Exetastes albomaculatus MEYER, 1921: 88

Riedel, Matthias, 2023, The genus Exetastes GRAVENHORST in the West Palaearctic region, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Banchinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (2), pp. 641-692 : 650

Exetastes albomaculatus MEYER, 1921: 88

D e s c r i p t i o n (after MEYER 1927 and KUSLITZKY 2007): ♀. Length 12 mm. MI 0.4. Color: black. Anterolateral spot of mesoscutum, subtegular ridge, scutellum and hind coxa dorsally ivory. 1 st and 2 nd tergites entirely and 3 rd tergite basally red. Following tergites black with ivory apical margins. Coxae and trochanters black; legs otherwise red; hind femur apically and hind tibia apically black; hind tarsus brown.

♁. Length 12 mm. Flagellum with 51-53 flagellomeres. Temple almost parallel behind eye, slightly narrowed apically. Frons with central tubercle. MI 0.5. Mesoscutum with rather dense punctures.

Color: black. Facial spots, collar, anterolateral spot and sometimes paramedian stripe of mesoscutum, subtegular ridge, scutellum, spot of mesopleuron, spot of apical propodeum and wide lateral stripes of 4 th to 7 th tergites yellow. Coxae black, with yellow spots; legs otherwise reddish; hind femur and hind tibia apically blackish.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: East Europe, Transpalaearctic.