Diolcogaster alvearia (Fabricius, 1798)

Zeng, Jie, He, Jun-hua & Chen, Xue-xin, 2011, The genus Diolcogaster Ashmead, 1900 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from China, ZooKeys 129, pp. 49-87 : 53

Diolcogaster alvearia (Fabricius, 1798)

Ichneumon alevarius Fabricius 1798: 232. Holotype female, pinned with labels as follows: “Galliae.” (Kiel)-Zimson 1964 Type Material Fabricius: 369.

Cryptus alvearius Fabricius 1804, 2: 90.

Microgaster alvearius (-ia): Spinola 1808: 149; Curtis 1830, 6: 321; Haliday 1834: 240; Nees von Esenbeck 1834: 174; Ratzeburg 1852: 50; Ruthe 1860, 4: 153; Fitch 1883, 16: 167; Marshall 1885: 240; Marshall 1890: 516; Lyle 1918: 107; Fahringer 1935, 27A(12)(1934): 6; Fahringer 1937, 4(4-6): 331; Telenga 1955, 5(4): 184; Papp 1959, 51:399; Papp 1960, 12: 119.

Protomicroplitis alevarius : Nixon 1965: 250.

Diolcogaster alvearia : Mason 1981: 114; Chen and Song 2004: 175.

Host.

Alcis repandata ; Croesus septentrionalis ; Hypomecis [ Clematis ]; Menophra abruptaria ; Opisthograptis luteolata ; Ourapteryx sambucaria ; Peribatodes rhomboidaria (Yu & van Achterberg, 2004).

Distribution.

China (Gansu, Fujian); Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia.

Remarks.

No specimens were available for this study. However, the description of this species by Chen and Song (2004) based on the specimens collected from Fujian is obviously different from that by Telenga (1955). Telenga described this species with mesoscutum coriaceous-rugose, dull; areolet 4-sided; and T1 parallel-sided while Chen & Song stated that this species has the mesoscutum with fine punctures anteriorly but almost smooth posteriorly; areolet 3-sided; and T1 broadening posteriorly. Therefore, the specimens identified by Chen & Song (2004) need further examination.