Retusigaster rubidus (Mao, 1949)

Kang, Ilgoo, 2022, Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species, ZooKeys 1092, pp. 47-62 : 47

Retusigaster rubidus (Mao, 1949)

Material examined.

Non-type specimens Mexico • 3♀; seven miles east of San Luis Potosí; 3.vii.1987; 6225'; R. Wharton . USA • 1♀; same as previous except for collecting date and collector. 8.vii.1994; I. Mercado. Deposited in TAMU .

Diagnosis.

Members of Retusigaster rubidus are most similar to those of R. brevitarsis . R. rubidus can be distinguished from other members by the following characters: body ~ 7.5 mm. notauli crenulate (Key image 3B); mesoscutum mostly orange pale; fore wing with pale stigma (Key image 6A); metasoma mostly orange pale.

Description.

See Mercado and Wharton (2003).

Male. Unknown.

Host.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Nearctic region (USA and Mexico).