Homotropus elegans ( Gravenhorst, 1829 )

Morishita, Shunsuke & Watanabe, Kyohei, 2025, Review of the genera Homotropus Förster and Syrphoctonus Förster (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Diplazontinae) from Japan, Zootaxa 5588 (1), pp. 49-76 : 56

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scientific name	Homotropus elegans ( Gravenhorst, 1829 )
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Homotropus elegans ( Gravenhorst, 1829)

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Bassus elegans Gravenhorst, 1829: 313 .

Bassus rufonotatus Holmgren, 1858: 369 .

Homotropus affinis Szépligeti, 1898: 78 .

Homotropus elegans : Dasch, 1964: 125.

Homotropus elegans : Klopfstein, 2014b: 65 View Cited Treatment .

Specimens examined. GERMANY: 1M (det. E. Diller), Bayern, Nymphenburg, Brunnenhof , 24. VI. 1960, E. Diller leg. (MNHAH) ; 1M (det. E. Bauer), Goslar, Grauhofer Holz , 19. VIII. 1933, E. Bauer leg. (ZSM) . ITALY: 1F (det. E. Diller), Abruzzi, Casavecchia , 21. VII. 1991, S.M. Blank leg. ( ZSM); 1M, Franzenfeste , 6. VII. 1958, D. Townes leg. ( MNHAH) .

Diagnosis. See Klopfstein (2014b).

Distribution. Japan (Kunashiri Is.) ( Klopfstein 2014a). Outside Japan, this species is widely distributed in Holarctic region ( Yu et al. 2016).

Bionomics. Host is unknown in Japan. Outside of Japan, Episyrphus balteatus (De Geer 1776) ( Diptera , Syrphidae ) has been recorded as a host ( Hedwig 1958; Thirion 1994). Calybites phasianipennellus (Hubner 1813) and Lasiocampa quercus (Linnaeus 1758) ( Lepidoptera , Lasiocampidae ) have also been recorded as hosts ( Morley 1906), but are considered doubtful records.

Remarks. We could not find additional material from Japan.