Zele deceptor ( Wesmael, 1835 )

Stigenberg, Julia & Ronquist, Fredrik, 2011, Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084, Zootaxa 3084 (1), pp. 1-95 : 42-43

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0-862B-FFA5-A7C5-FAC0FA71C673

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scientific name

Zele deceptor ( Wesmael, 1835 )
status

 

Zele deceptor ( Wesmael, 1835) View in CoL

Fig. 11, 15, 17 View FIGURES 10–17 , 138 View FIGURES 134–138

Perilitus deceptor Wesmael, 1835: 26 View in CoL Lectotype ♀, Belgium: Brussels, Wesmael coll. (IRSNB, Brussels). Synonymized by Van Achterberg 1979:376 and stat. nov as valid species 1984:110

Perilitus pallitarsis Cresson, 1872: 81 Holotype ♂, (ANSP, Philadelphia). Synonymized by Van Achterberg 1984:110

Meteorus (Zemiotes) rufulus Thomson, 1895: 2149 Lectotype ♂, Sweden: (ZML, Lund). Synonymized by Van Achterberg 1984:110

Meteorus maximus Muesebeck 1923: 13 Holotype ♀, (USNM, Smithsonian Institute, Washington). Synonym for rufulus . Synonymized by Van Achterberg 1984:110

Meteorus reticulatus Muesebeck 1923: 14 Type ♀ (USNM, Washington). Synonymized by Van Achterberg 1984:110

Meteorus (Zemiotes) romani Fahringer, 1930: 8 Holotype ♀, (NHRS, Stockholm). Synonymized with M. rufulus by Van Achterberg 1984:110 - examined

Meteorus separandus Fischer, 1957: 3 Paralectotype ♂, (NHRS, Stockholm). Synonymized by Van Achterberg 1984:110— examined

Diagnosis: In general, Zele deceptor is similar to the other large Zele species , Z. chlorophthalmus and Z. albiditarsus . It can be distinguished from the former based on wing venation and ovipositor characters, as described under that species, but it can be difficult to distinguish from Z. albiditarsus because of the large variability in size and colour. However, the slender fore femur (slender, 6.5–9.0 times as long as wide) and the short fore tibia spur (0.2– 0.4 times fore basitarsus) are good characters to distinguish Z. deceptor from Z. albiditarsus , which has a stouter fore femur (5.0–6.0 times as long as wide) and a longer fore tibia spur (0.4–0.5 times fore basitarsus).

Studied material: ~ 200 specimens.

Description: Antennal articles 32–43. OOL=1. Eyes large, protuberant and not convergent. Malar space 0.3 times basal width of mandibles. Face 1.1–1.3 times wider than high. Clypeus protuberant almost as wide as face. Mandibles stout and twisted. Precoxal sulcus wide. Length of petiolar tergum 2.1–2.5 times its apical width. Propodeum with weak median and lateral longitudinal carina, dorsal transverse carina weak. Ovipositor stout, 1.6 times petiolar tergum, slightly longer than half of abdomen. Petiolar tergum with smooth laterope joining dorsally with dorsope, its ventral borders widely separated. Hind coxa smooth, tarsal claws lobed. Vein cu–a of fore wing postfurcal, seldom interstitial; Colour mostly testaceous but variation in size and colour is very large in M. deceptor .

Distribution: Palearctic and Nearctic. Country records: Albania; Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; Canada; China; Croatia; Czechoslovakia; Denmark; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Kazakhstan; Latvia; Lithuania; Mexico; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Romania; Russia; Slovakia; Sweden; Switzerland; USA; United Kingdom; Yugoslavia.

Biology: Zele deceptor seems to be as frequent as Z. albiditarsus in museum collections. It is a solitary parasitoid, also attracted to light, and emerges from the larval stages of various lepidopteran families, such as Geometridae , Noctuidae , Pyralidae and Saturnidae ( Yu et al. 2005) . 19 specimens of Z. deceptor were caught in SMTP from July to October in various biotopes. A trap situated in grazed calcareous pine forest collected most specimens (5).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Zele

Loc

Zele deceptor ( Wesmael, 1835 )

Stigenberg, Julia & Ronquist, Fredrik 2011
2011
Loc

Meteorus maximus

Muesebeck, C. F. W. 1923: 13
1923
Loc

Meteorus reticulatus

Muesebeck, C. F. W. 1923: 14
1923
Loc

Meteorus (Zemiotes) rufulus

Thomson, C. 1895: 2149
1895
Loc

Perilitus deceptor

Achterberg, C. van 1979: 376
Wesmael, C. 1835: 26
1835
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