Campoplex difformis sensu Aubert

Giovanni, Filippo Di, Scaramozzino, Pier Luigi, Loni, Augusto & Lucchi, Andrea, 2021, Taxonomic revision of the Campoplex difformis group (Ichneumonidae, Campopleginae), with particular reference to species of economic importance, European Journal of Taxonomy 740, pp. 1-35 : 5

3. Campoplex difformis sensu Aubert (MZL).

This species does not belong to the difformis species group but it is C. deficiens Gravenhorst, 1829 sensu Horstmann. According to Horstmann’s collection, C. deficiens forms a group of its own, being characterized by the occipital carina in the ventral half not turned outwards, meeting the hypostomal carina at an acute angle at the base of the mandible; head and mesopleuron with strong punctures on a polished surface; propodeal carinae strong, with the area superomedia about 1.5 × as long as wide, open posteriorly and mostly striate; posterior margins of the female sixth and seventh metasomal tergites clearly concave ( Horstmann 1979) ( Figs 1 , 2A–C ).

Figures

Fig. 1. Campoplex deficiens Gravenhorst, 1829 (difformis sensu Aubert), ♀ (MZL). A. Habitus and labels. B. Propodeum and propodeal carinae, dorsal view. C. Head, frontal view. D. Head and mesonotum, lateral view. E. Shape of temples behind eyes, dorsal view.

Fig. 2. Occipital carina in ventral half and last metasomal tergites. A. Campoplex deficiens Gravenhorst, 1829 (MZL), head, posteroventral view. B. Schematic drawing illustrating the occipital carina in ventral half not turned outwards and meeting the hypostomal carina at an acute angle little before mandibular base. C. C. deficiens Gravenhorst, 1829 (MZL), ♀, last metasomal tergites. D. C. dubitator Horstmann, 1985 (ZSM), ♀, last metasomal tergites. E. C. corsicator Aubert, 1960 (MZL), head, posteroventral view. F. Schematic drawing illustrating the occipital carina in ventral half turned outwards and meeting the hypostomal carina at a right angle at the base of mandible. Abbreviations: o.c. = occipital carina; h.c. = hypostomal carina; m. = mandible.