Alloplasta kuslitzkii Kasparyan, 2007

Kang, Gyu-Won, Kolarov, Janko & Lee, Jong-Wook, 2020, A review of South Korean Alloplasta Förster (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Banchinae) with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4763 (2), pp. 270-280 : 274-275

Alloplasta kuslitzkii Kasparyan, 2007

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Alloplasta kuslitzkii Kuslitzky, 2007: 451 . Type: ♀, TL: Russia, TD: ZI.

Description. Male. Fore wing 12 mm, body 14.3 mm long. ( Fig. 3A ) (Fore wing 11.3–12 mm, body 13.8–15 mm; n=6.)

Head 0.95 as wide as mesosoma, distinctly narrowed behind ( Fig. 3D ), dense and coarsely punctured and with long hairs. Frons flat. Diameter of ocellus 0.8 × as long as distance between lateral ocellus and eye. Occipital carina complete from above, joined with hypostomal carina at distance from base of mandible as long as malar space length. Flagellum with 38 filiform segments. First segment 3.7 × as long as wide, penultimate segment square. Face 1.3 × as wide as high ( Fig. 3C ). Clypeus convex basally, with rare punctures and convex apical ridge. Upper tooth of mandible as long as lower tooth. Malar space shagreened with deep punctures, 0.27 × as long as basal width of mandible.

Mesosoma 1.4 × as long as high, polished with dense and regular punctures ( Fig. 3B ). Epomia and notaulus weakly present. Scutellum slightly elongate forward. Pronotum concavity with transverse wrinkles anterior to lower margin. Epicnemal carina not joined with front ridge of mesopleuron, end near its lower third. Mesopleuron very swollen, with strong tubercle on lower hind angle just in front of middle coxa. Speculum concave. Fore wing with small areolet not pointed from above. Second recurrent vein (2m-cu) with single bulla. Nervulus distinctly postfurcal, parallel vein joined postnervulus almost in middle. Hind wing with 7 distal hamuli. Nervellus strongly reclival, intercepted slightly below middle ( Fig. 3G ). Legs moderately slender. Hind femur 6.3 × as long as wide. Hind tarsal segments not swollen, elongate, correlation between their lengths 23:12:10:5:7. Second segment 9.0 × as long as wide. Tarsal claws pectinate. Propodeum rather short, distinctly curved in lateral view, with dense and coarse punctures and with longitudinal carinae and posterior transverse carina ( Fig. 3E ). Propodeal spiracle elliptic.

First tergite elongate, 2.3 × as long as wide, densely and coarsely punctured, partly rugose, without longitudinal concavity ( Fig. 3F ). Second and third tergites with more fine punctures, weakly striated transversally. Second tergite 1.6 × as long as wide.

Black with yellow marks. Head black. Clypeus and mandible yellow except black mandibular teeth and base of mandible. Antenna entirely black. Mesosoma black. Hind upper angle of pronotum, shortly elongated mark on fronto-lateral part of mesonotum yellow. Tegula and tegular ridge yellow. Fore and mid coxae black with yellow spots. Fore and mid legs brownish yellow with brown tarsal claws. Hind coxa entirely black; femur and tibia brownish yellow; tarsus brown with bright tarsal claw. Metasoma black. Third to forth tergites with yellow apical margins.

Specimens examined. South Korea: 1♀, CB, Boeun-gun songrisan-myeon Mt. Songrisan, 7.v.1987, G.R.Lee; 1♀, CN, Mt. Gyeryongsan, 27.iv.1983, M.H.Kim; 1♀, ditto, 19.v.1987, J.W.Lee; 2♂♂, GB, Cheongdo-gun Un- mun-myeon Ssalbawi, 28.vi.2012, J.W.Lee; 1♀, GB, Chilgok-gun Dongmyeong-myeon Hakmyeong-ri San25 (site-15), 8.iv.–14.v.2014, J.W.Lee; 1♂, GB, Gyeongsan-si Dae-dong Yeungnam Univ., 11.iv.1989, J.W.Lee; 1♀, ditto, 13.iv.2009, O.Y.Kim; 1♂, GB, Gyeongsan-si Wachon-myeon Daehan-ri San44, 24.iv.2014, G.H.Ko; 1♀, GB, Yeongju-si Punggi-eup Samga-ri Mt. Sobeaksan, 27.iv.2016; 1♀, GB, Namseong-hyeon (B.L), 27.iv.2001, C.H.Kim; 1♀, GB, Seulcheon-myeon Daebul-ri, 26.v.1993, S.J.Park; 1♀, GG, Mt. Cheonmasan, 18.iv.1981, Y.S.Jeong; 1♀, GG, Gwangcheon-ri, 23.iv.1984, J.W.Lee; 1♀, GG, Mt. Chonggyesan, 25.iv.1984, J.W.Lee; 1♀, GW, Wonju-si Maeii-ri Yonsei Campus, 10.v.1996, H.Y.Hwang; 1♂, ditto, 18.v.1997, C.Y.Lee & H.D.Lee; 1♂, GW, Wonju-si Haeungeop-myeon Maeji-ri, 26.iii.–21.iv.2015, H.Y.Han.

Distribution. South Korea (new record), Russia (Khabarovsk Kray, Primorsky Kray)

Remarks. The male is newly described from South Korea.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Alloplasta kuslitzky. A, habitus in lateral view; B, thorax in lateral view; C, face in frontal view; D, face in dorsal view; E, propodeum; F, first tergite; G, wings. Scale bars: 2.0 mm (A); 1.0 mm (G); 0.5 mm (B); 0.2 mm (C), (D), (E), (F).