Aethianoplis excavata (Roman)

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Ichneumonidae; Subfamily: Ichneumoninae; Genus: Aethianoplis)

Hoplojoppa excavata Roman, 1910. Holotype in Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm. Type locality:  

Xanthojoppa inermis Morley, 1917 ♂ Lectotype in London (NHMUK). Type locality: South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Mfongosi. Synonymy by Broad (2021). Junior homonym of Xanthojoppa inermis Morley, 1916 (now Seyrighoplites inermis (Morley, 1916).

Xanthojoppa inermis Morley, 1917 lectotype male (NHMUK010635181): (a) lateral habitus, labels inset, scale bar
= 5mm; (b) dorsal habitus; (c) detail of posterior of mesosoma and anterior of metasoma, dorsal, showing curved carina around scutellum and thyridia (on second metasomal tergite) separated by about a thyridium width (Broad, 2021).

Aethianoplis excavata (Roman, 1910) female (NHMUK010635211) (above) with host nymphalid butterfly (Precis octavia sesamus (Trimen)) pupa (below), labels inset; scale bars = 5 mm (Broad, 2021).