Delomerista pfankuchi Brauns, 1905

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

Delomerista pfankuchi Brauns, 1905 * ( figs 1 , 4, 6)

Material. Ukraine: IF: Mochary, sweeping, 21.05.2011, 1 ♀, 31.05.2011 2 ♀, 19.07.2011, 1 ♀, 1.05.2012, 1 Ơ, 29.05.2012, 1 ♀, 10.06.2012, 1 ♀, 24.07.2012, 1 ♀, 4.06.2013, 1 ♀, 18.08.2013, 1 ♀, TT, 15– 31.08.2014, 1 Ơ, MT , 8– 30.06.2015, 1 ♀; Dibrova, sweeping, 23.06.2011, 1 ♀, 2.06.2012, 1 ♀, 6.06.2013, 3 ♀, 18.06.2013, 2 ♀; Zhbyr, TT, 14.08– 16.09.2013, 1 ♀; Gorgany, m. Syvulya, 12–13 km SW of Stara Guta , 48.531433 N, 24.132609 E, 1425 m, subalpine zone, sweeping , 14.07.2012, 1 ♀; ZAK: Kvasy, MT , 24.06– 14.07.2013, 1 ♀, TT, 11– 26.05.2014, 1 ♀, TT, 26.05– 9.06.2014, 1 ♀, TT, 27.06– 13.07.2014, 2 ♀, TT, 13– 29.07.2014, 3 ♀, TT, 29.07– 15.08.2014, 1 ♀, TT, 15– 31.08.2014, 1 Ơ (Varga); Chornogora, sweeping, 5.08.1994, 1 ♀ (Kotenko) ( ZISK) .

Diagnosis. This species is similar to D. novita , but both sexes have distinctly and closely punctate-reticulate metasoma ( fig. 1 , 4).

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

Remarks. The presence of two yellow spots below antennal sockets in females is variable.

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.