Exochus velatus Tolkanitz, 2003

Choi, Jin-Kyung, Kolarov, Janko & Lee, Jong-Wook, 2016, A taxonomic review of the genus Exochus Gravenhorst (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Metopiinae) from South Korea with descriptions of ten new species, Journal of Natural History 50, pp. 2327-2367 : 2359

Exochus velatus Tolkanitz, 2003

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Exochus velatus Tolkanitz, 2003: 1075 – 1085 . Type: female; Type depository: ZIN .

Specimens examined

( South Korea) 1 male, GG Cheonggyesan, 4 June 1989, J.K. Kim; 1 male, GB Jinryaong, Geumgok, 5 July 1981, J.K. Kim.

Diagnosis

Male. Body length 5.0 – 5.5 mm. Antenna with 24 flagellomeres.

Head strongly convex, upper face with short and broad projection; between antennal sockets without vertical ridge; dorsal margin of eyes with large triangular yellow spots. Face, clypeus and malar space yellow ( Figure 5d ). Scutellum and postscutellum dark brown to black. Propodeum with incomplete area superomedia ( Figure 5k ); area externa with hairs; area dentipara with sparse hairs partly; spiracle of propodeum oval, connected pleural carina; metapleuron glabrous. Vein cu-a of hindwing intercepted at lower 0.2, without vein Cu1. Tergite 1 with broad dorsal longitudinal carina, reach over at central area of tergite 1, up-curved in basal area; median longitudinal area of tergites 1 and 2 without hair. Tergite 3 with epipleuron semicircular.

Distribution

South Korea (new record), Russia.

Figures

Figure 5. Head in frontal view. (a) Exochus momoii; (b) Exochus nigrifaciatus; (c) Exochus selenanae; (d) Exochus velatus; (e) Exochus ventralis; (f) Exochus vexator; (g) Exochus villosus; (h) Exochus momoii; (i) Exochus nigrifaciatus; (j) Exochus selenanae; (k) Exochus velatus; (l) Exochus ventralis; (m) Exochus vexator; (n) Exochus villosus. Scale bar = 0.2 mm.