Ctenopelma melanothoracicum Sheng, 2009

Sun, Shu-Ping, Sheng, Mao-Ling & Gao, Chun, 2019, The species of Ctenopelma Holmgren (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from China, European Journal of Taxonomy 545, pp. 1-31 : 25-26

Ctenopelma melanothoracicum Sheng, 2009

Figs 54–56

Ctenopelma melanothoracica Sheng in Sheng & Sun, 2009: 122 .

Material examined

CHINA – Henan Prov. • 1 ♀, holotype; Neixiang, Baotianman National Natural Reserve ; 27 Jun. 2006; Xiao-Cheng Shen leg.; GSFGPM • 1 ♀; Ankang, Pingheliang ; alt. 2090 m; 11 Jul. 2010; Tao Li leg. – Heilongjian Prov . • 1 ♀; Yichun, Fenglin ; 20 Jul. 2008 . – Jiangxi Prov. • 1 ♀; Yifeng, Guanshan National Natural Reserve ; 9 May–1 Jun. 2009; interception trap .

Diagnosis

Female

MEASUREMENTS. Body length 11.5 mm. Fore wing length 10.5 mm. Ovipositor sheath length 1.2 mm.

HEAD. Face approximately 1.45 × as wide as long, upper margin with a smooth small median tubercle. Upper tooth of mandible almost as long as lower tooth. Postocellar line approximately 0.75 × as long as ocular-ocellar line. Antenna with 35 flagellomeres. Ratio of length from first to fifth flagellomeres: 2.8:1.9:1.9:1.8:1.7.

MESOSOMA. Anterior, upper and lower portions of mesopleuron ( Fig. 55 ) with fine, relatively sparse punctures. Metapleuron ( Fig. 55 ) with sparse, even punctures. Fore wing with vein 1cu-a distal to 1/M by 0.6 × length of 1cu-a. Areolet large, obliquely quadrangular, receiving vein 2m-cu approximately 0.66 × distance from vein 2rs-m to 3rs-m. Ratio of length of hind tarsomeres from first to fifth approximately: 6.3:3.3:2.8:1.4:1.9. Claw densely pectinate. Propodeum with apical portion of lateral longitudinal carina present ( Fig. 56 ).

METASOMA. Second tergite approximately 0.8 × as long as apical width. Third tergite 0.95 × as long as apical width. Fourth tergite 0.9 × as long as apical width. Ovipositor sheath ( Fig. 54 ) 3.0 × as long as maximum width. Ovipositor with dorsal notch.

COLORATION ( Fig. 54 ). Black, except the following; flagellum reddish brown; face, clypeus, mandibles except teeth, maxillary and labial palpi, malar area, lateral spots of vertex, scutellum and subtegular ridges yellowish white; fore and middle legs (except coxae) yellowish brown; hind legs except dorsobasal portion and apexes of coxae, and all tergites almost entirely red-brown; tegulae yellow-brown.

Figures

Figs 54–56. Ctenopelma melanothoracicum Sheng, 2009, holotype, ♀ (GSFGPM). 54. Habitus, lateral view. 55. Mesosoma, lateral view. 56. Propodeum.