Scratching the tip of the iceberg: integrative taxonomy reveals 30 new species records of Microgastrinae (Braconidae) parasitoid wasps for Germany, including new Holarctic distributions Author Hoecherl, Amelie https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4211-7468 SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen, Muenchhausenstr. 21, 81247 Muenchen, Germany amelie.hoecherl@gmail.com Author Shaw, Mark R. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6651-8801 National Museums of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH 1 1 JF, UK Author Boudreault, Caroline https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4511-2626 Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, K 1 A 0 C 6, Canada Author Rabl, Dominik https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0613-7804 Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Wuerzburg, Glashuettenstr. 5, Wuerzburg, 96181 Rauhenebrach, Germany Author Haszprunar, Gerhard Department Biology II, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen (LMU), Grosshaderner Str. 2, Martinsried, 82152 Planegg, Germany Author Raupach, Michael J. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8299-6697 SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen, Muenchhausenstr. 21, 81247 Muenchen, Germany Author Schmidt, Stefan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5751-8706 SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen, Muenchhausenstr. 21, 81247 Muenchen, Germany Author Baranov, Viktor https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1893-3215 Estacion Biologica de Donana-CSIC / Donana Biological Station-CSIC, Seville, Spain Author Fernandez-Triana, Jose https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0425-0309 Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, K 1 A 0 C 6, Canada text ZooKeys 2024 2024-01-11 1188 305 386 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1188.112516 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1188.112516 1313-2970-1188-305 CBA8C74195AB4DB59E80AAAA500D3572 C4B2907AEF025898B974548D1D87BC3B Apanteles galleriae Wilkinson, 1932 Material examined. Germany : Baden-Wuerttemberg , Malsch , Hansjakobstr. 7, Urban Garden , 48.884, 8.32, 120 m , Malaise trap , 27.ix.2020 , leg. D. Doczkal , ZSM-HYM-33154-A11; ZSM-HYM-33154-A12 ; Bavaria : Passau , Heining , 48.583 , 13.391 , 432 m , Malaise trap , 13.vii.2019 , leg. J. Mueller , ZSM-HYM-42384-E09 ; Malta : Zejtun , ex. Achroia grisella , 15.viii.2013 , leg. D. Mifsud , MRS_JFT0380 ; United Kingdom : England : Battle , Sussex , 50.917489 , 0.483602 , ex. beehive with Galleria mellonella , xii.2011 , leg. J. Feltwell , CNCHYM45392 . Geographical distribution. AFR, AUS, NEA, NEO, OTL, PAL. AFR- Mauritius, Reunion ; AUS- Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand; NEA- Canada (BC), United States (GA, NC, OH, SC); NEO- Argentina, Brazil (SP); OTL- China (FJ, GD, GX, GZ, HI, HN, JX, TW, ZJ), India, Pakistan; PAL- Armenia, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Germany*, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Japan, Malta, Romania, Russia (PRI), Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom. Molecular data. BIN: BOLD:AAG1400. Host information. Pyralidae : type reared from Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Wilkinson 1932 ); also Achroia grisella (Fabricius, 1794), Achroia innonata (Walker, 1864), Vitula edmandsii (Packard, 1865). Notes. Specimens in BIN BOLD:AAG1400 morphologically identified as Apanteles galleriae were reared from both Galleria mellonella (CNCHYM45392=MRS_JFT 0107 ex. beehive with that species) and Achroia grisella (MRS_JFT0380). Additional host species recorded for non-type specimens are based on literature (e.g., Shimamori 1987 ; Watanabe 1987 ; Okada 1988 ; Whitfield and Cameron 1993 ); they are considered to be accurate because of the detailed evidence provided in those papers (rearing details, photos, and images), the expertise of the researchers that identified the parasitoids, and the fact that those host species are all wax moths, related to G. mellonella . Additional provinces for China are from Liu et al. (2020) . This species is illustrated in Fig. 2 . Figure 2. Apanteles galleriae Wilkinson, 1932, female (ZSM-HYM-42384-E09) A lateral and B dorsal views. Length of the specimen: 2.6 mm.