Echthromorpha spinator ( FABRICIUS 1798)

Madl, M., 2012, Notes on the genus Echthromorpha HOLMGREN 1868 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) in the Malagasy Subregion, Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (2), pp. 1207-1213 : 1210-1211

Echthromorpha spinator ( FABRICIUS 1798) status revived

Ichneumon spinator n.sp.: FABRICIUS 1798: 224 (descr., Mauritius (not South Africa)).

Bassus spinator ( FABRICIUS 1798) : FABRICIUS 1804: 98 (tax., descr., Mauritius (not South Africa)).

Bassus spinator ( FABRICIUS 1798) : DE DALLA TORRE 1901: 251 (cat. ( Mauritius, not South Africa)).

Echthromorpha agrestoria spinator ( FABRICIUS 1798) : TOWNES & TOWNES 1973: 36 (tax., cat.).

Echthromorpha agrestoria spinator ( FABRICIUS 1798) : YU & HORSTMANN 1997b: 826 (cat.).

Echthromorpha spinator ( FABRICIUS 1798) : ROUSSE & VILLEMANT 2012: 4 (cat. Réunion), 47 (key, tax., Réunion), 49 (fig. 21b).

* Pimpla macula n.sp.: BRULLÉ 1846: 89 (descr., Réunion).

Stagmopimpla macula ( BRULLÉ 1846) : DE SAUSSURE 1890: pl. 20 (tax., fig. 2,).

Pimpla macula ( BRULLÉ 1846) : TOSQUINET 1896: 308 (tax., descr., Mauritius).

Echthromorpha macula ( BRULLÉ 1846) : KRIEGER 1899: 53 (tax.).

Echthromorpha macula ( BRULLÉ 1846) : DE DALLA TORRE 1901: 455 (cat.).

Echthromorpha macula (DE SAUSSURE 1892) (!): SCHULZ 1906: 104 (tax.).

Echthromorpha macula ( BRULLÉ 1846) : SCHMIEDEKNECHT 1907: 28 (cat. ( Mauritius, not Gallia)).

Echthromorpha macula ( BRULLÉ 1846) : KRIEGER 1909: 304 (key), 323 (tax., descr., Réunion).

Echthromorpha macula ( BRULLÉ 1846) : MORLEY 1913: 38 (key).

Echthromorpha macula ( BRULLÉ 1846) : SEYRIG 1932: 89 (tax.), 176 ( Réunion).

Echthromorpha macula ( BRULLÉ 1846) : VINSON 1938: 29 (biol., Mauritius).

Echtromorpha macula ( BRULLÉ 1846) : MOUTIA & MAMET 1947: 29 (biol., Mauritius).

Echthromorpha macula ( BRULLÉ 1846) : BENOIT 1957: 308 (tax., Réunion).

Echthromorpha agrestoria macula ( BRULLÉ 1846) : TOWNES 1958: 42 (tax.).

Echthromorpha agrestoria macula ( BRULLÉ 1846) : TOWNES & TOWNES 1973: 35 (type design., cat.).

Echthromorpha agrestoria macula ( BRULLÉ 1846) : YU & HORSTMANN 1997: 825 (cat.).

Echthromorpha macula ( BRULLÉ 1846) : ROUSSE & VILLEMANT 2012: 47 (syn.).

* Echthromorpha nigricans n.sp.: KRIEGER 1909: 304 (key), 326 (descr., Réunion, not Madagascar), 327 (figs 13a, b).

Echthromorpha nigricans KRIEGER 1909 : MORLEY 1913: 38 (key), 43 (cat.).

Echthromorpha nigricans KRIEGER 1909 : SEYRIG 1932: 87 (tax.).

Echthromorpha nigricans KRIEGER 1909 : TOWNES & TOWNES 1973: 35 (syn. of Echthromorpha agrestoria macula).

* Pimpla vittata n.sp.: BRULLÉ 1846: 89 (descr., Mauritius).

Stagmopimpla vittata ( BRULLÉ 1846) : DE SAUSSURE 1890: pl. 13 (tax., fig. 6,).

Echthromorpha vittata ( BRULLÉ 1846) : DE DALLA TORRE 1901 (456 (tax., cat. ( Mauritius, not Gallia).

Echthromorpha macula var. vittata ( BRULLÉ 1846) : KRIEGER 1909: 304 (key), 325 (tax., descr.

, Mauritius).

Echthromorpha macula var. vittata ( BRULLÉ 1846) : MORLEY 1913: 43 (tax., Mauritius).

Echthromorpha vittata ( BRULLÉ 1846) : SEYRIG 1932: 89 (tax.).

Echthromorpha vittata ( BRULLÉ 1846) : WILLIAMS 1958: 108 (biol., Mauritius).

Echthromorpha agrestoria vittata ( BRULLÉ 1846) : TOWNES 1958: 43 (tax.).

Echthromorpha vittata ( BRULLÉ 1846) : BENOIT 1964: 384 ( Mauritius).

Pimpla vittata BRULLÉ 1846 : TOWNES & TOWNES 1973: 36 (syn., type design.).

Echthromorpha vittata ( BRULLÉ 1846) : WILLIAMS 1974: 1 (cat. Mauritius).

Echthromorpha vittata ( BRULLÉ 1846) : WILLIAMS 1980: 1 (cat. Mauritius).

Echthromorpha vittata ( BRULLÉ 1846) : GANESHAN & WILLIAMS 2001: 1 (cat. Maurititus).

H o s t s: Noctuidae : Nagia megaruna JOANNIS1932, Simplicia extinctalis (ZELLER

1852) (= S. inarcualis GUENÉE 1854) – Pyralidae : Omiodes indicata (FABRICIUS 1775).

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Réunion: Cap Noir 1 29.1.2002 leg. R. Parnaudeau ( MHN RUN) – Colimacon, Conservatoire Botanique National des Mascarin 1 19.5.2004 leg. M. Madl ( NHMW) – without data 2 ( MHN RUN) – Mauritius: 5 1858 leg. I. Pfeiffer ( NHMW) – without data 1 ( BMNH) ; 1 ( BMNH) – 1 12.1934, 1 1.1.1935, 1 11.1949 ( BMNH) – Black River Gorges National Park, Umgebung Le Petrin 1 10.- 12.5.2004 leg. M. Madl ( NHMW) – Curepipe 1 1.2.1954 leg. Hardy ( MSIRI) – Floreal 1 May 1986 leg. J.R. Williams ( MSIRI) – Henrietta, Umgebung Tamarin Falls 1 16.10.2004 leg. M. Madl ( NHMW) – Mondrain Reserve 7 14.- 15.5.2007 leg. M. Madl ( NHMW) – Reduit 1 Dec. 1958, 3 1 2.1.1959, 1 12.1.1959, 1 Jan. 1959, 1 21.12.1959, 1 30.1.1983, 1 24.2.1984 leg. J.. R. Williams ( MSIRI) – Tamarin 1 9.1.1990 leg. J.R. Williams ( MSIRI) – Vacoas 2 1 on elephant grass 19.11.1958 leg. A. Rajabalee ( MSIRI) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Réunion, Mauritius.

Endemic to the Mascarenes. The synonymy of Echthromorpha macula BRULLÉ is based on the sculpturation of the thorax and abdomen. Concerning colouration specimens from Réunion have more black markings than the Mauritian ones.