Heterischnus olsoufieffi (Heinrich, 1936)

Rousse, Pascal, van Noort, Simon & Diller, E., 2013, Revision of the Afrotropical Phaeogenini (Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae), with description of a new genus and twelve new species, ZooKeys 354, pp. 1-85 : 52

Heterischnus olsoufieffi (Heinrich, 1936) Figs 29-30

Aethiopischnus olsoufieffi Heinrich, 1936

Material examined.

HOLOTYPE. Female: Vatondrangy, Madagascar, XII.29, leg. A. Seyrig (ZMPA). PARATYPES. 1 female: Fianar. Madagascar, xi.29 leg. A. Seyrig (ZMPA); 1 male: Madagaskar, Périnet, 100m, 1932.xi, leg. A. Seyrig (ZMPA).

Diagnosis.

Head black but mandible, scape and pedicel white; flagellum brown with a pale median ring; remainder of body reddish but dorsal margin of pronotum pale yellow, propleuron and tergites 7 and following black; face puncto–striate, clypeus moderately punctate, frons and vertex polished with fine and very sparse punctures; clypeus bluntly pointed apico–laterally; hypostomal carina joining occipital carina at mandibular base; antenna with 31 flagellomeres; mesosoma moderately punctate but most of pronotum, speculum and scutellum smooth, and antero–dorsal corner of mesopleuron, middle of mesoscutum and propodeum strigose; propodeum with apical transverse carina and some trace of lateral longitudinal carina present; metasoma densely and coarsely punctate; gastrocoelus moderate, thyridium hardly distinct; B 6.2-6.4; A 5.6-5.7; F 4.4-4.6 (Holotype 6.4; A 5.7; F 4.6); HdWi 1.6; HfWi 1.2; Ci 2.0; Mi 1.0; IOi 1.2; OOi 2.0; Fli1 5.8; Fli15 1.2; Fli29 1.5; OTi 0. 3. Male: antenna without pale ring, otherwise similar to female; B 7.8; A 6.9; F 5.5.

Distribution.

Madagascar (Antananarivo, Toliara and Toamasina province) ( Heinrich 1938).