Kaszab Zoltán (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 74. (Budapest 1982)

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

5 (4) Metacarp 3-3.25 times longer than distance between its distal end and tip of radial vein (Fig. 27). Punctures of mesonotum very dense, almost confluent, interspaces dull. Antennái joints 16-17 1.2-1.3 times longer than broad. First tergite slightly broadening basally and from here subparallel-sided, its posterior half narrowing (Fig. 28). First tergite black, frequently reddish to rusty at base. 9 (f '• 3-3.2 mm. —Turkey, Jordan, Romania (Transylvania) A. meruloides NIXON, 1965(!) - Mesonotum with fine punctation, interspaces shiny and about size of punctures. First tergite almost evenly narrowing posteriorly. Legs reddish yellow or yellow, hind coxa black (legs of previous three species black with a more or less extensive yellow pattern). 9 cf : 3-3.2 mm. — North America A. sesiae VIERECK, 1912 (!)* 6 (1) Stigma evenly yellow to opaque yellow, at most its fore margin dark. 7 (8) Propodeum without a medio-longitudinal keel, though here with dense rugulosity. Metacarp almost as long as tigma (Fig. 10). Mesonotum with shallow and almost confluent punctation, shiny to subshiny. First tergite moderately narrowing at its hind half (Fig. 12). Ovipositor sheath in lateral view as long as hind tibia. Antennái joints 16-17 subcubic. Hind tibia blackish except its yellow base. Tegula black. 9 çf : 2.5-2.8 mm. A member of the laspeyresiella-group with some resemblance to the merula-group. — Azerbaidzhan (USSR) [A. subcamilla TOBIAS, 1976 (!!)] 8 (7) Propodeum with a distinct medio-longitudinal keel. 9 (14) Head in frontal view only slightly to indistinctly broader between eyes than high in the middle, i.e. head relatively somewhat elongate and cheek straight in its outline (Fig. 29). 10 (11) Head in frontal view only somewhat broader than high, i.e. not distinctly transverse, cheek arched in its outline (Fig. 2, in KOTENKO 1981, p. 27). Ovipositor sheath 2.2-2.5 times longer than hind tibia. Hind femur thrice as long as wide. POL 2.5 times as long as greatest diameter of fore ocellus. Penultimate joint of antenna 1.41.6 times longer than broad. Metacarp about as long as stigma. 9 : 3-3.5 mm. —Ukraine (USSR) A. meratus KOTENKO, 1981** 11 (10) Head in frontal view slightly to indistinctly broader than high, cheek straight in its outline (Fig. 29, compare with Fig. 30). Ovipositor sheath at most 1.5-1.6 times longer than hind tibia. Hind femur four times as long as wide. POL twice as long as greatest diameter of fore ocellus. 12 (13) Body 3.5-4 mm long. First tergite less narrowing posteriorly, its basal width 1.7-2 times greater than its apical width (Fig. 31). Medio-longitudinal keel of propodeum strong as usually. Mesonotum and scutellum with pubescence unusual in the merulagroup. Ovipositor sheath in lateral view 1.5-1.6 times as long as hind tibia, rl twice as long as cuqul, metacarp as long as stigma, latter issuing radial vein distally from ist middle (Fig. 32). Mesonotum shiny and distinctly punctate, punctures somewhat crowded along notaulix. Scutellum smooth, shiny, with extremely small and scattered punctures. Stigma opaque yellow, metacarp dark, venation whitish. Tegula pale yellow. —Sweden, Germany, Hungary, Turkey, USSR (Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaidzhan, Kazakhstan), Mongolia. (= memorabilis ALEXEEV, 1971, !!, syn. n.) A. lacteoides NIXON, 1965 (!!) *I know A. sesiae VIER, through a pair(l $ + 1 d") of this species identified by DR. P. M. MARSH (Washington) and deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. **I know this species on the basis of its original description (KOTENKO 1981 ). It seems rather more related to A. lacteoides NIXON than to A. myeloenta WILKINSON (I.e.).