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
40 (39) First tergite anteriorly with parallel-subparallel sides, its posterior half to third distinctly narrowing, thrice as long as wide at hind (Figs 79, 186). Ovipositor sheath broad, and as long as two-thirds to three-fourths of hind tibia (Fig. 187). Disc of mesonotum dull, with dense and fine punctation (Fig. 80) Hind femur 3.3-3.5 times longer than broad (Fig. 188). Hind femur black 9cf )• Stigma brownish yellow to light brown. 9 • 2.6-2.8 mm, çf : 2-2.5 mm. — U.S.A. Introduced and dispersed into several countries (Bulgaria, Hungary, Cyprus, India, Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand) A. scutellaris MUESEBECK, 1920 (!) 41 (1) Males. — Propodeum rugose to roughly rugose (Fig. 81). First tergite rugose, second tergite rugulose to uneven (Figs. 82-83). Disc of mesonotum with dense punctation, scutellum punctated (Fig. 84). Metacarp as long as to somewhat shorter than stigma, latter issuing radial vein clearly distally (Figs. 85, 190). di distinctly shorter than, i.e. half as long as, dl. Legs very dark, black to blackish, çf : 2.7-3.2 mm. — England, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria A. sesostris NIXON, 1976 (!) Remark — A. contortus TOBIAS, 1964, is a junior synonym of A. naso MARSHALL, 1885The holotype ("Type") of the latter was kindly lent to me by MR. T. HUDDLESTON (British Museum, Nat. Hist., London) for examination. A. naso was described on the basis of a single male specimen. It is a relatively small and gracile representative of the species identified since 1964 as A. contortus. This single male was compared to a female paratype of A. contortus (housed in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest) together with a long series of this species of both sexes from various countries as indicated in the key. I could not establish any specific difference between them. Furthermore, my findings suggests that A. naso (= A. contortus) is a highly variable species viewing its corporal sizes. THE SPECIES OF THE BUTALIDIS-GROUP (Synonyms are in italics, numbers refer to couplet-number) assimilis PAPP 32 (33), 39 (40) bellicosus PAPP 23 (22) biroicus PAPP 24 (21) brevimetacarpus HEDQVIST 18 (19), 26 (27) butalidis MARSHALL 29 (28) cloelia NIXON 37 (36) contortus TOBIAS 36 (37) crantor NIXON 36 (37) electilis TOBIAS 15 (14) evander NIXON 36 (37) lindbergi HEDQVIST 19 (18) mutabilis TELENGA 14 (15) naso MARSHALL 36 (37) perseveratus PAPP 22 (23) scutellaris MUESEBECK 40 (39) sesostris NIXON 41 (1) sophrosine NIXON 34 (35) splendidus PAPP 28 (29) szabói PAPP 10 (11) urgo NIXON 12 (13) TRANSITIONAL SPECIES TOWARDS THE BUTALIDIS-GROUP (Respective species-group in parenthesis, numbers referring to couplet-number) seriphia NIXON 4 (3) (laevigatus-group) suevus REINHARD 3 (4) (suevus-group) znoikoi TOBIAS 6 (7) (metacarpalis-group)
