Cotesia ruficrus (Haliday, 1834)

Rousse, Pascal & Gupta, Ankita, 2013, Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Reunion Island: a catalogue of the local species, including 18 new taxa and a key to species, Zootaxa 3616 (6), pp. 501-547 : 516

Cotesia ruficrus (Haliday, 1834)

( Figs 7 d, 8c)

Apanteles antipoda Ashmead, 1900: 355 ; Apanteles manilae Ashmead, 1904: 19 ; Apanteles narangae Viereck, 1913: 642 ; Microgaster ruficrus Haliday, 1834: 253 ; Apanteles sydneyensis Cameron, 1911: 342 .

Diagnosis. Entire hind coxa densely rugose. Scutellum densely punctate, inter-puncture spaces polished. Hairs on tergite 3 concentrated in a single apical row. Metasoma usually laterally bright yellowish.

Description. cf. Van Achterberg and Polaszek, 1996: 64 for details.

Comments. cf. C. plutellae .

Material examined. 233 St Paul / Tan Rouge, alt. 800m, II.2011, leg. Cirad; 2Ƥ Bras Panon / La Caroline, alt. 230m, IX.2010, leg. Cirad; 3Ƥ Ƥ 33 3 same location, X.2010, leg. Cirad; 1Ƥ Petite Ile / Piton Bloc, alt. 850m, IV.2007, leg. Cirad.

Host records. About 100 lepidopteran host species in Arctiidae , Brachodidae , Dilobidae , Gelechiidae , Geometridae , Hesperiidae , Lasiocampidae , Lycaenidae , Lymantriidae , Noctuidae , Nymphalidae , Pieridae , Plutellidae , Pyralidae , and Tortricidae . This host range includes several stem borers considered as pests of Poaceae .

Distribution records. Cosmopolitan except North and South Americas. Introduced into Australia, Cook Islands, Florida, Hawaii and New Zealand. Reunion (new record).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Cotesia spp. a: C. plutellae Kurdjumov, female, habitus; b: C. plutellae, propodeum; c: C. plutellae, terga 2 – 3; d: C. ruficrus Haliday, female, habitus; e: C. ruficrus, terga 2 – 3; f: C. sesamiae Cameron, female, habitus; g: C. flavipes, female, habitus.