Meteorus sulcatus Szépligeti, 1896

Stigenberg, Julia & Ronquist, Fredrik, 2011, Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084, Zootaxa 3084 (1), pp. 1-95 : 72

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5244894

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scientific name

Meteorus sulcatus Szépligeti
status

 

Meteorus sulcatus Szépligeti View in CoL

Fig. 78 View FIGURES 73–78 , 129 View FIGURES 80–133

Meteorus sulcatus Szépligeti, 1896:310 View in CoL . Holotype ♀, Yugoslavia: Croatia, Grehovica , 10.v.1885 (published as 1882) (Biró) (HNHM, Budapest).

Meteorus insignis Muesebeck, 1939:83 View in CoL . Holotype ♀, Great Britain: England, Herefordshire, Brickett Wood, 17.vi.1936 (Benson) (BMNH, London) synonymized by Fischer, 1966:395 —examined.

Meteorus molorchi Fischer, 1966:391 View in CoL . Holotype ♀, Austria: ‘ Österreich, Wien XIII, ob. Tirolergarten, ex Molorchus umbellatarum View in CoL , vi.1964 (Holzschuh)’ (NHM, Vienna) synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:49.

Diagnosis: Meteorus sulcatus is closely related to M. corax and M. nixoni . All are large and dark species with a wide face. However, M. sulcatus is the smallest amongst these with a length of about 4 mm, M. corax and M. nixoni both are about 10 mm. The petiolar tergum of the former is almost parallel whilst on both the latter species it is distinctly widening apically.

Studied material: ~ 5 specimens.

Description: Size about 4 mm. Antennae 31–36 articles. Clypeus flat, punctuate. Mandibles stout and twisted. OOL=1.5–2.0. Propodeum depressed, rugose. Petiolar tergum broad, reticulate dorsally. Petiolar tergum longitudinally striate, with distinct thyridia. Ovipositor long, 3.0–3.5 times petiolar tergum. Tarsal claws without basal lobe but swollen at the base. Second submarginal cell much higher than wide.

Distribution: Western and Eastern Palearctic. Country records: Austria; Croatia; Czechoslovakia; France; Germany; Hungary; Japan; Netherlands; Russia; Slovakia; United Kingdom.

Biology: Meteorus sulcatus is recorded as a parasitoid of Coleoptera : Buprestidae , Cerambycidae , and Chrysomelidae ( Yu et al. 2005) .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Meteorus

Loc

Meteorus sulcatus Szépligeti

Stigenberg, Julia & Ronquist, Fredrik 2011
2011
Loc

Meteorus molorchi

Huddleston, T. 1980: 49
Fischer, M. 1966: 391
1966
Loc

Meteorus insignis

Fischer, M. 1966: 395
Muesebeck, C. F. W. 1939: 83
1939
Loc

Meteorus sulcatus Szépligeti, 1896:310

Szepligeti, G. V. 1896: 310
1896
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