Eridolius aithogaster Gupta, 1991

Reshchikov, Alexey, 2018, Review of the genus Eridolius Förster from the Oriental Region (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Tryphoninae), Zootaxa 4377 (3), pp. 431-443 : 436

Eridolius aithogaster Gupta, 1991

Figs 13–17

Eridolius aithogaster Gupta, 1991 . Oriental Insects , 25: 437. India ( FSCA). Examined.

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from all other Oriental species of the genus by the following characters: upper mandibular tooth longer than lower one ( Fig. 15 ), malar space 0.5 × as long as basal width of mandible, face yellow ( Fig. 15 ), middle and hind coxae, and hind femur black, metasoma beyond T1 reddish ( Figs 13, 17 ). This species is similar to the Palaearctic species E. taigensis Kasparyan 1985 , but differs by slightly longer malar space (0.5 × as long as basal width of mandible), longer T1 (1.78 × as long as apically broad, Fig. 13 ), black coloration around clypeal fovea and clypeal groove ( Fig. 15 ), and hind femur ( Fig. 17 ).

Distribution: India (Kashmir).

Figures

FIGURES13–17. Eridolius aithogaster Gupta, 1991, holotypefemale.13.Propodeum and metasoma in dorsal view, 14.Head and mesosoma in dorsal view, 15. Face, 16. Wings, 17. Habitus in lateral view.