EURYTOMA ABIETICOLA RATZEBURG, 1844

Eurytoma abieticola Ratzeburg, 1844: 174 . Original description. Germany.

Host: Magdalis violacea (Linnaeus, 1758) (Curculionidae) . Host plant: Picea abies (L.) H. Karst, 1881 (in cones).

Type material

None. The Ratzeburg collection was destroyed and all types lost. A. Roques (INRA, France), who reared and

EUROPEAN EURYTOMA MORIO SPECIES GROUP 415

received extensive specimens from cones of coniferous trees in the Holarctic region, told us that he never examined Eurytoma spp. from Abies spp. or Picea abies . As we ourselves did not rear any Eurytoma in the same conditions as for the type, we could not establish its identity.