Bassus exsultans Gravenhorst 1829 Bassus insignis Gravenhorst 1829 Bassus flavus Desvignes 1862 Bassus indicus Cameron 1909 Homotropus eximius Habermehl 1922 Homotropus flavitrochanterus Uchida 1957 Revision of the Western Palaearctic Diplazontinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Klopfstein, Seraina Zootaxa 2014 2014-05-22 3801 1 1 143 5439B (Panzer, 1809) [151,454,426,452] Insecta Ichneumonidae Syrphoctonus Animalia Hymenoptera 97 98 Arthropoda species tarsatorius    Bassus exsultans Gravenhorst 1829   Bassus insignis Gravenhorst 1829   Bassus flavus Desvignes 1862   Bassus indicus  Cameron1909   Homotropus eximius Habermehl 1922(syn. nov.)   Homotropus flavitrochanterus Uchida 1957   Diagnosis.Fore wing length 3.9–6.4 mm. Antenna in females with 19–21 flagellomeres, in males with 19–23 flagellomeres, with tyloids on flagellomeres 6–7 to 14–16. Epicnemial carina sometimes only weakly interrupted behind fore coxa. Mesoscutum strongly coriaceous and distinctly punctate. Propodeum almost devoid of carinae, at most with pleural carina and apex of lateral longitudinal carina weakly indicated, sculpture coriaceous and matt. Female metasoma gradually tapered to apex, first tergite 1.0–1.4 times longer than wide in females, 1.2–1.5 inmales; spiracle of third tergite slightly to distinctly below lateral fold.  Colouration of females.Antenna dark brown or black. Head and mesosoma black, face with a yellow central face patch, yellow on clypeus, mouthparts, hind corner of pronotum, tegula, sometimes subtegular ridge, large shoulder mark, upper mesepimeron, and most of scutellum. Legs orange, fore coxa dark, mid and hind coxae orange; femora orange; hind tibia dark orange with a dark apex, tarsus dark. Metasoma black, usually with hind margins of tergites 2 or 3 to 5 or 6 yellow.  Colouration of males.As in females but with yellow ventrally on antenna, entire face, entire propleuron, most of pronotum, epicnemium, a varying portion of mesosternum, and a stripe on lower mesopleuron. Fore and mid and often also hind coxae entirely yellow. Metasoma as in females but often with yellow posterior margins broader and yellow spots on basolateral corners of tergite 3.   Material examined.  Holotypeof  Bassus indicusCameron: India, Simla. 1♂, at BMNH. Holotype♀ of  Homotropus eximiusHabermehlexamined by Erich Diller (personal communication).  Finland(3), France(2), Germany(1), Hungary(30), Sweden(40), Switzerland(>100), Turkey(1), United Kingdom(30).   Distribution.Holarctic and Oriental.  Figures.Mesoscutum ( Fig. 12B), epicnemical carina ( Fig. 16B), clypeus ( Fig. 16D), metasoma ♀ ( Fig. 24B), habitus ( Fig. 34F).  Notes.This is a species with a large range of variation in size and also colouration. Two specimens of a colour variant which might or might not represent a distinct species were found in the SwissAlps and in Finland. They have a mostly black hind tibia with a whitish base and yellow posterior bands on tergites 2 to 7 instead of the usual 2 to 5 infemales. No distinction from specimens with the typical orange hind tibia was found in the CO1, ND1 and 28S markers. It remains to be shown if this variant represents a distinct species. 3714486349 [450,1247,1257,1282] BMNH India Simla 97 98 1 holotype