Meteorus radialis Tobias, 1986

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 : 66-67

Meteorus radialis Tobias

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Meteorus radialis Tobias, 1986:341 . Holotype ♀, Russia: (ZIN. St. Petersburg)—examined.

Diagnosis: The radial cell, small ocelli and long ovipositor are striking features. No other European Meteorus species has a wing venation like Meteorus radialis .

Studied material: Holotype.

Description: Size medium to small. Antennal articles 24. Head rounded behind the eyes. Ocelli very small, OOL up to 6 times OD. Eyes large, protruding and converging. Malar space 0.6 times mandible base. Mandibles stout not twisted. Face 1.4 times broader than high, not protruding but medially rugose. Clypeus protruding, with long setae and as wide as face, punctate. Precoxal sulcus very broad, punctuate, about 90% of mesopecta reticulatepunctate. Propodeum reticulate – rugose and with longitudinal and transverse carina. Petiolar tergum with dorsal pits and dorsal striate. Fore wing 4.2 times petiolar tergum. Ovipositor long, 2.3 times petiolar tergum. Hind coxae rugose. Radial cell of forewing very narrow, stigma narrow and brown.

Distribution: Kola peninsula, Russia.

Biology: Both the holotype and the paratype were caught in July in a forest. Otherwise the biology is unknown.

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).