Protomicroplitis calliptera (Say, 1836)

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L, 2014, Towards the conservation of parasitoid wasp species in Canada: Preliminary assessment of Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), Biodiversity Data Journal 2, pp. 1067-1067 : 1067

Protomicroplitis calliptera (Say, 1836)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Jose Fernandez-Triana; individualCount: 1; sex: female; Location: country: Canada; stateProvince: Ontario; verbatimLocality: Stitsville; Event: eventDate: 22.viii.1963; Record Level: institutionCode: CNC

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Jose Fernandez-Triana; individualCount: 1; sex: male; Location: country: Canada; stateProvince: Ontario; verbatimLocality: Stitsville; Event: eventDate: 30.vi.1963; Record Level: institutionCode: CNC

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Jose Fernandez-Triana; individualCount: 1; sex: male; Location: country: Canada; stateProvince: Ontario; verbatimLocality: Stitsville; Event: eventDate: 10.ix.1963; Record Level: institutionCode: CNC

Distribution

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This species is rather widely distributed in central and eastern United States ( Yu et al. 2012), with only a few specimens from Canada being recently reported by Fernandez-Triana 2010. The Canadian specimens (Ontario, Metcalfe and Stitsville, all specimens deposited in the CNC) comprise less than 5% of the global range of the species and the northernmost limit. It has been reported as a parasitoid of two species of Condica ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ) (information summarized in Yu et al. 2012).

Conservation

Assessment using the prioritization criteria developed by COSEWIC. Existing global conservation status: None (species is not listed on Natureserve nor has it been assigned a Canadian national conservation status rank). Canadian population size and trends: No information on population size is available. Threats: Residential and commercial development - medium to high (the areas where the species occur in Canada are already heavily populated); Agriculture and aquaculture - unknown; Human intrusions and disturbance - medium; Natural system modifications - high (alteration of the areas would likely extirpate the species from Canada); Invasive and other problematic species and genes - unknown but likely low, unless another wasp species parasitizing the same host would be introduced (and then competing for the same host, an scenario not likely to occur); Climate change and severe weather - unknown but likely low (climate change increasing the temperatures would not affect much the presence of this species in Canada, because it is already distributed in warmer areas). Small extent of occurrence or area of occupancy: Recorded from two nearby localities in Canada. Limiting biological factors: Host distribution (limited to southern Ontario) may affect the distribution of the wasp in Canada.