Probles (Euporizon) fulgida Khalaim & Balueva

Khalaim, Andrey I., Balueva, Ekaterina N., Kim, Ki-Beom & Lee, Jong-Wook, 2013, Three new species of the genus Probles Foerster (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Tersilochinae) from South Korea, ZooKeys 348, pp. 77-88 : 80-81

Probles (Euporizon) fulgida Khalaim & Balueva sp. n. Figs 1-10

Holotype.

Female (Fig. 1), SOUTH KOREA: Gyeongsangnam-do, Sancheong-gun, Sicheon-myeon, Mt. Jiri, Jangdanggol, 35°20'N, 127°43'E, 11. VIII– 8.IX.2001, coll. J.W. Lee (YNU).

Comparison.

Differs from the two other members of the fulgida species-group, Probles korusa sp. n. and Probles rukora sp. n., by the weaker and shorter foveate groove of the mesopleuron (Fig. 5), 22-segmented antennal flagellum (Fig. 2), flat clypeus (in lateral view), wings more extensively tinged with yellow, and more strongly sinuate apex of the ovipositor (Fig. 10).

Description.

Female: Body length 5.5 mm; fore wing length 3.85 mm. Head with temple almost half as long as eye width in dorsal view (Fig. 4). Clypeus flat in lateral view, smooth, distinctly and densely punctate on upper half (Fig. 3). Malar space 0.7 times as long as basal width of mandible (Fig. 6). Antennal flagellum with 22 segments (Fig. 2); flagellomeres 2 to 7 bear subapical finger-shaped structures on outer surface (Fig. 6). Face and frons very finely granulate, dull, with sharp and dense punctures (Fig. 3). Temple with dense, fine and sharp punctures. Foveate groove relatively weak and short, situated near center of mesopleuron (Fig. 5). Mesopleuron almost entirely sharply and densely punctate, peripherally granulate (Figs 5, 6). Propodeum with basal longitudinal carinae anteriorly indistinct, basal area rectangular, about 1.6 times as long as broad and 0.35 times as long as apical area (Fig. 7). Propodeal spiracle separated from pleural carina by 2.0 times diameter of spiracle. Apical longitudinal carinae mostly indistinct (Fig. 7). Hind femur 4.3 times as long as broad and 0.82 times as long as tibia. First tergite laterally before glymma finely striate, 2.9 times as long as broad posteriorly (Fig. 8). Second tergite 1.55 times as long as anteriorly broad (Fig. 9). Ovipositor distinctly sinuate at apex (Fig. 10); sheath about 2.5 times as long as first tergite. Metasoma behind first tergite extensively brownish yellow ventrally and laterally, tergites 2 to 5 dorsally and dorsolaterally brown (Fig. 1).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution.

South Korea.

Etymology.

Named from the Latin fulgidus (shining, gleaming, glittering).