Ecrizotes montanus (Huggert, 1976) Mitroiu & Andriescu & Manic, 2024

Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan, Andriescu, Ionel & Manic, Gheorghe, 2024, The Afrotropical and West-Palaearctic species of Ecrizotes Förster (Hymenoptera: Pirenidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 970, pp. 1-37 : 27-28

Ecrizotes montanus (Huggert, 1976) comb. nov.

Fig. 10

Spathopus montanus Huggert, 1976: 56–58 ; holotype ♀, Huggert Collection, Sweden, not examined.

Diagnosis

Female

All funiculars wider than long, Fu3 not smaller than either Fu2 or Fu4 ( Fig. 10D ); ventral margin of clypeus strongly convex ( Fig. 10C ); head in frontal view with gena evenly rounded ( Fig. 10B ); hind tibia length about 6.8 × width; gaster shorter than combined length of head and mesosoma, not compressed laterally ( Fig. 10A ); tip of hypopygium not incised (cf. Fig. 7I ); ovipositor sheath length about 0.3× length of hind tibia.

Male

Unknown.

Material examined

SWEDEN • 1 ♀; “ Hrj. Tänäs / 28.7.68 / coll. A. Sundholm // Standing over: / Spathopus montanus in Hedqvist coll. / BMNH(E) 2011-27 // Det. confirmed ♀ / C. Thuróczy 2013 // NHMUK010834304 ”; NHMUK .

Distribution

Finland, Kazakhstan, Sweden ( UCD Community 2023).

Hosts

Unknown.

Taxonomic comments

The female of E. montanus is somewhat similar to the female of E. hofferi , from which it differs mainly in the characters given in the key.

Figures

Fig. 10. Ecrizotes montanus (Huggert, 1976) comb. nov., ♀ (NHMUK010834304). A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Head, frontal view. C. Clypeus. D. Antenna (arrow indicates Fu3). E. Mesosoma, dorsal view. F. Fore wing, dorsal view.

Fig. 7. Ecrizotes longicauda Mitroiu sp. nov. A, C, E, G–I. Holotype, ♀ (NHMUK). B, F. Allotype, ♂ (NHMUK). D. Paratype, ♀ (NHMUK). A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Habitus, lateral view. C. Head, frontal view. D. Clypeus. E. Antenna (arrow indicates Fu3). F. Antenna. G. Fore wing, dorsal view. H. Mesosoma, dorsal view. I. Gaster, lateral view (arrow indicates hypopygium).