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Rhimphoctona grandis Fonscolombe 1852

Description

Rhimphoctona grandis (Fonscolombe, 1852)

(Figs 1, 2, 4)

Material examined. No material examined from the Ukrainian Carpathians. Additional material: 2 males and 2 females from ZSM collection.

Diagnosis. The female of this species is characterized by the red hind coxae; long and widened temples (Fig. 1. 1); closely rugulo-punctate mesopleuron (Fig. 2. 1); propodeum with distinct costulae and rugulose area superomedia (Fig. 4. 1); and the ovipositor which is about 1.5 × the length of hind tibia. The male generally resembles female and has black face.

Distribution. Western Palaearctic, Nearctic (Yu et al. 2012).

Notes

Published as part of Varga, Oleksandr, 2017, A review of the genus Rhimphoctona Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae) from the Ukrainian Carpathians, with a key to European species, pp. 387-394 in Zootaxa 4263 (2) on pages 388-389, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4263.2.12, http://zenodo.org/record/573204

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Ichneumonidae
Genus
Rhimphoctona
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Fonscolombe
Species
grandis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Rhimphoctona grandis Fonscolombe, 1852 sec. Varga, 2017

References

  • Yu, D. S., van Achterberg, K. & Horstmann, K. (2012) World Ichneumonoidae 2011. Taxonomy, Biology, Morphology and Distribution. Interactive catalogue on DVD / CDROM, Vancouver. Available from: http: // www. taxapad. com (accessed 22 March 2017)