Meteorus politutele Shenefelt, 1969

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 : 65

Meteorus politutele Shenefelt

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Meteorus politutele Shenefelt, 1969:86 .

Meteorus politus Telenga, 1950

Diagnosis: This is a large, punctate, yellow species with two dark spots on the petiolar tergum, a unique combination of characters in the genus.

Studied material: 1 specimen.

Description: Size 4–5mm. Antennal articles about 30, all longer than broad, basal articles darker in colour. Head broad, strongly contracted behind eyes. OOL=1.5. Frons with rather deep ventrally striated invagination. Eyes large, protuberant and only slightly converging. Malar space equal to mandible base or slightly shorter. Face 1.6 broader than high, not protruding. Clypeus protuberant, mandibles somewhat smaller and slightly twisted. Precoxal sulcus broad, whole area strongly punctuate. Propodeum broad and with no distinct carina. Petiolar tergum with dorsope, dorsal surface finely striated. Petiolar tergum 3.7 times fore wing. Hind coxae slightly punctuate.

Distribution: Turkey; Uzbekistan.

Biology: The male lectotype was caught in Uzbekistan, in May 1929 .

Figures

FIGURES 57–64. Characters used in key to species. 57) for wing of M. alborossicus, 58) for wing of M. vexator, 59) dorsal view of the petiolar tergum of M. politutele, 60) fore wing of M. abdominator, 61) antennae of M. consimilis, 62) fore wing of M. consimilis, 63) lateral view of the metasoma of M. vexator, 64) lateral view of mesosoma and metasoma of M. longipilosus.

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