Kaszab Zoltán (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 73. (Budapest 1981)

Papp, J.: A survey of the European species of Apanteles Först. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae: Microgasterinae), V. The lacteus-, longipalpis-, ultor-, butalidis- and vipio-group

Legs yellow, coxae black, hind femur + tibia more or less and all tarsi entirely blackish fumous. Tegula blackish brown. Otherwise similar to A. lacteus (NEES). Ç : 2-3 mm. —• Morocco A. marokkanus FAHRINGER, 1936 4 (1) Propodeum smooth and shiny, with almost indistinct hair-punctures. First tergite almost one-and-a-half times as long as broad near to its base, evenly narrowing from base to apex, broadest before its base and here one-third wider than at its hind end; third tergite only somewhat longer than second tergite (Fig. 94). Disc of mesonotum with very fine punctation, interspaces twice-thrice longer than diameter of punctures, notaulix indistinct (Fig. 3). First tergite smooth to polished, only its hind two-fifths punctate to rugulo-punctate. Penultimate joint of antenna subcubic, i.e. one-fourth longer than broad (8;6). Metacarp one-fourth longer than stigma, and four times as long as distance between its distal end and tip of R (Fig. 93). Ovipositor sheath as long as hind tibia. Tegula black. Stigma dark brown with a small pale basal spot. 9 '• 3.8 mm. — Mongolia A. frustratus PAPP, 1975 (!!) B (A) Males. — First tergite subquadrate (?slightly broader than long; see MARSHALL 1898, p. 180). Disc of mesonotum polished. Propodeum smooth, shiny. Second tergite as long as third tergite. <-f: 3.3 mm. Its proper arrangement in species-group is uncertain (see also in vipio-group, p. 277). — Spain. A. rhamphus MARSHALL, 1898 THE SPECIES OF THE LACTEUS-GROUP (Numbers refer to couplet-number) frustratus PAPP 4 (1) lacteus (NEES) 2 (3) marokkanus FAHR. 3 (4) rhamphus MARSHALL B (A) Remarks —• 1. The species A. marokkanus FAHR, and A. rhamphus MARSH, were included on the basis of the original description. They presented some difficulties since they have been described in the traditional way, consequently, lacking several features adopted in modern species descriptions and identification keys. Nevertheless, they fit in the lacteus-group, though a type-examination may put them in new light. Concerning A. rhamphus MARSH. it was placed here also on the basis of MARSHALL'S indication "Elle est remarquable par le prolongement en museau des parties de la bouche, caractère qui signale chez certaines espèces leur parenté avec les Agathis typiques." (MARSHALL 1898, p. 180). 2. The type(s) of A. marokkanus FAHR, is not to be found in the Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien, as DR. M. FISCHER kindly informed me few years ago. 3. The location of the type(s) of A. rhamphus MARSH, is latent. Since its description, together with A. marokkanus FAHR., no other report has been published on them and no further specimens has come to light. 4. The males of A. rhamphus MARSH, and of A. rostratus TOBIAS, on the basis of their description (MARSHALL 1898: 180. TOBIAS 1976: 248), seem to be extremely close to each other; A. rhamphus was described on the basis of male specimen(s). An eventual female specimen perhaps will reveal the real specific differences between the two species.