Lathrolestes ungularis ( Thomson, 1883 )

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 : 38

Lathrolestes ungularis ( Thomson, 1883)

Figs. 117–119 .

Lathrolestus ungularis Thomson, 1883: 918 . Holotype ♂, MZLU [examined]. Type locality: Sweden (Pålsjö, Skåne). Lathrolestes citrofrontalis Schmiedeknecht, 1912 : type lost. Type locality: Germany.

Material. 1♀, SWEDEN, Öland, leg. C. Boheman, NHRS; 1♀, UK, Cheshire, Delamere Forest, Abbotts Moss NR, 3.vii.1977, leg, M.Shaw, RSME;

Diagnosis. This species differs from other species of the genus by the following character states: 1) face and clypeus separated by a distinct transverse groove, 2) maculae on face and behind eyes, 3) occipital carina complete, 4) mesopleuron and metasoma shagreened, matt, 5) fifth article of tarsus dark and enlarged, 6) teeth of claws not slanted, 7) only one transverse propodeal carina present (basal transverse carina of propodeum evenly arched, area supeomedia absent, apical area open anteriorly), 8) propodeum with rough sculpture, 9) last visible tergite of metasoma modified in projection, 10) ovipositor straight.

Distribution. Austria, Azerbaijan, Germany, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, UK.

Figures

FIGURES 117 – 119. Lathrolestes ungularis (Thomson, 1883), 117, face; 118, propodeum; 119, habitus.