Strongylopsis Brauns, 1896

Sun, Shu-Ping, Wang, Tao, Li, Tao & Sheng, Mao-Ling, 2020, Two new species of Strongylopsis Brauns (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) from Beijing, and a key to all species, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 79, pp. 1-13 : 1

Strongylopsis Brauns, 1896

Strongylopsis Brauns, 1896: 274. Type-species: Strongylopsis anomala Brauns.

Diagnosis.

(After Townes 1969; He and Liu 2013). Face (Figs 3 , 12 ) evenly convex, strongly protuberant dorsally in female. Clypeal sulcus present. Upper tooth of mandible slightly longer than lower tooth. Antenna (Figs 2 , 11 ) short and stout, second flagellomere shorter than its width in female. Legs of female stout, outer profile of tibia usually with strong pegs (Figs 2 , 11 , also see figure in Kuzin 1950: 253). Ovipositor sheath very short, hardly surpassing tip of metasoma. Ventral valve of ovipositor with vertical ridges (Fig. 10 ).

The key (females) of eight species of Strongylopsis is included, the female of S. abdominalis Kasparyan, 1974 is still unknown ( Kasparyan 1974; He and Liu 2013).

Figures

Figure 2. Strongylopsis propodealis Sheng & Sun, sp. nov. Holotype. Female. Habitus, lateral view.

Figure 11. Strongylopsis punctata Sheng & Sun, sp. nov. Holotype. Female. Habitus, lateral view.

Figures 3, 4. Strongylopsis propodealis Sheng & Sun, sp. nov. Holotype. Female 3 head, anterior view 4 head, dorsoanterior view.

Figures 12 - 14. Strongylopsis punctata Sheng & Sun, sp. nov. Holotype. Female 12 head, anterior view 13 head and mesoscutum dorsal view 14 pronotum, lateral view.

Figures 9, 10. Strongylopsis propodealis Sheng & Sun, sp. nov. Female 9 holotype, apical portion of metasoma, lateral view 10 paratype, apical portion of metasoma, lateral view.