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apantelivorus Crawford

Antenna lateral, female.

Antenna lateral, male.

Head frontal, female.

Head frontal, male.

Vertex, female.

Thoracic dorsum, female.

Thoracic dorsum, female lectotype.

Thoracic dorsum, female non-type.

Thoracic dorsum, male.

Thoracic dorsum, female non-type.

Propodeum dorsal, female.

Propodeum dorsal, male.

Gaster dorsal, female.

Originally described in

Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 40:446.

Diagnosis

Female scape yellowish-white to dark brown; mesoscutum and scutellum golden-green or golden, mesoscutum with anterior 2/3 with raised and weak reticulation, posterior 1/3 with engraved and weak reticulation, scutellum with engraved and strong reticulation; propodeum with median area and median carina long, LC/WC = 3.9, median carina completely smooth (lectotype) or with posterior 1/5 reticulate (specimens from Brazil and Trinidad); propodeum with submedian grooves golden-purple and with weak sculpture, anterolateral foveas golden-green and smooth; gaster elongate-acuminate, MM/LG = 0.7, with 1st tergite with weak to strong punctures, round or slightly elongate. See also cockerelli and pilonensis.

Distribution

Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela.

Biology

Apanteles (s.l.) sp. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae); Apanteles sp. on larva of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera); Apanteles flaviventris on larva of Erinnyis alope (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae); Cotesia americana (Hymenoptera: Braconidae); from larvae of Astraptes talus (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae); associated with Caligo ilioneus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) on sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum) (Poaceae); Elasmopalpus lignosellus (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).

Similar species in Lucid key

None.

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Depository of primary type

United States NationalMuseum of Natural History (USNM), Washington , D.C.