Aleiodes itamevorus, Shaw, Scott R. & Marsh, Paul M., 2004

Shaw, Scott R. & Marsh, Paul M., 2004, Two new Eastern North American species of the Aleiodes coxalis (Spinola) species­group (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Rogadinae) reared from Geometridae, Zootaxa 656, pp. 1-10 : 3

Aleiodes coxalis species­group

Included Species.— coxalis (Spinola) 1808 , new combination, Europe; bicolor (Spinola) 1808 , Europe; signatus (Nees) 1812 , new combination, Europe; alternator (Nees) 1834 , Europe; tristis Wesmael 1838 , Europe; aciculatus Cresson 1869 , North America; sanctihyacinthi ( Provancher) 1880 , new combination, North America, introduced into Europe; arcticus (Thomson) 1891 , Europe; incertus (Kokoujev) 1898 , new combination, Eastern Europe; jakolewi (Kokoujev) 1898, new combination, Eastern Europe; coxator (Telenga) 1941 , new combinatio n, Eastern Europe; incertoides (Telenga) 1941 , new combination, Siberia; satanus (Telenga) 1941, new combination, Mongolia; nunbergi (Noskiewicz) 1956 , new combination, Europe; negativus (Tobias) 1961 , new combination, Eastern Europe; hellenicus (Papp) 1985 , new combination, Europe; moldavicus (Tobias) 1986 , new combination, Eastern Europe; itamevorus new species; and maritimus new species.

Diagnostic Characters.— Hind wing vein RS sinuate, marginal cell narrowest in middle; ocelli small, diameter of lateral ocellus less than ocell­ocular distance; vertex usually transversely rugose; fourth metasomal tergum usually sculptured, metasomal terga 1–4 sometimes partially carapace­like.

Comments.—The species in this group all have the fourth metasomal tergum with sculpturing, a few with this part coriaceous but most with it rugose or costate at least on basal half. In a few cases the first four terga are carapace­like as in the genus Tetrasphaeropyx Ashmead. These species are morphologically intermediate in this trait between Aleiodes and Tetrasphaeropyx , suggesting that the latter genus should be synonymized with Aleiodes .