Probles (Rugodiaparsis) ruficornis (Szépligeti, 1899)

Khalaim, Andrey I., 2022, Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Japan: two new species, a new combination and 23 new country records, Zootaxa 5174 (4), pp. 301-330 : 315

Probles (Rugodiaparsis) ruficornis (Szépligeti, 1899)

Material examined. JAPAN. Kyushu I.: 1 ♀ ( NIAES) Oita [Ôita] Pref., Mts Kuju, Mt. Daisen , 19.VII.1978, coll. K. Setoya.

Variation. Female from Japan has clypeus with punctures somewhat denser than in material from the continent. Flagellum with 26–27 flagellomeres.

Remarks. This species is similar to P. kunashirica but differs from the latter by the features given in Table 1 .

Distribution. Europe, Russian Siberia and Far East; in Japan known from Kyushu island. First record from Japan.

Tables

TABLE 1. Comparison of P. kunashirica and P. ruficornis. Characters P. kunashirica P. ruficornis

Characters	P. kunashirica	P. ruficornis
Gena in dorsal view	as long as eye width	0.8× as long as eye width
Head in dorsal view	very strongly prominent between antennal	weakly prominent between antennal bases
	bases
Malar space	1.0–1.2× as long as basal mandibular width	somewhat shorter than basal mandibular
		width
Flagellum	mid flagellomeres subsquare, subapical flag-	mid and subapical flagellomeres more or less
	ellomeres distinctly transverse	elongate
Vertex	with very dense but shallow punctures on	puncstrongly granulate background	impunctate or with very fine and sparse puncstrongly granulate background tures on finely granulate background	tures on finely granulate background
	puncstrongly granulate background	tures on finely granulate background
Clypeus	with dense punctures in upper half	with sparse or moderately dense punctures in
		upper part