Allurus muricatus Haliday 1833

Stigenberg, Julia & Van Achterberg, Kees, 2016, Review of the Palaearctic (and Oriental) Allurus (Braconidae, Euphorinae) based on material from Sweden, Biodiversity Data Journal 4, pp. 7853-7853 : 7853

Allurus muricatus Haliday 1833

Ancylus muricatus Haliday 1833

Leiophron (Ancylus) muricatus Haliday 1835

Leiophron armatus var. 2 Wesmael 1835 syn. by Curtis 1837

Allurus muricatus var. nigra Lyle 1926 (= Wesmael's var. 2). Lyle became author by referring to var. 2 as (var. nigra Wesm.).

Allurus muricatus Type specimen: Lectotype designated by van Achterberg 1997. [NMI]

Diagnosis

Antenna with 30 segments, clypeus distinctly differentiated from face and sparsely setose. Hind coxa with a thumb-like denticle apico-ventrally, second metasomal sternite with two distinctly protruding denticles, metasoma ventrally sparse setose, first metasomal tergite as broad apically as long.

Distribution

Eastern Palaearctic and Western Palaearctic.

Notes

Studied material: 1 ♀ Sweden, Sö, Stockholm, Enskede Gårds kolonilottsförening, N59°17'19.58", E18°03'54.63" Malaisetrap, 10-25.vii.20012, leg. T. Malm & M. Malm. DNA voucher: JS10_00405. GenBank accession: KU521563. The specimen is deposited at NHRS. All photos of A. muricatus belong to this specimen (Figs 3, 5, 7, 9).