Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084
Author
Stigenberg, Julia
Author
Ronquist, Fredrik
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Zootaxa
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
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Meteorus cinctellus
(Spinola)
Fig. 42, 44
,
90
Bracon cinctellus
Spinola, 1808:135
,
Holotype
♂
,
Italy
(MZS, Turin).
Bracon necator
Trentepohl, Isis 1829 p
958
n. 75 ♀, [excl. Synon.] of
Bracon cinctellus
Nees 1811
Perilitus fuscipes
Wesmael, 1835:48
,
Holotype
♀
,
Belgium
:
Brussels
, coll. Wesmael (IRSNB,
Brussels
) synonymized by
Huddleston, 1980:25
– examined.
Meteorus tenellus
Marshall, 1887:125
.
Lectotype
♀
,
Great Britain
(BMNH, London), synonymized by
Huddleston, 1980:25
— examined.
Diagnosis
:
Meteorus cinctellus
has a blunt tubercle in front of the fore ocellus, the pterostigma is dark brown with white edges, the subapical antennal articles are as longer as broad and the ovipositor is 2.0–2.5 times petiolar tergum. Other similar species, such as
M. tenellus
,
M. artocercus
and
M. colon
, also have the blunt tubercle but have a pale pterostigma without white edges.
Studied material
: ~
100 specimens
.
Description
: Size about
4mm
. Antennae with 24–29 articles; Subapical antennal articles as longer as broad. Frons depressed with a blunt tubercle in front of the fore ocellus. Ocelli small, OOL=2.5. Eyes large, protuberant and strongly convergent. Malar space shorter than the basal breadth of the mandible. Face about as high as broad with a medial tubercle just below the antennal sockets. Clypeus narrow, strongly protuberant. Tentorial pits deep. Mandible small and strongly twisted. Precoxal sulcus deep, foveolate and generally broadened anteriorly. Propodeum rather flat, regularly reticulate-rugose, sometimes with a strong medial transverse carina. Petiolar tergum long, dorsal pits absent. Ventral borders generally touching but sometimes open. Ovipositor 2.0–2.5 times length of petiolar tergum. Legs long and slender; hind coxae rugose. Tarsal claws small and with a distinct basal lobe. Colour black/yellow; legs and generally 3
rd
abdominal tergite testaceous.
♂
antenna 28–30 articles; ocelli slightly larger; eyes less strongly convergent; colour often darker.
Distribution
: Palearctic. Country records:
Albania
;
Austria
;
Belgium
;
Bulgaria
;
China
;
Czechoslovakia
;
Denmark
;
Finland
;
France
;
Germany
;
Greece
;
Hungary
;
Ireland
;
Italy
;
Japan
;
Korea
;
Latvia
; Madeira Islands;
Netherlands
;
New Zealand
;
Norway
;
Poland
;
Portugal
;
Romania
;
Slovenia
;
Sweden
;
Switzerland
;
Ukraine
;
United Kingdom
;
Yugoslavia
.
Biology
:
Meteorus cinctellus
parasitizes on
Tortricidae (Lepidoptera)
(
Yu et al. 2005
). We found
99 specimens
within the SMTP; they were caught in a variety of biotopes, including deciduous and coniferous forests. Flying time is from June to September.
Remarks
: The name
Ichneumon necator
(Fabricius, 1777)
is not the
type
of
M. cinctellus
(
Yu et al. 2005
,
Broad et al. 2009
). The name
necator
(Fabricius, 1777)
refers to the
Microgastrinae
species
Apanteles necator
and is not a
Euphorinae
. In the description of
Ichneumon necator
(Fabricius, 1777:246)
there is a reference to one of Rösel’s illustrations (Table IV
Fig.
4
in Rösel). The depicted braconid is clearly a
Microgastrinae
.