Leucospis intermedia Illiger, 1807

Ye, Xin-hai, van Achterberg, Cornelis, Yue, Qi & Xu, Zai-fu, 2017, Review of the Chinese Leucospidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea), ZooKeys 651, pp. 107-157 : 133-135

Leucospis intermedia Illiger, 1807 Figs 98, 99-105

Leucospis intermedia Illiger, 1807: 130; Bouček 1974a: 153; Bouček and Narendran 1981: 7; Madl 1989: 201; Baur and Amiet 2000: 373; Yildirim et al. 2002: 1188; Madl 2014: 796; 2015: 665; Madl 2014: 796; Madl and Schwarz 2014: 1575.

Leucospis hoplophora Förster, 1851: 17. Syn. by Bouček (1974a).

Leucospis sardoa Costa, 1884: 35. Syn. by Bouček (1974a).

Leucospis sardoa var. minor Costa, 1884: 37. Syn. by Bouček (1974a).

Additional material.

1♀, CHINA, Xinjiang, Gongliu, Hetaogou, 29.VI.2016, Yi-cheng Li, No. 2016000128 (SCAU).

Diagnosis.

Body mainly black with yellow pattern (Fig. 98); antennal scape yellow ventrally (Figs 99, 103); head black with two yellow spots on frontovertex (Fig. 103); wings hyaline and infuscated; hind coxa yellow apico-dorsally (Fig. 101), hind femur yellow with triangular black marking ventrally (Figs 98, 105); clypeus produced ventrally (Fig. 103); pronotum with premarginal carina; dorsellum with posterior margin bidentate (Fig. 102); hind coxa without impunctate area (Fig. 101); hind femur with eight teeth ventrally, basal tooth shortest, second tooth acute apically, third and fourth teeth rather obtuse apically (Fig. 105); hind tibia produced into a spine ventro-apically (Fig. 105); T1 with ovipositorial furrow (Fig. 102); ovipositor sheath long, at least reaching anterior margin of T1 (Fig. 102).

Redescription.

Female. Body length 8.5-9.5 mm. OOL= 1.2 POD; POL= 2.8 POD; MS= 2.8 POD.

Head. Coarsely and densely punctate (Figs 103, 104). Clypeus, lower face, and vertex with dense and short pubescence. Clypeus slightly produced ventrally. F2-F11 each broader than long (Fig. 99).

Mesosoma. Pronotum coarsely and densely punctate with short pubescence; premarginal carina developed (Fig. 98). Mesoscutum coarsely and densely punctate (Fig. 100). Mesoscutellum coarsely and densely punctate (Fig. 100). Dorsellum coarsely and densely punctate, distinctly bidentate posteriorly (Fig. 102). Hind coxa moderately punctate, without obvious impunctate area, with short pubescence, without tooth on dorsal edge (Fig. 101). Hind femur densely punctate, with eight teeth ventrally (including four long distinct slender teeth); basal tooth shortest, second tooth acute apically, third and fourth teeth rather obtuse apically (Fig. 105). Hind tibia produced into a spine ventro-apically (Fig. 105).

Metasoma. Moderately punctate, with short pubescence (Fig. 102). T1 narrower than T4 or T5 in dorsal view (Fig. 102). T1 with double ovipositorial furrow and subdivided by smooth ridge (Fig. 102). Ovipositor sheath long, at least reaching anterior margin of T1 (Fig. 102).

Colouration. Body non-metallic (Figs 98, 100, 102). Head predominantly black, with two small yellow spots on frontovertex (Figs 99, 103). Antenna black, with scape yellow ventrally (Fig. 100). Pronotum black, with two yellow transverse stripes (Fig. 100); anterior stripe about half width of pronotum; posterior stripe covers whole width of pronotum (Fig. 100). Mesoscutum black, with a pair of yellow elongate lateral bands and a small yellow median spot (Fig. 100). Mesoscutellum black, with a curved yellow stripe posteriorly (Fig. 100). Dorsellum black. Wings largely infuscated. Propleuron and mesopleuron black. Metapleuron black, with a yellow patch (Figs 98, 101). Fore and mid coxae black; hind coxa black, with yellow stripe antero-dorsally (Fig. 101); trochanters black; fore and mid femora, tibiae and tarsi mostly yellow; hind femur yellow, with triangular black mark ventrally (Fig. 105); hind tibia mostly yellow, with inner margin black (Fig. 105); hind tarsi yellow. Propodeum black. T1 black, with broad yellow mark laterad of ovipositorial furrow (Fig. 102); T2, T3 and T6 entirely black (Fig. 102); T4 black, with yellow transverse band anteriorly (Fig. 102); T5 black, with broad yellow transverse band posteriorly (Fig. 102); epipygium with a pair of longitudinal yellow marks laterally (Fig. 102).

Male. Not available for this study.

Biology.

Parasitoids of Osmia emarginata Lepeletier, Osmia mustelina Gerstäcker ( Bouček 1974a; Baur and Amiet 2000). In China collected in June.

Distribution.

China (Xinjiang) (new record), Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Libya, Moldova, Morocco, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Tadzhikistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Transcaucasia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan ( Bouček 1974a; Madl 2014; Madl and Schwarz 2014; Noyes 2016).