Opius minor Fischer, 1957

Hovorka, Tomáš & Macek, Jan, 2022, Catalogue of type specimens of braconid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 62 (2), pp. 521-546 : 525-526

Opius minor Fischer, 1957

Opius minor Fischer, 1957: 219 , Fig. 15 (original description).

The holotype and one paratype are deposited in NMPC (general collection):

HOLOTYPE (♀): ‘ D. Věstonice / Mor. m. vi.1956 / P. Starý [hw, blue ink] // opius / minor / n.sp. [hw, blue ink] / det. Fischer [p] // O. minor Fi. ♀ [hw] / HOLOTYPUS [p, red label] // Mus. Nat. Pragae / Inv. [p] 3221 [hw, orange label]’ ( Fig. 23 ). (Hind leg on a non-glued side is missing, both antennae are missing, but one is glued on a label.)

PARATYPE (♀): ‘ Strážiště u V. / Žernosek [p] 3.vi. [hw, pencil] / Bohemia [p] 1956 [hw, pencil] // Opius / minor / n.sp. [hw, blue ink] / det. Fischer [p] // Paratypus [hw, blue ink, red label] // Mus. Nat. Pragae / Inv. [p] 26.073 [hw, blue ink, orange label]’.(One antenna is missing.)

Current status. Junior synonym of Opius gracilis Fischer, 1957 (see BELOKOBYLsKIJ et al. 2003).

Distribution. Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mongolia, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan (see YU et al. 2016).

Figures

Fig. 15. Holotype of Opius capeki Fischer, 1963 with its labels (scale bar = 2.5 mm).

Fig. 23. Hootype of Opius minor Fischer, 1957 with its labels (scale bar = 2.5 mm).