Illidops scutellaris (Muesebeck, 1921)

Figs 2A, 38–40

Apanteles scutellaris Muesebeck, 1921: 533–534 .

Type material

Paratypes

UNITED STATES – California • 1 ♂; Pasadena; J.E. Graf leg.; Muesebeck det.; ex. Phthorimaea operculella; CNC, CNCHYM 00212 . – Florida • 1 ♀; Palm Beach County, Belle Glade; 30 May 1944; N. Hayslip leg.; “reared from potatoes”; CNC, CNCHYM 00213 .

Other material examined

CANADA – Yukon Territory • 2 ♀♀; Champagne; 60.790° N, 136.437° W; 733 m a.s.l.; 8 Jul. 2006; H. Goulet and C. Boudreault leg.; CNC, HYM00000588, HYM00000627 • 1 ♀; Tahkini River road; 60.875° N, 135.386° W; 693 m a.s.l.; 6 Jul. 2006; H. Goulet and C. Boudreault leg.; CNC, HYM00000560 .

Species concept

Our species concept is based on our examination of habitus photos of the holotype (available via the Smithsonian Website), our examination of authoritatively identified and reared specimens stored in the CNC, and the information available in Muesebeck (1921) and Tobias & Kotenko (1986) → ***.

Ecology / host information

Type series (including holotype) reared ex Gelechiidae: Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller, 1873) .

Distribution

AUS: Hawaiian Islands; NEA: United States (AZ, CA, FL, TX); NEO: Mexico; PAL: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Iran.

Molecular data

BOLD:AAA8769.

Remarks

Holotype female, USNM. Country of type locality: United States. The type was examined. In the original description, the type is reported to have been reared from Phthorimaea operculella by J.E. Graf in California, together with four females and three males (Muesebeck 1921). Mason had this species available in his collection and considered it to be part of Apanteles, rather than Illidops (Mason 1981) . Papp (1981) and Tobias & Kotenko (1986) listed it in the butalidis group and Papp (1988) transferred it to Illidops . This species fits well in our concept of Illidops .