Temelucha minuta (Morley, 1912)

Rousse, Pascal & Villemant, Claire, 2012, Ichneumons in Reunion Island: a catalogue of the local Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) species, including 15 new taxa and a key to species, Zootaxa 3278, pp. 1-57 : 23

Temelucha minuta (Morley, 1912)

( Fig. 11 a)

Tarytia minuta Morley 1912: 175 ; Temelucha clausa Kerrich 1959: 50

Diagnosis. Temelucha minuta is a small dark species, easily identifiable by the spectral basal abscissa of vein M+Cu on fore wing.

Description. Rousse et al. (submitted).

Host records. Grapholita critica ( Lepidoptera : Tortricidae ), Etiella behrii ( Lepidoptera : Pyralidae ), Bilobata subsecivella ( Lepidoptera : Gelechiidae ) on peanut ( Arachis hypogaea ), Phthorimaea operculella ( Lepidoptera : Gelechiidae ) on potato ( Solanum tuberosum ).

Distribution records. Reunion (new record). Madagascar (Rousse et al. 2011). Cyprus, Australia, India, Seychelles, Thailand.

Material examined. 1333 St Philippe / Basse Vallée, alt. 490m, XI.2010, leg. P. Rousse (light trap); 13 St Benoit / Grand Etang, alt. 510m, XI.2010, leg. T. Ramage (light trap); 3Ƥ 233 Petite Ile / Piton Goyave, III.1979, leg. Cirad.

Figures

FIGURE 11. Cremastinae (females), habitus. a: Temelucha minuta. b: Temelucha basiornata. c: Temelucha pestifer. d: Temelucha talibarti. e: Trathala annulicornis. f: Trathala flavoorbitalis.