Microctonus glyptosceli, Loan, Klein & Coppel

Pucci, Thomas M., 2013, Contributions to the classification of North American Microctonus (Braconidae, Euphorinae), Zootaxa 3725 (1), pp. 1-150 : 16

M. glyptosceli Loan, Klein & Coppel

Figures 58–60

Microctonus glyptosceli Loan, Klein & Coppel, 1969, p 230 .

Distribution: Wisconsin.

Specimens examined: Four from one collection event.

Flight period: July.

Remarks: This species is very similar to M. pachylobii . Further collections from its host might challenge the distinction based on characters in the key. Loan et al. (1969) figured the stipital sclerite of the final instar larva. They noted the sharp and pronounced hypostomal spur is distinctive but did not compare it to those of M. pachylobii .

Figures

FIGURE 58. M. glyptosceli, lateral view, paratype.

FIGURE 59. M. glyptosceli, anterior view of head, paratype.

FIGURE 60. M. glyptosceli, petiole and propodeum, paratype.