This is the first record of the genus Mnioes in the United States. Previously described species are all Neotropic. Townes described the genus in 1946, placing Lampronota? jircunda Cresson, 1874, and Meniscus ? orbitalis Cresson, 1874, in it. The new species described here has been collected from several areas in the United States. This study was made while the author was a graduate student at The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

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Number 1 -- July 1966 Number 1 -- July 1966 Article 4 
July 1966 
A New Species of Mnioes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from 
the United States 
Patrick C. Kennedy 
Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture 
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A NEW SPECIES OF MNIOES (HYMENOPTERA: 
ICHNEUMONIDAE) FROM THE UNITED STATES 
Patrick C. Kennedy 
North Central Forest Experiment Station 
Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture 
East Lansing, Michigan 48823 
This is the f i rs t  record of the genus Mnioes in the United States. 
Previously described species a r e  all Neotropic. ~ o w n e s  described the 
genus in 1946, placing Lampronota? jircunda Cresson, 1874, and Men- 
iscus ? orbitalis Cresson, 1874, in it. The new species described here 
has been collected from several a reas  in the United States. This study 
was made while the author was a graduate student at The University of 
Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 
MNIOES L UNAT US, new species 
(Figure 1) 
FEMALE: Front wing 6.8 + 0.1 mm long; ramellus absent; api- 
cal transverse carina of propodeum very weakly represented and bend- 
ing posteriorly; claws strongly pectinate; body length 10 to 11 mm. 
Antenna, head, and thorax black; flavescent to white: annulus on 
antenna, face except for patch on each side of middle and these patches 
connected to orbits, orbits except for interruption on hind margin and 
at lower corner of eye, propleurum except for median patch, antero- 
ventral margin of pronotum, patch on top of pronotum behind collar, 
hind dorsal corner of pronotum, lunate mark on center of mesoscutum, 
tegula, spot on each side in axillae of mesoscutum, spot at dorsal cor- 
ner  of mesopleurum, large, irregular, lateral patch on mesopleurum 
extending ventrally to median suture of mesosternum, mesepimeron, 
scutellum, postscutellum, large patch on posterior portion of lower 
metapleurum, large irregular block-uon propodeum (with the opening 
anterior) and sometimes with two spots within the opening, basal one- 
fourth and apical broad margin of f i rs t  tergite, small basal corners and 
broad apical margin of second tergite, apical margins of fifth, sixth, 
seventh, and eighth tergites with width of margin progressively increas- 
ing from fifth to eighth, anterior coxa, patch on middle and hind coxae, 
apical one-third of f i rs t  segment of hind tarsus, second segment of hind 
tarsus except upper apical one-third to one-half, and basal and apical 
margins of third segment of hind tarsus; apical one-third of mandible, 
median band on f i rs t  and second tergites, usually spot on lateral mar- 
gin of third tergite, apical margin of second trochanters and basal mar- 
gin of femora of middle and hind legs, and remainder of t a r s i  dark fer-  
rugineous to black; remainder of abdomen and legs light ferrugineous; 
wings hyaline, iridescent; stigma yellow and translucent. 
MALE: As  in female, except: front wing 6.0 to 7.0 mm long; 
discoidella vein weakly represented and not reaching wing margin. 
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Claws moderately pectinate; body length 8.0 to 9.5 mm. 
Flavescent to white: front of pedicel and scape, head, pronotum, 
propleurum, mesopleurum, upper and lower divisions of metapleurum, 
basal one-third to one-half and apical one-fourth of f i rs t  tergite, basal 
corners and wide apical band of second tergite, usually apical bands on 
the third, fourth, seventh, and eighth tergites, middle coxa, spot near 
base of hind coxa, and second, third, and usually all of fourth segments 
of hind tarsus; remainder of antenna, pedicel, scape, frons, vertex, 
occiput, remainder of mesoscutum and axillae, groove above speculum 
and sometimes extensions of it anterior to and onto prepectus and ra re-  
ly laterally to pit on mesopleurum, sometimes pit on mesopleurum, an- 
terior groove of metapleurum, remainder of propodeum, metasternum, 
carinae and suture between metapleurum and propodeum, median band 
on f i rs t  tergite, basal two-thirds of second tergite, usually spot on lat- 
eral  margin of third tergite, sometimes upper portion of fourth segment 
of front tarsus, fifth segment of front tarsus, upper portion of third and 
fourth and whole of fifth segments of middle tarsus, apical margin of 
second trochanter and basal margin of femur of hind leg, apical one- 
third of hind tibia, basal one-third to one-half of f i rs t  segment of hind 
tarsus, sometimes top of fourth segment of hind tarsus, and fifth seg- 
ment of hind tarsus, black; remainder of legs and abdomen pale to 
dark ferrugineous. 
DIAGNOSIS: This species is colored much like Mnioes jucundus, 
from which i t  differs in having: upper and lower margins of face black; 
one white patch on each side of face and this usually connected to orbit; 
orbit usually interrupted by black on hind and lower margins of eye; 
upper part of cheek whitish, without a blackish area extending from up- 
Fig. 1. Mnioes lunntus 9, new species, illustration of holotype. a, 
side view; b, head; c, propodeum and two tergites; d, length of 
ovipositor in relation to body. (Drawings by Kakuzo Yamazaki) 
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per  par t  of cheek to occipital carina so  a s  to completely interrupt the 
white on lower par t  of hind orbit; apical one-third of mandibles ferru-  
gineous; propleurum with median black patch; hind dorsal corner of 
pronotum, narrow stripe on pronotum behind collar, spot in axillae of 
mesoscutum, mesepimeron, block-u design on propodeum (with the 
opening anterior) and occasionally with two spots within the opening, 
and basal corners  of second tergite, white; apical margins of fifth, 
sixth, seventh, and eighth tergites with increasing amounts of white 
f rom fifth to eighth, apical one-third of hind basitarsus white, second 
segment of hind tarsus  white except fo r  upper apical one-third to one- 
half, basal and apical margins of third segment of hind ta r sus  white, 
apical margin of second trochanter and basal margin of coxae of mid- 
dle and hind legs dark ferrugineous to black. Stigma light yellow and 
translucent. 
This species differs from Mnioes orbitalis in  having: orbit  in- 
terrupted by black on hind and lower margins of eye, apical one-third 
of mandibles dark ferrugineous to black, white spot behind collar on 
top of pronotum, dorsal hind corner of pronotum white, lunate mark on 
mesoscutum white, axillae of mesoscu&m with white spot on each side, 
pronotum with a white block-udesign, tips of four anterior t a r s i  not 
black; claws pectinate. 
HOLOTYPE: 9, Takoma Park, Maryland, July 18, 1942, H. 
and M. Townes (Townes Collection). 
PARATY PES (16): COLORADO: Mountains, August to Septem - 
ber, 299, Carpenter (MCZ). INDIANA: Spencer, Owen Co., June 28, 
1925, Id, E. G. Anderson (Univ. of Minn. ). KENTUCKY: Golden Pond, 
Trigg Co., June 10 to August 10, 1964, Id, 19, S.G. Breeland (Townes 
Collection). Sanborn, Harlan Co., no date, 19, collector unknown 
(MCZ). MARYLAND: Takoma Park, Montgomery and Prince Georges 
Cos., July 12, 1947, Id, D. Shappirio (Townes Collection). NORTH 
CAROLINA: Southern Pines, Moore Co., May 17, 19 18, Id, collector 
unknown (AMNH). Wake Co., July 18, 1951, 19, H. and M. Townes 
(Kennedy Collection). OKLAHOMA: Hugo, Choctaw Co., June 21, 1934, 
Id, A. E. Pritchard (Canadian National Collection). SOUTH CAROLINA: 
Greenville, Greenville Co., July 4, 1933, Id, H. Townes (Kennedy 
Collection). Columbia, Richland Co., July 22, 1951, 299, G. F. 
Townes (Townes Collection). VIRGINIA: Fal ls  Church, Falls Church 
Co., July 6, Id, 19, N. Banks (MCZ). Glencarlyn, Arlington Co., 
July 14, I?, N. Banks (MCZ). 
(NOTE: AMNH = American Museum of Natural History, New 
York; MCZ = Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts. ) 
LITERATURE CITED 
Cresson, E . T. 1874. Descriptions of Mexican Ichneumonidae. Acad. 
Natur. Sci. Philadelphia, Proc. 1874:374-413. 
Townes, H. 1946. The generic position of the Neotropic Ichneumonidae 
(Hymenoptera) with types in the Philadelphia and Quebec Museums, 
described by Cresson, Hooker, Norton, Provancher, and Viereck. 
Bol. Entomol. Venezolana 5(2): 29-63. 
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The Great Lakes Entomologist Volume 1 Number 1 -- July 1966 Number 1 -- July 1966 Article 4 July 1966 A New Species of Mnioes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from the United States Patrick C. Kennedy Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle  Part of the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation Kennedy, Patrick C. 1966. "A New Species of Mnioes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from the United States," The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 1 (1) Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol1/iss1/4 This Peer-Review Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Biology at ValpoScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Great Lakes Entomologist by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. For more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at scholar@valpo.edu. No. 1 THE MICHIGAN ENTOMOLOGIST 17 A NEW SPECIES OF MNIOES (HYMENOPTERA: ICHNEUMONIDAE) FROM THE UNITED STATES Patrick C. Kennedy North Central Forest Experiment Station Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture East Lansing, Michigan 48823 This is the f i rs t  record of the genus Mnioes in the United States. Previously described species a r e  all Neotropic. ~ o w n e s  described the genus in 1946, placing Lampronota? jircunda Cresson, 1874, and Men- iscus ? orbitalis Cresson, 1874, in it. The new species described here has been collected from several a reas  in the United States. This study was made while the author was a graduate student at The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. MNIOES L UNAT US, new species (Figure 1) FEMALE: Front wing 6.8 + 0.1 mm long; ramellus absent; api- cal transverse carina of propodeum very weakly represented and bend- ing posteriorly; claws strongly pectinate; body length 10 to 11 mm. Antenna, head, and thorax black; flavescent to white: annulus on antenna, face except for patch on each side of middle and these patches connected to orbits, orbits except for interruption on hind margin and at lower corner of eye, propleurum except for median patch, antero- ventral margin of pronotum, patch on top of pronotum behind collar, hind dorsal corner of pronotum, lunate mark on center of mesoscutum, tegula, spot on each side in axillae of mesoscutum, spot at dorsal cor- ner  of mesopleurum, large, irregular, lateral patch on mesopleurum extending ventrally to median suture of mesosternum, mesepimeron, scutellum, postscutellum, large patch on posterior portion of lower metapleurum, large irregular block-uon propodeum (with the opening anterior) and sometimes with two spots within the opening, basal one- fourth and apical broad margin of f i rs t  tergite, small basal corners and broad apical margin of second tergite, apical margins of fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth tergites with width of margin progressively increas- ing from fifth to eighth, anterior coxa, patch on middle and hind coxae, apical one-third of f i rs t  segment of hind tarsus, second segment of hind tarsus except upper apical one-third to one-half, and basal and apical margins of third segment of hind tarsus; apical one-third of mandible, median band on f i rs t  and second tergites, usually spot on lateral mar- gin of third tergite, apical margin of second trochanters and basal mar- gin of femora of middle and hind legs, and remainder of t a r s i  dark fer-  rugineous to black; remainder of abdomen and legs light ferrugineous; wings hyaline, iridescent; stigma yellow and translucent. MALE: As  in female, except: front wing 6.0 to 7.0 mm long; discoidella vein weakly represented and not reaching wing margin. 1Kennedy: A New Species of Mnioes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from the UniPublished by ValpoScholar, 196618 THE MICHIGAN ENTOMOLOGIST VO~.  1 Claws moderately pectinate; body length 8.0 to 9.5 mm. Flavescent to white: front of pedicel and scape, head, pronotum, propleurum, mesopleurum, upper and lower divisions of metapleurum, basal one-third to one-half and apical one-fourth of f i rs t  tergite, basal corners and wide apical band of second tergite, usually apical bands on the third, fourth, seventh, and eighth tergites, middle coxa, spot near base of hind coxa, and second, third, and usually all of fourth segments of hind tarsus; remainder of antenna, pedicel, scape, frons, vertex, occiput, remainder of mesoscutum and axillae, groove above speculum and sometimes extensions of it anterior to and onto prepectus and ra re-  ly laterally to pit on mesopleurum, sometimes pit on mesopleurum, an- terior groove of metapleurum, remainder of propodeum, metasternum, carinae and suture between metapleurum and propodeum, median band on f i rs t  tergite, basal two-thirds of second tergite, usually spot on lat- eral  margin of third tergite, sometimes upper portion of fourth segment of front tarsus, fifth segment of front tarsus, upper portion of third and fourth and whole of fifth segments of middle tarsus, apical margin of second trochanter and basal margin of femur of hind leg, apical one- third of hind tibia, basal one-third to one-half of f i rs t  segment of hind tarsus, sometimes top of fourth segment of hind tarsus, and fifth seg- ment of hind tarsus, black; remainder of legs and abdomen pale to dark ferrugineous. DIAGNOSIS: This species is colored much like Mnioes jucundus, from which i t  differs in having: upper and lower margins of face black; one white patch on each side of face and this usually connected to orbit; orbit usually interrupted by black on hind and lower margins of eye; upper part of cheek whitish, without a blackish area extending from up- Fig. 1. Mnioes lunntus 9, new species, illustration of holotype. a, side view; b, head; c, propodeum and two tergites; d, length of ovipositor in relation to body. (Drawings by Kakuzo Yamazaki) 2The Great Lakes Entomologist, Vol. 1, No. 1 [1966], Art. 4https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol1/iss1/4No. 1 THE MICHIGAN ENTOMOLOGIST 19 per  par t  of cheek to occipital carina so  a s  to completely interrupt the white on lower par t  of hind orbit; apical one-third of mandibles ferru-  gineous; propleurum with median black patch; hind dorsal corner of pronotum, narrow stripe on pronotum behind collar, spot in axillae of mesoscutum, mesepimeron, block-u design on propodeum (with the opening anterior) and occasionally with two spots within the opening, and basal corners  of second tergite, white; apical margins of fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth tergites with increasing amounts of white f rom fifth to eighth, apical one-third of hind basitarsus white, second segment of hind tarsus  white except fo r  upper apical one-third to one- half, basal and apical margins of third segment of hind ta r sus  white, apical margin of second trochanter and basal margin of coxae of mid- dle and hind legs dark ferrugineous to black. Stigma light yellow and translucent. This species differs from Mnioes orbitalis in  having: orbit  in- terrupted by black on hind and lower margins of eye, apical one-third of mandibles dark ferrugineous to black, white spot behind collar on top of pronotum, dorsal hind corner of pronotum white, lunate mark on mesoscutum white, axillae of mesoscu&m with white spot on each side, pronotum with a white block-udesign, tips of four anterior t a r s i  not black; claws pectinate. HOLOTYPE: 9, Takoma Park, Maryland, July 18, 1942, H. and M. Townes (Townes Collection). PARATY PES (16): COLORADO: Mountains, August to Septem - ber, 299, Carpenter (MCZ). INDIANA: Spencer, Owen Co., June 28, 1925, Id, E. G. Anderson (Univ. of Minn. ). KENTUCKY: Golden Pond, Trigg Co., June 10 to August 10, 1964, Id, 19, S.G. Breeland (Townes Collection). Sanborn, Harlan Co., no date, 19, collector unknown (MCZ). MARYLAND: Takoma Park, Montgomery and Prince Georges Cos., July 12, 1947, Id, D. Shappirio (Townes Collection). NORTH CAROLINA: Southern Pines, Moore Co., May 17, 19 18, Id, collector unknown (AMNH). Wake Co., July 18, 1951, 19, H. and M. Townes (Kennedy Collection). OKLAHOMA: Hugo, Choctaw Co., June 21, 1934, Id, A. E. Pritchard (Canadian National Collection). SOUTH CAROLINA: Greenville, Greenville Co., July 4, 1933, Id, H. Townes (Kennedy Collection). Columbia, Richland Co., July 22, 1951, 299, G. F. Townes (Townes Collection). VIRGINIA: Fal ls  Church, Falls Church Co., July 6, Id, 19, N. Banks (MCZ). Glencarlyn, Arlington Co., July 14, I?, N. Banks (MCZ). (NOTE: AMNH = American Museum of Natural History, New York; MCZ = Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. ) LITERATURE CITED Cresson, E . T. 1874. Descriptions of Mexican Ichneumonidae. Acad. Natur. Sci. Philadelphia, Proc. 1874:374-413. Townes, H. 1946. The generic position of the Neotropic Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) with types in the Philadelphia and Quebec Museums, described by Cresson, Hooker, Norton, Provancher, and Viereck. Bol. Entomol. Venezolana 5(2): 29-63. 3Kennedy: A New Species of Mnioes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from the UniPublished by ValpoScholar, 1966

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