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
Netelia melanopus
(
Brullé, 1846
)
(
Fig. 17
c–d)
Paniscus melanocotis
Holmgren, 1868
: 411
;
Paniscus melanopus
Brullé, 1846
: 156
;
Paniscus perforator
Smith, 1876
: 449
;
Paniscus pungens
Saussure, 1892
: pl. 15
Diagnosis
. Most individuals are recognizable due to their rather homogeneous yellowish-orange coloration, and their paler inner orbits. They cannot be confused with the two other
Netelia
spp. hereby reported.
Description
. Rousse (2011).
Host records.
Mythimna loreyi
,
Sesamia calamistis
,
S. inferens
(
Lepidoptera
:
Noctuidae
),
Olethreutes schistaceanus
(
Lepidoptera
:
Tortricidae
) and
Chilo sacchariphagus
(
Lepidoptera
:
Pyralidae
).
Comments
.
Netelia
is greatly diversified (about 60 species in Ethiopian region and
India
). The coloration of
N. melanopus
is somewhat variable and it has been described under different names in every islands of the Indian Ocean subregion. All of them thereafter felt into synonymy.
Distribution records
.
Reunion
(
Saussure, 1892
).
Madagascar
,
Mauritius
, Rodriques Island,
South Africa
,
Uganda
,
Zimbabwe
.
Material examined
.
Holotype
Ƥ (
MNHN
EY
6457) Verbatim label data:
Maurice
n°9941.36; nearly destroyed.
Other material
(
Reunion
) 1Ƥ (
MNHN
EY
6456) (
type
of
P. pungens
), no label.
Other material
(
Reunion
) 1Ƥ St Paul / Tan Rouge, alt.
800m
,
II.2011
, leg. Cirad; 1Ƥ 233 Trois Bassins / Forêt des Bénares, alt.
1660m
,
XI.2010
, leg. P. Rousse (light trap); 1Ƥ St Pierre / Ligne Paradis, alt.
180m
,
IX.2003
, leg. P. Rousse (light trap); 1Ƥ St Pierre / Ligne Paradis, alt.
170m
,
VIII.2010
, leg. T. Ramage (light trap); 13 Petite Ile / Forêt de Bel Air, alt.
1000m
,
I.2006
, leg. D. Martiré; 13 St Denis / Roche Ecrite, alt.
1740m
,
XI.2005
, leg.
IDR
(light trap); 1Ƥ Les Avirons / Tevelave, alt.
1730m
,
I.2005
, leg.
IDR
(light trap); 1Ƥ 233 St Paul / Maïdo,
I.1994
, leg. C. Guillermet; 1Ƥ St Paul / Bois de Nèfles,
II.1984
, leg. Cirad; 1Ƥ Ste Marie,
XI.1980
, leg. Cirad.