Hybrizon ghilarovi Tobias, 1988

Achterberg, Cornelis van, You, Lan-Shao & Li, Xi-Ying, 2013, Hybrizon Fallen (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Hybrizoninae) found in Hunan (China), Journal of Hymenoptera Research 30, pp. 65-74 : 68-70

Hybrizon ghilarovi Tobias, 1988 Figs 5-8

Material.

10 ♂ + 5 ♀ (HUNAU, RMNH), S. China: Hunan, Yuanjiang, Southeast Lakeside, together with Lasius "fuliginosus" (= Lasius fuyi Radchenko), Ben-Zhu Dai: 2 ♀ + 2 ♂, 10.X.1989; 1 ♂, 14.V.1989; 3 ♂, 25.V.1989, Lan-Shao You; 1 ♀, 4. VI.1989; 2 ♂, 8.X.1989; 2 ♀, 9.X.1989; 1 ♂, 11.X.1989; 1 ♂, 3.VI.1989.

Diagnosis.

Eyes distinctly setose; face dark brown, except near its tentorial pits; distance between posterior ocelli of female about 1.6 times diameter of ocellus; pedicellus about as wide as scapus and slightly shorter than scapus ( Fig. 6 ), ventrally similarly yellowish coloured as scapus; third antennal segment comparatively slender ( Fig. 6 ); maximum width of face 1.2-1.3 times its minimum width; ventral half of face and scutellum more or less granulate; area behind malar space flat or nearly so and rugose; scutellum granulate; propodeum areolate; ventral half of metapleuron largely rugose or rugulose; length of hind basitarsus about 7 times its maximum width ( Fig. 7 ); mesoscutum antero-laterally rugulose; ventral half of metapleuron rugose or densely rugulose; vein r issued after base of pterostigma ( Fig. 8 ); vein 3-SR+M of fore wing often short ( Fig. 5 ); vein 1-M of fore wing weakly developed, straight anteriorly or nearly so ( Fig. 5 ); basal cell of fore wing with 30-40 setae ( Fig. 8 ); marginal cell of fore wing 4.0-5.5 times longer than its maximum width ( Fig. 5 ); vein SR1 of fore wing straight (Oriental China) or sinuate (typical); posteriorly propodeum with strong curved carinae (but sometimes disappearing in rugosity); sparsely setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.6-0.7 times as long as second metasomal tergite.

Notes.

A female paratype is illustrated by Konishi et al. (2012). Up to recently only known from Far East Russia and Bulgaria, but Konishi et al. (2012) report this species from NE China (Jilin), Korea and Japan. New for the Oriental region.

The Old World species can be separated as follows:

Figures

Figures 1 - 8. 1 - 4 Hybrizon flavofacialis Tobias, female, China, Hunan, Yuanjiang 5 - 8 Hybrizon ghilarovi Tobias, female, China, Hunan, Yuanjiang 1, 4 apical half of fore wing 2, 6 three basal antennal segments 3, 7 hind basitarsus lateral 4, 8 basal half of fore wing. 1 scale-line (= 1.0 x); 2 = 1.7 x; 3, 6 - 8 = 1.4 x; 4, 5 = 1.1 x.