Pseudapanteles nerion (Nixon, 1965)

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 : 21-22

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Braconidae

Pseudapanteles nerion (Nixon, 1965) Figs 121- 125

Apanteles nerion Nixon, 1965: 142 (original description).

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

Holotype.

♀ in BMNH (examined). BRAZIL, Nova Teutonia, 27°11'S, 52°23'W, 26.iv.1938, Fritz Plaumann, B.M. 1938-682.

Diagnosis.

It belongs to the annulicornis species-group, and can be separated from other species within that group based on metasoma almost entirely dark brown (except for laterotergites 1 and 2), T2 shape, and relatively long ovipositor sheaths (as long as metatibia).

Comments.

Only the holotype specimen is known.