Microplitis sordidus (Ashmead, 1900)

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Whitfield, James B., Smith, M. Alex, Kula, Robert R., Winnie Hallwachs, & Janzen, Daniel H., 2015, Revision of the genera Microplitis and Snellenius (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica, with a key to all species previously described from Mesoamerica, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 62 (2), pp. 137-201 : 147

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Braconidae

Microplitis sordidus (Ashmead, 1900)

Apanteles sordidus Ashmead, 1900: 279. Original description.

Microplitis sordidus (Ashmead, 1900). Muesebeck 1958: 427. Transfer to genus Microplitis .

Microplitis carinata Ashmead, 1900: 293. Synonymized under sordidus by Muesebeck (1958: 427).

Holotype.

Male (BMNH) (not examined).

Hosts.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Saint Vincent Island.

Comments.

No molecular or biological data are available for this species. The original description mentions that the type has smooth head and mesosoma (including propodeum). No other species of Microplitis in Mesoamerica has a smooth head or propodeum.