Cotesia rubecula ( Marshall, 1885 )
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2020.667 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:59113117-7A31-4969-BA24-4E8E45EBF24A |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5700552 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EE8792-C430-381C-D043-FA428375291E |
treatment provided by |
Valdenar |
scientific name |
Cotesia rubecula ( Marshall, 1885 ) |
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Cotesia rubecula ( Marshall, 1885) View in CoL
Figs 7B View Fig , 23 View Fig C–D
Apanteles rubecula Marshall, 1885: 175 (holotype, ♀, NHMUK).
Cotesia rubecula View in CoL – Mason 1981: 113 (transferred from Apanteles View in CoL s.l.).
For a full bibliography, see Shenefelt (1972: 615), Yu et al. (2016) and Fernández-Triana et al. (2020).
Diagnosis
T1 consistently broadening posteriorly, often with a middle patch of rugosity on posterior smooth band of scutellum (under scutellar triangular disk); scutellar disk with only shallow punctures; mesosoma not dorsoventrally flattened; hind coxa and metasoma dark; ocelli normal sized, OOL/posterior ocellus diameter <2.4; fore wing vein r normally longer than, occasionally of similar length to 2RS; distal quarter of hind tibia darkened, including in lateral view.
Material examined
AUSTRALIA • 3 ♀♀, 7 ♂♂; South Australia, Urrbrae ; 27 Feb. 1987; M.A. Keller leg.; on broccoli ex. cocoon; Apanteles rubecula det A. D. Austin 1987; WINC • 2 ♀♀; South Australia, Adelaide ; reared in culture; 1 Aug. 1989; M.A. Keller leg.; “ Cotesia rubecula ”; WINC .
Distribution
Europe (type). Introduced into Australia and New Zealand ( Wilson 1960; Cameron & Walker 2002). For global distribution, see Fernández-Triana et al. (2020).
Host
Pieris rapae (Pieridae) . Solitary. Record from original description. See Shenefelt (1972: 615) and Yu et al. (2016) for extra-limital host records.
Remarks
This species forms a distinct clade in the COI phylogeny ( Fig. 1 View Fig ) using sequences available on BOLD from outside of Australia. No Australian specimens were sequenced in this study.
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Microgastrinae |
Genus |
Cotesia rubecula ( Marshall, 1885 )
Fagan-Jeffries, Erinn P. & Austin, Andrew D. 2020 |
Apanteles rubecula
Marshall T. A. 1885: 175 |