Baeus maculatus ( Förster, 1841 ) Awad & Zimmermann & Talamas, 2024

Awad, Jessica, Zimmermann, Dominique & Talamas, Elijah, 2024, A photographic type catalogue of Platygastroidea (Insecta, Hymenoptera) in the Natural History Museum Vienna, European Journal of Taxonomy 938, pp. 1-58 : 18-19

Baeus maculatus ( Förster, 1841) comb. nov.

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Teleas maculatus Förster, 1841: 46 . Type locality: Germany.

Telenomus maculatus – Dalla Torre 1898: 598. — Kieffer 1926: 885.

Prophanurus maculatus – Kieffer 1912: 61.

Material examined

Holotype

[ GERMANY] • 1 ♂; NHMW-HYM#0006908 .

Remarks

Baeus maculatus ( Fig. 2 ) now has the rare distinction of having been classified in each of the three subfamilies of Scelionidae . We transfer this species to Baeus based on characters used to identify males of this genus in Masner (1976): filiform antennae, T2 larger than T3, fore wings narrow. The loosely appressed laterotergites are an important character for identifying male Baeus , but are challenging to see clearly on the holotype specimen because of how it is mounted. However, the appearance of the metasoma matches other male Baeus examined by the authors. The presence of a basal vein in the fore wing, used as a diagnostic character by Masner (1976), is not clearly visible in the images of the holotype. This may be an artefact of photography or preservation, or it may simply be absent in this species.

Figures

Fig. 2. Baeus maculatus (Förster) comb. nov., holotype male, NHMW-HYM#0006908. A. Lateral habitus. B. Labels. C. Head in anterior view. D. Dorsal habitus.