Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Braconidae

Pseudapanteles nerion (Nixon, 1965) Figs 121- 125

Apanteles nerion Nixon, 1965: 142 (original description).

Pseudapanteles nerion: Mason 1981: 86 (revised combination).

Holotype.

♀ in BMNH (examined). BRAZIL, Nova Teutonia, 27°11'S, 52°23'W, 26.iv.1938, Fritz Plaumann, B.M. 1938-682.

Diagnosis.

It belongs to the annulicornis species-group, and can be separated from other species within that group based on metasoma almost entirely dark brown (except for laterotergites 1 and 2), T2 shape, and relatively long ovipositor sheaths (as long as metatibia).

Comments.

Only the holotype specimen is known.