown, but basal half white on outside; hind tibia orange, with broad white basal ring and dark subbasal and apical rings; fore tarsi orange, middle and hind tarsi orange-brown with basitarsus broadly white at base; petiole of first tergite black, postpetiole entirely red-orange; 2nd tergite orange with broad basal and narrow apical black bands; tergites 3-5 entirely orange; tergite 6 orange with strong brown suffusion; tergite 7 brown.

Holotype: ♀, Esp [ Spain], Alicante, Moraira, 90m ; 14–22.v.1989 ; garrigue; rec. R. Wahis ; Mal. trap; 2 labels in Horstmann’s handwriting “ Hyposoter sp 3 ” and “ cf orbator ♀ ”. In ZSM.

Biology. unknown.

Remarks. Identified by Horstmann as an undescribed species.

Figures

FIGURES 18–22. 18–19: Hyposoter karmensis sp. n. Habitus: 18 lateral, 19 dorsal. 20: Hyposoter monensis sp. n. Habitus. 21–22: Hyposoter morairae sp. n. Habitus: 21 lateral, 22 dorsal.