Megastylus (Dicolus) excubitor ( Förster, 1871 )

Watanabe, Kyohei, 2023, Taxonomic and Zoogeographic Notes on Japanese Orthocentrinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), with Descriptions of Four New Species, Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science) 52, pp. 7-44 : 26

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.11283244

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11087634

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scientific name

Megastylus (Dicolus) excubitor ( Förster, 1871 )
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Megastylus (Dicolus) excubitor ( Förster, 1871) View in CoL

[New SJN: Okushi-ashinaga-hae-himebachi]

( Figs. 12A–C View Fig , 23G, H View Fig )

Dicolus excubitor Förster, 1871: 97 .

Diagnosis. Fore TS I longer than half length of fore tibia ( Fig. 23G View Fig ). Antennal cleaner of fore TS I large, causing conspicuous outcurving of base of TS I ( Figs. 23G, H View Fig ). Inner eye orbit almost parallel ( Fig. 12B View Fig ). Propodeum without anterior transverse carina. Hind tibia not distinctly narrowed in apical 1/3 ( Fig. 12A View Fig ). T I and T II without longitudinal striae. In female: fore wing length 4.5–6.0 mm. FL I 6.0–8.5 times as long as maximum depth in lateral view. In male: T I 3.5 times as long as maximum width; FL I shorter than 7.6 times as long as maximum depth in lateral view; mesopleuron and scutellum sometimes yellow.

Material examined. JAPAN: KPM-NK 89786 , F, Yamagata Pref., Nishikawa T., Shizu, Mt. Gassan , 19. VI. 2015, K. Watanabe leg. ; KPM-NK 89787 , F, Yamanashi Pref., Koushu City, Sagashio , 6. VIII. 2008, K. Watanabe leg. ; KPM-NK 89788 , F, Nagano Pref., Outaki Vil., Mt. Ontake-san, Hakkaisan , 8. VIII. 2010, K. Watanabe leg. ; OMNH, F, Nagano Pref., Hara Vil. , 5. IX. 2015, M. Ito leg. ; KPM-NK 89789 , F, Toyama Pref., Toga Vil., Kamimomose , 15–29. IX. 2009, M. Watanabe leg. (MsT) ; KPM-NK 89790 , F, Kagoshima Pref., Yakushima Is., Kankake, 1. V. – 5. VI. 2007 , T. Yamauchi et al. leg. (MsT); KPM-NK 89791 , F, Kagoshima Pref., Yakushima Is., Hanyama, 2. XI. – 1. XII. 2007 , T. Yamauchi et al. leg. (MsT). RUSSIA: ZISP, F (det. Rossem), Crimea, Frunzenskoye , 1. VII. 1978, D. R. Kasparyan leg.

Distribution. Japan (Honshu and Yakushima Is.); widely distributed in Palaearctic region ( Yu et al., 2016).

Remarks. This is the first record of this species from Japan.

OMNH

Osaka Museum of Natural History

ZISP

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Ichneumonidae

SubFamily

Orthocentrinae

Genus

Megastylus

SubGenus

Dicolus

Loc

Megastylus (Dicolus) excubitor ( Förster, 1871 )

Watanabe, Kyohei 2023
2023
Loc

Dicolus excubitor Förster, 1871: 97

Forster, A. 1871: 97
1871
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