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
Temelucha pestifer
(
Morley, 1913
)
(
Fig. 11
c)
Cremastus pestifer
Morley, 1913
: 499
Diagnosis
.
Temelucha pestifer
is characterized by its short and stout tergite I, with petiole hardly longer than postpetiole.
Description
.
Morley (1913)
.
Biological notes
. Collected in rice field (
Oryza sativa
) and associated with an unknown stem borer (Momoi 1968).
Comments
. The general aspect of
T. pestifer
makes it very close to other local
Temelucha
such as
T. basiornata
. Its presumed presence in
Reunion
might ensue from a misidentification but we could not locate the specimen determined by
Benoit (1957)
.
Distribution records
.
India
,
Sri Lanka
,
South Africa
and possibly
Reunion
.
Material examined
.
HOLOTYPE
Ƥ (
BNHM
HYM
3b 1460) Verbatim label data: Brit. Mus. 1927–486,
Ceylon
S.P., Weligama, leg. T.S.F.,
22.I.08
.