Microctonus amaraphagus, Loan

Pucci, Thomas M., 2013, Contributions to the classification of North American Microctonus (Braconidae, Euphorinae), Zootaxa 3725 (1), pp. 1-150 : 13

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scientific name	Microctonus amaraphagus
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M. amaraphagus Loan

Figures 14–16

Microctonus amaraphagus Loan, 1979, p 394 .

Distribution: South Dakota.

Specimens examined: Three from a single collection event.

Flight period: May.

Remarks: The complete occipital carina and slightly darker mesopleuron are the only morphological characters deemed here to differentiate it from M. muesebecki . This is considered a tenuous distinction as the incomplete occipital carina can be nearly complete and coloration is variable in M. muesebecki . The additional twenty-nine specimens that keyed to M. amaraphagus are qualified with a question mark.

References

Loan, C. C. & Holliday, N. J. (1979) Euphorinae parasitic on ground beetles with descriptions of three new species of Microctonus Wesmael (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, and Coleoptera: Carabidae). Le Naturaliste Canadien, 106, 393 - 397.