Cratichneumon unificatus TERESHKIN

A. M, 2009, Illustrated key to the tribes of subfamilia Ichneumoninae and genera of the tribe Platylabini of world fauna (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2), pp. 1317-1608 : 1372-1373

Cratichneumon unificatus TERESHKIN (Plate 13)

Cratichneumon unificatus TERESHKIN 2003 - Zool. Journ. 82 (5): 601-602, ♀. F e m a l e

F l a g e l l u m: Filiform, with 23 segments, strongly thickened to the apex, practically not narrowed beyond middle; first segment from lateral only 1,2 times longer than width at apex, already segment 3 square from lateral, from segment 13 slightly flattened ventrally; white annulus on segments 6-11(12). Flagellum 1,7 times shorter than the front wing and 2 times shorter than body length.

H e a d: Head contour from front slightly narrowed downwards, only just transversal, only 1,1 times wider than length; genae long, from front 2,7 times shorter height of eye; head contour from above stout, transversal, 1,5 times wider than length, slightly roundly narrowed backwards behind eyes; front surface from side strongly convex, forming with frontal surface almost right angle. Vertex from lateral roundly sloping to occipital carina; temples long, 1,5 times shorter than longitudinal diameter of an eye at the middle, from side strongly broadened toward mandible base; occipital carina sharp all round, from above deeply impressed but not reach level of eyes and hind ocelli; hypostomal carina only just visible from lateral at lower part, meeting with occipital carina before mandible base; malar space 1,3 times longer than the mandible base width; mandibles long and wide, evenly narrowed from base to apex, upper tooth considerably longer than lower, teeth situated in the same plane and separated by slight notch; clypeus slightly convex, transverse, 2,6 times wider than length, with straight and sharp front margin and oblique lateral margins, separated from face by slight impression; clypeal foveae small, deep, round; labrum not protrude from under clypeus; middle field of face slightly elevated, triangular, in middle equal to lateral fields; antennal cavities deeply impressed, reach borders of eyes and far not reach level of front ocellus, laterally above antennal fossae without tubercles and with sharp tooth between antennal fossae; margins of antennal fossae slightly elevated above face surface; ocelli small, flat, diameter of lateral ocellus 1,5 times less than distance from ocellus to eye; ocellar triangle only just elevated. Surface of clypeus smooth, shining with sparse superficial punctures, frons between front ocellus and antennal cavities densely superficially-punctured; temples strongly shining with sparse punctures.

T h o r a x: Collar of pronotum long with rounded front margin (from above); transverse furrow of pronotum very shallow, not interrupted by keel; pronotal ridge not swol- len; epomiae sharp; pronotal base gradually curved with moderately acute apex. Mesonotum only just convex, wider than length, laterally bordered by deep groove; notauli practically absent; axillary tongue not developed; middle lobe of mesonotum rather densely superficially-punctured, without microsculpture, lateral lobes with more sparse, smoothed punctures; subalarum high, thin, sharp; speculum shining, smoothly wrinklypunctured; area of mesopleural fovea broadly, but not deeply impressed; mesopleural suture straight, deep, practically not interrupted by ribs; mesopleurae longitudinally wrinkly-punctured without microsculpture; mesopleurae at bottom without sharp bend; sternauli in form of deep impression in front third; scutellum flat, smooth, shining, with sparse shallow punctures, laterally not carinated; postscutellum strongly shining. Hind margin of metanotum with broad triangle projections opposite lateral longitudinal carinae. Length of horizontal part of propodeum equal to length of area posteromedia in middle; carinae of propodeum sharp, with exception of costulae and slightly expressed carina, limiting basal area from behind; area superomedia elongated, narrowed anteriad; basal area long with strong longitudinal wrinkles, crossing basal furrow of propodeum; spiracles of propodeum long, slit-shaped; area posteroexterna and third pleural area not divided by distinct keel. Surface of propodeum wrinkly-punctured, without microsculpture and with rough sculpture, metapleurae densely punctured by big punctures.

L e g s: Strong; hind coxae with slight scopa. Claws thin, in middle sharply curved.

W i n g s: Areolet pentagonal, asymmetrical, external vein of apex shorter than internal; stigma light; radial cell broad, radius almost straight, curved only at apex; nervulus very slightly postfurcal; ramulus only just marked; all veins dark; external branches of medial and cubital veins unsclerotized in form of slight trace; radius of hind wing strongly unsclerotized; membrane of wing hyaline. Front wing в 1,8 times longer than length of flagellum and 1,2 times shorter than body length.

A b d o m e n:Oxypygous, from above longish-oval, apical tergites not hidden; second tergite transversal, at apex 1,4 times wider than length; sheath of ovipositor only just visible protrude. First tergite from lateral with gradual bend between petiolus and postpetiolus; petiolus not flattened at base, from lateral sharply bordered by carinae and indistinctly sculpturated between them by smoothed ribs; from above petiolus gradually broadened to triangle postpetiolus; middle field of postpetiolus expressed slightly, its surface slightly-wrinkled, with some superficial punctures at apex and at lateral corners. Gastrocoeli superficial, thyridia only just marked; lunulae in form of only just visible trace; tergites 2-3 densely punctured, without microsculpture. Hypopygium compressed from sides.

C o l o r a t i o n: Scapus and flagellum to white annulus light-ferruginous. Head and thorax entirely black. Scutellum entirely pale-yellow. Apex of postpetiolus, tergites 2-3 completely, 4th at base and sternites light-ferruginous; petiolus and tergite 4 in most part darkened, tergites 5-7 completely black. All legs, including coxae, of basic color; hind femora at apex and hind tibiae at apex and at base darkened; tibiae of all legs from outside with large white spots; spot on hind tibiae occupy almost third of its length.

S i z e: Body length: 5,5; flagellum: 2,8; front wing: 4,7 mm.

M a l e. Unknown.