Lathrolestes tripunctor ( Thunberg, 1824 )

Reshchikov, Alexey, 2015, Review of North European species of the genus Lathrolestes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) with description of one new species from Öland (Sweden), Zootaxa 4033 (1), pp. 1-47 : 37

Lathrolestes tripunctor ( Thunberg, 1824)

Figs. 4 , 110–116 .

Ichneumon tripunctor Thunberg, 1824: 280 . Holotype ♀, UUZM [examined]. Type locality: Sweden.

Ichneumon distichor Thunberg, 1822: 272 . Holotype ♂, UUZM [examined]. Type locality: Sweden.

Perilissus (Polyoncus) grandiceps Thomson, 1883: 913 . Holotype ♂, MZLU [examined]. Type locality: Sweden (Arrie, Skåne).

Perilissus longicornis Brischke, 1871: 72 . Type lost. Type locality: Poland.

Perilissus luteocephalus Giraud, 1872: 397 –399 . Lectotype ♀, MNHN [examined]. Type locality: France (Grenoble, RhôneAlpes).

Perilissus singularis Vollenhoven, 1878: 45 . Lectotype ♂, RMNH [examined]. Type locality: Netherlands.

Material. 8♀, 1♂, DENMARK, Strandmølle, ZMUC; 1♀, RUSSIA, Pskov Oblast, Chudskoe Lake, vii.2003, leg. A.Reshchikov, ZIN; 1♀, SWEDEN, Kimstad, NHRS; 1♂, SWEDEN, NHRS.

Diagnosis. This species differs from other species of the genus by the following character states: 1) face in female yellow, 2) face and clypeus separated by impression, 3) occipital carina complete, 4) head and mesopleuron matt, coarsely, densely and rather evenly punctate, 5) tegulae yellow, 6) second recurrent vein intercepting areolet behind its middle, 7) propodeum with carinae complete, 8) first metasomal tergite 1.6 × as long as wide.

Distribution. Czech Republic, Denmark *, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Russia (Pskov Oblast), Sweden, Switzerland.

Figures

FIGURES 3 – 8. Variety of colouration and body size in the genus Lathrolestes; 3, L. fumipennis Reshchikov, 2012; 4, L. tripunctor (Thunberg, 1824); 5, L. laevipleuris Reshchikov, 2013; 6, L. nornae Reshchikov, 2013; 7, L. buccinator (Holmgren, 1857); 8, L. tolstoyi Reshchikov, 2012.

FIGURES 110 – 116. Lathrolestes tripunctor (Thunberg, 1824). 110, habitus dorsally; 111, habitus laterally; 112, head dorsally and fore wing; 113, face and first metasomal tergite; 114, mesopleuron; 115, propodeum; 116, male habitus laterally.