Cotesia selenevora Shaw, 2009

Hoecherl, Amelie, Shaw, Mark R., Boudreault, Caroline, Rabl, Dominik, Haszprunar, Gerhard, Raupach, Michael J., Schmidt, Stefan, Baranov, Viktor & Fernandez-Triana, Jose, 2024, Scratching the tip of the iceberg: integrative taxonomy reveals 30 new species records of Microgastrinae (Braconidae) parasitoid wasps for Germany, including new Holarctic distributions, ZooKeys 1188, pp. 305-386 : 305

Cotesia selenevora Shaw, 2009

Material examined.

Belgium: Luxembourg: Libin , ex. Boloria selene , 01.vi.2008, leg. J. Choutt, MRS-Cot-cal [paratype] ; Germany: Bavaria: Lkr. Kelheim, Siegenburg, Bombodrom , 48.755, 11.791, 411 m, Malaise trap, 8.ix.2017, leg. D. Doczkal, J. Voith, ZSM-HYM-33169-A02 .

Geographical distribution.

PAL.

PAL- Belgium, Finland, Germany*, Sweden.

Molecular data.

BIN: partially BOLD:AAA7143.

Host information.

Nymphalidae : type reared from Boloria selene (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775).

Notes.

Our sequences of this species were formerly part of BIN BOLD:AAA9381 and merged into BOLD:AAA7143 in February 2023. This BIN includes many clearly different species of Cotesia ; see discussion below about this “megaBIN”. ASAP clustering resolves this species as a single cluster, including a specimen reared from Boloria selene (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) and part of the type series (MRS-Cot-cal=MS 075). Our German specimen matches the barcode of the paratype 100% and also matches the species morphologically, based on Shaw (2009). This species is illustrated in Fig. 16 .

Figures

Figure 16. Cotesia selenevora Shaw, 2009, female (ZSM-HYM- 33169 - A 02) A lateral and B dorsal views. Length of the specimen: 3.0 mm.