Pseudapanteles lipomeringis (Muesebeck, 1958)

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 : 17-18

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Braconidae

Pseudapanteles lipomeringis (Muesebeck, 1958) Figs 79- 83

Apanteles lipomeringis Muesebeck, 1958: 433 (original description).

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

Holotype.

♀ in NMNH (examined). PANAMA, Summit, Canal Zone. USNM type No. 2793.

Diagnosis.

It belongs to the annulicornis species-group, and can be separated from other species within that group based on the combination of mesosoma and metasoma entirely yellow, and shape of T1 and T2.

Biology/ecology.

Host: Lipomerinx prismatica ( Tineidae ).

Distribution.

Panama.