Illidops subversor (Tobias & Kotenko, 1986)

Kirichenko, Natalia I., Akulov, Evgeny N., Triberti, Paolo & Belokobylskij, Sergey A., 2021, A new species of Micrurapteryx (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) feeding on Thermopsis lanceolata (Fabaceae) in southern Siberia and its hymenopterous parasitoids, ZooKeys 1061, pp. 131-163 : 131

Illidops subversor (Tobias & Kotenko, 1986)

Apanteles subversor Tobias & Kotenko, 1986: 422; Yu et al. 2016.

Illidops subversor (Tobias & Kotenko, 1986): Kotenko 2007: 178; Belokobylskij et al. 2019: 296.

Material examined.

1♀, Republic of Khakassia, near Black Lake field station of SIF SB RAS, 27.VII.2020 coll. (mine), 10.VIII.2020 em., Kirichenko N. coll, no. BL-17-20, host: Micrurapteryx sp. nov. (pupa), plant: Thermopsis lanceolata , Kirichenko N. det. ; 1♀, same labels, but 28.VII.2020 coll. (mine), 12.VIII.2020 em., no. BL-4-2; 1♂, same labels, but " 7.VII.2020 coll. (mine), 18-23.VII.2020 em., no BL-0-20. All deposited in ZISP.

Hosts.

Gracillariidae : Micrurapteryx baranchikovi sp. nov. [on Thermopsis lanceolata Brown: Fabaceae ] (new record).

Distribution.

(according to Belokobylskij et al. 2019). Russia: Novosibirsk Province, the Republic of Khakassia (new record).

Remarks.

The specimens from Khakassia are very similar to the only known specimen, the holotype of I. subversor from the south of Western Siberia. However, in the holotype, the pterostigma is irregularly coloured, yellowish-brown medially and dark brown marginally, whereas in reared specimens of I. subversor from Khakassia, the pterostigma is mainly dark brown to almost black, but brownish yellow in a small basal spot (Fig. 11G). Such variation in pterostigma colour is known in parasitoids and may be related to specimen preservation.