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Brachynervus confusus Gauld 1976

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Brachynervus confusus Gauld, 1976 (Fig. 3)

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Brachynervus confusus Gauld, 1976: 1 - 135. Type: female. Type depository: NHM.

Male. Color. Generally black and reddish brown (Fig. 3A). Face, temple and malar space yellow (Fig. 3B), mandible yellow except apical part black, frons black, without yellow triangular spots on behind eyes (Fig. 3C). Antennal scape yellow, flagellomeres yellow to brown. Mesosoma black (Fig. 3G), with yellow spot on the anterior parts of lateral lobs of mesoscutum (Fig. 3D). Tegular and scutellum yellow. Fore and mid legs yellow; hind leg brown, trochanter, trochantellus, and tarsus yellowish brown. Propodeum black with yellow spots on anterior and posterior areas (Fig. 3E). Metasoma brown to reddish brown.

Head: Face reticulated; inner orbits of eyes convergent toward below; frons with median longitudinal horn; distance of between lateral ocelli as long as the distance of between lateral ocellus and eye; diameter of lateral ocellus 1.71 times as long as the distance of between lateral ocelli; clypeus separated from face by a distinct deep groove. Mandible bidentate and twisted, lower tooth slightly shorter than upper tooth. Malar space 1.25 times as long as basal mandibular width. Occipital carina incomplete, occiput polished.

Mesosoma: Pronotum reticulate, with transverse striae on the ventral area. Mesoscutum reticulate, with weak notaulus line, median lob of between notauli with transverse striae. Propodeum reticulate, short and thick, without pleural carina and postpectal carina. Hind tarsomeres 20: 12.3: 9: 3.3: 6.3; tarsal claws simple and strongly curved (Fig. 3F). M&Rs (basal vein) opposite to 1Cu-a (nervulus); vein 2rs-m of fore wing far (approximately 8.3 times as long as 2rs-m) basad of 2m-cu; areolet absent (Fig. 3H).

Metasoma: Metasomal tergites compressed.

Material examined. [South Korea] 1♂, Chungcheongnam-do, Seosan-si, Haemi-myeon, Daegok-ri, Hanseo Univ., 20.vii - 24.viii.2011, J.K. Choi (NNIBR-NNIBRIN 194912); 1♂, Gyeonggi-do, Namyangju-si, Mt. Bulam, 25.viii.1993, N.R. Kim (DNUE _ IIEI).

Distribution. South Korea (new record), China, India.

Region. Eastern Palaearctic, Oriental region.

Notes

Published as part of Choi, Jin-Kyung, 2024, Taxonomic study of the genus Brachynervus Uchida (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Anomaloninae) from South Korea, pp. 131-135 in Journal of Species Research 13 (2) on pages 134-135, DOI: 10.12651/JSR.2024.13.2.131, http://zenodo.org/record/12753429

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Biodiversity

Collection code
DNUE, IIEI
Event date
1993-08-25
Verbatim event date
1993-08-25
Scientific name authorship
Gauld
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Ichneumonidae
Genus
Brachynervus
Species
confusus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Brachynervus confusus Gauld, 1976 sec. Choi, 2024

References

  • Gauld, I. D. 1976. The classification of the Anomaloninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology series 33: 1 - 135.