Meteorus ipidivorus Tobias, 1986

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Meteorus ipidivorus Tobias

Fig. 54 , 101

Meteorus ipidivorus Tobias 1986:340 , 351 Holotype ♀, Russia:

Diagnosis: Meteorus ipidivorus belongs to the group of smaller Meteorus species with body length less than 3.5 mm. It is easily distinguished by being the only small Meteorus with the fore wing RS bent upward.

Studied material: 1 specimen

Description: Size about 3mm. Antennal articles 28–29. Head rounded behind eyes, ocelli very minute OOL=4. Eyes smaller, converging slightly. Malar space 0.5 times mandible base. Mandibles stout and not twisted. Face 1.5 times broader than high, not protruding. Clypeus flat and as wide as face. Precoxal sulcus broad, punctuated otherwise smooth. Propodeum carinated but smooth inbetween. Fore wing 4 times the length of petiolar tergum. Petiolar tergum with dorsal pits, rugose dorsally. Ovipositor short, slightly longer than petiolar tergum and curved. Hind coxae rugose, dark brown. Fore wing radial vein not straight, stigma brown.

Distribution: Russia

Biology: Meteorus ipidivorus is recorded as a parasitoid of Ips acuminatus and Blastophagus minor (Curculionidae) ( Tobias 1986). The specimen studied here is the holotype from ZIN and this specimen was found in the gallery of Ips acuminatus in Novosibirsk in September 1965.

Figures

FIGURES 49–56. Characters used in key to species. 49) fore wing of M. artocercus sp. nov., 50) metasomal tergites two and three of M. pendulus, 51) metasomal tergites two and three of M. corax, 52) hind leg of M. oculatus, 53) hind leg of M. vexator, 54) fore wing of M. ipidivorus, 55) dorsal view of the head of M. punctifrons, 56) fore wing of M. radialis.

FIGURES 80–133. Anterior view of the head of Meteorus species (except for M. politutele, which is depicted in lateral view).