Rhaconotus hispanicus Belokobylskij

Belokobylskij, Sergey A. & Kula, Robert R., 2012, Review of the brachypterous, micropterous, and apterous Braconidae of the cyclostome lineage (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) from the Palearctic Region 3240, Zootaxa 3240 (1), pp. 1-62 : 11

Rhaconotus hispanicus Belokobylskij

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Rhaconotus hispanicus Belokobylskij, 2001: 461 [original description].

Examined material. Algeria: 1 female, “ Ain-Franin , Oran, 5.XII [19]59, J. Barbier ” ( MNHN) . France: 1 female, “ Baran, Nice ?”, “Museum Paris, Coll. O. Sichell 1867” ( MNHN) ; 1 female, “312”, “ Brachocich (?) inconnu á Lethierry Hyeres”, “Museum Paris, 1919, Coll. A. De Perrin ” ( MNHN) . Spain: 1 female (holotype), “ E. Huesca, 10.-12.5.[19]78, Grasland m. Laubblumen, Söderl.[und]” ( SSM) .

Distribution. Algeria (new record), France (new record), and Spain (Belokobylskij 2001).

Remarks. This brachypterous species was described from a single specimen (holotype female) collected in northeastern Spain (Huesca). Additional specimens in MNHN from France and Algeria expand the northern and southern limits of this species, which is currently known only from the western Mediterranean.

Figures

FIGURES 108–116. Habitus photos of brachypterous, micropterous, and apterous cyclostome braconids (108–111, 115–116 [dorsal view]; 112–114 [lateral view]). 108–109. Achaiabracon aenigmatus Belokobylskij (108 – female, holotype; 109 – male, paratype). 110. Heterospilus hemipterus (Thomson) (male). 111. Nipponecphylus matsumurai Belokobylskij & Konishi (male, paratype). 112. Rhaconotus hispanicus Belokobylskij (female, holotype). 113. Spathius maderi Fahringer (female). 114. Spathius pedestris Wesmael (female). 115. Chremylus algecirasus sp. n. (female, holotype). 116. Chremylus pomonellae (Atanasov) (female, paratype).