Lathrolestes clypeatus (Zetterstedt, 1838)

Verheyde, Fons, Hoekstra, Paul, Libert, Pierre-Nicolas, Meijer, Hilco, Ketelaere, Augustijn De, Vandaudenard, Thibaud, Belgers, Dick & Brosens, Edwin, 1880, Two hundred and five ichneumonid wasps reported for the first time in Belgium and the Netherlands (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 122, pp. 1-142 : 65

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13272081

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scientific name

Lathrolestes clypeatus (Zetterstedt, 1838)
status

 

Lathrolestes clypeatus (Zetterstedt, 1838) View in CoL

The genus Lathrolestes is a larger one within Ctenopelmatinae (tribe Perilissini ). It can be distinguished from other genera by the occipital carina not intercepting the hypostomal carina and the first tergite which is not elongate, its length being less than twice its width; and by the absence of a notch in the hind margin of the male’s last visible sternite ( TOWNES, 1970b; RESHCHIKOV, 2015a).

Lathrolestes clypeatus View in CoL is a well-documented European species. Typical for this species is the complete occipital carina and the separation of the face and clypeus by a distinct transverse groove. The carination of the propodeum is partly complete and the clypeus is strongly projecting anteriorly (hence its name). The females have their ovipositor upcurved ( RESHCHIKOV, 2015b). The hosts are several lepidopteran leaf miners, Eriocrania spp. ( Lepidoptera View in CoL : Eriocraniidae View in CoL ) ( RESHCHIKOV, 2015a), with many species being common in the Low Countries. First report for Belgium; unconfirmed in the Netherlands.

MATERIAL EXAMINED:

BELGIUM: • 1 ♀; Somal (NA); 14/v/2007; P-N. Libert leg.; coll. PNL; field observation; D. Kasparyan det. • 1 ♀; Antwerpen (AN); 51°10’42”N 4°21’02”E; 12/iv/2020; R. Hendrickx leg.; field observation; G. Broad, R. Hendrickx & F. Verheyde det. (ObsID: 188521720).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Ichneumonidae

Genus

Lathrolestes

Loc

Lathrolestes clypeatus (Zetterstedt, 1838)

Verheyde, Fons, Hoekstra, Paul, Libert, Pierre-Nicolas, Meijer, Hilco, Ketelaere, Augustijn De, Vandaudenard, Thibaud, Belgers, Dick & Brosens, Edwin 1880
1880
Loc

Lepidoptera

Linnaeus 1758
1758
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