Pseudapanteles nigrovariatus (Muesebeck, 1921)

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie, Whitfield, James B., Smith, M. Alex & Kula, Robert, 2014, Revision of the genus Pseudapanteles (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), with emphasis on the species in Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, ZooKeys 446, pp. 1-82 : 22

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Braconidae

Pseudapanteles nigrovariatus (Muesebeck, 1921) Figs 126- 130

Apanteles nigrovariatus Muesebeck, 1921: 523 (original description).

Pseudapanteles nigrovariatus : Mason 1981: 86 (revised combination).

Holotype.

♀ in NMNH (examined). UNITED STATES, Pennsylvania, Mount Holly Springs. USNM type No. 22522.

Diagnosis.

It belongs to the annulicornis species-group, and can be separated from other species within that group based on most of mesosoma (except for metanotum and propodeum black), metasoma and legs reddish brown.

Distribution.

United States (Georgia, Pennsylvania).