Pseudapanteles sesiae (Viereck, 1912)

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie, Whitfield, James B., Smith, M. Alex & Kula, Robert, 2014, Revision of the genus Pseudapanteles (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), with emphasis on the species in Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, ZooKeys 446, pp. 1-82 : 26

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Braconidae

Pseudapanteles sesiae (Viereck, 1912) Figs 169- 173

Apanteles (Pseudapanteles) sesiae Viereck, 1912: 146 (original description).

Pseudapanteles sesiae : Mason 1981: 86 (revised combination).

Holotype.

♀ in NMNH (examined). UNITED STATES, Virginia, Vienna. USNM type No. 14324.

Other material examined.

5 ♂ (CNC). Canada, Ontario, Niagara Falls; United States, Florida, Fort Ogden; Virgina, Falls Church; Virginia, Vienna.

Diagnosis.

It belongs to the annulicornis species-group, and can be separated from other species within that group based on head, flagellomeres, mesosoma and metasoma dark brown to black, and body and fore wing length usually 3.0 mm.

Molecular data.

Sequences in BOLD: 2, barcode compliant sequences: none.

Biology/ecology.

Host: Synanthedon scitula ( Sesiidae ).

Distribution.

Canada (Ontario), United States (District of Columbia, Florida, Indiana, New Jersey, Texas, Virginia).

Comments.

Two partial DNA barcodes (100 and 164 base pairs respectively) were obtained from specimens from Canada (Ontario) and United States (Florida).