Meteorus corax Marshall 1898
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Meteorus corax Marshall
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Meteorus corax Marshall, 1898:220. Lectotype ♀ Switzerland: Val Somvix / 25.vii.1891 / Marshall det. (NMB, Bern)
Meteorus monachami Fischer, 1957c:17. Holotype ♀ Austria: Lunz (Haberfelner), ex Monochamus saltuarius Gebl. (ZSBS, Munich) Synonymized by Fischer, 1966:395.
Diagnosis: This is one of the larger species of Meteorus, at least in the Palaearctic Region, averaging about 9 mm in body length. It is most easily confused with M. nixoni. However, M. corax has twisted mandibles (straight in M. nixoni), the temples are wider than in M. nixoni, and the 3 rd abdominal tergum is densely covered with striae (only a few striae present in M. nixoni).
Studied material: ~ 10 specimens.
Description: Size about 6–10mm. Antennae 39–41 articles. Head rather square. Ocelli small, OOL=3. Eyes small, converging only very slightly. Face about twice as long as broad. Clypeus distinctly narrower than face; protuberant. Tentorial pits wide and deep. Mandibles very stout and slightly twisted, with striate-punctate sculpture and long setae. Precoxal sulcus deep, foveolate with, anteriorly, a reticulate-foveolate patch beneath. Propodeum strongly reticulate-rugose with basal and medial transverse carinae. Petiolar tergum with longitudinal sculpture laterally, reticulate-rugose centrally; spiracles distinctly before the middle; large dorsal pits present, borders of petiolar tergum not meeting ventrally. The ovipositor about 4 times length of petiolar tergum. Outer surface of hind coxa and femur densely reticulate - punctate; hind tibia strongly swollen though not as wide as femur; tarsal claws large, strongly curved, not lobed but strongly swollen at base. Colour black or dark brown.
Distribution: Palearctic. Country records: Austria; Finland; Germany; Italy; Japan; Korea; Russia; Sweden; Switzerland.
Biology: Most host records of Meteorus corax involve the coleopteran family Cerambycidae (Huddleston 1980).
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- NMB
- Event date
- 1891-07-25
- Family
- Braconidae
- Genus
- Meteorus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Marshall
- Species
- corax
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- lectotype
- Verbatim event date
- 1891-07-25
- Taxonomic concept label
- Meteorus corax Marshall, 1898 sec. Stigenberg & Ronquist, 2011
References
- Fischer, M. (1957 c) Betrage zur Kenntnis der Palaarktischen Braconiden. Mitteilungen der Munchner entomologischen Gesellschaft, 47, 1 - 21.
- Fischer, M. (1966) Gezuchtete Braconiden aus Niederosterreich und aus dem Burgenland (Hymenoptera). Zeitschrift fur angewandte Entomologie, 53, 385 - 402.
- Huddleston, T. (1980) A revision of the Western Palaearctic species of the genus Meteorus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology series, 41, 1 - 58.