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
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1
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Meteorus eadyi
Huddleston
Fig. 41
,
96
Meteorus eadyi
Huddleston, 1980:29
.
Holotype
♀
Great Britain
:
Northhamptonshire
,
Spratton
,
x.1975
(Gauld) (BMNH, London)—examined.
Paraytpes.
Bulgaria
:
1 ♀
,
Rhodopi
,
Markovo
,
13.viii.1977
(
Zaykov
) (
PZ
, Plavodiv). Great Britain:
17 ♀
s,
1 ♂
,
England
, Northhamptonshire, Spratton,
v.-x.1975
(Gauld)
1 female
, E., oxfordshire,
Waterferry Common
,
5.viii.1969
(
Brock
) (
BMNH
)
;
1 ♀
,
Greater London
,
Kew
,
22.vii.1979
(
Eastop
) (
BMNH
)
.
Germany
:
1 ♀
,
Bonn
,
Waldhauhohenweg
,
18.xi.1960
(
Schmidt
) (
CNC
,
Ottawa
)
.
Netherlands
:
6 females
,
Wijster
(opp, biol. station); 3,
13–26.viii.1973
; 1,
7–14.vii.1974
;
10–17.ix.1976
; 1.
16–23.vi.1978
(
van Achterberg
) (
RNH
,
Leiden
);
7 ♀
s,
Waarder
(
ZH
)
,
Oosteinde
; 1,
1–15.ix.1973
; 1,
17–22.vi.1974
; 1,
1–5.viii.1974
;2,
1–6.ix.1974
; 1,
15–22.vi.1975
; 1,
21–31.x.1975
(van
Achterberg
) (
RNH
,
Leiden
);
1 ♀
,
Ede
,
15.ix.1970
(
Zwakhals
) (
RNH
,
Leiden
)
.
Yugoslavia
:
1 ♀
,
Plitvice
,
4–10.vii.1955
(
Coie
) (
BMNH
)
.
Diagnosis
:
Meteorus eadyi
is close to
M. filator
but can be distinguished by its smaller, less convergent eyes, and by the shape of the clypeus being narrow and protruding, not wide and flat as in
M. filator
.
The antennae (26–27 articles) are long and slender in
M. eadyi
, while
M. filator
has stouter antennae with about 21–25 articles. The ovipositor is 1.5 times petiolar tergum in
M. eady
and 2.0 times petiolar tergum in
M. filator
.
Studied material
: ~
20 specimens
.
Description
: Size
4–5mm
. Antennae 26–27 articles, all articles longer than broad. Head rounded behind eyes. Ocelli small, OOL=2.5–3.0. Eyes small, protuberant and not strongly convergent. Face about 1.5 times as broad as high. Clypeus not strongly protuberant. Mandibles not twisted, the upper tooth rather long. Precoxal sulcus foveolate. Propodeum carinated with three longitudinal and two transverse carinae. Petiolar tergum long, slender, about twice as long as apically broad; no dorsal pits; ventral borders of petiolar tergum conjoined. Ovipositor short, about 1.5 times as long as petiolar tergum, down-curved. Legs slender, hind coxae partly rugose; tarsal claws without a basal lobe. Colour black with yellow parts, basal antennal articles usually slightly lighter than the rest. Male same as female except that the eyes are smaller and less convergent.
Distribution
: Western Palearctic and
Mongolia
. Country records:
Armenia
;
Bulgaria
;
Czechoslovakia
;
France
;
Germany
;
Hungary
;
Korea
;
Lithuania
;
Mongolia
;
Netherlands
;
Romania
;
Russia
;
Sweden
;
Switzerland
;
United Kingdom
;
Yugoslavia
.
Biology
:
Meteorus eadyi
is attracted to light (
Yu et al. 2005
). It flies during June to September and the host is unknown.
Remarks
:
M. eadyi
is here reported as new for
Sweden
. In the material from MZLU we found
1 ♀
from
Skåne
.