Apophua yamato Watanabe & Maeto, 2014, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Watanabe, Kyohei
name: Maeto, Kaoru
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Apophua
Apophua yamato

description: Apophua yamato sp. nov.
(Figs. 1 K, L, 3 B, 4 L, 5 K, 6 K, 7 K)
Description. Female (n=3). Body: robust, its length 9.5 mm.
Head 0.6 times as long as wide. Clypeus 0.8 times as long as wide, its upper 0.5 punctate. Face 0.5–0.6 (HT: 0.5) times as long as wide. MSL 0.8 times as long as BWM. OOD 1.3–1.4 (HT: 1.3) times as long as OD. IOD 1.3 times as long as OD. Antenna with 49–50 (HT: 49) flagellomeres. F1 2.0 times as long as F2.
Mesosoma covered with dense, fine punctures. Lateral area of pronotum largely smooth ventral 0.2–0.3. Epicnemial carina present laterally. Mesopleural fovea narrowly smooth. Anterior transverse carina of propodeum complete on lateral section. Posterior transverse carina of propodeum complete. Lateral longitudinal carina of propodeum weakly present. Lateromedian longitudinal carina of propodeum usually indistinct, sometimes median section restricted by weak ridge. Fore wing length 8.5 mm, with vein 2 m-cu with two bullae. Hind wing with Cu 1 present, nebulous. Fore coxa without ridge (Fig. 4 L). Hind femur 6.3–6.9 times as long as maximum depth in lateral view. Hind TS1 2.5–2.7 (HT: 2.7) times as long as TS2.
Metasoma punctate. Punctures on T1 to basal 0.5 of T4 slightly longitudinally striated by coalescent punctures. T1 1.5 times as long as maximum wide, its median dorsal carina largely obsolete posteriorly, distinct area shorter than basal 0.5, short median longitudinal keel sometimes present posteriorly (Fig. 6 K). T2 1.0 times as long as maximum wide (Figs. 6 K, 7 K). T2 and T3 with short median longitudinal keel except for posterior part (Fig. 6 K). Ovipositor sheath 1.9–2.0 (HT: 1.9) times as long as hind tibia.
Coloration (Figs. 1 K, L, 3 B, 5 K, 7 K). Body weakly polished by dark blue reflection. Head black except for: clypeus, mandible excluding tip, malar space along mandible, ventral apex of pedicel yellow; palpi yellowishbrown; antenna sometimes tinged with dark brown. Mesosoma black except for: upper margin of pronotum excluding median part, tegula, scutellum excluding basal spot, postscutellum, hind margins of each axilla yellow. Wings hyaline with veins and stigma brown except for yellow wing base. Fore and mid legs yellowish-brown except for fore and mid coxae partly tinged brown. Hind leg dark brown except for trochanter and trochantellus, base of tibia yellowish-brown: basal 0.7–0.8 of hind tibia more or less tinged with yellow ventrally. Metasoma black except for: membranous area of sternites, apex of subgenital plate whitish-yellow. Ovipositor reddish-brown.
Male. Unknown.
Type series. Holotype. F, Nagano Pref., Shimashimadani, 14. x. 1982, T. Goto leg. (NIAES). Paratypes. 1F, same data of holotype (NIAES); 1F, Yamanashi Pref., Hirogawara, 2. viii. 1995, T. Tachi leg. (OMNH).
Distribution (Fig. 13). Japan (Honshu).
Etymology. This species is named after the “ Yamato ”, which is an old name of Japan.
Biology. Unknown.
Remarks. This species may be confused with A. tobensis, but it can easily be distinguished by the characters shown in the Remarks of A. tobensis.
description: Published as part of Watanabe, Kyohei & Maeto, Kaoru, 2014, Revision of the genus Apophua Morley, 1913, from Japan (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Banchinae), pp. 501-527 in Zootaxa 3784 (5) on pages 524-525, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3784.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/227830