Homotropus pallipes ( Gravenhorst, 1829 )

Morishita, Shunsuke & Watanabe, Kyohei, 2025, Review of the genera Homotropus Förster and Syrphoctonus Förster (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Diplazontinae) from Japan, Zootaxa 5588 (1), pp. 49-76 : 67

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Homotropus pallipes ( Gravenhorst, 1829)

( Figs 11 A–G View FIGURE 11 )

Bassus pallipes Gravenhorst, 1829: 325 .

Lissonota pectoralis Gravenhorst, 1829: 69 View in CoL .

Bassus pallidipes Marshall, 1872: 83 .

Bassus pallipennis Provancher, 1874: 31 .

Homotropus pallidipennis Dalla Torre, 1901: 238 .

Homotropus pallidipes Dalla Torre, 1901: 238 .

Homocidus impolitus Stelfox, 1941:116 .

Homotropus pallipes : Dasch, 1964: 175.

Homotropus pallipes : Klopfstein, 2014b: 70 View Cited Treatment .

Specimens examined. JAPAN: [Hokkaido] 2F, Horokanai Town, Uryu-kenkyurin, Butokamanbetsu-path , 11–17 VII 2012, K. Watanabe leg. ( MT) ( KPNMH); 1F, dotto, 16. VII. 2012, M. Ito leg. ( KPNMH); 1F, Chitose City, Kusabue-rindo , 8–21 VII 2012, N. Kuhara leg. (MsT) ( EUM); 1F, Nissho-toge, Sarugawa-river , 31 VII–14 VIII 2010, N. Kuhara leg. (MsT) (EUM) . [Honshu] 1F, Toyama Pref., Toyama City, Arimine, Inonedani , 15–22 IX 2009, M. Watanabe leg. (MsT) ( KPMNH); 1F, Shizuoka Pref., Umegashima , 3 VI 2001, T. Sugiyama leg. ( MU); 1F, Aichi Pref., Shitara Town, Uradani , 27 VI–3 VII 1994, K. Yamagishi leg. (MU) . GERMANY: 1M (det. E. Diller), Celle , 7. VI. 1964, (ZSM) . NETHERLANDS: 1F (det. C. J. Zwakhals), Tongeren , 16. VI. 1986, C. J. Zwakhals leg. (ZSM) .

Diagnosis. See Klopfstein (2014b).

Distribution. Japan (Etorofu Is., Shikotan Is., Hokkaido, and Honshu). Outside Japan, this species is widely distributed in Holarctic region and also recorded from Mexico ( Yu et al. 2016).

Bionomics. Host unknown in Japan. Outside of Japan, Platycheirus scutatus (Meigen 1822) ( Diptera , Syrphidae ) has been recorded as a host ( Thirion 1994).

Remarks. This is the first record of this species from Hokkaido and Honshu.

References

Dalla Torre, C. G. (1901) Catalogus Hymenopterorum. Volumen III. Trigonalidae, Megalyridae, Stephanidae, Ichneumonidae, Agriotypidae, Evaniidae, Pelecinidae. Guilelmi Engelmann. Lipsiae, 1901 & 1902, 1-544 & 545 - 1141.

Dasch, C. E. (1964) Ichneumon-flies of America north of Mexico: 5. Subfamily Diplazontinae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, No. 3, 1-304.

Gravenhorst, J. L. C. (1829) Ichneumonologia Europaea. Pars III. Sumtibus auctoris, Vratislaviae, 1097 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.65750

Klopfstein, S. (2014 b) Revision of the Western Palaearctic Diplazontinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae). Zootaxa, 3801 (1), 5-125. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3801.1.1

Marshall, T. A. (1872) A catalogue of British Hymenoptera; Chrysididae, Ichneumonidae, Braconidae, and Evanida e. A. Napier. London. The Entomological Society of London, London, 136 pp.

Provancher, L. (1874) Les Ichneumonides de Quebec avec description de plusieurs especes nouvelles. Naturaliste Canadien, 6, 29-32.

Stelfox, A. W. (1941) Description of six new species of Bassine Ichneumon flies, with notes on some others. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 46 B, 109-119.

Thirion, C. (1994) Les Diplazontinae (Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae) en Belgique et dans les regions limitrophes. Deuxieme contribution. Notes Fauniques de Gembloux, 29, 3-100.

Yu, D. S., van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. (2016) Taxapad 2016. Ichneumonoidea 2015. Database on flash-drive. Available from: http://www.taxapad.com (accessed 26 August 2024)

Figures

FIGURE 11. Homotropus pallipes (Gravenhorst, 1829), female (A–D) and male (E–G)―A, E: lateral habitus; B, F: head, frontal view; C: scutellum, dorsal view; D: propodeum, dorsal view; G: T II to T IV, dorsal view.