Trathala flavoorbitalis ( Cameron , 1907 )

Rousse, Pascal & Villemant, Claire, 2012, Ichneumons in Reunion Island: a catalogue of the local Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) species, including 15 new taxa and a key to species, Zootaxa 3278, pp. 1-57 : 26

Trathala flavoorbitalis ( Cameron, 1907)

( Fig. 11 f)

Tarytia flavo-orbitalis Cameron 1907: 589; Cremastus hymeniae Viereck 1911: 189 ; Cremastus (Tarytia) coreanus kigaonis Ushida 1932: 196 ; Diaparsis coreanus Uchida 1928: 285 ; Diaparsis coreanus kondonis Uchida 1928: 286

Diagnosis. Trathala flavoorbitalis has few obvious specific characters. Its coloration is somewhat variable but it may be separated from most Trathala species in the Indian Ocean subregion by metasomal tergites I-II which are invariably black-brown while the remainder of the metasoma is orange.

Description. Rousse et al. (2011).

Host records. Seventy-eight host records, all Lepidoptera (Gelechoidea, Noctuoidea, Pyraloidea, Tineoidea and Tortricoidea) .

Distribution records. Reunion (new record). Madagascar (Rousse et al. 2011). Widespread through Indo- Pacific and Eastern Oriental area. Introduced without establishment into USA and Canada for biological control purpose.

Material examined. Holotype Ƥ ( BMNH): Verbatim label data: B.M. TYPE HYM. 3b.1769, Deesa 10.98, India Col Nurse 1914-39. Other material ( Reunion) 1Ƥ St Pierre / Ravine Blanche, alt. 50m, IV.2011, leg. T. Ramage; 2Ƥ St Paul / Tan Rouge, alt. 800m, I.2011, leg. Cirad; 1Ƥ St Pierre / Bassin Martin, alt. 290m, XII.2010, leg. Cirad; 1Ƥ St Pierre / Bassin Plat, alt. 170m, IV.2007, leg. Cirad; 1Ƥ ( MHNSD 2816) Reunion, leg. Etienne, locality and date of collection unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 11. Cremastinae (females), habitus. a: Temelucha minuta. b: Temelucha basiornata. c: Temelucha pestifer. d: Temelucha talibarti. e: Trathala annulicornis. f: Trathala flavoorbitalis.