Habrobracon concolorans (Marshall, 1900)

Loni, Augusto, Samartsev, Konstantin G., Scaramozzino, Pier Luigi, Belokobylskij, Sergey A. & Lucchi, Andrea, 2016, Braconinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) emerged from larvae of Lobesiabotrana (Denis & Schiffermueller) (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) feeding on Daphnegnidium L., ZooKeys 587, pp. 125-150 : 130

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Braconidae

Habrobracon concolorans (Marshall, 1900)

Bracon concolor Thomson, 1892: 1807; Yu et al. 2012.

Bracon concolorans Marshall, 1900: 345 (new name for Bracon concolor Thomson, 1892 nec Bracon concolor Walker, 1871); Yu et al. 2012.

Habrobracon nigricans Szépligeti, 1901: 181; Yu et al. 2012.

Habrobracon mongolicus Telenga, 1936: 130, 342; Yu et al. 2012.

Material examined.

1 female, May 29, 2014; 4 females from the same host larva, July 4, 2014; 2 males from the same host larva, July 23, 2014; 2 females, October 2, 2014.

Habrobracon concolorans is a Trans-Eurasian species ( Samartsev and Belokobylskij 2013), widely distributed in the Palaearctic region and has been recorded in the following countries ( Yu et al. 2012): Europe: Ireland, United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, France, Spain, Italy, including Sicily ( Zappala et al. 2012b), Lithuania, Russia (Kaliningrad and Astrakhan provinces), Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece; Middle East: Turkey, Cyprus, Jordan ( Al-Jboory et al. 2012; Zappalà et al. 2013), Iran; Caucasus: Russia (Ciscaucasia: Krasnodar Territory), Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan; Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan ( Papp 2008), Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia ( Papp 2009); Russian Far East: Sakhalin, Khabarovsk Territory, Primorskiy Territory; China: Shanxi, Ningxia, Fujian; Africa: Egypt ( Zappalà et al. 2013), Tunisia ( Papp 2014), Sudan ( Ghoneim 2014, Mahmoud 2013).

The collecting period of the Lobesia botrana larvae hosting Habrobracon concolorans ranged from May 29 to October 2. Lobesia botrana is considered a new host for Habrobracon concolorans . Also on Lobesia botrana , Habrobracon concolorans develops as ectoparasitoids of mature larvae showing both solitary and gregarious habit, with up to four individuals feeding on the same host larva (Fig. 4B). Figure 6 reports the morphological details of the species.