Meteorus melanostictus Capron, 1887

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 : 60-61

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5244856

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0-8639-FFB3-A7C5-FAD6FAC4C420

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scientific name

Meteorus melanostictus Capron
status

 

Meteorus melanostictus Capron View in CoL

Fig. 108 View FIGURES 80–133

Meteorus melanostictus Capron View in CoL in Marshall 1887:115. Syntypes ♀, Great Britain (lost).

Meteorus niger Lyle, 1913:244 View in CoL . Lectotype ♀, Great Britain: England, Hampshire, New Forest, 13.v.1911 (Lyle), H. syringaria (BMNH, London) Synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:38.

Meteorus monachae Tobias, 1986: 350 View in CoL Holotype ♀, Russia: (ZIN. St. Petersburg)—examined. Syn. n.

Diagnosis: Similar to M. cinctellus . Both have a blunt tubercle in front of the fore ocellus but the large ocelli and the presence of a dorsope on the petiolar tergum clearly distinguish M. melanostictus from M. cinctellus , which has small ocelli and no dorsope. M. melanostictus also resembles M. pendulus , which has a dorsope and large ocelli but lacks the blunt tubercle in front of the fore ocellus.

Studied material: 31 specimens.

Description: Size about 4–5 mm. Antennal articles 25–27, all articles at least twice as long as broad. Head strongly contracted behind eyes; a blunt tubercle medially in front of the fore ocellus. Ocelli large, OOL=1.0–1.5. Eyes large, protuberant, moderately convergent. Malar space short, distinctly less than half the basal breadth of mandible. Face about as wide as high, not strongly protuberant. Clypeus strongly protuberant. Tentorial pits deep. Mandibles strongly twisted. Precoxal sulcus thin, foveolate. Propodeum short, with only a strongly raised medial transverse carina. Petiolar tergum rather stout with distinct dorsal pits and large glymmae; ventral borders of petiolar tergum widely separated. Ovipositor short, about 1.5 times length of petiolar tergum. Legs short; hind coxa smooth, punctate; tarsal claws with a distinct basal lobe. Colour black; head mostly yellow, prothorax, legs yellow.

Distribution: Western and Eastern Palearctic. Country records: Bulgaria; Germany; Hungary; Ireland; Japan; Korea; Russia; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom.

Biology: M. melanostictus mostly parasitizes on Geometridae but also on Tortricidae ( Yu et al. 2005) .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Meteorus

Loc

Meteorus melanostictus Capron

Stigenberg, Julia & Ronquist, Fredrik 2011
2011
Loc

Meteorus monachae

Tobias, V. I 1986: 350
1986
Loc

Meteorus niger

Huddleston, T. 1980: 38
Lyle, G. T. 1913: 244
1913
Loc

Meteorus melanostictus

Marshall, T. A. 1887: 115
1887
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