Zele caligatus ( Haliday, 1835 )

Fang, Yu, van Achterberg, Cornelis, Tang, Pu & Chen, Xue-xin, 2025, Revision of genus Zele Curtis (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae) from China, with description of nineteen new species, ZooKeys 1248, pp. 125-208 : 125-208

Zele caligatus ( Haliday, 1835)

Meteorus caligatus Haliday, 1835: 25.

Meteorus neesii Ruthe, 1862: 22, 23. Syn. by Schmiedeknecht 1897.

Dyscoletes alaskensis Ashmead, 1902: 247. Syn. by van Achterberg 1979.

Meteorus caligatus var. sibiricus : Fahringer 1929: 8. Syn. by van Achterberg 1979.

Zele caligatus : van Achterberg 1984: 110; Chen et al. 1987: 94.

Type material examined.

Lectotype of Zele caligatus . Ireland • ♀; Dublin, Jullymore ; Haliday leg.; ( NMI Dublin).

Other material examined.

China – Hubei Prov. • 1 ♀; Xingshan, Longmen River ; alt. 1300 m; 9 May 1994; You-wei Zhang leg.; light trap; ( ZJUH) No. 135714 .

Diagnosis.

Precoxal sulcus narrowly sculptured medially; basal 1 / 2 of propodeum largely smooth and shiny (except slightly curved subbasal carina); first metasomal tergite 1.7–2.0 × longer than its apical width; dorsope medium-sized and space between dorsope ~ 2.0 × width of dorsope; ovipositor sheath 0.19–0.28 × as long as fore wing.

Distribution.

China ( Anhui, Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Hubei, Jilin, Liaoning, Ningxia, Shanxi, Xinjiang, Zhejiang), Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

Biology.

Reared from Geometridae and Nymphalidae .