Microctonus brevipetiolatus Pucci, 2013

Pucci, Thomas M., 2013, Contributions to the classification of North American Microctonus (Braconidae, Euphorinae), Zootaxa 3725 (1), pp. 1-150 : 13-14

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3725.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:01F895B7-6FFD-44A0-89AB-9236A3FE09AF

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5268188

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C0F07B-FFB8-FFA1-FF1C-F8FC3A3E1387

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scientific name

Microctonus brevipetiolatus
status

comb. nov.

M. brevipetiolatus (Thomson) new combination

Figures 4 View FIGURE 4 ; 22–26 View FIGURE 22 View FIGURE 23 View FIGURE 24 View FIGURE 25 View FIGURE 26

Perilitus brevipetiolatus Thomson, 1892, p 1744 View in CoL .

Microctonus vittatae Muesebeck, 1936, p 19 .

Microctonus zimmermanni Loan & Wylie, 1984, p 240 . n. syn.

Perilitus brevipetiolatus Haeselbarth, 2008, p 1050 View in CoL View Cited Treatment .

Distribution: Holarctic.

Specimens examined: Four hundred and fifty-six from 74 collection events; questionable female identifications: three from two collection events.

Flight period: Approximately 98% from May through August.

Remarks: The type material of M. zimmermanni fall well into the range of the North American material of M. brevipetiolatus for all distinguishing characters mentioned by Wylie & Loan (1984). The M. zimmermanni series averages slightly larger and is usually lighter than M. brevipetiolatus . The present author has not examined any of the European material.

Haeselbarth (2008) recognized two biotypes: the European, bisexual brevipetiolatus and the parthenogenetic vittatae which occurs in Europe and North America. However, Wylie & Loan (1984) and Smith (1952) reported the existence, albeit very rare, of males in North America and Loan (1967b) reported males emerging at a ratio of 1:16. Haeselbarth (2008) noted the morphological characters separating them are slight and variable so that many specimens do not fit well into either group. Indeed, they occur sympatrically and attack the same hosts.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Microctonus

Loc

Microctonus brevipetiolatus

Pucci, Thomas M. 2013
2013
Loc

Perilitus brevipetiolatus Haeselbarth, 2008 , p 1050

Haeselbarth, E. 2008: 1050
2008
Loc

Microctonus vittatae

Muesebeck, C. F. W. 1936: 19
1936
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