Microchelonus (Microchelonus) atripes (THOMSON 1874)

Aydogdu, M. & Beyarslan, A., 2006, Microchelonus SZÉPLIGETI 1908 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Cheloninae) species from the Marmara, Western and Blacksea regions of Turkey, Linzer biologische Beiträge 38 (1), pp. 397-407 : 399

Microchelonus (Microchelonus) atripes (THOMSON 1874)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Bilecik-Ayvacik, pasture, 700m, 09.07.1993, 2♀♀; Canakkale- Eceabat-Conkbayiri, pasture, 65m, 06.05.1993, 13; -Tuzgolu, pasture, 10m, 08.06.2001, 333; Duzce-Kabalar, hazelnut garden, 250m, 08.06.2002, 13; Karabuk-Safranbolu-Incecay-Sarıcicek mountains, mixed forests, 1567m, 30.06.2001, 1♀; Kirklareli-Kofcaz-Beyci, trefoil, 350m, 17.07.2001, 5♀♀; Ordu-Unye-Catalpinar, hazelnut garden, 80m, 05.07.2003, 1♀; Sinop-Boyabat- Cangal mountains-Kozcagiz, orchard, 1000m, 02.07.2001, 13; Tekirdag-Saray, trefoil, 110m, 25.08.1992, 1♀; Zonguldak-Devrek-Davulga, mixed forests, 800m, 29.06.2001, 5♀♀, 633.

D i s t r i b u t i o n i n T u r k e y: Kirklareli ( BEYARSLAN 1995), Western and

Middle Blacksea regions (first record).

G e n e r a l D i s t r i b u t i o n: Belgium, Croatia, Finland, former Yugoslavia,

Germany, Hungary, Sweden, Turkey.

H o s t s: Parasitoid of lepidopteran Coleophora sp. ( Coleophoridae ).