Eurytoma pinetorum, RATZEBURG, 1852

Delvare, Gérard, Gebiola, Marco, Zeiri, Asma & Garonna, A. P., 2014, Revision and phylogeny of the European species of the Eurytoma morio species group (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae), parasitoids of bark and wood boring beetles, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171 (2), pp. 370-421 : 415

EURYTOMA PINETORUM RATZEBURG, 1852

Eurytoma pinetorum Ratzeburg, 1852: 220 . Original description. Germany.

Host: Carphoborus (= Hylesinus ) minimus (Fabricius, 1798) .

Type material

None. The Ratzeburg collection was destroyed and all types lost. The short original description just quotes: ‘I put it close to E. striolata in the thoracic structure and also reared it from bark beetles. It differs from it in the fact that the ovipositor is not exerted. I could not observe the antennae as they were still within their pupal skin’ (translated from German). The host plants for Carphoborus minimus are Pinus sylvestris and Pinus nigra . In the discussion of E. striolata it is noted that E. melanoneura was reared several times from hosts infesting coniferous trees. For the time being we prefer to retain the name as a doubtful species.