Leptobatopsis lepida
Creators: name: Watanabe, Kyohei
name: Ito, Masato
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Leptobatopsis
Leptobatopsis lepida

description: Leptobatopsis lepida (Cameron, 1908)
(Figs 2 F, Q, 7 B, 10 J, K, 11 F, 12 F)
Lissonota lepida Cameron, 1908: 43.
Syzeuctus compressus Morley, 1913: 234.
Materials examined. JAPAN: [Honshu] 1 F, Chiba Pref., Sakura City, Hadori, 11 Oct. 1997, H. Suda leg. (KPMNH); 1 M, Chiba Pref., Ichinomiya Town, 5 Jul. 2002, K. Kubo leg. (KPMNH); 1 F, Kanagawa Pref., Sagamihara City, Oshima, Koshimizu, Sep. 2000, I. Kawashima leg. (KPMNH); 1 M, Aichi Pref., Toyohashi City, Tame, Akaiwa, 3 Sep. 2003, K. Moribe leg. (TMNH); 1 M (det. Momoi), Kyoto Pref., Takao, 2. IX. 1955, K. Iwata leg. (MNHAH); 1 M, Hyogo Pref., Awajishima Is., Sumoto, Takewara, 4 Jul. 2000, S. Ohkusa leg. (KPMNH). [Ryukyu Isls.] 2 F, Kagoshima Pref., Amamioshima Is., Mt. Yui-dake, 10 Aug. 2004, H. Makihara leg., MT (KPMNH); 1 F, Kagoshima Pref., Amamioshima Is., Yamato Vil., Oodana, 29 Jun. 2011, K. Watanabe leg. (KPMNH). THAILAND: 1 F (det. Momoi), NW. Chiangmai, Fang 500m, 12–19. IV. 1958, T. G. Maa leg. (MNHAH).
Description. Female (n = 5). Body length 11.5–13.0 mm, polished and covered with punctures and silver setae.
Head 0.55 × as long as wide. Clypeus 1.8 × as broad as high, smooth except for dorsal part sparsely punctate, slightly convex in lateral view. Face 1.6–1.7 × as broad as high, punctate, convex medially in lateral view. Frons largely smooth medially. Length of malar space 0.9–1.0 × as long as basal mandibular width. POL 1.0–1.1 × as long as OD. OOL 0.9–1.2 × as long as OD. Antenna with 52–55 flagellomeres. FL I 6.15–7.0 × as long as maximum depth in lateral view and 2.0–2.1 × as long as FL II.
Mesosoma densely punctate. Epomia absent. Mesoscutum without smooth area (Fig. 11 F). Speculum with a small smooth area (Fig. 12 F). Dorsal surface of propodeum rugose punctate. Fore wing length 9.2–10.5 mm. Areolet received vein 2m-cu near the outer angle. Nervellus reclivous, intercepted posterior to the middle. Terminal tooth of fore and mid tarsal claws not larger than other teeth (Fig. 2 F). Hind femur 6.8–7.0 × as long as maximum depth in lateral view. Ratio of length of hind first to fifth tarsomeres 4.3: 2.0: 1.2–1.25: 0.5–0.6: 0.7. Hind second tarsomere 6.7–8.0 × as long as maximum depth in lateral view. All trochantelli without an apical tooth on the outer side. Tarsal claws without an accessary tooth (Fig. 2 Q).
Metasoma. T I 3.9–4.0 × as long as maximum width, smooth with sparse punctures. T II 1.8–2.0 × as long as maximum width. T II to T V coriaceous with fine and sparse punctures. Ovipositor sheath 1.7–1.85 × as long as hind tibia.
Coloration (Figs 7 B, 10 J, 11 F, 12 F). Body (excluding wings and legs) black. Clypeus except for dorsal margin, facial orbit, frontal orbit, malar space, lower part of gena, mandible except for teeth, palpi, ventral surfaces of scape, pedicel and basal segments of flagellum, collar, postero-dorsal corner of pronotum, propleuron, a pair of markings of mesoscutum, scutellum, tegula, subtegular ridge, postero-dorsal corner and a large spot of mesopleuron, a large U- or C-shaped marking of metapleuron, each base of T I to T III, each posterior margin of T III to T VII, base of S I, membranous part of metasomal sternites and posterior margin of subgenital plate whitish yellow to yellow. Antenna with large white band subapically. Ovipositor reddish brown. Wings hyaline. Veins and pterostigma blackish brown except for yellowish-brown wing base. Fore and mid legs whitish yellow to yellowish brown, apical part of mid coxa and mid tarsus more or less darkened. Hind coxa, trochanter and trochantellus yellowish brown except for apical dorsal black marking (sometimes reduced in trochanter and trochantellus). Hind femur reddish brown except for black to blackish brown base and apical part. Hind tibia whitish yellow except for black to blackish brown base and apical part. Tibial spurs blackish brown. Hind tarsus whitish yellow except for base of first tarsomere blackish brown.
Male (n = 4). Similar to female. Clypeus 1.9–2.0 × as broad as high. Length of malar space 0.7–0.8 × as long as basal mandibular width. POL 0.8–1.0 × as long as OD. OOL 0.7–1.0 × as long as OD. Antenna with 49–52 flagellomeres. Ratio of length of hind first to fifth tarsomeres 4.0–4.1: 2.0: 1.3–1.4: 0.6: 0.6–0.65. FL I 7.3–8.9 × as long as maximum depth in lateral view. Hind femur 6.6–6.9 × as long as maximum depth in lateral view. T I 5.4–5.7 × as long as maximum width. T II 2.25–2.3 × as long as maximum width. Clypeus and face entirely whitish yellow to yellow (Fig. 10 K).
Distribution. Japan (Honshu, Awajishima Is. and Amamioshima Is.). Outside Japan, this species has been recorded from China, Taiwan, Thailand and India (Yu et al. 2016).
Bionomics. Adults were collected in June, July, August, September and October.
description: Published as part of Watanabe, Kyohei & Ito, Masato, 2023, Revision of the genus Leptobatopsis Ashmead, 1900 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Banchinae) from Japan, with some taxonomic notes of Asian species, pp. 401-426 in Zootaxa 5339 (5) on pages 415-416, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5339.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8309300