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Minotetrastichus frontalis

Description

Minotetrastichus frontalis (Nees ab Esenbeck 1834)

Minotetrastichus frontalis (Nees): Graham & LaSalle 1991, p. 89.

Type material

Neotype ♀, designated by Graham and LaSalle (1991) (Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna; not examined).

Material examined

171 ♀♀, 84 ♂♂, M. frontalis: Ul’yanovsk, Park Vinnovskay Roshcha, 54 ◦ 16 ′ N; 48 ◦ 20 ′ E, 16 June–4 September 2009 (A. Mishchenko).

Comparative notes

Anterior margin of clypeus with two teeth, clava with terminal spine much shorter than third segment, fore wing about 1.9× as long as broad, submarginal vein with 2–4 setae, medial lines on mesoscutum absent, body black with yellow markings.

Distribution

Austria, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldova, Ukraine, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Russia, UK, USA (Noyes 2010).

Biology

Larval-pupal gregarious ectoparasitoid.

Notes

Published as part of Yefremova, Z. & Mishchenko, A., 2012, The preimaginal stages of Minotetrastichus frontalis (Nees) and Chrysocharis laomedon (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), parasitoids associated with Phyllonorycter issikii (Kumata) (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae), pp. 1283-1305 in Journal of Natural History 46 (21 - 22) on pages 1285-1286, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.654517, http://zenodo.org/record/5199995

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2009-06-16
Verbatim event date
2009-06-16/09-04
Scientific name authorship
Nees
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Eulophidae
Genus
Minotetrastichus
Species
frontalis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
neotype
Taxonomic concept label
Minotetrastichus frontalis (Nees, 1834) sec. Yefremova & Mishchenko, 2012

References

  • Nees ab Esenbeck CG. 1834. Hymenopterorum Ichneumonibus affinium, Monographiae, genera Europaea et species illustrantes 2: 248 pp. Scripsit Christ. Godofr. 161. Stuttgart und Tubingen, Nees ab Esenbeck.
  • Graham MWR. de V, LaSalle J. 1991. New synonymy in European Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) including designation of some neotypes, lectotypes and new combinations. Entomol Gaz. 42: 89 - 96.
  • Noyes JS. 2010. Universal Chalcidoidea Database [Internet]. The Natural History Museum, London. UK. [cited 2010 May 6]. Available from: http: // www. nhm. ac. uk / entomology / chalcidoids / index. html.