Homotropus elegans ( 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 : 56

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Homotropus elegans ( Gravenhorst, 1829)

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Bassus elegans Gravenhorst, 1829: 313 .

Bassus rufonotatus Holmgren, 1858: 369 .

Homotropus affinis Szépligeti, 1898: 78 .

Homotropus elegans : Dasch, 1964: 125.

Homotropus elegans : Klopfstein, 2014b: 65 View Cited Treatment .

Specimens examined. GERMANY: 1M (det. E. Diller), Bayern, Nymphenburg, Brunnenhof , 24. VI . 1960 , E. Diller leg. (MNHAH); 1M (det. E. Bauer), Goslar, Grauhofer Holz , 19. VIII. 1933, E. Bauer leg. (ZSM). ITALY: 1F (det. E. Diller), Abruzzi, Casavecchia , 21. VII. 1991, S.M. Blank leg. ( ZSM); 1M, Franzenfeste , 6. VII. 1958, D. Townes leg. ( MNHAH) .

Diagnosis. See Klopfstein (2014b).

Distribution. Japan (Kunashiri Is.) ( Klopfstein 2014a). Outside Japan, this species is widely distributed in Holarctic region ( Yu et al. 2016).

Bionomics. Host is unknown in Japan. Outside of Japan, Episyrphus balteatus (De Geer 1776) ( Diptera , Syrphidae ) has been recorded as a host ( Hedwig 1958; Thirion 1994). Calybites phasianipennellus (Hubner 1813) and Lasiocampa quercus (Linnaeus 1758) ( Lepidoptera , Lasiocampidae ) have also been recorded as hosts ( Morley 1906), but are considered doubtful records.

Remarks. We could not find additional material from Japan.

References

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

Hedwig, K. (1958) Mitteleuropaische Schlupfwespen und ihre Wirte. Nachrichten des Naturwissenschaftlichen Museums der Stadt Aschaffenburg, 58, 21-37.

Holmgren, A. E. (1858) Forsok till uppstallning och beskrifning af de isverige funna Tryphonider (Monographia Tryphonidum Sueciae). Kongliga Svenska Ventenskapsakademiens Handlingar Neue Folge, 1 (2), 305-394.

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

Klopfstein, S. (2014 a) Review of the Diplazontinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kuril islands, with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa, 3779 (1), 20-32. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3779.1.5

Morley, C. (1906) On the Ichneumonidous group Tryphonides schizodonti, Holmr., with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 4, 419-438. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1906.tb02460.x

Szepligeti, G. (1898) Adatok a magyarorszagi Bassus-felek ismeretehez. Rovartani Lapok, 5, 75-78.

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)