Hemiteles Gravenhorst, 1829

Watanabe, Kyohei, 2021, Taxonomic and Zoogeographic Study of the Japanese Phygadeuontinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), with Descriptions of 17 New Species, Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science) 50, pp. 55-136 : 99-100

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Genus Hemiteles Gravenhorst, 1829 View in CoL

Hemiteles Gravenhorst, 1829: 780 View in CoL . Type: Hemiteles tristator Gravenhorst, 1829 View in CoL (= Ichneumon bipunctator Thunberg, 1824 ). Designated by Westwood (1840).

Ocymorus Förster, 1869: 180 . Type: Hemiteles cingulator Gravenhorst, 1829 View in CoL (= Ichneumon bipunctator Thunberg, 1824). Designated by Townes (1944).

Three species, H. bipunctator ( Thunberg, 1822) , H. hirashimai Momoi, 1970 , and H. politus (Ashmead, 1906) , have been recorded from Japan. In this study, I found five additional species from Japan and four of them are undescribed. I describe them and record some distributional data of H. hirashimai below. Japanese species including new species and undetermined species can be distinguished by the following key.

Preliminary key to Japanese species of the genus Hemiteles (♀)

1. Mesoscutum largely smooth. ............................................. H. politus (Ashmead, 1906) *

-. Mesoscutum matt or densely punctate, without conspicuous smooth area. ............................................................................................ 2

2. Flagellum with a white band ( Figs 39A View Fig , 40A View Fig ). Fore wing without a clouded area ( Figs 39A View Fig , 40A View Fig ). Hind TS I: II = 2.0: 0.6–0.7 ( Fig. 63H View Fig ). Ovipositor with a distinct nodus ( Fig. 66J View Fig ). ............................................................................................ 3

-. Flagellum without a white band (e.g., Figs 41A View Fig , 42A View Fig ). Fore wing with or without a clouded area (e.g., Figs 41A, D View Fig , 42A, D View Fig ). Ratio of Hind TS I: II is various (usually 2.0: 0.9) ( Fig. 63I View Fig ). Ovipositor with or without ( Fig. 66 View Fig K-M) a distinct nodus. ............................................................................................ 4

3. T I matt with longitudinal striae ( Fig. 40E View Fig ), without median dorsal carina. Hind coxa blackish brown to black ( Fig. 40A View Fig ). ........................................................... H. japonicus sp. nov.

-. T I matt, at most narrowly striae and its median dorsal carina present basally. Hind coxa yellowish brown ( Fig. 39A View Fig ). ............................................... H. hirashimai Momoi, 1970

4. FL III longer than 4.5 times as long as maximum depth in lateral view. Subapical part of fore wing clouded. Pronotum laterally and mesopleuron at least partly marked with reddish brown. ...................................... H. bipunctator ( Thunberg, 1822)

-. FL III shorter than 4.1 times as long as maximum depth in lateral view. Subapical part of fore wing clouded or not clouded. Pronotum and mesopleuron entirely black or at most weakly tinged with reddish brown on collar and upper part of mesopleuron ( Fig. 43D View Fig ). ........................................................................................... 5

5. Hind coxa, femur, and tibia entirely black except for yellowish brown area in base of tibia ( Fig. 41A View Fig ). Fore wing without a clouded area ( Fig. 41D View Fig ). ................................................................... H. kuro sp. nov.

-. At least hind coxa yellowish brown to reddish brown ( Figs 42A View Fig , 43A View Fig ). Fore wing with or without a clouded area ( Figs 42D View Fig , 43E View Fig ). ............................................................................................ 6

6. FL III 1.8 times as long as maximum depth in lateral view. Fore wing without a clouded area. ..................................................................................... H. sp.

-. FL III longer than 3.0 times as long as maximum depth in lateral view. Fore wing with or without a clouded area. ............................................................................................ 7

7. Ovipositor sheath 0.75–0.8 times as long as hind tibia. T I 2.4–2.7 times as long as maximum width. Antenna with 26–30 flagellomeres. Subapical part of fore wing weakly but distinctly clouded just behind of pterostigma ( Fig. 42D View Fig ). ..................................................... H. maculipterus sp. nov.

-. Ovipositor sheath 0.5–0.56 times as long as hind tibia. T I 2.1–2.2 times as long as maximum width. Antenna with 22–24 flagellomeres. Subapical part of fore wing not clouded ( Fig. 43E View Fig ). ......................................................... H. yamatonis sp. nov.

* This species may be not Hemiteles .