Rhimphoctona rufocoxalis (Clément, 1924), Clement, 1924

Varga, Oleksandr, 2017, A review of the genus Rhimphoctona Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae) from the Ukrainian Carpathians, with a key to European species, Zootaxa 4263 (2), pp. 387-394 : 393

Rhimphoctona rufocoxalis (Clément, 1924)

( Figs 1 , 2 , 4 )

Material examined. Ukrainian Carpathians: female, Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Bogorodchany District , Mochary , 48°50'51.17"N, 24°35'26.91"E, 300–350 m, mixed forest, 5 km NE of Bogorodchany, Tereshkin trap, 11– 26.v.2014 ; female, Gorgany , 48°36'42.77"N, 24°09'10.69"E, 1200 m, coniferous forest, 5 km SW of Stara Guta, sweep netting, 20–22.v.2012. Additional material: 3 males and 8 females from ZSM collection , 1 male and 3 females labelled as cotypes.

Diagnosis. The female is characterized by the red hind coxae; long, parallel temples ( Fig. 1. 2 ); mesopleuron sparsely punctate centrally ( Fig. 2. 2 ); propodeum with variable costulae and granulate area superomedia ( Fig. 4. 2 ); and ovipositor about as long as the length of hind tibia. The male generally resembles female and has a yellow face.

Distribution. Palaearctic ( Yu et al. 2012), new record for Ukraine.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Rhimphoctona spp., dorsal view of head, female. 1 — R. grandis; 2 — R. rufocoxalis; 3 — R. lucida; 4 — R. xoridiformis; 5 — R. teredo; 6 — R. longicauda; 7 — R. maiator; 8 — R. pectoralis.

FIGURE 2. Rhimphoctona spp., lateral view of mesopleuron, female. 1 — R. grandis; 2 — R. rufocoxalis; 3 — R. xoridiformis; 4 — R. teredo.

FIGURE 4. Rhimphoctona spp., dorsal view of propodeum, female. 1 — R. grandis; 2 — R. rufocoxalis; 3 — R. lucida; 4 — R. obscuripes; 5 — R. teredo; 6 — R. xoridiformis; 7 — R. melanura; 8 — R. longicauda; 9 — R. megacephalus; 10 — R. maiator; 11 — R.? megacephalus / melanura; 12 — R. pectoralis.