Townesia tenuiventris (Holmgren, 1860)

Li, Tao, Sun, Shu-Ping, Sheng, Mao-Ling, Liu, Jing-Xian & Pham, Nhi Thi, 2019, Taxonomic study of the genus Townesia Ozols (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) with description of a new species from China and a key to world species, ZooKeys 878, pp. 23-32 : 31

Townesia tenuiventris (Holmgren, 1860) Figure 14

Diagnosis.

Female: Vertex smooth, shiny, lateral part with sparse, fine punctures. Postocellar line approximately 0.8 times as long as ocular-ocellar line. Upper-posterior part of mesopleuron smooth, shiny, without punctures. Forewing vein radius distinctly basal of middle of pterostigma; 1 cu-a distinctly basal of 1/M. Areolet receiving 2m-cu approximately at its posterior 0.3. Tergite II 1.9 times as long as its maximum width, apical smooth transverse bands of tergites II 0.25-2.7 times as long as length. Subapical portion of upper valve of ovipositor with two indistinct tubercles; ventral valve with 10 or 11 ridges, basal 4 ridges strongly inclivous. All coxae, trochanters, and femora reddish brown.

Host.

Fourteen host species were recorded ( Yu et al. 2016).

Material examined.

The specimens, deposited in ZSM and identified by Bauer, were examined.

Distribution.

Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, U.S.A., United Kingdom, Yugoslavia.

Figures

Figures 10 - 14. Apical part of ovipositor, lateral view 10 Townesia sulcata Sheng & Li, sp. nov. 11 Townesia cheni Liu & He 12 Townesia exilis Gupta & Tikar 13 Townesia qinghaiensis He 14 Townesia tenuiventris (Holmgren).