Hyposoter rufovariatus ( Schmiedeknecht, 1909 )

Galsworthy, Anthony, Shaw, Mark R. & Haraldseide, Håkon, 2023, A key to European species of Hyposoter Förster, 1869 (Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae) with descriptions of 18 new species, and notes on all included species, Zootaxa 5290 (1), pp. 1-73 : 67

Hyposoter rufovariatus ( Schmiedeknecht, 1909)

Anilastus rufovariatus Schmiedeknecht, 1909 : lectotype ♀ in TLHR, designated by Oehlke & Townes (1969) and examined by Horstmann.

We have seen two specimens in Horstmann’s collection identified by him as this species.

The species is very similar in coloration to H. horstmanni sp. nov., with the tergites beyond the second darkened in the centre and orange laterally, but the seventh tergite is entire, and the second tergite shorter and broader. The propodeum has costulae present, and the sculpture is much coarser than in horstmanni , and rugose in the area petiolaris.

The biology is unknown. We have seen specimens from Germany, and one from Georgia. There are records of uncertain reliability from France, and Tunisia. One specimen from the third author’s collection was barcoded (BOLD Sample ID CollHH3496).