Illidops bellicosus (Papp, 1977)

Fig. 9

Apanteles bellicosus Papp, 1977: 222–224, figs 8–10.

Type material

Holotype (photos examined)

MONGOLIA – Ömnögovi Province • ♀; “Südgobi aimak”, Bayandalai District, 14 km SE of Somon Bajandalaj; 1450 m a.s.l.; 15 Jun. 1967; no. 803; HNHM; typ. no. 2394.

Species concept

Our species concept is based on our examination of habitus photos of the holotype and the information available in Papp (1977, 1981), and Kotenko (2007) → **.

Ecology / host information

Host unknown.

Distribution

PAL: Mongolia.

Molecular data

No molecular data available.

Remarks

The holotype of this species shows a distinct contrast in antenna coloration with the antenna being mostly darker brown to black but the first flagellomere being entirely light brown to yellow (“pale”). However, the starker contrast may potentially be an artifact of long preservation as Papp described the following: “Antenna brown to blackish, first flagellar joint more or less reddish” (Papp 1977: 223). Illidops bellicosus (Papp, 1977) is one of the species which challenge our concept of Illidops with its entirely smooth propodeum. However, it has a very short fore wing vein R1 and based on the information available to us we could not draw any conclusions.