Labium montivagum Turner & Waterson, 1920

Royo, José Manuel & Bordera, Santiago, 2024, Description of the female of Labium walkeri Turner & Waterson, 1920 from Australia with new distribution data of L. montivagum (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Labeninae), Zootaxa 5471 (2), pp. 253-260 : 257

Labium montivagum Turner & Waterson, 1920

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Diagnosis. Labium montivagum can be distinguished from other species of the genera by the following combination of characters: antenna with more than 35 flagellomeres; face and clypeus scarcely setose, in lateral view in the same plane; clypeal sulcus slightly insinuated; mesonotum shiny, smooth, or finely punctate; area dentipara of propodeum without tooth, coarsely sculptured, the external margins smooth and shining; empodium of hind legs elongate, at least 2/3 the length of the tarsal claws ( Fig. 3E , arrows); vein 2 m-cu abruptly angulate. Mesonotum without black lateral stripes, mesopleuron orange, anterodorsally black with two big close white cream marks, hind femora orange, blackish proximally and distally, and tergite I black, except at apex.

Material examined: 1 ♀, holotype, Mt. Wellington , S. Tasmania, 15 Jan.–6 Feb. 1913; 1,300–2,300ft. R . E. Turner. 1013-212, NHMUK010636282 (Images from NHM Data Portal) ; 1♀, Australia, Victoria, Tylden South , 25.II.2016 / 4.III.2016, Bonavia 1, Malaise Trap, Leg. A. Campoy ( CEUA) .

Non examined material: 1 ♀, Tasmania, Ben Lomond NP, Normans Folly , saddle nearby: 41.5375 ̊S x 147.6584 ̊E., 7-II.2022, Sweep-net., coll. C.J. Byrne, TMAG F123479 , Labium montivagum , det. S.J. Grove 2024 ( TMAG); 1♀, Tasmania, Mt. Field NP, L. Dobson area : 42.6849 ̊S x 146.5867 ̊E, 06.II.2014, by hand, coll. S.J. Grove, TMAG F009656 , Labium montivagum det. S.J. Grove 2024 ( TMAG); 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Tasmania, Pieman R SR, Corinna : 41.649 ̊S x 145.083 ̊E., 04.I.1954, coll. J. R . Cunningham , TMAG F009883 , TMAG F009886 , TMAG F009884 , TMAG F009885 , Labium montivagum , det. S.J. Grove 2024 ( TMAG).

Distribution: Australia (Tasmania and Victoria) ( Fig. 4 ).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Labium montivagum female: A—Habitus (lateral view); B—Head (frontal view); C—Wings; D—Head and mesosoma (lateral view); E—Empodium and claws of hind leg (arrows). Scale bar: 1 mm (A, C, D); 0.3 mm (B); 0.2 mm (E).

FIGURE 4. Distribution maps: A—Labium walkeri; B— Labium montivagum.