Paraperithous gnathaulax (THOMSON 1877)

Çoruh, S. & Özbek, H., 2008, A faunistic and systematic study on Pimplinae (Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae) in Eastern and Northeastern parts of Turkey, Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (1), pp. 419-462 : 428

Paraperithous gnathaulax (THOMSON 1877)

Body black; areolet rectangle, Intercubitus II. not interrupted ( fig. 15a ); IV. segments of metatibiae very short ( fig. 15b ); lower valves of ovipositor neither apically broadened nor concealing the apex of upper valve; upper valve with a dorsolateral row denticles ( fig. 15c ).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands (ANONYMOUS 2007).

M a t e r i a l: Erzurum: İspir, 1400 m, 8.VII.1994,. Kars: Sarıkamış, Karakurt, 1500 m, 15.VII.2003 ,, 19.VII.2003,.

R e m a r k: this species obtained from Saperda populnea L. ( Coleoptera : Cerambycidae ) feeding on Populus spp. in Karakurt.

Figures

Fig. 15 a-c: Paraperithous gnathaulax (): (a) Areolet, (b) Tarsal segments, (c) Apex of ovipositor.