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Protapanteles immunis Haliday 1834

Description

Protapanteles immunis (Haliday, 1834)

Distribution in Iran. West Azarbaijan (Ghahari et al. 2010c).

Distribution outside Iran. Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, former Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greenland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Korea, Lithuania, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, UK, former Yugoslavia (Yu et al. 2012).

Host records. It has been recorded as a parasitoid of Saturnia pavonia, Orgyia antique (Thompson 1944; Rougeot 1971; Mason 1981; Papp 1990; Peigler 1994; Yu et al. 2012). Also, it has been found as a parasitoid of Pseudoterpna pruinata, Agriopis marginaria, A. leucophaearia, Operophtera brumata, Epiritta dilutata, Bupalus pinarius, Erranis defoliaria, Eupithecia tantillaria, Dysstroma truncata, Cyclophora albipunctata, C. punctaria, Cabera pusaria, Cidaria corylata, Campaea margarita, Saturnia pavonia, Neozyphyrus quercus, Tortrix viridana, Hypena proboscidalis (Shenefelt 1972; Yu et al. 2012), In Finland it has been reared from Epirrita autumnalis (Ruohomäki et al. 2013; Yu et al. 2012), Agropis aurantiaria, Autographa gamma, Choreutis diana, Colotois pennaria, Cosmia trapezina, Dichonia convergens, Electrophaes corylata, Ematurga atomaria, Ennomos quercinaria, Isturgia arenacearia, I. limbaria, Lycia isabellae, Neozephyrus quercus, Recurvaria nanella, Ypsolopha falcella, Zeiraphera griseana (Yu et al. 2012). It has been also reported from Eupithecia vulgata (Tobias 1986; Yu et al. 2012), Agriopis leucophaearia (Shenefelt 1972; Tobias 1986; Yu et al. 2012).

Notes

Published as part of Gadallah, Neveen S., Ghahari, Hassan & Peris-Felipo, Francisco Javier, 2015, Catalogue of the Iranian Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 4043 (1) on page 28, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4043.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/289993

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References

  • Ghahari, H., Cetin Erdogan, O., Sedivy, J. & Ostovan, H. (2010 c) Survey of the Ichneumonoidea and Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) parasitoids of Saturniidae (Lepidoptera) in Iran. Entomofauna, 10, 1 - 6.
  • Yu, D. S., Achterberg, C. van & Horstmann, K. (2012) Taxapad 2012, Ichneumonoidea 2011, Database on flash-drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
  • Thompson, W. R. (1944) A catalogue of the parasites and predators of insect pests, Section 1, Parasite Host catalogue, Part 5, Parasites of the Lepidoptera. The Imperial Parasite Service, Belleville, Ontario, 130 pp.
  • Rougeot, P. C. (1971) Les Bombycoides (Lepidoptera-Bombycoidea) de l'Europe et du Bassin Mediterraneen. Tome 1. Lemoniidae, Bombycidae, Brahmaeidae, Attacidae, Endromididae. Faune de l'Europe et du Bassin Mediterraneen, 5, 1 - 159. [Masson et Cie, Paris]
  • Mason, W. R. M. (1981) The polyphyletic nature of Apanteles Forster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): a phylogeny and reclassification of Microgastrinae. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 115, 1 - 147. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.4039 / entm 113115 fv
  • Papp, J. (1990) A survey of the European species of Apanteles Forster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae: Microgastrinae) XII. Supplement to the key of the glomeratus group. Parasitoid / host list 2. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 81, 159 - 203.
  • Peigler, R. S. (1994) Catalog of parasitoids of Saturniidae of the world. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 33, 1 - 21.
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  • Ruohomaki, K., Klemola, T., Shaw, M. R., Snall, N., Saaksjarvi, I. E., Veijalainen, A. & Wahlberg, N. (2013) Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitizing Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) larvae in Fennoscandia with description of Cotesia autumnatae Shaw, sp. n. Entomologica Fennica, 24, 65 - 80.
  • Tobias, V. I. (1986) Acaeliinae, Cardiochelinae, Microgastrinae, Miracinae. Supplement. In: Medvedev, G. S. (Ed.), Opredelitel nasekomyeh Evropeiskoi chasti SSSR 3, Peredpontdatokrylye 4. Opr. Faune SSSR. Nauka, Leningrad, pp. 336 - 501. [in Russian]