Charitopes leucobasis Townes, 1983

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Charitopes leucobasis Townes, 1983

Charitopes is a smaller genus that also needs to be keyed carefully. Some characteristics are the absence of any teeth on their clypeus, the presence of two bullae on 2m-cu, which is strongly inclivous, hairless eyes, wide epipleura and an ovipositor sheath with a length of 0.35–0.65× its fore wing length ( TOWNES, 1970a).

Charitopes leucobasis has the following features: fifth antennal segment at least 2.9× its width, area superomedia 0.9–1.4× as wide as long, ovipositor sheath at least 1.5x hind tibia length, temples not strongly narrowed, areolet open and postpetiole with longitudinal carinae ( HORSTMANN, 1998b). It is one of the rarest (or seldom reported) species in our study. Hosts are unknown. First report for the Netherlands; unreported in Belgium.

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THE NETHERLANDS: • 1 ♀; Drachten (FR); 53°05’59”N 6°06’32”E; 22/viii/2020; H. Meijer leg.; coll. HM; light trap; H. Meijer det.