Lathrolestes levaya, Reshchikov, Alexey, 2012

Reshchikov, Alexey, 2012, Review and key to Russian Far East Lathrolestes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), Zootaxa 3414, pp. 1-32 : 9-11

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.281927
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6176475
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EA3058-B419-FFC3-22BF-FA2822BAF8DC
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Lathrolestes levaya
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Lathrolestes levaya sp. nov.

Figs 21–24 View FIGURES 21 – 24 .

Diagnosis. This species differs from L. orbitalis (Gravenhorst, 1829) by various proportions and coloration of head: malar space in profile not rounded, head mostly black ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 21 – 24 ); and notaulus absent.

Description. Body length 6 mm. Antenna with 31–33 flagellomeres. Scape 0.33 × as long as wide. Head very slightly narrowed behind eyes; matt. Maximum length of temple 0.86X transverse eye diameter; minimum length of temple 0.69 × transverse eye diameter. Face 1.17 × height of eye; convex, medially bulging ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 21 – 24 ). Clypeus separated by impression; projecting anteriorly; apical margin of clypeus obtuse. Tentorial fovae small. Malar space 0.44 × basal mandible width. Lower mandible tooth longer than upper. Occipital carina medially complete.

Mesosoma matt. Notaulus absent. Mesopleuron matt, coarsely punctate ( Fig. 21 View FIGURES 21 – 24 ). Claws pectinate by hair-like teeth ( Reshchikov 2012). Fore wing with areolet not petiolate. Radius intercepting stigma at its middle. Second recurrent vein with single bulla. Hind wing with nervellus intercepted below middle. Nervulus intersitial. Propodeum with carinae partly complete. Area superomedia elongate, narrow and fused with area basalis ( Fig. 22 View FIGURES 21 – 24 ). Metasoma matt, sparsely setose. First metasomal tergite 0.54 × as long as apically wide; without shallow median longitudinal impression; bordered by lateral longitudinal carinae; dorsal longitudinal carinae defined at base. Ovipositor stout, without notch. Parameres narrow, longer than aedeagus.

Color. Female. Body mostly black ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 21 – 24 ). Legs and middle metasomal tergites yellow-reddish. Male as in female.

Material: Holotype, female, Russia, Khabarovsky Kray, Khabarovsky, Khekhtsyr, Levaya riv., 10.vi.1983, D. Kasparyan, ( ZIN); Paratype, male, Russia, Khabarovsky Kray, Khabarovsky, Khekhtsyr, 24st Km., 29.v.1983, D. Kasparyan, ( ZIN).

Distribution: Far East of Russia.

Etymology: The species epithet, levaya , refers to the type locality.