Perilitus jaculator Haliday, 1835:34 Meteorus obscurellus Ruthe, 1862:29 Marshall, 1887:108 Meteorus tenuicornis Thomson, 1895:2164 Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084 Stigenberg, Julia Ronquist, Fredrik Zootaxa 2011 2011-10-28 3084 1 1 95 6RDPN (Haliday) Haliday 1835 [151,507,873,900] Insecta Braconidae Meteorus Animalia Hymenoptera 56 57 Arthropoda species jaculator   Fig. 102      Perilitus jaculator  Haliday, 1835:34. Syntypes ♀, Ireland(lost).     Meteorus obscurellus Ruthe, 1862:29. Holotype ♀, Germany: Ruthe coll. (BMNH, London) examined. Synonymized by  Marshall, 1887:108.     Meteorus tenuicornis  Thomson, 1895:2164. Lectotype ♀, Sweden: Skåne, Pålsjö(ZI, Lund)—examined   Diagnosis:  Meteorus jaculatoris similar to  M. cisand  M. vexator. However,  M. vexatoris easily distinguished from the other two based on the strongly converging eyes. The eyes are only slightly converging in the other two species, which are most easily distinguished by the length of the ovipositor.  M. jaculatorhas an ovipositor length of 3–4 times the length of the petiolar tergum, whereas  M. cishas a much shorter ovipositor, only 2 times the length of the petiolar tergum.  Studied material: ~ 20 specimens.   Description: Size about 3mm. Antennae short, 18–22 articles, slender. Head swollen behind eyes; temples longer than eyes. Ocelli small, OOL=3–4. Eyes small, slightly convergent. Malar space at least slightly shorter than basal breadth of mandible. Face about twice as broad as high, protuberant. Clypeus wide as face and smooth, with scattered large punctures, not strongly protuberant. Tentorial pits small. Mandibles stout, slightly twisted. Precoxal sulcus narrow. Propodeum with weak but distinct carinae. The medial longitudinal area of the petiolar tergum is strongly raised ending apically in reticulate rugosity. Ovipositor 3–4 times length of petiolar tergum. Hind coxa often strongly rugose. Tarsal claws short with no basal lobe. Colour dark brown to black; legs testaceous but sometimes the coxae darker; clypeus and mandibles often yellow. Male same as female except that the antennae are much longer, up to 29 articles, all flagellar articles conspicuously longer than broad. Fore wing vein r is as long as vein 3–SR and m-cu antefurcal.   Distribution: Western Palearctic. Country records: Austria; Bulgaria; Croatia; Czechoslovakia; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Hungary; Ireland; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Russia; Slovakia; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; United Kingdom; Yugoslavia.   Biology:  M. jaculatoris recorded as being a parasitoid on three lepidopteran families ( Gelechiidae, Psychidaeand Tineidae) ( Yu et al. 2005). We found 6 specimenswithin the SMTP. They were caught from July to October in northern Sweden, predominantly in deciduous forests. [343,521,975,997] Ireland Ireland 56 57 1 1 syntype [372,593,1067,1089] ZI Sweden Palsjo 56 57 1 1 Skane lectotype