Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Braconidae

Pseudapanteles lipomeringis (Muesebeck, 1958) Figs 79- 83

Apanteles lipomeringis Muesebeck, 1958: 433 (original description).

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

Holotype.

♀ in NMNH (examined). PANAMA, Summit, Canal Zone. USNM type No. 2793.

Diagnosis.

It belongs to the annulicornis species-group, and can be separated from other species within that group based on the combination of mesosoma and metasoma entirely yellow, and shape of T1 and T2.

Biology/ecology.

Host: Lipomerinx prismatica ( Tineidae).

Distribution.

Panama.