Microctonus colesi, Drea

Pucci, Thomas M., 2013, Contributions to the classification of North American Microctonus (Braconidae, Euphorinae), Zootaxa 3725 (1), pp. 1-150 : 15

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scientific name	Microctonus colesi
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M. colesi Drea

Figures 36–39

Microctonus colesi Drea, 1968, p 98 .

Perilitus colesi Haeselbarth, 2008 .

Distribution: U.S. and Canada, Europe east to Armenia ( Haeselbarth, 2008).

Specimens examined (North America only): Thirty-seven from 21 collection events; questionable female identifications: three from two collection events.

Flight period: Approximately 85% from May and June.

Remarks: Drea (1968) documented morphological differences of the eggs and ovaries between M. colesi and M. aethiops .

References

Drea, J. J. (1968) A new species of Microctonus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitizing the alfalfa weevil. Entomological News, 79, 97 - 102.

Haeselbarth, E. (2008) Zur Braconiden-Gattung Perilitus NEES 1818 3. Beitrag: Die Arten ohne ausgebildetem ersten Cubitus- Abschnitt (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). Linzer Biologische Beitrage, 40, 1013 - 1152.