Hyposoter fitchii ( Bridgman, 1881 )

Galsworthy, Anthony, Shaw, Mark R. & Haraldseide, Håkon, 2023, A key to European species of Hyposoter Förster, 1869 (Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae) with descriptions of 18 new species, and notes on all included species, Zootaxa 5290 (1), pp. 1-73 : 43

Hyposoter fitchii ( Bridgman, 1881)

Limneria fitchii Bridgman, 1881 : lectotype ♀ in NCMK, designated by Horstmann (1972), and examined by him.

We have examined 2 paralectotypes in NHMUK designated by Horstmann .

The species is one of only two among European Hyposoter that lack vein 3 rs-m, and thus an areolet, which makes its identification straightforward. The colours of the hind femur and tibia distinguish it from the other, H. jubator sp. nov. with dark brown hind femur.

It appears to be rare in collections. Bridgman’s four original specimens were reared in the UK by G.C.Bignell. Horstmann’s collection contains three specimens, two from the Frisian Islands ( Germany) and one from northern Spain. There are also records from Finland and France.

The type series was reared in England from Meganola albula (Denis & Schifferm̧ller) ( Lepidoptera , Nolidae ). It has also been reared more recently from Meganola togatulalis (Ḩbner) in France ( Shaw et al. 2016).