Opius insignipennis, Madl & Achterberg, 2014

Madl, M. & Achterberg, C. Van, 2014, A catalogue of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) of the Malagasy subregion, Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (1), pp. 5-220 : 168-169

Psyttalia insignipennis (GRANGER 1949)

Opius insignipennis n.sp.: GRANGER 1949: 379 (fig. 385), 380 (key), 382 (figs 387, 389), 385

(descr. ♂ ♀, Madagascar). Opius near insignipennis GRANGER 1949 : ORIAN & MOUTIA 1960: 144 (biol., Mauritius), 149

(biol.). Opius insignipennis GRANGER 1949 : PAULIAN 1961: 199 (biol., Madagascar). Austroopius insignipennis (GRANGER 1949) : FISCHER 1963a: 174 (key), 179 (tax., descr. ♂ ♀,

Madagascar), 180 (figs 5, 6). Austroopius insignipennis (GRANGER 1949) : ANONYMUS (det. Fischer ) 1963: 338 (biol.,

Madagascar), 367 (biol., Madagascar). Austroopius insignipennis (GRANGER 1949) : FISCHER 1963b: 745 (cat.). Austroopius insignipennis (GRANGER 1949) : BRÉNIÈRE 1965: 349 (host-parasite cat. Madagascar). Austroopius insignipennis (GRANGER 1949) : DUBOIS 1965: not seen. Austroopius insignipennis (GRANGER 1949) : FISCHER 1971c: 124 (cat.), 136 (cat.). Opius insignipennis GRANGER 1949 : ETIENNE 1973 not seen. Austroopius? insignipennis GRANGER 1949 : WILLIAMS 1974: 3 (host-parasite cat. Mauritius). Austroopius? insignipennis GRANGER 1949 : WILLIAMS 1980: 3 (cat. Mauritius). Opius insignipennis GRANGER 1949 : ETIENNE 1982 not seen. Austroopius insignipennis GRANGER 1949 : PAPP 1985: 213 (cat.), 214 (cat.). Austroopius insignipennis GRANGER 1949 : FISCHER 1987: 551 (key), 556 (descr. ♂ ♀, figs 465,

466, Madagascar), 725 (cat.). Austroopius insignipennis GRANGER 1949 : RECKHAUS 1997: 357 (biol., Madagascar). Psyttalia insignipennis (GRANGER 1949) : WHARTON 1997: 30 (tax., cat.). Psyttalia insignipennis (GRANGER 1949) : WHARTON et al. 1999: 87 (tax., figs 3, 4, biol.,

Mauritius, Réunion). Psyttalia insignipennis (GRANGER 1949) : GANESHAN & WILLIAMS 2001: 7 (host-parasite cat.

Mauritius). Psyttalia insignipennis (GRANGER 1949) : QUILICI, VINCENOT & FRANCK 2003: 129 (biol., photo

152, Réunion), 154 (cat. Réunion), 156 (host-parasite cat. Réunion), 158 (host-parasite cat.

Réunion). Psyttalia insignipennis (GRANGER 1949) : STIBBICK 2004: 50 (cat.). Psyttalia insignipennis (GRANGER 1949) : FISCHER & MADL 2008: 1480 (biol., Réunion, cat.),

1489 (tab. 1: distr.). Psyttalia insignipennis (GRANGER 1949) : WHARTON 2009: 353 (tax.), 355 (tax.), 356 (biol.). 364

(tax.). * Opius sp.: WILLIAMS 1958: 112 (biol., Mauritius).

H o s t s Ceratitis capitata (WIEDEMANN 1824), Ceratitis catoirii (GUÉRIN- MÉNEVILLE 1843), Neoceratitis cyanescens (BEZZI 1923) ( Diptera : Tephritidae).

D i s t r i b u t i o n Madagascar: Prov. Antsiranana: Antsiranana (Diego-Suarez) – Prov. Antananarivo: Antananarivo, Mandraka – Prov. Toliara: Bekily Réunion: Réunion – Mauritius: Mauritius.

Endemic to the Malagasy subregion. The record from Singapore (PAPP 1985: 187) should be checked.