Microgaster globata
A review of insect parasitoids associated with Lobesiabotrana (Denis & Schiffermueller, 1775) in Italy. 1. DipteraTachinidae and HymenopteraBraconidae (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae)
Scaramozzino, Pier Luigi
Loni, Augusto
Lucchi, Andrea
ZooKeys
2017
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73GP3
Nees, 1834 [= Microgaster globata auctt., not (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Insecta
Braconidae
Microgaster
CoL
Animalia
Microgaster rufipes
Hymenoptera
16
83
Arthropoda
species
rufipes
Microgaster globata: Catoni 1914, Stellwaag 1928
Italian distribution of reared parasitoids. Trentino-South Tyrol: Catoni 1914, Stellwaag 1928
Distribution. Microgasteris a cosmopolitan genus, fairly rich in species. Yu (1997-2012)reports 178 species, 45 of which in Europe (Fauna Europaea).
Taxonomic notes. In the past, the name " globata" was often referred to the European species of MicrogasterLatreille, 1804, characterized by red hind femora. Nowadays we do not know exactly to what species the old quotes of many authors refer ( Nixon 1968). This is probably the case of the records of Catoni (1914)and Schwangart ( Stellwaag 1928). Recently Van Achterberg (2014)addressed the issue and eventually renamed Microgaster globatusauctt. with the oldest available name Microgaster rufipesNees, 1834. The species is now reported in the Fauna Europaea as Microgaster rufipesNees, 1834, but is still listed by Broad et al. (2012, 2016) and Yu et al. (2012)under the incorrect name of Microgaster globata.
Host range. Yu et al. (2012)list fifty hosts, many of which are tortricids. Those of Catoni (1914)and Schwangart ( Stellwaag 1928) are the only references of Microgaster globataon Lobesia botrana.