Published June 30, 2025 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Microleptes obenbergeri Gregor 1938

  • 1. Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, via Aldo Moro 2, 53100, Siena, Italy - aphelocheirus @ gmail. com; & NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy
  • 2. Biodiversitätszentrum, Johann-Wilhelm-Kleinstrasse 73, 4040, Linz, Austria
  • 3. Museo di Storia Naturale " La Specola, University of Florence, via Romana 17, 50125, Florence, Italy -

Description

Microleptes obenbergeri Gregor, 1938 (Figs 1, 2)

Material examined. 1♀: Italy: Lombardia, Brescia, Capriano del Colle, Bosco delle Colombere, 45°26’56.4”N 10°09’01.9”E, 25.iv-02.v.2020, Malaise trap, F. Di Giovanni & M. Schwarz det. (FDGC); 1♂: same data as female (FDGC). 1♀: Toscana, Arezzo, Riserva Naturale Ponte a Buriano, Penna, iv-v.1998, pitfall trap, B. Cecchi, A. Sforzi & L. Bartolozzi leg., M. Schwarz det. (MZUF); 1♂: Toscana, Arezzo, Parco Nazionale delle Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona e Campigna, loc. Sacro Eremo, 1100 m, 16.vi.1995, P. Abbazzi, L. Bartolozzi, B. Cecchi & A. Sforzi leg., M. Schwarz det. (MZUF).

Diagnosis. The species can be distinguished from the other European species of the genus by the following features: 3rd segment of the antenna in the female stocky, less than 3 times as long as wide, uniformly widened towards the apex; male flagellum with tyloids on antennal segments 3 to 4/5/6; clypeus without a median tooth or tubercle; temple slightly widened behind eyes; hind coxa shiny; propodeum with costulae distinct (Gregor 1938; van Rossem 1988; Schwarz 1991; Varga & Kostro-Ambroziak 2021).

Distribution. Czech Republic (Gregor 1938); Austria (Humala 2003); Italy (new record).

Notes

Published as part of Giovanni, Filippo Di, Schwarz, Martin & Turrisi, Giuseppe Fabrizio, 2025, Microleptinae, a new subfamily for the fauna of Italy (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), pp. 113-116 in Fragmenta entomologica 57 (1) on pages 113-115, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/1780, http://zenodo.org/record/16964980

Files

Files (1.7 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:3f04b1666de0c08c7501bb3358cea855
1.7 kB Download

System files (19.3 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:f789c1cac41c6b9c9af0cef422b82ffc
19.3 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
FDGC , MZUF
Event date
1995-06-16 , 2020-04-25
Verbatim event date
1995-06-16 , 2020-04-25/05-02
Scientific name authorship
Gregor
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Ichneumonidae
Genus
Microleptes
Species
obenbergeri
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Microleptes obenbergeri Gregor, 1938 sec. Giovanni, Schwarz & Turrisi, 2025

References

  • Gregor F. 1938. Novi lumci (Hym., Ichn.). Ichneumonides nouveaux. Entomologicke listy (Folia entomologica), 1: 40-43.
  • van Rossem G. 1988. A revision of Palaearctic Oxytorine genera. Part VII. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 131: 103-112.
  • Schwarz M. 1991. Eine neue Art der Gattung Microleptes Gravenhorst (Ichneumonidae, Hymenoptera) aus Osterreich.
  • Varga O., Kostro-Ambroziak A. 2021. New records of the subfamilies Cylloceriinae and Microleptinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from eastern Europe. Zoodiversity, 55 (6): 485-492. Doi: 10.15407/zoo2021.06.485
  • Humala A. E. 2003. Ichneumon-flies of the fauna of Russia and surrounding countries. Subfamilies Microleptinae and Oxytorinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 175 pp. [in Russian]