Ophion forticornis Morley, 1915

Johansson, Niklas & Cederberg, Björn, 2019, Review of the Swedish species of Ophion (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ophioninae), with the description of 18 new species and an illustrated key to Swedish species, European Journal of Taxonomy 550, pp. 1-136 : 66-67

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2019.550

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F8707194-B55E-48CA-8FE0-4CD0D023C217

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3477041

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A270EE7E-FC3D-FFA8-F36A-A8B93793FC30

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scientific name

Ophion forticornis Morley, 1915
status

 

Ophion forticornis Morley, 1915 View in CoL

Fig. 10O View Fig

Ophion forticornis Morley, 1915: 270–271 View in CoL .

Ophion baueri Habermehl, 1930: 114–115 View in CoL .

Material examined

1 ♀, 1 ♂ ( Sweden).

Diagnosis

Fore wing length 13 mm. Antenna with 49 flagellomeres. First flagellomere 3.5 times as long as wide. Central flagellomeres about 1.2 times as long as wide. Temple strongly buccate. Head in lateral view temple 0.9 times as long as compound eye. Head in dorsal view with distinct gap between lateral ocellus and compound eye. Gap about 0.5 times ocellar diameter. Malar space about 0.1 times as long as mandibular base in female and about 0.1–0.2 times in male. Mandibular gape right-angled, with internal angles. Wing membrane clear. Ramellus distinct, reaching 0.2–0.3 times the width of the discosubmarginal cell. Mesopleuron shiny, or sometimes weakly shagreened, with quite weak punctures, space between punctures about equal or slightly larger than their diameter. Epicnemial carina, in antero-ventral view, with pleurosternal angles slightly anterior to sternal angles. Pleurosternal angles rounded, obtuse. Scutellum with lateral carinae absent. Propodeum with carination very strong. Posterior transverse carina forming four prominent spines at junctions with longitudinal carinae ( Fig. 10O View Fig ). Hind trochantellus shorter than wide in dorsal view. Legs normal with hind femur about 6.0 times as long as wide. Sclerotised part of first sternite ending distinctly posterior to spiracle. Inner spur of hind tibia as long as 0.3 times hind metatarsus.

Colour

Body testaceous with rich pale pattern on mesoscutum, mesopleuron, head and scutellum (as in Fig. 7 View Fig A–B). Mandibular teeth black.

Ecology

This species occurs in early summer, May–early June, in sand dune areas. Brock (1982) lists a possible rearing through Actebia praecox ( Linnaeus, 1758) .

Distribution in Sweden

Very rare, only known from a couple of specimens from sand dunes in Southern Sweden. Only one recent record from Koster, an island on the West coast of Sweden.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Ichneumonidae

SubFamily

Ophioninae

Genus

Ophion

Loc

Ophion forticornis Morley, 1915

Johansson, Niklas & Cederberg, Björn 2019
2019
Loc

Ophion baueri

Habermehl 1930: 114
1930
Loc

Ophion forticornis

Morley 1915: 270
1915
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