Daschia brevitarsis ( Thomson 1890, Homotropus

Klopfstein, Seraina, 2014, Revision of the Western Palaearctic Diplazontinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), Zootaxa 3801 (1), pp. 1-143 : 32

Daschia brevitarsis ( Thomson 1890, Homotropus )

Homocidus conjungens Schmiedeknecht 1927

Diagnosis. Fore wing length 3.5–4.0 mm. Antenna in females with 16, in males with 16–17 flagellomeres. Propodeum with carinae irregular, mostly replaced by strong rugae, almost disappearing against the strongly rugose background.

Colouration of females. Antenna black, paler below. Head and mesosoma black, face black, orange on clypeus and mouthparts, yellow on tegula, and sometimes upper mesepimeron; scutellum black. Legs orange, coxae and trochanters black; femora orange; hind tibia orange, hind tarsus dark. Metasoma with tergite 2 apically and tergite 3 entirely orange, but this colouration often dark.

Colouration of males. As in female, face and most of mesosoma black. Metasoma often dark.

Material examined. Lectotype ♂ (not a female as previously reported) of Homotropus brevitarsis Thomson : Switzerland, Grisons, Chur. 1♂, at ZIL.

Germany (1), Hungary (2), Switzerland (14).

Distribution. Western Palaearctic.

Figures. Clypeus ( Fig. 12 I), metasoma ♀ ( Fig. 13 G), habitus ( Fig. 28 D), male terminal sclerites ( Fig. 37 A).

Figures

FIGURE 28. Habitus of Diplazontinae species. A. Bioblapsis cultiformis. B. Bioblapsis polita. C. Campocraspedon caudatus. D. Daschia brevitarsis. E. Diplazon annulatus. E. Diplazon flixi sp. nov..

FIGURE 37. Ninth sternite and ninth and tenth tergites of male Diplazontinae species. A. Daschia brevitarsis. B. Diplazon angustus. C. Diplazon scutatorius. D. Diplazon zetteli. E. Enizemum ornatum. F. Homotropus dimidiatus. G. Homotropus longiventris. H. Homotropus melanogaster. I. Homotropus nigrolineatus. J. Phthorima xanthaspis.

FIGURE 12. A. Diplazon laetatorius ♀, mesonotum showing notauli. B. Syrphoctonus tarsatorius ♀, mesonotum. C. Diplazon tetragonus ♀, fore wing. D. Enizemum ornatum ♀, fore wing. E. Promethes sulcator ♀, head. F. Tymmophorus obscuripes ♀, head. G. Diplazon tetragonus ♀, clypeus. H. Tymmophorus suspiciosus ♀, clypeus. I. Daschia brevitarsis ♀, clypeus. J. Campocraspedon caudatus ♀, clypeus. K. Xestopelta gracillima ♀, clypeus. L. Diplazon tetragonus ♀, hind tibia.

FIGURE 13. A. Diplazon multicolor ♀, metasoma. B. Diplazon pectoratorius ♀, propodeum. C. Tymmophorus obscuripes ♀, propodeum. D. Xestopelta gracillima ♀, mesoscutum showing colour pattern. E. Campocraspedon caudatus ♀, metasoma. F. Campocraspedon caudatus ♂, metasoma. G. Daschia brevitarsis ♀, metasoma. H. Homotropus nigritarsus ♂, antenna. I. Enizemum ornatum ♂, antenna.