Rhyssa amoena Gravenhorst 1829

Rhyssa amoena Gravenhorst, 1829 (fig. 3, 1; 5, 1; 6, 2)

M a t e r i a l. Ukraine: Ivano-Frankivsk Region: Bogorodchany District, Mochary, 48°50ʹ51.17ʹʹ N, 24°35ʹ26.91ʹʹ E, 300–350 m, mixed forest, 5 km NE of Bogorodchany, 21.05.2011, 1 ♂, 30.05.2011, 4 ♂, 10.06.2012, 1 ♂, 10.07.2012, 2 ♀, 24.07.2012, 1 ♀, 27.05.2013, 2 ♂, 4.06.2013, 1 ♂; Dibrova, 48°46ʹ10.35ʹʹ N, 24°30ʹ20.28ʹʹ E, 310 m, oak forest, 5 km SW of Bogorodchany, 10.06.2011, 1 ♂; Gorgany, 48°33ʹ7.45ʹʹ N, 24°11ʹ55.33ʹʹ E, 1200– 1300 m, 10–12 km S of Stara Guta, 17– 19.08.2011, 1 ♀; 48°36ʹ54.56ʹʹ N, 24°09ʹ54.27ʹʹ E, 1050–1100 m, 4 km SW of Stara Guta, 8– 9.06.2012, 5 ♂, 1.07.2012, 1 ♀, 20.06.2013, 4 ♂, 1 ♀; Nadvirna District, Gorgany, Elmy, 48°24ʹ39.50ʹʹ N, 24°24ʹ50.28ʹʹ E, 800–900 m, coniferous forest, 15 km SW of Yaremche, 14.07.2011, 2 ♂, 1 ♀, 8.06.2013, 1 ♂; Yavirnuk, 48°24ʹ53.86ʹʹ N, 24°29ʹ01.78ʹʹ E, 1300–1350 m, 7–8 km SW of Yaremche, 14.07.2009, 1 ♂; 48°20ʹ48.49ʹʹ N, 24°29ʹ44.51ʹʹ E, 900–1000 m, 3–4 km W of Polyanitsa, 16.08.2009, 1 ♀ (Varga).

C o l o r a t i o n. F e m a l e. Generally body colour as in Rhyssa persuasoria but white marks more abundant: face sometimes almost white, with only a black central spot, band on flagellum (central flagellomeres) white. Clypeus, coxae partly, trochanters and trochantelli usually yellow. Head and propodeum often with red coloration in the dark areas.

M a l e. Body colour as in female, but face entirely, fore and mid coxae, trochanters and trochantelli entirely, scape and pedicel dorsally yellow.

V a r i a t i o n. Propodeum sometimes with only two faint white lateral spots. Central (14–16) flagellomeres usually white, but sometimes white band can be absent. Flagellum is generally lighter than in Rhyssa persuasoria.

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Palaearctic: Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Russia (Bryansk, Chita, Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Primorye, Sakhalin, Leningrad Regs), Slovakia, former Yugoslavia; Ukraine.