Cotesia tetrica (Reinhard, 1880)

Hoecherl, Amelie, Shaw, Mark R., Boudreault, Caroline, Rabl, Dominik, Haszprunar, Gerhard, Raupach, Michael J., Schmidt, Stefan, Baranov, Viktor & Fernandez-Triana, Jose, 2024, Scratching the tip of the iceberg: integrative taxonomy reveals 30 new species records of Microgastrinae (Braconidae) parasitoid wasps for Germany, including new Holarctic distributions, ZooKeys 1188, pp. 305-386 : 305

Cotesia tetrica (Reinhard, 1880)

Material examined.

Austria: Lower Austria, Raglitz , ex. Aphantopus hyperantus , 04.v.2011, leg. J. Connell, MRS 0054 ; Germany: Bavaria: Allgäu, Oberstdorf, Oytal , Schochen , alpine meadow, 47.392, 10.37, 1930 m, 6.viii.2014, leg. D. Doczkal, S. Schmidt, J. Voith, BC- ZSM-HYM-24109-E04; Balderschwang, Leiterberg, 47.486, 10.09, 1290 m, Malaise trap, 25.viii.2017, leg. D. Doczkal, J. Voith, ZSM-HYM-42325-F05; Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Zugspitze, Platt, 47.405, 11.009, 1980 m, Malaise trap, 2.viii.2018, leg. D. Doczkal, J. Voith, ZSM-HYM-42390-G12; Lkr. Weilheim, Pähl, Hartschimmelhof Niedermoor west of Goasl , 47.942, 11.182, 713 m, Malaise trap, 18.viii.2021, leg. GBOL3, R. Albrecht, ZSM-HYM-42398-E12; Rhön Hausen, Kleines Moor, 50.487, 10.039, 890 m, Malaise trap, 25.vii.2018, leg. D. Doczkal, ZSM-HYM-33165-G09 .

Geographical distribution.

PAL.

PAL- Austria*, Germany, Montenegro, Serbia, United Kingdom.

Molecular data.

BIN: BOLD:AAV9103.

Host information.

Host of type unknown; also Nymphalidae : Satyrinae *: Lasiommata megera (Linnaeus, 1767), Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758); Aphantopus hyperantus * (Linnaeus, 1758).

Notes.

This species was previously recorded from Germany ( Belokobylskij et al. 2003). Germany was also mentioned as the type locality in the world checklist ( Fernandez-Triana et al. 2020); however, the country was not added to the distribution range of that species by error, so we confirm it here. Other specimens morphologically identified as Cotesia tetrica clustering in this BIN were reared from Aphantopus hyperantus in Austria (MRS 0054, CNC990821, CNC990822), and there are barcoded specimens in NMS from several identified European species of Erebia (M. Rindos and MRS pers. obs) in the same BIN. Host records in the historical literature from other Lepidoptera families are incorrect, and Wilkinson (1945: 84) had already advised against reporting those records. The distribution in Serbia is based on Žikić et al. (2021). This species is illustrated in Fig. 48 .

Figures

Figure 48. Cotesia tetrica (Reinhard, 1880), female (ZSM-HYM- 42325 - F 05) A lateral and B dorsal views. Length of the specimen: 2.55 mm.