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 Protapanteles endemus (Nixon, 1965) Material examined. France : Jura , Ounans , ex. Thyatira batis , 25.vii.2013 , leg. M. R. Shaw , MRS_JFT0355 ; Germany : Baden-Wuerttemberg : Malsch , Hansjakobstr. 7, Urban Garden , 48.884, 8.32, 120 m , Malaise trap , 30.viii.2020 , leg. D. Doczkal , ZSM-HYM-33153-G08; Malsch , Luderbusch , 48.913 , 8.332 , 117 m , Malaise trap , 19.vii.2020 , leg. D. Doczkal, K . Grabow, ZSM-HYM-42388-D09 ; Poland : Biebrza National Park , cocoons on Ribes nigrum with Abraxas grossulariata , leg. M. R. Shaw , MRS_JFT0444 . Geographical distribution. PAL. PAL: France, Germany*, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Poland*, Russia (ZAB, SPE), Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom. Molecular data. BIN: BOLD:AEI1558. Host information. Geometridae : Type reared from Abraxas grossulariata (Linnaeus, 1758); also Drepanidae *: Thyatira batis * (Linnaeus, 1758). Notes. The German specimens were identified based on information from the original description ( Nixon 1965 ) as well as subsequent papers ( Nixon 1976 ; Papp 1984a ). Our German sequences 99.7-100% match two identical sequences of specimens with some host relations: one was collected as a cocoon from Ribes sp. with Abraxas grossulariata (MRS_JFT0444), the Geometrid species the holotype was reared from ( Nixon 1965 ). Another specimen was reared from Thyatira batis (MRS_JFT0355), a rather novel host and member of Drepanidae . We propose here that an additional host record from the literature is excluded: Tobias (1971 : 246) had recorded Autographa gamma (Linnaeus, 1758) Noctuidae as a host of Protapanteles endemus in the St. Petersburg (as Leningrad) region; however, a subsequent paper from the same author ( Tobias 1986 : 661) ignored that host record and even the record of the wasp species from that region (it only recorded P. endemus from a much more southern region of the former Soviet Union, now Ukraine). It is likely that either the wasp, the host or both were misidentified in the 1971 paper and therefore this record must be removed (unless additional data in the future confirms that association). This species is illustrated in Fig. 43 . Figure 43. Protapanteles endemus (Nixon, 1965), female (ZSM-HYM-33153-G08) A lateral view B mesosoma, T1, and T2 C dorsal view. Length of the specimen: 2.5 mm.