Kaszab Zoltán (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 70. (Budapest 1978)

Papp, J.: A survey of the European species of Apanteles Först. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae: Microgasterinae) II. The laevigatus-group, I

glomeratus-group considering its relatively long ovipositor sheath. Qçf : 2.5 mm. — USSR: Uzbekistan [A. turkestanicus TELENGA, 1955 (!)] 48 (47) Body black. Legs black with yellowish patterns. First tergite angled behind (Fig. 71), its hind half together with second tergite rather uneven to smooth. Antennái joints 15-17 at least subcubic, usually one-and-a-third to one-anda-half times longer than broad, antenna at least as long as head, thorax and first tergite combined. Ovipositor sheath as long as hind tibia or slightly longer. 9cf : 2-3 mm. — USSR: European part, Soviet Middle Asia; North China, Mongolia, Hungary, Cyprus, Egypt, Cape Verde Islands. Supposedly widely distributed in the Palaearctic Region. (= litae var. operculellae NIXON, 1972, = salverdensis HEDQVIST, 1965, syn. n.*) A. appellator TELENGA 1949** ! 49 (34) Stigma opaque brown to blackish brown, either with a basal light spot (Figs. 74, 78, 81, 84, 89) or without one (Figs. 95, 99, 103, 110). 50 (61) Stigma brown with a basal pale or yellow spot (Figs. 74, 78, 81, 84, 89). 51 (52) Stigma extremely wide, twice as long as broad, metacarp short, hardly longer than half length of stigma; rí as long as one-third width of stigma, cuqitl and ri equal in length and both veins with a characteristic arrangement (Fig. 74). Penultimate joint of antenna subcubic, one-fifth longer than broad. Face rather subquadrate, its height to lower and upper width as 16 : 20 : 24 (in frontal view, x 100), inner margin of eyes converging towards oral part. Mesonotum dull, with dense and shallow punctation. First tergite (Fig. 75) parallel-sided, anteriorly somewhat converging. Inner spur of hind tibia slightly shorter than half basitarsus. Ovipositor sheath slightly longer than half of hind tibia. Stigma brown with faint proximal and distal yellowish spots. Alar veins weakly pigmented. 9 : L9 mm. «— Mongolia A. latistigma PAPP, 1977b (!!) 52 (51) Stigma more than twice as long as broad, metacarp distinctly longer than half length of stigma; ri and cuqui other in arrangement (Figs. 78, 81, 84, 89). 53 (54) Head (in superior view) distinctly not so wide as thorax between tegulae (Fig. 76). Outer surface of hind tibia with dense and rather scale-like spines arranged in a narrow strip (Fig. 77). DI distinctly one-fourth times wider than high; stigma proximo-distally yellow, brownish yellow to brown (Fig. 78). Ocelli small, hind imaginary tangent to fore ocellus before (i.e. not touching) hind two ocelli, these Iatters nearer to eye than to each other (10 : 14, x 100). Penultimate joint of antenna somewhat longer than broad (7 : 5, x 100). Disc of mesonotum punctate, interspaces rather equalling diameter of punctures, shiny (Fig. 24). Inner spur of hind tibia shorter than half basitarsus (10 : 26 X 63), and minutely longer than outer one (Fig. 77). Stigma three times longer * Through the courtesy of DR. W. HACKMAN (Zoological Institute, Helsinki) I have studied the holotype of A,solverdensis HEDQVIST (Comm. Biol., 1965, 28: 14) and compared it with a female of A. appellator TEL. authentically named by TELENGA himself, together with further specimens originating from Mongolia and Hungary. As a result of the comparision I could establish that the two names refer to the same species, consequently, appellator is the valid name. ** A. litae NIXON is very similar to A. appellator TEL. The difference between the two species seems very slight (PAPP 1976b): A. appellator TEL. A. litae NIXON 1. Stigma entirely yeliow (Fig. 72) 1. Stigma brown with basal pale spot. tFig. 81). 2. Ovipositor sheath as long as two-thirds to three-fourths 2. Ovipositor sheath as long as hind tibia, of hind tibia. 3. First tergite 1.3 times longer than wide at rear (Fig. 71). 3. First tergite 1.2 (-1.3) times longer than wide at rear (Fig. 83). A. litae var. operculellae NIXON, 1972, is a light form of the nominate species considering stigma, alar venation and hind tarsus.