Leipula pulchra, Watanabe, 2024

Watanabe, Kyohei, 2024, Taxonomic Study of Japanese Ctenopelmatinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), with Descriptions of 22 New Species, Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science) 53, pp. 39-102 : 81

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13237363
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scientific name	Leipula pulchra
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Key to World species of Leipula View in CoL

1. T I 0.95 × as long as maximum width. Scutellum with a yellow area. Clypeus yellow.

..................................... Leipula lata Townes, 1970 View in CoL -. T I more than 1.5 × as long as maximum width.

Scutellum without a yellow area. Clypeus black or partly brown. ...................................................................... 2

2. Frons without a pair of conical tubercles. T I 1.6 × as long as maximum width. Hind coxa black ( Fig. 28A View Fig ). T III reddish yellow with a black median band ( Figs. 28A, D View Fig ).

............................... Leipula angusta Townes, 1970 View in CoL -. Frons with a pair of conical tubercles ( Fig. 39H View Fig ). T I 2.35–2.75 × as long as maximum width. Hind coxa reddish yellow ( Fig. 29A View Fig ). T III reddish yellow with black markings ( Fig. 29A View Fig ).

......................................... Leipula pulchra sp. nov.