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Papp, J.: Survey of the European species of Apanteles Först. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae: Microgasterinae), VI. The laspeyresiella-, merula-, falcatus- and validus-group

with clypeus) slightly though distinctly wider than high; head in frontal view also slightly, i.e. 1.25 times, wider than high. Stigma bright yellow. Çj : 3.1 mm.—Finland A. argante NIXON, 1976 (!!)* 4 (3) Penultimate joint of antenna 1.4 times longer than broad. Mesonotum with dense and even punctation, interspaces subshiny to dull and rather smaller in size than punctures. Ovipositor sheath as long as hind tibia. Second tergite transverse, first tergite 1.2 times longer than wide at base (Fig. 3). Face (together with clypeus) quadrate, i.e. as wide as high; head in frontal view almost round, i.e. minutely wider than high. Stigma pellucid yellow. 9 : 3.1 mm.—Korea A. oppugnator PAPP, 1974 (!!) 5 (2) First tergite 1.4-1.5 times longer than wide at base (Figs. 5 and 38). Hind tibia at base with a distinct yellow ring. 6 (7) Propodeum without a medio-longitudinal keel. Stigma distinctly thrice, i. e. 3-3.3 times, as long as wide; metacarp distinctly longer than stigma; D 1.1-1.2 wider than high, dl and dl equal in length or d\ minutely shorter (Fig. 6). Nervellus of hind wing perpendicular to n. anal. (Fig. 4). First tergite less long, 1.4 times longer than wide at base (Fig. 5). Ovipositor sheath 1.5 times as long as hind tibia. Mesonotum with crowded to contiguous punctation, interspaces dull and distintly smaller in size than punctures. Stigma pellucid pale yellow. Çj çf: 3-3.2 mm. — Hungary, Austria, Bulgaria, European USSR A. Iaspeyresiella PAPP, 1972 (!!) 7 (6) Propodeum with a distinct though weak medio-longitudinal keel. Stigma 2.4-2.5 times as long as wide; metacarp somewhat shorter than stigma; D 1.3 times wider than high, dl nearly one-third longer than dl (Fig. 37). First tergite long, 1.5 times longer than wide at base (Fig. 38). Ovipositor sheath as long as hind tibia. Mesonotum with dense though separated punctation, interspaces shiny and about equal in size with punctures. Stigma bright yellow. Ç : 2.8 mm. A member of the merula group with few transitional features towards the laspeyresiella-group.—Cape Verde Islands [A. salensis HEDQVIST, 1965 (!!] 8 (1) Nervellus of hind wing distinctly incurved, i.e. never straight (Figs. 7 and 13). 9 (14) Metacarp at most as long as stigma (Figs. 8 and 10). 10 (11) Margin of the vannai lobe of hind wing convex. Mesonotum densely punctated. Penultimate joint of antenna cubic. First tergite parallel-sided, but narrowing at its hind third, rl and cuqul about equal in length. Ovipositor sheath as long as hind tibia. Stigma yellow. Çj : 3 mm. rf ; 2.3 mm. A member of the metacarpalis-group with some features transitional towards the laspeyresiella-group.—Armenia (USSR) [A. verae TOBIAS, 1976] 11 (10) Margin of the vannai lobe of hind wing straight or faintly concave. 12 (13) Metacarp one-quarter shorter than length of stigma, latter issuing radial vein distinctly distally, rl and cuqul equal in length (Fig. 8). Mesonotum shiny, with small, superficial, dense and discrete punctation, interspaces as long as, or smaller than punctures, notaulix indistinct. Head in dorsal view twice as broad as long; eye only somewhat longer than temple ; hind imaginary tangent to anterior ocellus close before posterior pair of ocelli (Fig. 9). Penultimate joint of antenna 1.4 times as long as broad. Ovipositor sheath one-quarter shorter than hind tibia. Legs, except coxae, yellow. Ç ; 3-3.2 mm.—Transylvania (Romania) A. nagyi PAPP, 1975 (!!) *( ! !) = Either the holotype or the paratype(s) studied. (!) = I studied authentic specimen(s), i.e specimen(s) named by MARSHALL, NIXON, REINHARD, TELENGA, TOBIAS, WILKINSON (Palaearctic speeies), and MARSH, MASON, MUESEBECK (East Palaearctic and Nearctic species)