Gelanes simillimus Horstmann, 1981

Kim, Ki-Beom, Balueva, Ekaterina N., Khalaim, Andrei I. & Lee, Jong-Wook, 2013, The genus Gelanes Horstmann (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae) from South Korea, with description of four new species, Zootaxa 3716 (3), pp. 417-430 : 427

Gelanes simillimus Horstmann, 1981

(Figs 12, 17, 39–41)

Gelanes simillimus Horstmann, 1981: 39 . Type: female, Sweden, TD: AEIC.

Diagnosis. Frons very finely granulate, dull, impunctate. Flagellum with about 18 flagellomeres, second flagellomere usually smaller than flagellomeres 1 and 3. Mesopleuron smooth, impunctate. Foveate groove of mesopleuron weak, usually as more densely granulate (sometimes slightly wrinkled) area. Basal area wide, about 1.5 times as long as broad (Fig. 12). First tergite with petiole smooth dorsally. Thyridial depression transverse ( Fig. 41 ). Ovipositor with deep and narrow dorsal subapical notch, with apex more or less straight dorsally and stepped ventrally (Fig. 17), sheath 2.0–2.5 times as long as first tergite.

Material examined. South Korea: 3♀, [GB] Cheongdo-gun Unmun-myeon Mt.Unmunsan U2, 35º38’45"N 128º57’33"E, 10.V.2008, K.B. Kim; 1♀, ditto, U3, 35º38’19"N 128º57’40"E, 26.IV–10.V.2008, K.B. Kim; 4♀, [GG] Namyangju-si Wabu-eup Dogong-ri San84 Korea Univ. Forestry experiment station SUGWAN-A, 37°34'55"N 127°13'15"E, 19.IV.1986, J.W. Lee; 2♀, ditto, 29.V.1987 J.W. Lee; 15♀, ditto, SUGWAN-D, 37°34'55"N 127°13'43"E, 20.V.1986, J.W. Lee; 1♀, ditto, 30.IX.1986, J.W. Lee; 5♀, Yangpyeong-gun Okcheonmyeon Mt.Yongmunsan, Malaise trap, 37º31’49"N 127º34’18"E, 1–26.V.2009, J.O. Lim; 5♀, [GN] Geochang-gun Gajo-myeon Mt.Odosan, 35º40’26"N 128º4’29"E, 22.V.2010, J.W. Lee; 1♀, Jinju-si Gajwa-dong Gyeongsang Univ. 35º09’39.18"N 128º06’36.35"E, 21–28.IV.1987, J.W. Lee.

Distribution. South Korea (new record), Transpalaearctic species: almost entire Europe, southern Siberia, south of Far East of Russia.

Biology. Flight period from April to June. Reared from Xyela julii (Brebisson) (Xyelidae) on Pinus sylvestris Linnaeus (Pinaceae) in Austria, collected from Pinus halepensis Mill. in Croatia (Khalaim & Blank 2011).

Figures

FIGURES 39 – 44. Gelanes simillimus Horstmann, ♀. 39. Lateral habitus; 40. Fore wing; 41. Second tergite in dorsal view; G. verendus sp. nov., ♀. 42. Lateral habitus; 43. Fore wing; 44. Propodeum in lateral view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm for 39, 42; 0.1 mm for 40, 41 43, 44.