Genaemirum varianum (Tosquinet, 1896)

Rousse, Pascal, Broad, Gavin R. & van Noort, Simon, 2016, Review of the genus Genaemirum Heinrich (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae) with interactive identification keys to species, ZooKeys 636, pp. 77-105 : 98-102

Genaemirum varianum (Tosquinet, 1896) Figs 8, 9

Amblyteles varianus Tosquinet, 1896: 97

Material examined.

Holotype ♂: [South Africa] Type [red label], typus [red bordered label], Capland, Krebs., Zool. Mus. Berlin, 9213, ♂ Amblyteles varianus Tosquinet, Imaged WaspWeb LAS 4.4 SAMC 2016 [yellow label] (ZMHB). Paratype (Allotype)♀: [South Africa] Allotytpe [red label] Capland, Krebs, Zool. Mus. Berlin, 9213, ♀ Amblyteles varianus det. G. Heinrich, Imaged WaspWeb LAS 4.4 SAMC 2016 [yellow label] (ZMHB).

Diagnosis.

Female. Head and mesosoma red with white markings, mesosoma ventrally blackish; legs yellow with coxae red; antenna short with 26 flagellomeres; lower gena produced laterally in a blunt triangle curved backwards; ventral junction of occipital and hypostomal carinae sharply expanded, triangular; clypeus transverse, about rectangular with ventral margin subtruncate, with a blunt median tooth; lower frons smooth, separated from upper frons by a transverse bisinuate carina; upper frons and vertex multi-directionally striate; mesosoma punctate; metasoma lacking in the type (and only known) female. Male. Body length 15 mm.Head and mesosoma black with numerous white markings, except for mesoscutum red and centrally white marked; metasoma yellow with tergite 1 black; legs yellow, basally and apically black, with white markings on fore and mid coxae; lower gena without expansion and frons without transverse carina, but ventral junction of carinae similarly pointed.

Biology.

Unknown, but see discussion on biology under the genus treatment.

Distribution.

South Africa.