Illidops nigritegula ( Tobias & Kotenko, 1986 )

Höcherl, Amelie, 2025, Revision of Holarctic Illidops Mason (Hymenoptera, Braconidae): A first step towards resolving a dark taxon and descriptions of three new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 1031, pp. 1-121 : 61

Illidops nigritegula ( Tobias & Kotenko, 1986)

Apanteles nigritegula Tobias & Kotenko, 1986: 755 [425].

Species concept

Our species concept is based on the information available in Tobias (1964) and Tobias & Kotenko (1986). In addition to that, the species is quite morphologically distinct and unlikely to be confused. → **.

Ecology / host information

Host unknown.

Distribution

PAL: Kazakhstan, Russia (S).

Molecular data

No molecular data available.

Remarks

Type and depository unknown. Country of type locality: Kazakhstan. This species was formally described by Tobias & Kotenko (1986). Prior to that, Tobias (1964) regarded it as a variety of A. electilis , describing it as A. electilis var. nigritegula nov. ( Tobias, 1964), providing more detailed information on the potential type locality that did not make it into the 1986 key. We translated this information, the locality indicated by Tobias (1964: 227) is: “Tselinograd Region: Kokshetau Mountains, on flowers of Ferula songorica , 15 VI 1957, 2 females (V. Tobias)”. This is one of the very few species of Illidops with a large pale spot from the base to beyond the middle of the pterostigma, in addition it is rather small, measuring only 1.9–2.2 mm ( Tobias & Kotenko 1986: 755).