Exetastes desertus KUSLITZKY , 2007

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 : 655

Exetastes desertus KUSLITZKY, 2007

D e s c r i p t i o n (afterKUSLITZKY 2007): Length 13-15.5 mm. Flagellum with 61-65 flagellomeres in ♀ and 55-60 flagellomeres in ♁, 1 st flagellomere as long as eye in ♁. Temple strongly and almost linearly narrowed behind eye in ♀ (± roundly in ♁). Mesoscutum sparsely to densely punctate, distance between punctures 0.5-1.5× their diameter. Ovipositor sheath 0.3× as long as hind tibia. Tergites black, 4 th to 7 th tergites with yellow apical margins (weaker in ♁).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Ukraine, Kazakhstan.