Cotesia subordinaria (Tobias, 1976)

Hoecherl, Amelie, Shaw, Mark R., Boudreault, Caroline, Rabl, Dominik, Haszprunar, Gerhard, Raupach, Michael J., Schmidt, Stefan, Baranov, Viktor & Fernandez-Triana, Jose, 2024, Scratching the tip of the iceberg: integrative taxonomy reveals 30 new species records of Microgastrinae (Braconidae) parasitoid wasps for Germany, including new Holarctic distributions, ZooKeys 1188, pp. 305-386 : 305

Cotesia subordinaria (Tobias, 1976)

Material examined.

Germany: Bavaria: Plattling, Isarmündung, renat. gravel bar, 48.781, 12.906, 317 m, Malaise trap, 30.vi.2021, leg. GBOL3, R. Albrecht, ZSM-HYM-42393-H02; Waldbrunn, Stadtforst, 49.762, 9.803, 299 m, Malaise trap, 13.vii.2019, leg. J. Müller, ZSM-HYM-42385-G03 ; Poland: Biebrza National Park , 53.473694, 22.65675, ex. Rivula sericealis , 15.vi.2014, leg. M. R. Shaw, MRS_JFT0436 ; United Kingdom: England: Gloucestershire, Eastleach , ex. Rivula sericealis , 20.vii.2009, leg. M. R. Shaw, MS 082; 01.viii.2009, leg. M. R. Shaw, MS 102 .

Geographical distribution.

PAL.

PAL: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Germany*, Netherlands, Poland*, Russia (NC), United Kingdom.

Molecular data.

BIN: partially BOLD:ACO3220.

Host information.

Host of type unknown; also Erebidae : Rivula sericealis (Scopoli, 1763).

Notes.

German specimens were identified using the keys of Tobias (1986) and Papp (1986a). Sequences of three reared and identified specimens ex. Rivula sericealis detailed in Shaw (2012a, b) match our sequences from Germany at 0.16% max. p-distance: MRS_JFT0436, MS 082, MS 102. Our sequences of this species were formerly part of BIN BOLD:ACO3220 and merged into BOLD:AAA7143 in February 2023. This BIN includes many clearly different species of Cotesia ; see discussion below about this “megaBIN”. ASAP clustering resolves this species as a single cluster. No host is mentioned in the original description ( Tobias 1976), but we follow Shaw (2012a, 2012b) and the host data associated with those barcoded specimens. This species is illustrated in Fig. 17 .

Figures

Figure 17. Cotesia subordinaria (Tobias, 1976), female (ZSM-HYM- 42393 - H 02) A lateral and B dorsal views. Length of the specimen: 3.1 mm.