Microgaster nervosae Shaw, 2023

Hoecherl, Amelie, Shaw, Mark R., Boudreault, Caroline, Rabl, Dominik, Haszprunar, Gerhard, Raupach, Michael J., Schmidt, Stefan, Baranov, Viktor & Fernandez-Triana, Jose, 2024, Scratching the tip of the iceberg: integrative taxonomy reveals 30 new species records of Microgastrinae (Braconidae) parasitoid wasps for Germany, including new Holarctic distributions, ZooKeys 1188, pp. 305-386 : 305

Microgaster nervosae Shaw, 2023

Material examined.

Germany: Baden-Württemberg: Malsch, Luderbusch , 48.912, 8.332, 114 m, Malaise trap, 12.iv.2020, leg. D. Doczkal, K. Grabow, ZSM-HYM-42386-G09; Bavaria: Bodenwöhr, Truppenübungsplatz, 49.264, 12.358, 395 m, Malaise trap, 22.v.2016, leg. D. Doczkal, J. Voith, ZSM-HYM-42397-H05; ZSM-HYM-42397-H06; Lkr. Kelheim Siegenburg, Bombodrom, 48.755, 11.791, 411 m, Malaise trap, 26.v.2017, leg. D. Doczkal, J. Voith, ZSM-HYM-33168-H04; ZSM-HYM-33168-H05; 48.759, 11.809, 407 m, Malaise trap, 26.v.2017, leg. D. Doczkal, J. Voith, ZSM-HYM-33168-E09; ZSM-HYM-33168-E10; Siegenburg, Bombodrom, 48.755, 11.791, 411 m, Malaise trap, 14.vi.2017, leg. D. Doczkal, J. Voith, ZSM-HYM-42324-C06 ; United Kingdom: Scotland: Edinburgh, Blackford Hill , ex. Agonopterix nervosa , 23.iv.2019, leg. M. R. Shaw, MRS_JFT0801 [paratype]; 01.v.2019, leg. M. R. Shaw, MRS_JFT0802 [paratype] .

Geographical distribution.

PAL.

PAL- Germany*, United Kingdom.

Molecular data.

BIN: BOLD:ACR4142.

Host information.

Depressariidae : type reared from Agonopterix nervosa (Haworth, 1811); also Agonopterix umbellana (Fabricius, 1794).

Notes.

This species was very recently described from Britain ( Shaw 2023) and German specimens were compared morphologically with the description. Our sequences 100% match the sequences of two paratypes reared from Agonopterix nervosa (MRS_JFT0801, MRS_JFT0802). This species is illustrated in Fig. 33 .

Figures

Figure 33. Microgaster nervosae Shaw, 2023, female (ZSM-HYM- 33168 - E 09) A lateral and B dorsal views. Length of the specimen: 4.0 mm.