Zele caligatus (Haliday, 1835)

Meteorus caligatus Haliday, 1835: 25.

Meteorus neesii Ruthe, 1862: 22, 23. Syn. by Schmiedeknecht 1897.

Dyscoletes alaskensis Ashmead, 1902: 247. Syn. by van Achterberg 1979.

Meteorus caligatus var. sibiricus: Fahringer 1929: 8. Syn. by van Achterberg 1979.

Zele caligatus: van Achterberg 1984: 110; Chen et al. 1987: 94.

Type material examined.

Lectotype of Zele caligatus . Ireland • ♀; Dublin, Jullymore; Haliday leg.; (NMI Dublin).

Other material examined.

China – Hubei Prov. • 1 ♀; Xingshan, Longmen River; alt. 1300 m; 9 May 1994; You-wei Zhang leg.; light trap; (ZJUH) No. 135714 .

Diagnosis.

Precoxal sulcus narrowly sculptured medially; basal 1 / 2 of propodeum largely smooth and shiny (except slightly curved subbasal carina); first metasomal tergite 1.7–2.0 × longer than its apical width; dorsope medium-sized and space between dorsope ~ 2.0 × width of dorsope; ovipositor sheath 0.19–0.28 × as long as fore wing.

Distribution.

China (Anhui, Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Hubei, Jilin, Liaoning, Ningxia, Shanxi, Xinjiang, Zhejiang), Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

Biology.

Reared from Geometridae and Nymphalidae .