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Microctonus melanopus Ruthe
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Description
M. melanopus Ruthe
Figures 77–80
Microctonus melanopus Ruthe, 1856, p 293.
Perilitus melanopus Haeselbarth, 2008, p 1079.
Distribution: Northwestern U.S. and southwestern Canada; native to Europe.
Specimens examined (North America only): Thirty-one from six collection events; questionable female identifications: 16 from six collection events.
Flight period: April through July.
Remarks: Microctonus melanopus is of European origin and is expanding its range in North America (Fox et al. 2004).
Notes
Published as part of Pucci, Thomas M., 2013, Contributions to the classification of North American Microctonus (Braconidae, Euphorinae), pp. 1-150 in Zootaxa 3725 (1) on page 18, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3725.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5268043
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Braconidae
- Genus
- Microctonus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Ruthe
- Species
- melanopus
- Taxon rank
- species
References
- Haeselbarth, E. (2008) Zur Braconiden-Gattung Perilitus NEES 1818 3. Beitrag: Die Arten ohne ausgebildetem ersten Cubitus- Abschnitt (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). Linzer Biologische Beitrage, 40, 1013 - 1152.
- Fox, A. S., Shaw, S. R., Dosdall, L. M. & Lee, B. (2004) Microctonus melanopus (Ruthe) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a parasitoid of adult cabbage seedpod weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): Distribution in southern Alberta and female diagnosis. Journal of Entomological Science, 39, 350 - 361.