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<emphasis id="CB97EABFB24E12317EC4FBD2FE05FBBF" bold="true" box="[151,477,1117,1143]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">Glyptapanteles subandinus</emphasis>
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(
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Fig.
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gi)
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<emphasis id="CB97EABFB24E12317EC4FB47FEACFB16" box="[151,372,1224,1246]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">Apanteles subandinus</emphasis>
Blanchard, 1947: 20
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.
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<emphasis id="CB97EABFB24E12317EC4FA85FEC9FAEB" bold="true" box="[151,273,1290,1315]" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Mesopleuron strongly sculptured.
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coxa dark brown to blackkish. Wing venation mostly translucent, pterostigma centrally unpigmented.
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<emphasis id="CB97EABFB24E12317E94FADDFE81FAA3" bold="true" box="[199,345,1362,1387]" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">Description.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="CB97EABFB24E12317F0CFADCFEA3FAA3" box="[351,379,1363,1387]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">cf.</emphasis>
Blanchard, 1947: 20 for details.
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<emphasis id="CB97EABFB24E12317E94FAF9FE76FA47" bold="true" box="[199,430,1398,1423]" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">Material examined</emphasis>
. 1Ƥ (CBGP 14764 RVA 471) Le Tampon / Piton Hyacinthe, alt.
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,
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, on
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<emphasis id="CB97EABFB24E12317EC4FA14FEADFA7B" box="[151,373,1435,1459]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">Solanum tuberosum</emphasis>
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, leg. Cirad.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="CB97EABFB24E12317E94FA30FEB1FA1F" bold="true" box="[199,361,1471,1495]" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">Host records</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="CB97EABFB24E12317FD1FA31FD98FA1E" box="[386,576,1470,1494]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">Achyra bifidalis</emphasis>
(Fab.)
</taxonomicName>
(
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:
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),
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<emphasis id="CB97EABFB24E12317D89FA31FB24FA1E" box="[986,1276,1470,1494]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">Phthorimaea operculella</emphasis>
(Zeller)
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="CB97EABFB24E12317EC4FA6CFE43FA33" box="[151,411,1507,1531]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">Scrobipalpula absoluta</emphasis>
(Meyrick)
</taxonomicName>
(
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:
<taxonomicName id="3EE34D2EB24E12317CE8FA6DFC9AFA32" box="[699,834,1506,1530]" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="33" pageNumber="534" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Gelechiidae</taxonomicName>
) on
<emphasis id="CB97EABFB24E12317D27FA6CFB82FA33" box="[884,1114,1507,1531]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">
<taxonomicName id="3EE34D2EB24E12317D27FA6CFB8EFA33" box="[884,1110,1507,1531]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Solanaceae" genus="Solanum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Solanales" pageId="33" pageNumber="534" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="tuberosum">Solanum tuberosum</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F95C36ADB24E12317E94F989FBB3F98B" blockId="33.[151,1437,1290,1819]" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">
<emphasis id="CB97EABFB24E12317E94F989FE1EF9D7" bold="true" box="[199,454,1542,1567]" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">Distribution records.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="81F4763DB24E12317F80F989FDE5F9D6" box="[467,573,1542,1566]" name="Australia" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">Australia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="81F4763DB24E12317C1EF988FD33F9D6" box="[589,747,1542,1566]" name="New Zealand" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">New Zealand</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="81F4763DB24E12317CAFF989FC4AF9D6" box="[764,914,1542,1566]" name="South Africa" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">South Africa</collectingCountry>
and South
<collectingCountry id="81F4763DB24E12317A73F989FB5CF9D6" box="[1056,1156,1542,1566]" name="United States of America" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">America</collectingCountry>
.
<collectingCountry id="81F4763DB24E12317AC7F989FB2BF9D6" box="[1172,1267,1542,1566]" name="Réunion" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">Reunion</collectingCountry>
(new record). Introduced into numerous countries for the biocontrol of
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<emphasis id="CB97EABFB24E12317D45F9A3FC68F98B" box="[790,944,1579,1603]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">P. operculella</emphasis>
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on potato crops.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F95C36ADB24E12317E94F9C1FCD9F8D3" blockId="33.[151,1437,1290,1819]" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">
<emphasis id="CB97EABFB24E12317E94F9C1FE97F9AF" bold="true" box="[199,335,1614,1639]" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">Comments.</emphasis>
Introduced into
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(Annecke
<emphasis id="CB97EABFB24E12317D6FF9DFFCA3F9AE" box="[828,891,1614,1639]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">et al.</emphasis>
1992),
<collectingCountry id="81F4763DB24E12317D8DF9C1FBBDF9AE" box="[990,1125,1614,1638]" name="Madagascar" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
(Appert
<emphasis id="CB97EABFB24E12317A8BF9DFFACFF9AE" box="[1240,1303,1614,1639]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">et al.</emphasis>
1969) and
<collectingCountry id="81F4763DB24E12317EC4F9FDFEDCF942" box="[151,260,1650,1674]" name="Mauritius" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">Mauritius</collectingCountry>
(Bartlett
<emphasis id="CB97EABFB24E12317F23F9FBFE71F943" box="[368,425,1651,1675]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">et al.</emphasis>
1978). Its presence in
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is therefore not surprising, though no official introduction has been recorded. Also introduced into
<collectingCountry id="81F4763DB24E12317C31F919FD44F966" box="[610,668,1686,1710]" name="India" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">India</collectingCountry>
in
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from South
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, and later recovered (Rao
<emphasis id="CB97EABFB24E12317B0FF917FA4DF966" box="[1372,1429,1686,1711]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">et al.</emphasis>
, 1971; Sankaran, 1974). The
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of
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<emphasis id="CB97EABFB24E12317C3AF934FCD2F91B" box="[617,778,1723,1747]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">A. subandinus</emphasis>
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was kept by Blanchard in his personal collection and we could not examine it. The description is nevertheless clearly detailed and illustrated, making this species unambiguously belonging to the genus
<emphasis id="CB97EABFB24E12317C03F88CFCD9F8D3" box="[592,769,1795,1819]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">
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.
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="CB97EABFB24E12317EC4F8E1FF3FF840" bold="true" box="[151,231,1902,1928]" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">Genus</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="3EE34D2EB24E12317EBDF8E1FD5BF840" authority="Forster (Mason 1981)" authorityName="Forster (Mason" authorityYear="1981" box="[238,643,1902,1928]" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="33" pageNumber="534" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="CB97EABFB24E12317EBDF8E1FE0EF840" bold="true" box="[238,470,1902,1928]" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">
<emphasis id="CB97EABFB24E12317EBDF8E1FEAAF840" bold="true" box="[238,370,1902,1928]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="534">Microplitis</emphasis>
Förster
</emphasis>
(Mason 1981)
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Mesoscutum shining and densely sculptured, often with notauli. Posterior declivity of scutellum rugulose or punctate. Mesopleuron with epicnemial carina absent. Propodeum rather evenly curved and almost always completely rugose. Mid-longitudinal carina often present, areola absent. Fore wing with rm present, the areolet closed. Vein R1 short, usually not extending beyond 0.6x the distance between the pterostigma and wing apex.
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wing with vannal lobe convex and hairy throughout.
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coxa small, not longer than tergite 1. Tergum 1 variable, apically narrowed to widened, usually sculptured. Following terga almost always smooth, tergum 2 rarely weakly sculptured. Tergum 3 always longer than tergum 2, their separation frequently not or poorly defined. Hypopygium usually rather small, sometimes rather elongated, occasionally truncate or medially emarginated, without median longitudinal crease. Ovipositor and sheaths projecting barely beyond apex of hypopygium, the sheaths with few hairs concentrated near apex.
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<taxonomicName id="3EE34D2EB24D12327E94FE37FEE6FE18" box="[199,318,440,464]" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="535" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="CB97EABFB24D12327E94FE37FEE6FE18" box="[199,318,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="535">Microplitis</emphasis>
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parasitise macrolepidoptera, mainly
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. It is a large genus, though it appears far less diversified in tropics than in Holarctic region. The genus is well characterized by the combination of the closed areolet, the absence of epicnemial carina, the coarse sculpture of propodeum and the poor separation between terga 23.
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