Bathyplectes curculionis (Thomson, 1887)

Verheyde, Fons, Hoekstra, Paul, Libert, Pierre-Nicolas, Meijer, Hilco, Ketelaere, Augustijn De, Vandaudenard, Thibaud, Belgers, Dick & Brosens, Edwin, 1880, Two hundred and five ichneumonid wasps reported for the first time in Belgium and the Netherlands (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 122, pp. 1-142 : 35

Bathyplectes curculionis (Thomson, 1887)

Bathyplectes spp. have a typical habitus which make them relatively easy to recognise within Campopleginae . Most species are (very) robust with an impressive head (width of temples 0.75–1.3× the length of eyes) and a complete (and stalked) areolet ( TOWNES, 1970b). B. curculionis needs to be examined with a microscope for certain identification. It strongly resembles B. exiguus , but has a shorter ovipositor (HORSTMANN, 1974) . Just like other species in the genus (and as its name suggest), it is a parasitoid of Curculionidae ( Coleoptera ).

First report for the Netherlands; unreported in Belgium.

MATERIAL EXAMINED:

THE NETHERLANDS: • 1 ♀; Twijzel (FR); 53°14’53”N 6°04’56”E; 28/v/2012; Landschapsbeheer Friesland leg.; coll. HM; malaise trap 215 (24–28); H. Meijer det. • 1 ♀; Drachten-Azeven (FR); 53°06’48”N 6°09’01”E; 24/vii/2020; H. Meijer leg.; coll. HM; field observation; H. Meijer det.