Dusona auriculator Aubert, 1964

Choi, Jin-Kyung & Lee, Jong-Wook, 2014, Addition to the study of the genus Dusona (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Campopleginae) in Korea with description of a new species and key to the Korean species, ZooKeys 424, pp. 59-89 : 72-73

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae

Dusona auriculator Aubert, 1964 Figs 3K, 4W, 5W, 7K

Dusona auriculator Aubert, 1964: 35-40. Holotype: female; TD: MZ.

Material examined.

[Korea]: 1 male, GW Wongju-si, Socho-myeon, Hakgong-ri, Chiaksan National Park, 28 August-16 September 2013, J.W. Lee.

Redescription based on Korean specimen.

Male. Body length 8.5 mm.

Color: Face and mesosoma black. Mandible and tegula yellow. Fore leg yellow except fore coxa black basally; middle leg yellow except coxa black dorsally; hind coxa black; hind trochanter to tibia brown, femur and tibia black apically; hind tarsus darker than hind femur. 2nd tergum reddish brown on ventroapical edge; 3rd tergum to 7th tergum reddish brown, with narrow black line dorsally. Clasper of male yellowish brown.

Head: Frons slightly depressed, with fine punctures and with median longitudinal carina. Antennal flagellum with 46 segments. Antennal carina strongly raised, the rim widened to a smooth bulge. Face moderately convex, densely punctated. Clypeus not separated from face, with round apical edge (Fig. 4W). Mandible tapered to apex, lower tooth as long as upper tooth. Malar space as long as half basal width of mandible.

Mesosoma: Pronotum and speculum of mesosoma polished. First radius of fore wing originated weakly before middle of pterostigma. Areolet small with long stalk, 2nd recurrent vein distad of middle of areolet (Fig. 5W). Nervellus reclivous, not intercepted or weak, discoidella absent. Hind wing with 5 distal hamuli. Propodeum without areola but basal transverse carina distinct.

Metasoma: Epipleurum not separated from the 3rd tergum, without lateral black line (Fig. 7K). 1st tergum 4.8 times as long as wide, 2nd tergum 2.9 times as long as wide.

Distribution.

Korea (new record), Austria, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, Romania and Russia (Khabarovsk, Primor’ye).

Region.

Eastern Palaearctic, Western Palaearctic.

Host.

Unknown.