Dolichochorus Strobl 1904

Broad, Gavin R. & Watanabe, Kyohei, 2019, Dolichochorus Strobl 1904: a valid genus of Mesochorinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Mesochorinae), Zootaxa 4555 (4), pp. 523-530 : 525

Dolichochorus Strobl 1904

Type species: Mesochorus (Dolichochorus) longiceps Strobl 1904 , by monotypy

Thamester Wahl 1993 ; type species Thamester japonicus Wahl 1993 , by original designation, new synonym

Dolichochorus : valid genus ( Schwenke 1999)

Astiphromma (Dolichochorus) : subgenus of Astiphromma ( Riedel 2015)

Diagnosis. Clypeus as tall as wide, separated from face by weak suture; middle of face elevated; no transverse carina on upper face ( Fig. 2 ); mandible teeth of equal length; fore tibia with apical, distal ‘tooth’; tarsal claws apparently simple; fore wing areolet relatively small, rhombic ( Fig. 3 ); hind wing nervellus (CU + cu-a) weakly intercepted by spectral distal abscissa of CU ( Fig. 4 ); first metasomal tergite with complete lateral, longitudinal carina; first tergite striate posteriorly ( Fig. 5 ).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Dolichochorus longiceps (specimen NHMUK010880738) head, frontal view (left) and side view (right).

FIGURE 3. Dolichochorus longiceps (specimen NHMUK010880738) fore wing.

FIGURE 4. Dolichochorus longiceps (specimen NHMUK010880738) hind wing, arrows pointing to position of nervellus (distal abscissa of CU).

FIGURE 5. Dolichochorus longiceps (specimen NHMUK010880738) first metasomal segment.