New Information on the Elusive Helcostizus Maculatus (woldstedt, 1874) (hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae)

The poorly known species Helcostizus maculatus (Woldstedt, 1874) (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), originally described from Finland, has been nearly absent from literature during the 150 years following its description. Furthermore, the whereabouts of the type specimen has been uncertain and the male has been unknown. Here, the holotype of H. maculatus is illustrated, the male is newly described, an identification key to the two western Palearctic species is provided and H. maculatus is recorded for the first time from Sweden.