Published October 28, 2011 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Zele

Description

Key to European species of Zele:

1 Vein cu–a of forewing antefurcal (Fig. 13a)..................................... Z. chlorophthalmus (Spinola, 1808)

Vein cu-a of forewing postfurcal (Fig. 13b)................................................................. 2

2 Precoxal sulcus narrow (Fig. 14).......................................................................... 3

Precoxal sulcus wide, not always strongly rugose (Fig. 15) (albiditarsus Curtis s.l.)................................. 4

3 Ovipositor short, 1.5 times petiolar tergum, (ovipositor sheath 0.19–0.28 times fore wing)..... Z. caligatus (Haliday, 1835)

Ovipositor long 2.5 times petiolar tergum (ovipositor sheath 0.38–0.39 times fore wing).... Z. annulicrus (Thomson, 1895)

4 Length of fore leg tibial spur 0.4–0.5 times fore basitarsus, fore femur swollen, 5.0–6.0 times as long as wide (Fig. 16)..................................................................................... Z. albiditarsus Curtis, 1832

Length of fore leg tibial spur 0.2–0.4 times fore basitarsus, fore femur slender, 6.5–9.0 times as long as wide (Fig. 17).................................................................................... Z. deceptor (Wesmael, 1835)

Notes

Published as part of Stigenberg, Julia & Ronquist, Fredrik, 2011, Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084, pp. 1-95 in Zootaxa 3084 (1) on page 26, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5244448

Files

Files (1.8 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:2012cd9c898869ece47f6fc12ab43f1f
1.8 kB Download

System files (14.0 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:e176d5bc74ded267642f223ac8524104
14.0 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Braconidae
Genus
Zele
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Curtis
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Zele (Curtis, 1832) sec. Stigenberg & Ronquist, 2011

References

  • Spinola, M. (1808) Insectorum Liguriae species novae aut rariores, quas in agro Ligustico nuper detexit, descripsit, et iconibus illustravit (Hymenoptera), 2, 262 pp. Genuae.
  • Haliday, A. H. (1835) Essay on parasitic Hymenoptera. The Entomological magazine, 3, 20 - 45.
  • Thomson, C. G (1895) Bidrag till Braconidernas kannedom. Opuscula Entomologica, 20, 2141 - 2339.
  • Curtis, J. (1832) British entomology. 9, folio 415, London.
  • Wesmael, C. (1835) Monographie des Braconides de Belgique. Nouveaux Memoires de l'Academie Royales des Science. Bruxelles, 9, 1 - 252.