Dicaelotus cariniscutis (Cameron, 1906)

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 : 34-35

Dicaelotus cariniscutis (Cameron, 1906) Figs 15-16

Leptodemas cariniscutis Cameron, 1906: 330.

Material examined.

HOLOTYPE. Male: Cape P. [South Africa] Cameron Coll. 1914-110, B. M. Type Hym 3.G.356 (BMNH).

Diagnosis

(female unknown). Head black with face, clypeus and mandible pale yellow, mesosoma black, metasoma mostly reddish to brown with tergite 1 almost black; temple straight in dorsal view; head finely punctate to coarsely punctate–reticulate; mesosoma densely and deeply punctate but area petiolaris transversely strigose; propodeum short, its posterior half almost vertical; propodeal carination strong and complete; area petiolaris strongly concave; hind wing with distal abscissa of Cu1 very faint, reaching wing margin; metasomal tergites deeply and regularly punctate; B 4.8; A NA; F 3.3; HdWi 2.1; HfWi 1.2; Mi NA; Ci NA; Di NA; IOi 1.3; OOi 1.0; Fli1 NA; Fli15 NA; Fli21 NA; OTi NA. Male unknown.

Comments.

The holotype of Dicaelotus cariniscutis is in relatively poor condition, with the antennae broken and legs either broken or covered in glue. The ventral third of the head is also hidden by glue, making most of the relative measurements impossible.

Distribution.

South Africa (Cape Province).