Delomerista novita (Cresson, 1870)

Varga, O., 2018, A Review Of The Tribe Delomeristini (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) In The Ukrainian Carpathians, Vestnik Zoologii 52 (3), pp. 235-240 : 237-238

Delomerista novita (Cresson, 1870) * ( figs 1 , 2 , 3, 5)

Material. Ukraine: IF: Mochary, sweeping, 1.05.2011, 1 Ơ, 21.05.2011, 1 ♀ , 31.05.2011, 2 ♀ , 19.07.2011, 1 ♀; Dibrova , sweeping, 23.06.2011, 1 ♀ , 6.06.2013, 3 ♀ ; Zhbyr , sweeping, 23.05.2012, 2 ♀ , TT, 14.08– 16.09.2013, 1 ♀; ZAK: Sheshul , sweeping, 16– 18.06.2012, 5 Ơ, 15.06.2013, 6 Ơ, 6.06.2014, 1 Ơ, 1 ♀ (Varga) ; Rakhiv , sweeping, 15.07.1995, 1 ♀ ; Chornogora , sweeping, 5.08.1994, 1 ♀ (Kotenko) ( ZISK).

Diagnosis. This species is similar to D. borealis , but has shorter malar space (about 0.25 × length of basal width of mandible), yellow upper hind corner of pronotum and tegulae, and shorter ovipositor (about 1.5–1.6 × length of hind tibia). Male has yellow tegulae ( fig. 1 , 2 ).

Flight period in Carpathians. May to September (1.05–16.09).

Figures

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.

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.