Leucospis sinensis Walker, 1860

Ye, Xin-hai, van Achterberg, Cornelis, Yue, Qi & Xu, Zai-fu, 2017, Review of the Chinese Leucospidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea), ZooKeys 651, pp. 107-157 : 140

Leucospis sinensis Walker, 1860 Figs 119, 120

Leucospis sinensis Walker, 1860: 18; Habu 1962: 175; Bouček 1974a: 179; Bouček and Narendarn 1981: 14.

Type material.

Lectotype, ♀ (BMNH), "CHINA, Shanghai, Zi-ka-wei", "B.M. Type Hym. 5.81", " Leucospis sinensis Walker", “Lectotype”, NHMUK010370188, designated by Bouček (1974a).

Diagnosis.

Body mainly black, with exception of antennal scape partly yellow ventrally, pronotum with two long reddish brown transverse stripes, mesoscutum with two small yellow reddish brown spots submedially, mesoscutellum with curved reddish brown band posteriorly, metapleuron reddish brown, wings brownish, hind coxa reddish brown apically, hind femur with yellow markings ventro-basally and dorso-apically, propodeum with reddish brown spot medio-posteriorly, T1 with broad yellow mark posteriorly, T5 with yellow band posteriorly (Figs 119, 120); pronotum with weak discal carina and distinct premarginal carina; hind femur with nine teeth ventrally, basal tooth much shorter than following six teeth (Fig. 119); hind tibia produced into a spine ventro-apically; propodeum raised medially, with weak median carina; metasoma strongly convex dorsally and medially (Fig. 120); T5 and T6 with ovipositorial furrow (Fig. 120); T1 only carinate medially, without ovipositorial furrow (Fig. 120); ovipositor sheath medium-sized, only reaching half length of T5 (Fig. 120).

Male. Not available in this study.

Biology.

Parasitoid of Sphex nigellus Smith ( Hymenoptera , Sphecidae ) ( Bouček 1974a).

Distribution.

China (Jiangsu, Shanghai, Taiwan), Japan ( Bouček 1974a).