Perithous speculator Haupt, 1954

Varga, O., 2018, A Review Of The Tribe Delomeristini (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) In The Ukrainian Carpathians, Vestnik Zoologii 52 (3), pp. 235-240 : 239

Perithous speculator Haupt, 1954 * ( fig. 2 , 1 )

Material. Ukraine: IF: Dibrova , sweeping, 8.10.2013, 1 ♀ (Varga) ( ZISK) .

Diagnosis. This species is similar to P. divinator , but has more abundant yellow coloration of mesosoma: stripes on mesoscutum, scutellum apically, wide arch on propodeum, large spot on hind coxa; and a longer ovipositor (about 4 × length of hind tibia) ( fig. 2 , 1 ).

Flight period in Carpathians. October.

Remarks. Coloration of metasomal tergites varies from entirely black (with yellowish band posteriorly) to tricolor (holotype) (see Taeger & Haupt, 2013).

Figures

Fig. 2. Perithous spp.: 1 — P. speculator, female, habitus, lateral view; 2 — P. scurra, female, dorsal view of the second metasomal tergite; 3–4 — dorsal view of propodeum and metasomal tergites I–II, female: 3 — P. divinator; 4 — P. septemcinctorius; 5 — P. scurra, male, habitus, lateral view.

Fig.1.Delomerista spp.1–2 —habitus,lateralview:1—D.cf.japonica, female;2 — D.novita,male;3 —D. novita, female, dorsal view of propodeum; 4, 5 — dorsal view of the second metasomal tergite: 4 — D. pfankuchi, male; 5 — D. novita, female; 6–10 — lateral view of ovipositor tip: 6 — D. pfankuchi; 7 — D. borealis; 8 — D. mandibularis; 9 — D.cf. japonica; 10 — D.japonica (non-Carpathian material); 11–12 — lateral view of two basal antennal segments: 11 — D. borealis; 12 — D. mandibularis.