Meteorus sulcatus Szepligeti 1896

• Main Authors: Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Hymenoptera; Braconidae; Meteorus; Meteorus sulcatus; Canada; Fennoscandian
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5244894; https://zenodo.org/record/5244894

Meteorus sulcatus Szépligeti Fig. 78, 129 Meteorus sulcatus Szépligeti, 1896:310. Holotype ♀, Yugoslavia: Croatia, Grehovica, 10.v.1885 (published as 1882) (Biró) (HNHM, Budapest). Meteorus insignis Muesebeck, 1939:83. Holotype ♀, Great Britain: England, Herefordshire, Brickett Wood, 17.vi.1936 (Benson) (BMNH, London) synonymized by Fischer, 1966:395 —examined. Meteorus molorchi Fischer, 1966:391. Holotype ♀, Austria: ‘ Österreich, Wien XIII, ob. Tirolergarten, ex Molorchus umbellatarum , vi.1964 (Holzschuh)’ (NHM, Vienna) synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:49. Diagnosis : Meteorus sulcatus is closely related to M. corax and M. nixoni . All are large and dark species with a wide face. However, M. sulcatus is the smallest amongst these with a length of about 4 mm, M. corax and M. nixoni both are about 10 mm. The petiolar tergum of the former is almost parallel whilst on both the latter species it is distinctly widening apically. Studied material : ~ 5 specimens. Description : Size about 4 mm. Antennae 31–36 articles. Clypeus flat, punctuate. Mandibles stout and twisted. OOL=1.5–2.0. Propodeum depressed, rugose. Petiolar tergum broad, reticulate dorsally. Petiolar tergum longitudinally striate, with distinct thyridia. Ovipositor long, 3.0–3.5 times petiolar tergum. Tarsal claws without basal lobe but swollen at the base. Second submarginal cell much higher than wide. Distribution : Western and Eastern Palearctic. Country records: Austria; Croatia; Czechoslovakia; France; Germany; Hungary; Japan; Netherlands; Russia; Slovakia; United Kingdom. Biology : Meteorus sulcatus is recorded as a parasitoid of Coleoptera: Buprestidae, Cerambycidae, and Chrysomelidae (Yu et al. 2005). : Published as part of Stigenberg, Julia & Ronquist, Fredrik, 2011, Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084, pp. 1-95 in Zootaxa 3084 (1) on page 72, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5244448 : {"references": ["Szepligeti, G. V. (1896) Beitrage zur kenntnis der Ungarischen Braconiden. Termeszetrajzi Fuzetek, 19, 359 - 386.", "Muesebeck, C. F. W. (1939) Five new species of Meteorus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 41, 83 - 87.", "Fischer, M. (1966) Gezuchtete Braconiden aus Niederosterreich und aus dem Burgenland (Hymenoptera). Zeitschrift fur angewandte Entomologie, 53, 385 - 402.", "Huddleston, T. (1980) A revision of the Western Palaearctic species of the genus Meteorus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology series, 41, 1 - 58.", "Yu, D. S., Achterberg, C. van. (Braconidae) & Horstmann, K. (Ichneumonidae). 2005. World Ichneumonoidea 2004 - Taxonomy, Biology, Morphology and Distribution. DVD / CD. Taxapad. Vancouver, Canada. www. taxapad. com."]}