Utetes africanus (SZÉPLIGETI, 1910)

Madl, Michael, 2022, A catalogue of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea) of Eritrea, Linzer biologische Beiträge 54 (1), pp. 203-218 : 213-214

Utetes africanus (SZÉPLIGETI, 1910)

Opius africanus SZÉPLIGETI, 1910 : WHARTON & GILSTRAP 1983: 723 (host-parasitoid catalogue), 724 (host-parasitoid catalogue), 725 (host-parasitoid catalogue), 726 (key), 735 (taxonomy, biology, Eritrea, Kenya, South Africa, introduced to Hawaii and Italy, but not recovered).

* Opius africanus orientalis var.n.: SILVESTRI 1913: 98 (fig. 30.8), 112 (description ♀ ♁, biology, Eritrea without exact locality).

Opius africanus orientalis var.n.: SILVESTRI 1914: 195 (host-parasitoid list, description ♀ ♁, biology, Eritrea without exact locality, released in Italy (mainland, Sardinia )), 196 (fig. I), 223 (biology).

Opius africanus var. orientalis SILVESTRI, 1914 : SILVESTRI 1915: 330 (biology, Dedda, Nefasit).

Opius africanus var. orientalis SILVESTRI, 1914 : BRUES 1926: 385 (catalogue Afrotropical region).

Opius africanus var. orientalis SILVESTRI, 1914 : THOMPSON 1953: 167 (host-parasitoid catalogue),

Opius africanus var. orientalis SILVESTRI, 1915 : NARAYANAN & CHAWLA 1962: 457 (hostparasitoid catalogue), 471 (host-parasitoid catalogue).

Opius africanus var. orientalis SILVESTRI, 1914 : FISCHER 1971: 40 (host-parasitoid catalogue: East Africa = Eritrea).

Opius africanus var. orientalis SILVESTRI, 1914 : WHARTON & GISTRAP 1983: 735 (synonym without comment).

Opius africanus var. orientalis SILVESTRI, 1914 : STIBBICK 2004: 39 (tab. 2: host-parasitoid catalogue: Ethiopia = Eritrea).

* Opius tephritivorus new name: WHARTON 1987: 64 (new replacement name for Opius africanus SZÉPLIGETI, 1910 ).

H o s t Bactrocera oleae (ROSSIUS, 1790) ( Diptera : Tephritidae ).

D i s t r i b u t i o n:Dedda,Nefasit.

Opius africanus is also recorded from Kenya, Namibia, Senegal and South Africa. Opius africanus var. orientalis is not mentioned in PAPP (1985: 210) and FISCHER (1987: 169).