Exochus selenanae Tolkanitz, 1999

Choi, Jin-Kyung, Kolarov, Janko & Lee, Jong-Wook, 2016, A taxonomic review of the genus Exochus Gravenhorst (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Metopiinae) from South Korea with descriptions of ten new species, Journal of Natural History 50, pp. 2327-2367 : 2358

Exochus selenanae Tolkanitz, 1999

( Figures 5c, j )

Exochus selenanae Tolkanitz, 1999: 191 – 201 . Type: female: Type depository: SIZ.

Specimens examined

( South Korea) 1 female, GW, Donghae-si , Sanhwa-dong, Mureung valley (M. T.), 21 – 30 May 2005, J .W. Lee ; 1 female, GB, Cheongdo-gun, Unmun-myeon, Unmunsan U 2, 23 June 2008, J .W. Lee ; 1 female, GB, Yeongju-si, Punggi-eup, Jungyeong 99 site, 12 June – 23 July 2008, K .B. Kim .

Diagnosis

Female. Forewing 4.5 mm, body 4.5 mm long.

Face, mandible and malar space yellow ( Figure 5c ). Vertex with yellow large triangular marks. Antenna with 23 flagellomeres; ventral part of antenna yellowish brown and dorsal part of antenna dark blackish brown. Mesosoma black. Upper corner of pronotum yellow. Scutellum almost flat and black. Propodeum with lateromedian longitudinal carinae and costula; area basalis and area superomedia not separated by carina ( Figure 5j ). Fore and mid legs yellow to brown. Hind leg yellow to brown except coxa dark blackish brown; hind tibia with black band apically. Vein Cu-a of forewing distad of vein Rs+M. Vein 2 rs-m shorter than vein between 2 rs-m and 2 m-cu. Vein cu-a of hindwing intercepted at lower part, vein Cu1 absent. Area between median longitudinal carinae of tergite 1 glabrous. Median line of tergite 2 glabrous. Epipleuron of third tergite wedge-shaped.

Distribution

South Korea (new record), Moldova, Russia, Ukraine.

Figures

Figure 5. Head in frontal view. (a) Exochus momoii; (b) Exochus nigrifaciatus; (c) Exochus selenanae; (d) Exochus velatus; (e) Exochus ventralis; (f) Exochus vexator; (g) Exochus villosus; (h) Exochus momoii; (i) Exochus nigrifaciatus; (j) Exochus selenanae; (k) Exochus velatus; (l) Exochus ventralis; (m) Exochus vexator; (n) Exochus villosus. Scale bar = 0.2 mm.