Tersilochus (Tersilochus) juxtus Khalaim, 2012, 2007

Khalaim, Andrey I., 2022, Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Japan: two new species, a new combination and 23 new country records, Zootaxa 5174 (4), pp. 301-330 : 321

Tersilochus (Tersilochus) juxtus Khalaim, 2012

( Figs 55–57 )

Material examined. JAPAN. Hokkaido I.: Sapporo, Hitsujigaoka, Malaise trap , 43°00’N, 141°24’E, coll. K. Konishi: 1 ♀ ( EUM) 4–11. VI.2003 , 1 ♀ ( ZISP) 11–18. VI.2003 , 1 ♀ ( EUM) 18–25. VI.2003 , 8 ♀ ( EUM) 28. V – 4. VI.2003, 3 ♀ and 1 ♂ ( EUM) 15–22. V.2009 , 1 ♀ ( EUM) 4–11.VII.2011 .

Diagnosis. Antennal flagellum short, brownish black or black. Head and mesosoma granulate, dull, impunctate ( Fig. 56 ). Mesopleuron with foveate groove usually represented by weak oblique wrinkles or stronger granulation ( Fig. 56 ). Propodeum with fine basal keel which is sometimes indistinct ( Fig. 57 ). Metacarpus not reaching tip of fore wing ( Fig. 55 ). First metasomal tergite slender, usually finely striate laterally before glymma ( Fig. 56 ). Second tergite about as long as anteriorly broad. Metasoma dark brown ( Fig. 55 ). Ovipositor slender, long, with small dorsal subapical notch ( Fig. 55 ).

Distribution. Russian Far East; in Japan known from Hokkaido I. First record from Japan.

Figures

FIGURES 55–57. Tersilochus juxtus, ♀ (Japan): 55—habitus, lateral; 56—head, mesosoma and base of metasoma, lateral; 57—propodeum, dorso-postero-lateral.