Aoplus ochropis (GMELIN, 1790)

Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1), pp. 61-153 : 98

Aoplus ochropis (GMELIN, 1790)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap4: 1♀ 5-19.x.

Remark: This ♀ differs from typical European specimens by its dark coloration: head and mesosoma including legs and metasoma black; only flagellum with ivory ring and 6 th tergite with small and 7 th tergite with large ivory spots. It is otherwise typical and differs from A. lugubris (BERTHOUMIEU) by a large scopa on hind coxa.

This melanistic color pattern resembles A. ochropis coloradensis HEINRICH, 1962 from the Nearctic region and might occur preferably in specimens from higher altitudes.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Holarctic and Oriental, new record for Georgia and the Caucasus region.