Ichneumons in Reunion Island: a catalogue of the local Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) species, including 15 new taxa and a key to species
Author
Rousse, Pascal
Author
Villemant, Claire
text
Zootaxa
2012
3278
1
57
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.214150
eee2c5c2-96c0-4459-bd7f-4e48a6be87c4
1175-5326
214150
Diplazon laetatorius
(
Fabricius, 1781
)
(
Fig. 7
c)
Anomalon attractus
Say, 1835
: 241
;
Bassus albovarius
Wollaston, 1858
: 23
;
Bassus balearicus
Kriechbaumer, 1894a
: 246
;
Bassus cinctipes
Holmgren, 1868
: 409
;
Bassus generosus
Cameron
, 1898
: 31
;
Bassus sycophanta
Cresson, 1868
: 112
;
Bassus tripicticrus
Walsh, 1873
: 85
;
Bassus venustulus
Saussure, 1892
: pl. 15;
Ichneumon dichrous
Schranck, 1781: 352
;
Ichneumon laetatorius
Fabricius, 1781
: 424
;
Scolobates varipes
Smith, 1878
: 3
Diagnosis
. The tricolor hind tibia with median white band is a reliable specific character.
Description
.
Gauld
et al.
(1997)
.
Biological notes
. Parasitizes a wide variety of dipterous hosts, especially aphidophagous syrphid flies (more than 50 host species reported in
Syrphidae
). Males of
D. laetatorius
are extremely rare; females are thelytokous (
Gauld
et al.
1997
).
Comments
. One of the best known
Ichneumonidae
. Numerous references are available about all aspects of its biology and ecology.
Distribution records
.
Reunion
(
Saussure 1892
). Cosmopolitan.
Material examined
. 1Ƥ St Paul / Tan Rouge, alt.
800m
,
VI.2011
, leg. Cirad; 2Ƥ same locality,
II.2011
, leg. Cirad; 2Ƥ same locality,
I.2011
, leg. Cirad; 1Ƥ St Pierre / Bassin Martin, alt.
290m
,
VI.2011
, leg. Cirad; 1Ƥ same locality,
XII.2010
, leg. Cirad; 1Ƥ St Leu / Colimaçons, alt.
260m
,
XI.2010
, leg. Cirad; 2Ƥ Petite Ile / Piton Bloc, alt.
750m
,
IV.2010
, leg. Cirad; 4Ƥ same locality,
II.2010
, leg. Cirad; 1Ƥ Montvert-les-hauts,
XI.2005
, leg.
IDR
.