Phradis hikosanus Khalaim, 2015

Khalaim, Andrey I., 2022, Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Japan: two new species, a new combination and 23 new country records, Zootaxa 5174 (4), pp. 301-330 : 309

Phradis hikosanus Khalaim, 2015

( Figs 20–21 )

Material examined. JAPAN. Honshu I.: 1 ♀ ( NIAES) Gunma Pref., Katashina-mura, Tsuchiide , 11.VII.1988, coll. H. Makihara. Shikoku I.: 1 ♂ ( NIAES) Tokushima Pref., Mt. Tsurugisan , 3–4. VI.1981, coll. T. Goto . 1 ♂ ( ZISP) Tokushima Pref., Mt. Tsurugisan , 1300–1500 m, 3. VI.1981, coll. H. Takemoto. 1 ♂ ( NIAES) same data, but 4. VI.1981. 1 ♂ ( NIAES) Ehime, Koyayama, Odamiyama , 1. V.1997, coll. E. Yamamoto. Kyushu I.: 1 ♂ ( NIAES) Fukuoka, Fukuoka-shi, Mt. Tachibana , 21.IV.1977, coll. K. Konishi.

Diagnosis. Male (First record). Head with eyes displaced downwards in lateral view. Mesosoma compressed laterally (though less than in female). Malar space very short. Flagellum with 15–17 flagellomeres. Notaulus with a strong longitudinal wrinkle on anterolateral side of mesoscutum (as in female). Mesopleuron with almost linear narrow foveate groove (as in female); mesopleuron centrally (above foveate groove) with small but distinct punctures on nearly smooth background to virtually impunctate and shallowly granulate. Propodeum long; basal area long and narrow (as in female). First metasomal tergite in lateral view evenly convex, laterally striate (as in female).

Distribution. Japan (Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu islands).

Figures

FIGURES 20–22. Phradis hikosanus, ♀: 20—habitus, lateral; 21—head, mesosoma and base of metasoma, lateral. Phradis vespertinus, holotype, ♀: 22—habitus, lateral.