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03DE87D0861BFF96A7C5FF64FC39C770.text	03DE87D0861BFF96A7C5FF64FC39C770.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorini Cresson 1887	<div><p>The Tribe Meteorini Cresson 1887</p> <p>Cresson, 1887, Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Supplement: 55, 60</p> <p>Syn.: Zelini Ashmead, 1900; Petiolarini Szépligeti, 1904; Zemiotini van Achterberg, 1976.</p> <p>Diagnosis: Occipital carina complete, 3rd segment of labial palpi reduced or absent, anterior tentorial pits deep, medium sized to large; mesopleuron more or less protruding antero-dorsad; medial lobe of mesoscutum more or less rounded anteriorly; vein r–m of fore wing present; forewing with three submarginal cells, the second submarginal cell generally higher than long; petiolar tergum clearly petiolate, narrow at base and widened apically, spiracles on petiolar tergum situated submedially; ovipositor always exserted.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0861BFF96A7C5FF64FC39C770	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D0861BFF96A7C5FDD9FA62C658.text	03DE87D0861BFF96A7C5FDD9FA62C658.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorini Cresson 1887	<div><p>Key to European genera of Meteorini:</p> <p>1 Marginal cell of hind wing widened apically (Fig. 10a), at least apical half of 3rd and following abdominal tergites setose (Fig. 11)................................................................................... Zele (Curtis, 1832)</p> <p>– Marginal cell of hind wing subparallel or narrowed apically (Fig. 10b), 3rd and following abdominal tergites with a single row of setae (Fig. 12).................................................................. Meteorus (Haliday, 1835)</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0861BFF96A7C5FDD9FA62C658	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D0861BFF96A7C5FCF6FA62C049.text	03DE87D0861BFF96A7C5FCF6FA62C049.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Zele (Curtis 1832)	<div><p>Key to European species of Zele:</p> <p>1 Vein cu–a of forewing antefurcal (Fig. 13a)..................................... Z. chlorophthalmus (Spinola, 1808)</p> <p>– Vein cu-a of forewing postfurcal (Fig. 13b)................................................................. 2</p> <p>2 Precoxal sulcus narrow (Fig. 14).......................................................................... 3</p> <p>– Precoxal sulcus wide, not always strongly rugose (Fig. 15) (albiditarsus Curtis s.l.)................................. 4</p> <p>3 Ovipositor short, 1.5 times petiolar tergum, (ovipositor sheath 0.19–0.28 times fore wing)..... Z. caligatus (Haliday, 1835)</p> <p>– Ovipositor long 2.5 times petiolar tergum (ovipositor sheath 0.38–0.39 times fore wing).... Z. annulicrus (Thomson, 1895)</p> <p>4 Length of fore leg tibial spur 0.4–0.5 times fore basitarsus, fore femur swollen, 5.0–6.0 times as long as wide (Fig. 16)..................................................................................... Z. albiditarsus Curtis, 1832</p> <p>– Length of fore leg tibial spur 0.2–0.4 times fore basitarsus, fore femur slender, 6.5–9.0 times as long as wide (Fig. 17).................................................................................... Z. deceptor (Wesmael, 1835)</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0861BFF96A7C5FCF6FA62C049	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D0861BFF95A7C5FA82FA62C680.text	03DE87D0861BFF95A7C5FA82FA62C680.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus (Haliday 1835)	<div><p>Key to European species of Meteorus:</p> <p>1 Dorsope absent (Fig. 18), sometimes weakly indicated (Fig. 19), ventral borders of petiolar tergum (laterotergites) fused or almost joining in middle, from near the base of the petiolar tergum to its midpoint (Fig. 20).......................... 2</p> <p>– Dorsope distinct; (Fig. 21) ventral borders of petiolar tergum not joining or fused, usually widely separated (Fig. 22)..... 16</p> <p>2 OOL=0.5–2 (Fig. 23); ocelli large; often yellow/reddish coloured body........................................... 3</p> <p>– OOL=2–3 (Fig. 24); ocelli small; often darker coloured body (except in colon where OOL=1.5–2 and body yellow to dark). 9</p> <p>3 Petiolar tergum with the baso-ventral triangular area elongate; tergum fused subbasally (Fig. 25); petiolar terum often with traces of dorsope (Fig. 19).............................................................................. 4</p> <p>– Petiolar tergum fused ventrally from the base of the segment (Fig. 26); petiolar tergum without traces of dorsopes (Fig. 18). 8</p> <p>4 Setae on clypeus long (Fig. 27), clypeus short in hight and wide, protruding....................................... 5</p> <p>– Setae on clypeus short (Fig. 28) or slightly longer than short; clypeus long, narrow and protruding..................... 6</p> <p>5 Marginal cell of fore wing narrow and short (Fig. 29); antennal articles of ♀ 24–28 (♂ 26–30); upper tooth of mandible long; malar space of ♀ 0.5– 0.8 times basal width of mandible; traces of dorsope on some specimens; colour varying.............................................................................................. M. rubens (Nees, 1811)</p> <p>– Marginal cell of fore wing wide and long (Fig. 30); antennal articles of ♀ 30–32; malar space of ♀ 0.4 times basal width of mandible; traces of dorsope more or less distinct; body yellow............................ M. heliophilus Fischer 197</p> <p>6 Body entirely black and rugose (Fig. 31); malar space of ♀ equal or slightly longer than basal width of mandible; antennal articles of ♀ 25–27; OOL =1.2–1.5; ovipositor 1.5–2.0 times length of petiolar tergum...................................................................................................... M. acerbiavorus Belokobylskij et al. 2011</p> <p>– Body with some parts mostly yellow-coloured.............................................................. 7</p> <p>7 Clypeus distinctly protruding, rounded (Fig. 105); OOL =0.5 (Fig. 32); setae on clypeus scattered; temples strongly contracted (Fig. 32); length of ovipositor about 1.5–2.0 times length of petiolar tergum; antennal articles of ♀ 31–33.............................................................................................. M. lionotus Thomson, 1895</p> <p>– Clypeus with peculiar cushion-like shape, protruding but “flattened” (Fig. 28); OOL =1.5; setae on clypeus dense and short; temples rounded; ovipositor 1.5–2.0 times length of petiolar tergum; antennal articles of ♀ 29–33................................................................................................ M. pulchricornis (Wesmael, 1835)</p> <p>8 Ovipositor slender, length 1.6–2.5 times petiolar tergum; eyes not protruding (Fig. 113); temples rounded; clypeus as wide as face; base of petiolar tergum brownish or blackish; antennal articles of ♀ 27–30............ M. obsoletus (Wesmael, 1835)</p> <p>– Ovipositor rather thick and 1.4–2.0 times length of petiolar tergum; eyes protruding (Fig. 132); base of petiolar tergum often pale yellow, almost translucent basally (Fig. 33); antennal articles of ♀ 29–33.............. M. versicolor (Wesmael, 1835)</p> <p>9 Face forming a “shelf” (Fig. 34); wings short and narrow, often infumate (Fig. 35); face strongly convex; propodeum strongly reticulate–rugose, without distinct carinae; occipital carina interrupted medio-dorsally; body compact and dark brown (Fig. 36); antennal articles of ♀ 23–26 (♂ 24–28) OOL =3................................. M. micropterus (Haliday, 1835)</p> <p>– Face without such shelf; wings longer and wider; body colour varying, often legs yellow; antennal articles of ♀ 21–34... 10</p> <p>10 Mandibles stout, not twisted, clypeus rather flat (Fig. 98); propodeum with strong anterior transverse carina and medial longitudinal carina (Fig. 37); vein m–cu of fore wing distinctly antefurcal or interstitial; antennal articles of ♀ 21–27; pterostigma dark brown......................................................................................... 11</p> <p>– Mandibles small and more or less twisted (Fig. 86); clypeus rather protruding; propodeum without anterior transverse carina or with a median longitudinal carina (Fig. 38); vein m–cu of fore wing (sub) interstitial or postfurcal (Fig. 39), exceptionally shortly antefurcal; antennal articles of ♀ 24–34; pterostigma variable.......................................... 12</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0861BFF95A7C5FA82FA62C680	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08625FFA8A7C5FF2DFEA8C64C.text	03DE87D08625FFA8A7C5FF2DFEA8C64C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Zele Curtis	<div><p>Genus Zele Curtis</p> <p>Zele Curtis 1832:415. Type species: Zele testaceator Curtis, 1832.</p> <p>Zemiotes Foerster, 1862:253. Type species: Perilitus albiditarsus Nees, 1834. Synonymized by Van Achterberg 1979:376 Protelus Foerster, 1862:253. Type species: Perilitus chrysophthalamus Nees 1811.</p> <p>Meteorus Haliday, 1835:24. Type species: Ichneumon pendulator Latreille 1799.</p> <p>Diagnosis: The genus Zele is at a first glance most similar to Homolobinae. The larger and more common species (Z. albiditarsus, Z. chlorophthalmus and Z. deceptor), in particular, are similar in size and colour to Homolobinae, but the shape of the second abdominal (petiolar) tergum is a good diagnostic character: it is almost parallel and only slightly broadening in Homolobinae and widely broadening in Zele. The smaller species of Zele (Z. annulicrus and Z. caligatus) are more similar to species of the genus Meteorus, but are easily distinguished from the latter by the apically widened marginal cell of the hind wing (Fig. 12a), and the setose 3rd and following abdominal tergites. The marginal cell in Meteorus is apically narrowed and the abdominal tergites only have one row of setae each.</p> <p>Distribution: Western and Eastern Palearctic, Nearctic, Neotropic, Oceanic, and Oriental regions.</p> <p>Biology: The species of Zele mentioned here are all solitary except possibly Z. caligatus. As far as known, they all parasitize on Lepidoptera larvae. They are caught in Malaise traps from June to October. Some species are attracted to light.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08625FFA8A7C5FF2DFEA8C64C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08625FFA7A7C5FCDFFBB1C47B.text	03DE87D08625FFA7A7C5FCDFFBB1C47B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Zele albiditarsus Curtis 1832	<div><p>Zele albiditarsus Curtis, 1832</p> <p>Fig. 10a, 16, 134</p> <p>Zele albiditarsus Curtis, 1832: 415 Holotype ♂ Great Britain: “ Regents Park, England ” (NMV, Melbourne).</p> <p>Zele testaceator Curtis, 1832: 415 Lectotype ♀, (NMV, Melbourne). Synonymized by Van Achterberg 1979:376</p> <p>Perilitus albitarsus Nees von Eisenbeck, 1834:34</p> <p>Meteorus albitarsis Haliday, 1835:24</p> <p>Perilitus dispar Wesmael, 1835: 22 Lectotype ♀, Belgium: Brussels, Wesmael coll. (IRSNB, Brussels).</p> <p>Meteorus calcitrator Curtis, 1837:118 Synonymized by Van Achterberg 1979:376</p> <p>Meteorus(Perilitus) wesmaeli Boie 1850: 214 Lectotype ♀ (ZM, Kiel).</p> <p>Perilitus pallitarsis Cresson, 1872: 81 Holotype ♂, (ANSP, Philadelphia). Synonymized by Van Achterberg 1979:376</p> <p>Meteorus testatrix Schulz 1906: Spolia Hymenopterologica. Paderborn (Junfermann). 356pp.</p> <p>Meteorus maximus Muesebeck 1923: 13 Holotype ♀, (USNM Smithsonian Institute, Washington). Synonymized by Van Achterberg 1979:376</p> <p>Diagnosis: Most similar to Z. deceptor, from which some specimens may be hard to separate. The variability in size and colour is very large in Z. albiditarsus but the short and wide fore femur (5.0–6.0 times as long as wide) and the long fore tibia spur (0.4–0.5 times fore basitarsus) are good characters to distinguish this species from Z. deceptor, which has a more slender fore femur (6.5–9.0 times as long as wide) and a shorter fore tibia spur (0.2–0.4 times fore basitarsus).</p> <p>Studied Material: ~ 200 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Antennal articles 37–50. Ocelli large, OOL=1. Eyes large, protuberant and not convergent. Malar space about 0.25 times mandible base. Face 1.4 times wider than high. Clypeus wide as face and slightly protuberant. Mandibles stout and twisted. Precoxal sulcus broad. Propodeum with distinct lateral and median longitudinal carinae. Length of petiolar tergum 2.5 times basal width; with dorsope. Laterope deep and joined dorsally with dorsope. Ventral borders of petiolar tergum not touching, widely separated by sternite. Ovipositor short and stout, 1.6 times as long as petiolar tergum. Hind coxa smooth punctate, tarsal claws lobed. Vein cu–a of fore wing postfurcal or interstitial, exceptionally antefurcal. Colour testaceous.</p> <p>Distribution: Occurs throughout the Palearctic. Country records: Armenia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Belgium; Bulgaria; Canada; China; Croatia; Czechoslovakia; Denmark; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany; Greece; Hungary; India; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Japan; Kazakhstan; Korea; Latvia; Lithuania; Mexico; Moldova; Mongolia; Nepal; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Romania; Russia; Slovakia; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; USA; Ukraine; United Kingdom; Yugoslavia.</p> <p>Biology: Zele albiditarsus is known to emerge from both the larval and pupal stage of the host. It is a solitary parasitoid that has been record as parasitizing on several Lepidoptera families: Geometridae, Noctuidae, Nymphalidae, Pyralidae, Saturnidae, Tortricidae and the Hymenoptera families Diprionidae and Ichneumonidae (Yu et al. 2005). We found 64 specimens in the SMTP material caught during the period June to October. Of these, 49 were caught in the same trap placed in a Hornbeam forest in the southern parts of Sweden.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08625FFA7A7C5FCDFFBB1C47B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D0862AFFA7A7C5FE2DFCCEC68C.text	03DE87D0862AFFA7A7C5FE2DFCCEC68C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Zele annulicrus (Thomson 1895)	<div><p>Zele annulicrus (Thomson, 1895)</p> <p>Fig. 135</p> <p>Meteorus annulicrus Thomson, 1895: 2161 Lectotype ♀, Sweden: (MZLU, Lund)—examined.</p> <p>Diagnosis: Precoxal sulcus narrower and smaller than in other Zele species except Zele caligatus. However, the species is easily distinguished from the latter by the ovipositor being much longer (2.5 times petiolar tergum in Z. annulicus and 1.5 times petiolar tergum in Z. caligatus).</p> <p>Studied Material: ~ 20 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Antennal articles 31. OOL=1.3. Eyes large, protuberant and not convergent. Malar space 0.4 times basal width of mandibles. Face 1.5 times higher than broad. Clypeus protuberant. Mandibles stout. Precoxal sulcus narrow. Length of petiolar tergum 1.7 times its apical width, the surface distinctly rugulose. Ovipositor sheath 0.19 times fore wing. Hind coxa weakly punctate, tarsal claws with distinct lobe. Vein cu-a of fore wing postfurcal; pterostigma dark brown.</p> <p>Distribution: Austria; Norway; Poland; Sweden.</p> <p>Biology: A rare species where the biology is unknown.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0862AFFA7A7C5FE2DFCCEC68C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D0862AFFA7A7C4FBA5FB5DC2AF.text	03DE87D0862AFFA7A7C4FBA5FB5DC2AF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Zele caligatus (Haliday 1835)	<div><p>Zele caligatus (Haliday, 1835)</p> <p>Fig. 14, 136</p> <p>Meteorus caligatus Haliday, 1835: 25 Lectotype ♀, Ireland: (NMI, Dublin).</p> <p>Meteorus neesii Ruthe, 1862: 22 Holotype ♀, Germany: (BMNH, London).</p> <p>Dyscoletes alaskensis Ashmead, 1902:247 Alaska: (USMN, Washington). Synonymized by Van Achterberg 1979:364.</p> <p>Meteorus sibiricus Fahringer, 1930:8, Type ♀, Russia: Kamtchatka (NHRS, Stockholm). Synonymized by Van Achterberg 1979:364 —examined</p> <p>Diagnosis: Similar to Z. annulicrus in the small size and narrow shape of the precoxal sulcus, but differs from that species in having a distinctly shorter ovipositor (2.5 times petiolar tergum in Z. annulicus and only 1.5 times petiolar tergum in Z. caligatus).</p> <p>Studied Material: ~ 50 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Antennal articles 35–37. OOL=1.5. Eyes large, protuberant and not convergent. Malar space 0.4 times basal width of mandibles. Face 1.5 times wider than high. Clypeus almost as wide as face, punctate and protuberant. Mandibles stout and twisted. Precoxal sulcus narrow. Length of petiolar tergum 1.7–1.8 times its apical width. Propodeum with a weak transverse carina. Ovipositor length 1.1–1.4 times petiolar tergum. Petiolar tergum with deep laterope joining dorsally with dorsope. Ventral borders of the petiolar tergum widely separated. Hind coxa weakly punctulate, tarsal claws lobed. Vein cu-a of fore wing postfurcal; the studied specimens were dark reddish brown.</p> <p>Distribution: Occurs throughout the Palearcitc and Nearctic. Country records: China; Finland; Germany; Ireland; Italy Japan; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Russia; Sweden; Switzerland; U.S.A.; United Kingdom.</p> <p>Biology: Zele caligatus is more frequent than Z. annulicrus but is still rather rare. It is a solitary parasitoid on Geometridae and Nymphalidae and emerges from the larval stage (Yu et al. 2005). Known hosts of the examined specimens all belong to the genus Eupithecia (Geometridae) (van Achterberg 1979, Stigenberg &amp; Shaw in prep.). One record of a gregarious rearing is mentioned in Hammond et al. (1957), where the material was determined by G. E. J. Nixon. The cocoon of Z. caligatus is whitish and the species is attracted to light and caught in Malaise traps. In the SMTP one specimen was caught in a Malaise trap in July in an old aspen forest.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0862AFFA7A7C4FBA5FB5DC2AF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D0862BFFA6A7C5FF2DFE3DC058.text	03DE87D0862BFFA6A7C5FF2DFE3DC058.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Zele chlorophthalmus (Spinola 1808)	<div><p>Zele chlorophthalmus (Spinola, 1808)</p> <p>Fig. 137</p> <p>Bracon chlorophthalmus Spinola, 1808: 133 Neotype ♀ (RMNH, Leiden)</p> <p>Bracon chrysophthalmus Nees von Esenbeck, 1811: 21 Neotype ♀, Wesmael coll. (IRSNB, Brussels). Synonymized by Van Achterberg 1979:370.</p> <p>Bracon pallidus Nees von Esenbeck, 1811: 22 Type material lost. Syn. n.</p> <p>Ichneumon nudator Thunberg, 1822: 263 Holotype ♂, Thunberg coll. (UDE, Uppsala). Synonymized by Van Achterberg 1979:364.</p> <p>Meteorus splendens Costa, 1884: 171 Holotype ♀, Italy: Sardinia. A. de Costa Lima coll. (USN, Naples). Synonymized by Van Achterberg 1979:364.</p> <p>Meteorus (Zemiotes) nigricollis Thomson, 1895:2150 Holotype ♀, Sweden, Degerberga (MZLU, Lund). Synonymized by Van Achterberg 1979:364</p> <p>Diagnosis: Zele chlorophthalmus has a slightly darker and more slender appearance than the two other “larger” Zele species: Z. deceptor and Z. albiditarsus. The best way to separate Z. chlorophthalmus from the other two is to study the wing vein cu–a of the fore wing. This vein is antefurcal in Z. chlorophthalmus and postfurcal in Z. deceptor and Z. albiditarsus. Also, the ovipositor is longer (2.6 times petiolar tergum) in Z. chlorophthalmus than in Z. albiditarsus and Z. deceptor (1.6 times petiolar tergum in both species).</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 50 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Antennal articles 36–42. OOL=1.2. Eyes large, slightly protuberant and not convergent. Malar space 0.1 times basal width of mandibles, eyes almost touching mandibles. Face 1.3 times wider than high. Clypeus almost as wide as face, protuberant and punctate. Mandibles stout and twisted. Precoxal sulcus wide. Length of petiolar tergite 2.1–2.4 times its apical width. Propodeum with a median carinae. Ovipositor long, 2.6 times petiolar tergum. The petiolar tergum with deep laterope joining dorsally with dorsope. Ventral borders widely separated. Hind coxa punctulate, tarsal claws lobed. Vein cu–a of fore wing antefurcal or interstitial. Large, and body colour variable, varies from yellow or brown to mainly dark brown or blackish.</p> <p>Distribution: Eastern and Western Palearctic; Madagascar and India. Country records: Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom.</p> <p>Biology: Zele chlorophthalmus is a solitary parasitoid recorded as parasitizing on the larval stages of eight different Lepidoptera families: Depressariidae, Geometridae, Lasiocampidae, Lymantriidae, Noctuidae, Pyralidae, Tortricidae and Zygaenidae (Yu et al. 2005). It has been used as a biocontrol agent for Ostrina nubilalis (Lepidoptera). We found 9 specimens within the SMTP. They were caught from June to August in deciduous forest or in close vicinity of meadows.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0862BFFA6A7C5FF2DFE3DC058	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D0862BFFA5A7C5FAC0FA71C673.text	03DE87D0862BFFA5A7C5FAC0FA71C673.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Zele deceptor (Wesmael 1835)	<div><p>Zele deceptor (Wesmael, 1835)</p> <p>Fig. 11, 15, 17, 138</p> <p>Perilitus deceptor Wesmael, 1835: 26 Lectotype ♀, Belgium: Brussels, Wesmael coll. (IRSNB, Brussels). Synonymized by Van Achterberg 1979:376 and stat. nov as valid species 1984:110</p> <p>Perilitus pallitarsis Cresson, 1872: 81 Holotype ♂, (ANSP, Philadelphia). Synonymized by Van Achterberg 1984:110</p> <p>Meteorus (Zemiotes) rufulus Thomson, 1895: 2149 Lectotype ♂, Sweden: (ZML, Lund). Synonymized by Van Achterberg 1984:110</p> <p>Meteorus maximus Muesebeck 1923: 13 Holotype ♀, (USNM, Smithsonian Institute, Washington). Synonym for rufulus. Synonymized by Van Achterberg 1984:110</p> <p>Meteorus reticulatus Muesebeck 1923: 14 Type ♀ (USNM, Washington). Synonymized by Van Achterberg 1984:110</p> <p>Meteorus (Zemiotes) romani Fahringer, 1930: 8 Holotype ♀, (NHRS, Stockholm). Synonymized with M. rufulus by Van Achterberg 1984:110 - examined</p> <p>Meteorus separandus Fischer, 1957: 3 Paralectotype ♂, (NHRS, Stockholm). Synonymized by Van Achterberg 1984:110— examined</p> <p>Diagnosis: In general, Zele deceptor is similar to the other large Zele species, Z. chlorophthalmus and Z. albiditarsus. It can be distinguished from the former based on wing venation and ovipositor characters, as described under that species, but it can be difficult to distinguish from Z. albiditarsus because of the large variability in size and colour. However, the slender fore femur (slender, 6.5–9.0 times as long as wide) and the short fore tibia spur (0.2– 0.4 times fore basitarsus) are good characters to distinguish Z. deceptor from Z. albiditarsus, which has a stouter fore femur (5.0–6.0 times as long as wide) and a longer fore tibia spur (0.4–0.5 times fore basitarsus).</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 200 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Antennal articles 32–43. OOL=1. Eyes large, protuberant and not convergent. Malar space 0.3 times basal width of mandibles. Face 1.1–1.3 times wider than high. Clypeus protuberant almost as wide as face. Mandibles stout and twisted. Precoxal sulcus wide. Length of petiolar tergum 2.1–2.5 times its apical width. Propodeum with weak median and lateral longitudinal carina, dorsal transverse carina weak. Ovipositor stout, 1.6 times petiolar tergum, slightly longer than half of abdomen. Petiolar tergum with smooth laterope joining dorsally with dorsope, its ventral borders widely separated. Hind coxa smooth, tarsal claws lobed. Vein cu–a of fore wing postfurcal, seldom interstitial; Colour mostly testaceous but variation in size and colour is very large in M. deceptor.</p> <p>Distribution: Palearctic and Nearctic. Country records: Albania; Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; Canada; China; Croatia; Czechoslovakia; Denmark; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Kazakhstan; Latvia; Lithuania; Mexico; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Romania; Russia; Slovakia; Sweden; Switzerland; USA; United Kingdom; Yugoslavia.</p> <p>Biology: Zele deceptor seems to be as frequent as Z. albiditarsus in museum collections. It is a solitary parasitoid, also attracted to light, and emerges from the larval stages of various lepidopteran families, such as Geometridae, Noctuidae, Pyralidae and Saturnidae (Yu et al. 2005). 19 specimens of Z. deceptor were caught in SMTP from July to October in various biotopes. A trap situated in grazed calcareous pine forest collected most specimens (5).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0862BFFA5A7C5FAC0FA71C673	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08628FFA5A7C5FC35FA8FC0F7.text	03DE87D08628FFA5A7C5FC35FA8FC0F7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus Haliday	<div><p>Genus Meteorus Haliday</p> <p>Meteorus Haliday, 1835, (as subgenus of Perilitus); Type species Ichneumon pendulator Latreille, 1799, designated by Haliday in Westwood, 1840.</p> <p>Saprostichus Holmgren 1868, Type species: Saprostichus chinensis Holmgren 1868, designated by Viereck 1914.</p> <p>Pachythechus Cameron, 1912:84; Type species: Pachythechus ruficeps Cameron 1912, designated by Viereck, 1914. (Meteorus cameroni Shenefelt, 1969, replacement name for ruficeps Cameron 1912, preoccupied by M. ruficeps Nees, 1834).</p> <p>Diagnosis: The species of Meteorus vary greatly in size from 2–10 mm. They are easily distinguished from other braconids by the petiolate second abdominal tergum in combination with the second submarginal cell in the fore wing and the presence of only one row of setae (dorsally) on each abdominal tergite from the 3 rd and onwards. The larger species might at first glance be mistaken for members of Zele but are distinguished from the latter by the single row of setae on the adominal tergites.</p> <p>Distribution: Western and Eastern Palearctic, Nearctic, Neotropic, African, Oceanic and Oriental regions.</p> <p>Biology: Meteorus contains both solitary and gregarious species. They parasitize on both Lepidoptera and Coleoptera. Some species have been used in biological control programmes (Huddleston 1980, Yu et al. 2005).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08628FFA5A7C5FC35FA8FC0F7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08628FFA4A7C5F9B2FDC5C788.text	03DE87D08628FFA4A7C5F9B2FDC5C788.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus abdominator (Nees von Esenbeck 1811)	<div><p>Meteorus abdominator (Nees von Esenbeck)</p> <p>Fig. 60, 80</p> <p>Perilitus abdominator Nees von Esenbeck, 1811:24. Syntypes ♂ and ♀, Germany destroyed.</p> <p>Perilitus brunnipes Ruthe, 1862:37. Lectotype ♀, Germany: Ruthe coll. (BMNH, London) examined.</p> <p>Meteorus brevipesalis Shenefelt, 1969:55. Holotype ♀, Belgium: Wesmael coll. (IRSNB, Brussels)</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus abdominator is similar to M. consimilis and M. longipilosus but the size of ocelli and length of ovipositor separate them. The OOL in M abdominator is 3.5–4.0 and the ovipositor length 2.0–2.5 times the length of the petiolar tergum. In M. consimilis the OOL is 1.5 and the ovipositor is short, thick and downcurved; at most equal in length to the petiolar tergum. M. longipilosus is very similar to M. abdominator but has an OOL of 2.5 and an ovipositor length of 3.1 times the length of the petiolar tergum.</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 100 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 4–5mm. Antennal articles 22–25; flagellum thick and at apex as broad as long, in some specimens the basal flagellar articles is lighter in colour. Head and face distinctly transverse, about twice as broad as high. Ocelli small, OOL=3.5–4.0. Eyes not so large, converging slightly. Malar space slightly shorter than basal breadth of mandible. Tentorial pits deep. Clypeus strongly protuberant. Mandible stout, twisted. Precoxal sulcus broad. Propodeum reticulate-rugose and carinae distinct, sometimes obscured. Petiolar tergum stout, with distinct dorsal pits. Ovipositor 2.0–2.5 times length of petiolar tergum and down-curved. Legs stout, hind coxae dorsally punctuate to rugose, tarsal claws not strongly bent but swollen at base. Wings short, infumate; second submarginal cell of fore wing more or less strongly contracted anteriorly. Colour dark - black; Male antennae longer, 25–31 articles.</p> <p>Distribution: Palearctic. Country records: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Belgium; Bosnia Hercegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Czechoslovakia; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Kazakhstan; Korea; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Romania; Russia; Sweden; Switzerland; Ukraine; United Kingdom; Yugoslavia.</p> <p>Biology: Parasitizes on Lepidoptera, mostly Geometridae (Huddleston 1980, Yu et al. 2005). We found 48 specimens within the SMTP and they were caught from June to November. Based on these records, M. abdominator seems to prefer deciduous forests.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08628FFA4A7C5F9B2FDC5C788	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08629FFA4A7C5FC93FC39C3A2.text	03DE87D08629FFA4A7C5FC93FC39C3A2.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus abscissus Thomson 1895	<div><p>Meteorus abscissus Thomson</p> <p>Fig. 73, 81</p> <p>Meteorus abscissus Thomson, 1895:2156. Lectotype ♀, Sweden: (MZLU, Lund)—examined.</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus abscissus is close to M. pulchricornis. They both share the character of having short dense setae on the clypeus. However, M. abscissus has a more stout body shape and its clypeus is more flat and the sculpture of hind coxae and mesosoma is more strongly rugose. Furthermore, M. abscissus has the ventral sides of the petiolar tergum separated, contrary to M. pulchricornis, which has the ventral sides of the petiolar tergum closed. Finally, M. abscissus has a true dorsope even though it can sometimes be so small that it is difficult to separate from the small indication of a dorsope present in M. pulchrichornis.</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 20 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 4–5mm. Antennal articles 30–33, all flagellar articles distinctly long. Head broad, temples strongly contracted behind eyes. Ocelli large OOL=2. Eyes large, moderately convergent. Malar space about equal to basal breadth of mandible. Face 1.5 times as wide as high, not strongly protuberant. Clypeus peculiarly flattened, slightly protuberant. Mandibles slender and twisted. Precoxal sulcus broad. Propodeum broad, strongly convex and reticulate-rugose. Petiolar tergum long with distinct dorsal pits and shallow glymmae. Ovipositor 1.5–2.0 times length of petiolar tergum, straight. Hind coxa strongly rugose. Tarsal claws with a distinct basal lobe. Colour on holotype is dark read with black markings but some specimens are brownish testaceous. ♂ 34–36 antennal articles; petiolar tergum narrower; sculpture of hind coxa sometimes obsolescent.</p> <p>Distribution: Palearctic. Country records: Albania; Austria; Bulgaria; China; China-Fujian; Croatia; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Korea; Norway; Romania; Russia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom; Yugoslavia.</p> <p>Biology: Meteorus abscissus is recorded as a parasitoid of several Lepidoptera families, in particular Arctiidae, Geometridae and Noctuidae (Yu et al. 2005). Old host records might be erroneous due to the difficulties in properly separating some intermediate specimens from M. pulchricornis. We found 4 specimens within the SMTP. They were caught in late July and early August in arid, exposed environments.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08629FFA4A7C5FC93FC39C3A2	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08629FFA3A7C5F8F9FD3CC61F.text	03DE87D08629FFA3A7C5F8F9FD3CC61F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus acerbiavorus Belokobylskij, Stigenberg and Vikberg	<div><p>Meteorus acerbiavorus Belokobylskij, Stigenberg and Vikberg</p> <p>Fig. 31, 82</p> <p>Meteorus acerbiavorus Belokobylskij et al., 2011. Holotype ♀, “ Finland 767:325. Enontekiö Lapland: Jehkats, June 2009, Harry Lonka leg”.</p> <p>Diagnosis: A very distinctive species, large, dark and rugose. The colour and sculpture can vary between localities and rearings from black to brown and from heavily to more weakly rugose, almost smooth in certain parts. The petiolar tergum also varies from specimens without a dorsope to specimens with a distinct dorsope. M. acerbiavorus is most similar to M. rubens, being easily separated by colour (completely black or brownish in the former, varying from completely reddish to partially, but never completely, black in the latter), body sculpture (largely rugulosegranulate in the former, smoother with only certain parts rugose in the latter), and the shape of the ovipositor tip (with a distinct dorsal node at the tip of the ovipositor in the former, without a distinct node in the latter) (illustrated in Stigenberg et al. 2011).</p> <p>Studied material: 13 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size 4.3–4.6 mm. Antennal articles 25–27. Head transverse. OOL=1.5. Eyes large and protuberant, weakly convergent. Malar space equal to width of mandible base. Face 1.3 times wider than high, rugose. Clypeus almost as wide as face and protuberant. Mandibles twisted. Precoxal sulcus wide and entirely coarsely rugose-reticulate. Propodeum roundly convex, strongly reticulate. Petiolar tergum with no dorsope, finely striate at apical end. Length of petiolar tergum about twice as long as apically broad. Ovipositor 1.2–1.4 times longer than petiolar tergum. Legs long; hind coxae entirely rugose; tarsal claws without lobe. Colour black. ♂ antennal articles 24–27.</p> <p>Distribution: Finland.</p> <p>Biology: Meteorus acerbiavorus is only known from specimens reared from cocoons of the arctiid moth Acerbia alpina collected in June in nothern Finland (Stigenberg et al. 2011). It is gregarious and 39 to 98 parasitoid cocoons have been found in a single host cocoon.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08629FFA3A7C5F8F9FD3CC61F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D0862EFFA3A7C5FC03FC99C2A5.text	03DE87D0862EFFA3A7C5FC03FC99C2A5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus affinis (Wesmael 1835)	<div><p>Meteorus affinis (Wesmael)</p> <p>Fig. 83</p> <p>Perilitus affinis Wesmael, 1835:31. Holotype ♀, Belgium: Wesmael coll. (IRSNB Brussells) examined.</p> <p>Meteorus punctiventris Ruthe, 1862:25. Holotype ♀, Germany: Ruthe coll. (BMNH London) examined</p> <p>Meteorus gracilis Ruthe, 1862:31. Holotype ♀, Germany: Ruthe coll. (BMNH London). Junior primary homonym of gracilis Ratzeburg, 1852.</p> <p>Meteorus ruthei Schmiedeknecht, 1897:205. Replacement name for gracilis Ruthe, 1862. Synonymized by Huddleston 1980:22.</p> <p>Meteorus voloscensis Fischer, 1959: 14 Holotype ♀ Yugoslavia: Volosca, Graeffe coll. (NM, Vienna) Synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:22 examined.</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus affinis is similar to M. vexator but has distinctly lobed claws and larger ocelli than the latter. These differences are visible also in small specimens, which are otherwise very similar due to their weaker sculpture and the reduction in the number of antennal articles. The mesosoma of M. affinis sometimes has yellow markings, but we never found this to be true for M. vexator.</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 100 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 4 mm. Antennal articles 27–30. Head strongly rounded behind eyes. Ocelli large, OOL=1.5–2.0. Eyes large, protuberant and strongly convergent. Malar space short, much less than basal width of mandible. Face as broad as high, not protuberant but rugulose. Clypeus not strongly protuberant. Mandible stout, moderately twisted. Precoxal sulcus foveolate. Propodeum rugose, the transverse carinae of the propodeum often most developed. Petiolar tergum narrow with distinct dorsal pits, about twice as long as apically broad. Ovipositor long, 3.0–3.5 times length of petiolar tergum, slender. Legs long, slender; hind coxae rugose ventrolaterally; tarsal claws with small but distinct lobe. Colour generally black with yellow areas. ♂ antennal articles 30–33; eyes smaller and not strongly convergent; sculpture of precoxal sulcus and of hind coxa obsolescent.</p> <p>Distribution: Western and Eastern Palearctic. Country records: Armenia; Belgium; Bulgaria; China; Croatia; Czechoslovakia; Finland; France; Germany; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Korea; Netherlands; Norway; Romania; Russia; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom; Yugoslavia.</p> <p>Biology: Meteorus affinis is a solitary endoparasitoid that is attracted to light. Most host records involve the lepidopteran family Psychidae (Yu et al. 2005). We found 59 specimens within the SMTP. M. affinis was caught from June to November in both deciduous and coniferus forests.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0862EFFA3A7C5FC03FC99C2A5	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D0862FFFA2A7C5FF2DFE0CC63E.text	03DE87D0862FFFA2A7C5FF2DFE0CC63E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus alborossicus Lobodenko 2000	<div><p>Meteorus alborossicus Lobodenko</p> <p>Fig. 57, 84</p> <p>Meteorus alborossicus Lobodenko, 2000. Holotype ♀, Russia: ‘Byelorussia, Beresina Nat. Res., Postrezhie, 1vii– 1.viii.1996 ’ (Lobodenko) (ZIN. St. Petersburg)—examined.</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus alborossicus is close to M. vexator but the fore wing venation easily distinguishes them: while M. alborossicus has the fore wing vein 1–SR+M incomplete, it is complete in M.vexator. M. alborossicus is actually the only species of Meteorus in Europe with an incomplete 1–SR+M vein.</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 20 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 3–4mm. Antennal articles 29. Ocelli small, OOL=2–2.5. Eyes protuberant, large and converging. Malar space narrow, 0.4 times basal width of mandibles. Face as wide as high and punctuate, clypeus also punctate. Clypeus protruding and variable in width, sometimes as wide as face. Mandibles only slightly twisted. Precoxal sulcus wide. Propodeum with transverse carinae. Petiolar tergum rugose centrally, striate laterally. Ovipositor long and slender, more than 2.5 times petiolar tergum. Fore and middle coxa light coloured (whitish), hind coxa dark and rugose. Fore wing vein 1–SR+M not complete. Claws slender but with a slight widening at base.</p> <p>Distribution: Western Palearctic. Country records: Belarus; Sweden; United Kingdom.</p> <p>Biology: We found a single specimen within the SMTP; it was caught on a sandy railway in August. Three specimens were reared in an ongoing study on saproxylic insects on wet stumps at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Ols in prep.)</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0862FFFA2A7C5FF2DFE0CC63E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D0862FFFA2A7C5FC74FC33C319.text	03DE87D0862FFFA2A7C5FC74FC33C319.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus angiclypealis van Achterberg 2001	<div><p>Meteorus angiclypealis van Achterberg</p> <p>Fig. 85</p> <p>Meteorus angiclypealis, 2001:397. Holotype ♀, Netherlands: (RMNH, Leiden)—examined</p> <p>Diagnosis: This species is close to M. sibyllae but is distinguished by two good characters: (1) the shape of the head, which is transverse in M. sibyllae and rounded in M. angiclypealis; and (2) the length of the ovipositor, which is 3.5–4.0 times petiolar tergum in M. sibyllae and 2.7 times petiolar tergum in M. angiclypealis.</p> <p>Studied material: One specimen, the holotype.</p> <p>Description: Size about 3mm. Antennal articles 24, all articles longer than broad. Head rounded behind eyes. OOL=3.5. Eyes small, not converging. Length of malar space 0.6 times basal width of mandible; mandibles hardly or not twisted apically. Face punctulate, dorsally with some rugae. Clypeus protruding, punctuate and with some long setae, width of clypeus 0.7 times minimum width of face. Precoxal sulcus narrow. Propodeum with transverse carina, without median carina. Surface of propodeum largely smooth except for subbasal transverse carina. Length of petiolar tergum 1.6 times its apical width, surface punctate medially and laterally striated. Dorsope distinct but rather small. Length of ovipositor sheath 0.54 times fore wing and 2.7 times petiolar tergum. Hind coxa largely smooth, claws without lobe. Fore wing m-cu antefurcal. Pterostigma dark brown, basally with small pale spot.</p> <p>Distribution: Switzerland.</p> <p>Biology: The holotype of M. angiclypealis was caught in a light trap.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0862FFFA2A7C5FC74FC33C319	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D0862FFFA1A7C5F90FFF3CC04B.text	03DE87D0862FFFA1A7C5F90FFF3CC04B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus artocercus Stigenberg & Ronquist 2011	<div><p>Meteorus artocercus Stigenberg sp. nov.</p> <p>Fig. 48, 49, 79A, 86</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus artocercus can be distinguished from similar species by its longer flagellomeres, the colour of the pterostigma and the length of the ovipositor sheaths. In Huddleston’s key M. artocercus runs to M. cinctellus but M. artocercus has longer antennal articles than M. cinctellus, the ovipositor is shorter (1.6–2.0 times petiolar tergum in the former, and 2.5–3.0 times in the latter), and the pterostigma is pale (dark brown except for the basal third in the latter). M. tenellus is another similar species but this species has a longer ovipositor (2.0–4.0 times petiolar tergum) and a postfurcal m-cu vein of the forewing (antefurcal in M. artocercus).</p> <p>Studied material: 10 specimens.</p> <p>Holotype: 1 ♀ SE. Lapl. Gällivare kommun. Ätnarova försökpark, Pelttovaara. 29.vii–13.viii.2004. (leg. SMTP), NHRS – HYME 5178. Paratypes: 2 ♀ SE. Lapl. Gällivare kommun. Ätnarova förökspark, Pelttovaara. 29.vii–13.viii.2004. One in ethanol (DNA voucher specimen DNA 1) and one drypinned (one leg damaged and glued separately on the dry pinned specimen) NHRS – HYME 5176 (leg. SMTP), Paratype: 1 ♀ SE. Nb. Pajala kommun. Vasikkavuoma. 14.ix–05.x.2003. (left hind tarsi damaged and glued separately). (leg. SMTP), NHRS – HYME 5177, DNA 2. Paratype: 1 ♀ SE. Vb. Vindelns kommun. Kulbäckslidens försökspark. 01.viii–18.viii.2003. Kept in 80 % ethanol. (leg. SMTP), DNA 47. Paratype: 4 ♀ SE. Bdn. Jokkmokks kommun, Muddus nationalpark 18.vi–20.vii.2004. All are kept in 80 % ethanol and all are DNA voucher specimens (leg. SMTP), NHRS – HYME 5182, DNA 55; NHRS – HYME 5181, DNA 56; NHRS – HYME 5180, DNA 57; NHRS – HYME 5179, DNA 58.</p> <p>Description: Body 3.2 mm, fore wing 3.0 mm.</p> <p>Head: Length of eye 1.5 times length of temple in dorsal aspect; eyes large, convergent and protuberant; width of face 1.25 times its height; OOL=2; vertex smooth; frons above antennal sockets depressed, with a median ridge forming a slight tubercle in front of fore ocellus; face convex; clypeus as wide as minimum width of face, distinctly separated from face, convex, tentorial pits distinct; length of malar space 0.6 times basal width of mandible; mandibles twisted; antennal articles 27; 3rd and 4th antennal article 3.6 times longer than wide; all articles longer than wide, subapical articles more than 1.5 times longer than broad.</p> <p>Mesosoma: Precoxal sulcus narrow.</p> <p>Wings: Fore wing: r/3–SR=0.6; C+SC+R/SR1=1.45; m–cu interstitial; pterostigma brown with apical corner light. Hind wing: 1–M/cu–a=1.5;</p> <p>Legs: Hind coxa rugose dorsally; hind femur 4.8 times longer than wide; tarsal claws small with lobe.</p> <p>Metasoma: Petiolar tergum apically 2.1 times longer than wide, petiolar tergum 4.5 times fore wing; dorsope absent; ventral folds of petiolar tergum joined in middle; ovipositor straight, slender; length of ovipositor 2.0 times that of petiolar tergum and 0.35 times forewing; propodeum convex, reticulate–rugose and with no distinct carina. Colour: Frons and vertex black with large yellow patch between posterior ocelli and eye; face yellow; pronotum and mesopleuron black with brown–red patch posterior; petiolar tergum black; 3 rd abdominal tergite yellow otherwise brown; legs dark yellow, hind tarsi brown.</p> <p>Distribution: Sweden.</p> <p>Biology: We found 10 specimens within the SMTP. They were caught from July to October in northern Sweden, predominantly in pine forests.</p> <p>Etymology: The name artocercus is derived from the Latin word arto —close and the Greek word cercus — tail.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0862FFFA1A7C5F90FFF3CC04B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D0862CFFA0A7C5FADCFE2DC458.text	03DE87D0862CFFA0A7C5FADCFE2DC458.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus breviantennatus Tobias 1986	<div><p>Meteorus breviantennatus Tobias</p> <p>Fig. 87</p> <p>Meteorus breviantennatus Tobias, 1986:345. Holotype ♀, Russia: (ZIN. St. Petersburg)—examined.</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus breviantennatus is similar to M. cis but the clypeus of M. breviantennatus is almost as wide as the face while the clypeus of M. cis is narrower. Also the malar space (shorter than mandibular base on M. breviantennatus, as wide as mandibular base on M. cis) and the face (slightly transverse in M. breviantennatus, round in M. cis) should separate these species.</p> <p>Studied material: 11 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 3mm. Antennae 20–22 articles, the basal articles lighter in colour. Head slightly transverse. Ocelli small, OOL=3–3.5. Eyes small, slightly protuberant, convergent. Malar space shorter than basal breadth of mandible. Face about 1.3 times as broad as high, punctate, not strongly protuberant. Clypeus almost as wide as face, protruding, in some specimen with a notch similar to M. cis. Tentorial pits distinct. Mandibles short and moderately twisted. Precoxal sulcus rather wide. Propodeum with carinae, otherwise reticulate. Dorsal pits of the petiolar tergum small, dorsal surface rugose with longitudinal striae laterally. Ovipositor about twice the length of petiolar tergum. Legs slender; hind coxa punctuate with small punctures. Tarsal claws long and slender. Colour dark brown; clypeus, mandibles and usually third abdominal tergum of lighter colour than the rest of body; coxa and legs brownish-yellow.</p> <p>Distribution: Western and Eastern Palearctic. Country records: Austria; China; France; Germany; Ireland; Japan; Korea; Netherlands; Russia; Sweden; United Kingdom.</p> <p>Biology: According to Tobias (1986) it is a parasitoid of Ips acuminatus (Gyllenhal, 1827) and Tomicus minor (Hartig, 1834) (Coleoptera).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0862CFFA0A7C5FADCFE2DC458	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D0862DFFA0A7C5FEC3FD81C1B9.text	03DE87D0862DFFA0A7C5FEC3FD81C1B9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus brevicauda Thomson 1895	<div><p>Meteorus brevicauda Thomson</p> <p>Fig. 88</p> <p>Meteorus brevicauda Thomson, 1895:2165. Lectotype ♀, Sweden (MZLU, Lund - examined)</p> <p>Meteorus thuringiacus Schmiedeknecht, 1897:190. Syntypes ♀, Germany (lost). Synonymized by Huddleston 1980:23.</p> <p>Meteorus mongolicus Fahringer, 1935:10. Holotype ♀, China: S. Kansu (Hummel) (NHRS Stockholm)—examined. Synonymized by Huddleston 1980:23.</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus brevicauda is a very small species and is easily distinguished amongst the other small species based on the shape of the clypeus (as wide as the face) and mandibles (large, stout and not twisted). M. micropilosus have a small, square clypeus and slightly twisted but stout mandibles. M. punctifrons is distinguished by the presence of punctures on the frons, which lack in M. brevicauda. M. breviantennatus have a wide clypeus similar to that of M. brevicauda, but it can easily be distinguished from the latter by having a longer ovipositor (twice the length of petiolar tergum in the former, 1.5 times petiolar tergum in the latter).</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 10 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 3mm. Antennal articles 24–27, articles slightly longer than broad. Ocelli small, OOL=3. Eyes not strongly protuberant, slightly converging. Malar space very short. Face rather flat and about 2 times as broad as high. Clypeus large, flat and as wide as face. Tentorial pits large. Mandibles large, stout and not twisted. Precoxal sulcus foveolate. Propodeum short with distinct carinae. Petiolar tergum with distinct dorsal pits and glymmae. Ovipositor short, about 1.5 times the length of petiolar tergum. Legs short, the hind coxa smooth, punctuate; tarsal claws with no basal lobe but slightly swollen at the base. Colour generally black except antennae at base, clypeus, mandibles and prothorax ventrally testaceous, legs yellow. Fore wing vein m-cu antefurcal.</p> <p>Distribution: Palearctic. Country records: Austria; Bulgaria; China; Finland; Germany; Hungary; Italy; Lithuania; Poland; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom.</p> <p>Biology: Meteorus brevicauda parasitizes on the leaf-feeding larvae of Zeugophora subspinosa (Fabricius) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) (Shaw, 1988).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0862DFFA0A7C5FEC3FD81C1B9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D0862DFFBFA7C5FAE1FBE9C778.text	03DE87D0862DFFBFA7C5FAE1FBE9C778.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus cespitator (Thunberg 1822)	<div><p>Meteorus cespitator (Thunberg)</p> <p>Fig. 89</p> <p>Ichneumon cespitator Thunberg, 1822:269. Holotype ♀, Sweden (UDE, Uppsala) – examined.</p> <p>Zele atrator Curtis, 1832: folio 415. Syntypes, Great Britain: Wilts, ‘ Durnford House’ (NMV, Melbourne) Synonymised by Roman, 1912:289.</p> <p>Perilitus similator Nees von Esenbeck, 1834: 41 Syntypes ♀, Germany (destroyed). Synonymised by Haliday, 1835:32</p> <p>Bracon humeralis Zetterstedt, 1838:399. Lectotype ♀, Lapponia: ’Öfv. Tor.’ (Övertorneå in Sweden). “mihi tantum inter Muonioniska et Kengis”. Synonymised by Papp, 1994:305</p> <p>Bracon rufipes Zetterstedt, 1838:399. Lectotype ♀, ‘Johs. Ro.’(Johannisro, Norrbotten). “Hab. cum priori rarius” (B. humeralis). Synonymised by Papp, 1994:305</p> <p>Meteorus ambiguus Ruthe, 1862:30. Holotype ♀, Germany: Ruthe coll., 4.10.55 (BMNH, London) examined.</p> <p>Diagnosis: The size, the transverse head and the long ovipositor are characters that distinguish this species. Meteorus cespitator mostly resembles M. obfuscatus and the new species M. eklundi and M. densipilosus described in this paper. However, the long ovipositor of M. cespitator (3–4 times length of the petiolar tergum) clearly separates it from these species, which have ovipositors that are at most up to twice the length of the petiolar tergum.</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 50 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 4–5mm. Antennal articles 23–27. Head transverse, temples shorter than eyes. Ocelli small, OOL=2.5–3.0. Eyes large, protuberant, convergent but not strongly so. Malar space distinctly shorter than basal breadth of mandible. Face about 1.5 times as broad as high. Clypeus only slightly protuberant, distinctly divided from face. Precoxal sulcus deep. Propodeum irregularly rugose with distinct carinae. Ovipositor long, 3–4 times length of petiolar tergum. Hind coxae rugose, tarsal claws long, slightly swollen at base but not lobed. Colour generally dark - black with yellow parts.</p> <p>Distribution: Palearctic and Oceania. Country records: Algeria; Azerbaijan; Belgium; Bulgaria; Canary Islands; China; Denmark; Faeroe Islands; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany; Hungary; Iceland; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Latvia; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Poland; Romania; Russia; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; United Kingdom.</p> <p>Biology: Meteorus cespitator was accidentally introduced to New Zealand and there it was found to parasitize on Trichophaga tapetiella from ply-wood (Parrot 1955). M. cespitator parasitizes on Tineidae (Lepidoptera) (Hinton 1956) and it is attracted to light (Yu et al. 2005). We found 21 specimens within the SMTP; they were caught in deciduous or spruce forests from the end of June to the beginning of September.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0862DFFBFA7C5FAE1FBE9C778	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08632FFBFA7C5FD23FB23C2C6.text	03DE87D08632FFBFA7C5FD23FB23C2C6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus cinctellus (Spinola 1808)	<div><p>Meteorus cinctellus (Spinola)</p> <p>Fig. 42, 44, 90</p> <p>Bracon cinctellus Spinola, 1808:135, Holotype ♂, Italy (MZS, Turin).</p> <p>Bracon necator Trentepohl, Isis 1829 p 958 n. 75 ♀, [excl. Synon.] of Bracon cinctellus Nees 1811</p> <p>Perilitus fuscipes Wesmael, 1835:48, Holotype ♀, Belgium: Brussels, coll. Wesmael (IRSNB, Brussels) synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:25 – examined.</p> <p>Meteorus tenellus Marshall, 1887:125. Lectotype ♀, Great Britain (BMNH, London), synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:25 — examined.</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus cinctellus has a blunt tubercle in front of the fore ocellus, the pterostigma is dark brown with white edges, the subapical antennal articles are as longer as broad and the ovipositor is 2.0–2.5 times petiolar tergum. Other similar species, such as M. tenellus, M. artocercus and M. colon, also have the blunt tubercle but have a pale pterostigma without white edges.</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 100 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 4mm. Antennae with 24–29 articles; Subapical antennal articles as longer as broad. Frons depressed with a blunt tubercle in front of the fore ocellus. Ocelli small, OOL=2.5. Eyes large, protuberant and strongly convergent. Malar space shorter than the basal breadth of the mandible. Face about as high as broad with a medial tubercle just below the antennal sockets. Clypeus narrow, strongly protuberant. Tentorial pits deep. Mandible small and strongly twisted. Precoxal sulcus deep, foveolate and generally broadened anteriorly. Propodeum rather flat, regularly reticulate-rugose, sometimes with a strong medial transverse carina. Petiolar tergum long, dorsal pits absent. Ventral borders generally touching but sometimes open. Ovipositor 2.0–2.5 times length of petiolar tergum. Legs long and slender; hind coxae rugose. Tarsal claws small and with a distinct basal lobe. Colour black/yellow; legs and generally 3 rd abdominal tergite testaceous. ♂ antenna 28–30 articles; ocelli slightly larger; eyes less strongly convergent; colour often darker.</p> <p>Distribution: Palearctic. Country records: Albania; Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; China; Czechoslovakia; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Korea; Latvia; Madeira Islands; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Slovenia; Sweden; Switzerland; Ukraine; United Kingdom; Yugoslavia.</p> <p>Biology: Meteorus cinctellus parasitizes on Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) (Yu et al. 2005). We found 99 specimens within the SMTP; they were caught in a variety of biotopes, including deciduous and coniferous forests. Flying time is from June to September.</p> <p>Remarks: The name Ichneumon necator (Fabricius, 1777) is not the type of M. cinctellus (Yu et al. 2005, Broad et al. 2009). The name necator (Fabricius, 1777) refers to the Microgastrinae species Apanteles necator and is not a Euphorinae. In the description of Ichneumon necator (Fabricius, 1777:246) there is a reference to one of Rösel’s illustrations (Table IV Fig. 4 in Rösel). The depicted braconid is clearly a Microgastrinae.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08632FFBFA7C5FD23FB23C2C6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08633FFBEA7C5FF2DFF09C1DE.text	03DE87D08633FFBEA7C5FF2DFF09C1DE.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus cis (Bouche 1834)	<div><p>Meteorus cis (Bouché)</p> <p>Fig. 91</p> <p>Bracon cis Bouché, 1834:149. Type material unknown.</p> <p>Perilitus profligator Haliday, 1835:33. Syntypes ♀ Ireland (lost). Synonymized by Fahringer 1928:505.</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus cis is similar to M. breviantennatus but the clypeus of the latter is almost as wide as the face while the clypeus of M. cis is narrow. Also the malar space (shorter than mandibular base on M. breviantennatus, as wide as mandibular base on M. cis) and the face (slightly more transverse face in M. brevianennatus, round face in M. cis) should separate these species.</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 20 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 2.5–3.5mm. Antennae 20–22 articles. Head rounded behind eyes. Ocelli small, OOL=3. Eyes small, not strongly protuberant, slightly convergent. Malar space slightly shorter than basal breadth of mandible. Face 1.5–2.0 times as broad as high, smooth, punctate, not strongly protuberant. Clypeus narrower than face, almost flat, its apical border weakly notched medially and usually with a weak vertical impression behind the notch. Tentorial pits distinct. Mandibles short, stout and moderately twisted. Precoxal sulcus foveolate, sometimes broadening anteriorly. Mesopleuron dorsally reticulate-rugose, otherwise smoothly punctate. Propodeum with carinae with very weak rugose sculpture in between. Petiolar tergum with large distinct dorsal pits, dorsal surface generally reticulate-rugose with a few longitudinal striae laterally. Ovipositor about twice the length of petiolar tergum, slender. Legs slender; hind coxa never strongly rugose but often with a trace of obsolescent rugosity at the base and on the outer surface. Tarsal claws not lobed but somewhat swollen basally. Colour testaceous to brown; clypeus, mandibles and usually 3 rd abdominal tergite reddish testaceous; coxa and legs yellow. Pterostigma dark with light border around, more so anteriorly. Fore wing m-cu antefurcal, vein 2-SR+M almost as long as vein r, at most 0.7 times).</p> <p>Distribution: Palearctic. Country records: Austria; China; France; Germany; Ireland; Japan; Korea; Netherlands; Sweden; United Kingdom.</p> <p>Biology: Meteorus cis is recorded as a parasitoid of Cis boleti Scopoli, 1763 (Bouché 1834). We found 12 specimens within the SMTP; they were caught in both deciduous and coniferous forests. Flying time is from July to October.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08633FFBEA7C5FF2DFF09C1DE	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08633FFBDA7C5FB4DFEEAC4E8.text	03DE87D08633FFBDA7C5FB4DFEEAC4E8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus colon (Haliday 1835)	<div><p>Meteorus colon (Haliday)</p> <p>Fig. 10b, 20, 30, 92</p> <p>Perilitus colon Haliday, 1835:30. Syntypes ♀, Ireland (lost).</p> <p>Perilitus fragilis Wesmael, 1835: 52 Lectotype ♂, Belgium: Brussels (IRSNB, Brussels). Synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:26.</p> <p>Perilitus fasciatus Ratzeburg, 1844:77. Syntypes ♀, Germany (lost). Synonymized with fragilis by Ruthe, 1862:55.</p> <p>Meteorus luridus Ruthe, 1862: 57 Lectotype ♀, Germany: Ruthe coll. (BMNH, London)—examined</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus colon has a blunt tubercle on frons in front of the fore ocellus. This character is shared with M. cinctellus, M. tenellus, M. artocercus, M. stenomastax and M. melanostictus. M. colon is distinguished from these other species by having a distinctly postfurcal second submarginal cell and a pale pterostigma.</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 200 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 4mm. Antennae long, 30–34 articles, all flagellar articles long. Head contracted behind eyes; frons with a blunt tubercle in front of the fore ocellus. Ocelli rather large but not conspicuously so, OOL=2. Eyes convergent but not strongly so. Malar space short, slightly less than basal breadth of mandible. Face not strongly protuberant. Clypeus strongly protuberant; narrower than face. Mandibles small, strongly twisted. Precoxal sulcus foveolate. Propodeum finely rugose, carinae often weak and indistinct. Petiolar tergum long, slender, without dorsal pits, the ventral borders generally slightly separated. Ovipositor 1.5 times length of petiolar tergum. Legs very long and slender; tarsal claws small with a distinct basal lobe. Forewing m-cu distinctly postfurcal, the second submarginal cell rather elongate. Colour black to yellow; ♂ antenna 31–35 articles.</p> <p>Distribution: Western and Eastern Palearctic. Country records: Armenia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Belgium; Bulgaria; China; Croatia; Czechoslovakia; Denmark; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Lithuania; Moldova; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Russia; Slovakia; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; United Kingdom; Yugoslavia.</p> <p>Biology: Host records of Meteorus colon include ten different families of Lepidoptera, with most records involving species of Noctuidae (Huddleston 1980, Yu et al. 2005). We found 124 specimens within the SMTP; they were caught in both deciduous and coniferous forests but predominantly in spruce forests. Flying time is from July to October.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08633FFBDA7C5FB4DFEEAC4E8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08630FFBDA7C5FDB9FE21C084.text	03DE87D08630FFBDA7C5FDB9FE21C084.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus consimilis (Nees von Esenbeck 1834)	<div><p>Meteorus consimilis (Nees von Esenbeck)</p> <p>Fig. 61, 62, 93</p> <p>Perilitus consimilis Nees von Esenbeck, 1834:42. Syntypes ♂, Germany (destroyed).</p> <p>Perilitus brevipes Wesmael, 1835: 33 Lectotype ♂, Belgium: Brussels, coll. Wesmael (IRSNB, Brussels), Synonymized with albicornis Ruthe by Marshall, 1887:110.</p> <p>Meteorus albicornis Ruthe, 1862:34. lectotype ♀, Germany: Ruthe coll. (BMNH, London). Synonymized with consimilis by Thomson, 1895:2160 —examined</p> <p>Diagnosis: The only species that could be confused with this species is M. abdominator. A good separating character is the length of the malar space (almost two times basal breadth of mandible in M. consimilis, at most as long as basal breadth of mandible in M. abdominator. The length and shape of the ovipositor also differ between these species. The ovipositor of M. consimilis is thick, distinctly down-curved and short (equal in length to petiolar tergum), while M. abdominator has a thin and long (2.0–2.5 times length of petiolar tergum), and only slightly down-curved ovipositor.</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 60 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 3–4mm. Antennae 32–33 articles; basally whitish. Head strongly contracted behind eyes. Ocelli large, OOL=1.5. Eyes small, not convergent. Malar space long, almost twice basal breadth of mandible. Clypeus strongly protuberant. Tentorial pits deep. Mandibles slender; strongly twisted. Precoxal sulcus deep, broad, reticulate-rugose. Propodeum strongly reticulate-rugose. Petiolar tergum short, wide, with distinct dorsal pits. Ovipositor short, at most equal in length to petiolar tergum; thick down-curved. Wings infumate and short. Colour dark. ♂ antennae 32–36 articles with no pale band.</p> <p>Distribution: Western Palearctic. Country records: Belgium; Croatia; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Hungary; Ireland; Latvia; Netherlands; Poland; Romania; Slovenia; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; United Kingdom; Yugoslavia.</p> <p>Biology: Meteorus consimilis is recorded as a parasitoid of Scolytus multistriatus (Yu et al. 2005). We found 58 specimens within the SMTP; they were caught in both deciduous and coniferous forests. Flying time is from middle of July to end of October.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08630FFBDA7C5FDB9FE21C084	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08630FFBCA7C5F9A2FF21C753.text	03DE87D08630FFBCA7C5F9A2FF21C753.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus corax Marshall 1898	<div><p>Meteorus corax Marshall</p> <p>Fig. 51, 77, 94</p> <p>Meteorus corax Marshall, 1898:220. Lectotype ♀ Switzerland: Val Somvix / 25.vii.1891 / Marshall det. (NMB, Bern)</p> <p>Meteorus monachami Fischer, 1957c:17. Holotype ♀ Austria: Lunz (Haberfelner), ex Monochamus saltuarius Gebl. (ZSBS, Munich) Synonymized by Fischer, 1966:395.</p> <p>Diagnosis: This is one of the larger species of Meteorus, at least in the Palaearctic Region, averaging about 9 mm in body length. It is most easily confused with M. nixoni. However, M. corax has twisted mandibles (straight in M. nixoni), the temples are wider than in M. nixoni, and the 3 rd abdominal tergum is densely covered with striae (only a few striae present in M. nixoni).</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 10 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 6–10mm. Antennae 39–41 articles. Head rather square. Ocelli small, OOL=3. Eyes small, converging only very slightly. Face about twice as long as broad. Clypeus distinctly narrower than face; protuberant. Tentorial pits wide and deep. Mandibles very stout and slightly twisted, with striate-punctate sculpture and long setae. Precoxal sulcus deep, foveolate with, anteriorly, a reticulate-foveolate patch beneath. Propodeum strongly reticulate-rugose with basal and medial transverse carinae. Petiolar tergum with longitudinal sculpture laterally, reticulate-rugose centrally; spiracles distinctly before the middle; large dorsal pits present, borders of petiolar tergum not meeting ventrally. The ovipositor about 4 times length of petiolar tergum. Outer surface of hind coxa and femur densely reticulate - punctate; hind tibia strongly swollen though not as wide as femur; tarsal claws large, strongly curved, not lobed but strongly swollen at base. Colour black or dark brown.</p> <p>Distribution: Palearctic. Country records: Austria; Finland; Germany; Italy; Japan; Korea; Russia; Sweden; Switzerland.</p> <p>Biology: Most host records of Meteorus corax involve the coleopteran family Cerambycidae (Huddleston 1980).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08630FFBCA7C5F9A2FF21C753	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08631FFBCA7C5FDCFFC8BC2E4.text	03DE87D08631FFBCA7C5FDCFFC8BC2E4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus densipilosus Stigenberg & Ronquist 2011	<div><p>Meteorus densipilosus Stigenberg sp. nov.</p> <p>Fig. 79B, 95</p> <p>Diagnosis: The clypeus of Meteorus densipilosus is unique within Meteorus in being flat and having a sinuate ventral margin with a median notch similar to that of M. cis. The setose face, straight ovipositor, and distinct carinae on the propodeum are also good characters that distinguish it from related species. In Huddleston’s (1980) key, M. densipilosus runs to M. brevicauda, but there are distinct differences. While M. brevicauda belongs to the smallest of the Meteorus species (less than 3.5 mm), M. densipilosus is larger at about 5 mm. M. densipilosus has a distinct malar space (0.5 times basal width of mandible) while M. brevicauda hardly has any space at all between the eye and the mandible. The ovipositor is also longer in M. densipilosus (2.0 times petiolar tergum) than in M. brevicauda (1.5 times petiolar tergum). In our key, this species groups with M. eklundi, but it is clearly separated from the latter based on the number of antennal articles (28 in M. densipilosus and only 22-25 in M. eklundi).</p> <p>Studied material: 1♀. Holotype: 1♀ SE. Sm. Nybro kommun. Bäckebo. 24.viii–12.ix.2005. (leg. SMTP), NHRS – HYME 4936, DNA 7.</p> <p>Description: Body 5.2 mm, fore wing 3.47 mm.</p> <p>Head: Length of eye 0.9 times length of temple in dorsal aspect; eyes small, protuberant, not converging; width of face 1.7 times its height; OOL=2.5, ocelli only slightly protruding; vertex smooth, convex but with a ridge running towards face; face striate medially, the striae running to clypeus forming ridges; clypeus as wide as face, not distinctly divided from face and flat with ventral border sinuate seen from dorsal view; length of malar space 0.5 the times basal width of mandible; mandible stout, not twisted; hypostomal carina wide; antennal articles 28; 3rd antennal article 4.75 times longer than wide; 4th antennal article 3.2 times longer than wide; all antennal articles longer than wide.</p> <p>Mesosoma: Precoxal sulcus wide.</p> <p>Wings: Fore wing: r/3–SR=0.6; C+SC+R/SR1=1.48; m–cu antefurcal; pterostigma dark brown with light dorsal border. Hind wing: 1–M/cu–a=1.6.</p> <p>Legs: Hind coxa rugose; hind femur 5 times longer than wide; tarsal claws slender without lobe.</p> <p>Metasoma: Petiolar tergum 1.85 times longer than wide apically, 4.5 times fore wing; dorsope present; ventral folds of petiolar tergum not joined; ovipositor slender and straight, length of ovipositor sheaths 2.0 times petiolar tergum and 0.45 times fore wing; propodeum convex, reticulate rugose and with 2 distinct transversal and one medial longitudinal carina; propodeum not strongly excavate medially.</p> <p>Colour: Black except: yellow patch between eye and posterior ocelli; gena dark brown; clypeus and palpi yellow; antennae brown; petiolar tergum black and metasoma dark brown; legs yellow.</p> <p>Distribution: Sweden.</p> <p>Biology: The specimen was caught in a Malaise Trap in late August – early September in southern Sweden. The locality, Grytsjöns naturreservat, mostly consists of an old aspen forest in boulder terrain.</p> <p>Etymology: The name densipilosus refers to the dense setosity on the head, being composed of the words densi (Latin, meaning thick), and pilosus (Greek, meaning hairy).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08631FFBCA7C5FDCFFC8BC2E4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08636FFBBA7C5FF2DFA62C19A.text	03DE87D08636FFBBA7C5FF2DFA62C19A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus eadyi Huddleston 1980	<div><p>Meteorus eadyi Huddleston</p> <p>Fig. 41, 96</p> <p>Meteorus eadyi Huddleston, 1980:29. Holotype ♀ Great Britain: Northhamptonshire, Spratton, x.1975 (Gauld) (BMNH, London)—examined.</p> <p>Paraytpes. Bulgaria: 1 ♀, Rhodopi, Markovo, 13.viii.1977 (Zaykov) (PZ, Plavodiv). Great Britain: 17 ♀ s, 1 ♂, England, Northhamptonshire, Spratton, v.-x.1975 (Gauld) 1 female, E., oxfordshire, Waterferry Common, 5.viii.1969 (Brock) (BMNH); 1 ♀, Greater London, Kew, 22.vii.1979 (Eastop) (BMNH). Germany: 1 ♀, Bonn, Waldhauhohenweg, 18.xi.1960 (Schmidt) (CNC, Ottawa). Netherlands: 6 females, Wijster (opp, biol. station); 3, 13–26.viii.1973; 1, 7–14.vii.1974; 10–17.ix.1976; 1. 16–23.vi.1978 (van Achterberg) (RNH, Leiden); 7 ♀ s, Waarder (ZH), Oosteinde; 1, 1–15.ix.1973; 1, 17–22.vi.1974; 1, 1–5.viii.1974;2, 1–6.ix.1974; 1, 15–22.vi.1975; 1, 21–31.x.1975 (van Achterberg) (RNH, Leiden); 1 ♀, Ede, 15.ix.1970 (Zwakhals) (RNH, Leiden). Yugoslavia: 1 ♀, Plitvice, 4–10.vii.1955 (Coie) (BMNH).</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus eadyi is close to M. filator but can be distinguished by its smaller, less convergent eyes, and by the shape of the clypeus being narrow and protruding, not wide and flat as in M. filator. The antennae (26–27 articles) are long and slender in M. eadyi, while M. filator has stouter antennae with about 21–25 articles. The ovipositor is 1.5 times petiolar tergum in M. eady and 2.0 times petiolar tergum in M. filator.</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 20 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size 4–5mm. Antennae 26–27 articles, all articles longer than broad. Head rounded behind eyes. Ocelli small, OOL=2.5–3.0. Eyes small, protuberant and not strongly convergent. Face about 1.5 times as broad as high. Clypeus not strongly protuberant. Mandibles not twisted, the upper tooth rather long. Precoxal sulcus foveolate. Propodeum carinated with three longitudinal and two transverse carinae. Petiolar tergum long, slender, about twice as long as apically broad; no dorsal pits; ventral borders of petiolar tergum conjoined. Ovipositor short, about 1.5 times as long as petiolar tergum, down-curved. Legs slender, hind coxae partly rugose; tarsal claws without a basal lobe. Colour black with yellow parts, basal antennal articles usually slightly lighter than the rest. Male same as female except that the eyes are smaller and less convergent.</p> <p>Distribution: Western Palearctic and Mongolia. Country records: Armenia; Bulgaria; Czechoslovakia; France; Germany; Hungary; Korea; Lithuania; Mongolia; Netherlands; Romania; Russia; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom; Yugoslavia.</p> <p>Biology: Meteorus eadyi is attracted to light (Yu et al. 2005). It flies during June to September and the host is unknown.</p> <p>Remarks: M. eadyi is here reported as new for Sweden. In the material from MZLU we found 1 ♀ from Skåne.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08636FFBBA7C5FF2DFA62C19A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08636FFBAA7C4FA97FC9DC6C6.text	03DE87D08636FFBAA7C4FA97FC9DC6C6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus eklundi Stigenberg & Ronquist 2011	<div><p>Meteorus eklundi Stigenberg sp. nov.</p> <p>Fig. 68, 79C, 97</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus eklundi can be distinguished from related species by the stout antenna with articles that are quadrate in shape. M. eklundi mostly resembles M. nadezdhae (East Russia) but the latter species has a rugose face, with the rugosity extending down onto the clypeus, and a strongly rugose petiolar tergum, whereas M. eklundi is only equipped with light sculpture in these body regions. M. eklundi also resembles M. obfuscatus but differs from this species by larger and more convergent eyes, narrower face (face wider than high in the latter) and shorter malar space (0.4 times basal width of mandible in the former, 0.5 times in the latter).</p> <p>Studied material: 12.</p> <p>Holotype: 1♀ SE. Sm. Älmhults kommun. Stenbrohult. 26.vi–15.vii.2003. (leg. SMTP), NHRS – HYME 4937, DNA 8. Paratype: 1 ♀ SE. Öl. Mörbylånga kommun. Kalkstad. 25.vi–13.vii.2003. NHRS – HYME 4939, DNA 28. 1 ♀ SE. Öl. Mörbylånga kommun. Kalkstad. 2.v–18.vi.2006 (leg. SMTP), NHRS – HYME 4938. 4 ♀ specimens at ZIN collected in Belarus, earlier misidentified as Paratypes of M. nadezdae, these are included as Paratypes of M. eklundi. 1 ♀ Netherlands: N.B. Udenhoult, “ De Brand ” 26.v. 2.VII.1990 UTM FT 476225, Mal.trap Ins. W.G. KNNV-Tilburg. 1♀ SE Bulgaria (Mal tr 1) Brodilovo, nr Achtopol c 20 m, 7.v–8.vi.1998, C.v.Achterberg, R de Vries, P. V. Atanassova, RMNH’98. 1♀ Västerbotten, Romelsön RN 7208/1759 Mal. trap 21.6–29.8.03. R. Petterson. 1♀ Chippenham Fen, Cambs. TL 650693 Malaise trap: carr at reedbed edge.A. 9–20.07.84. J. Field. RMSNH 1986.021. 1♀ Chippenham Fen, Cambs. TL 650693 Malaise trap: carr at reedbed edge.A. 25.06–09.07.85. J. Field. RMSNH 1986.021.</p> <p>Description: Body 4.2 mm, fore wing 3.5 mm.</p> <p>Head: Length of eye 1.5 times length of temple in dorsal aspect; eyes large, convergent, not strongly protuberant; width of face 1.5 times its height; OOL=3, ocelli only slightly protruding; vertex smooth; face punctulate; clypeus as wide as face, distinctly divided from face, punctuate, flat with slight notch; length of malar space 0.4 times basal width of mandible; mandible stout, slightly twisted; hypostomal carina wide; number of antennal articles 22 (21–25); 3 rd antennal article 2 times longer than wide; 4th antennal article 1.4 times longer than wide; penultimate articles as wide as broad or slightly wider.</p> <p>Mesosoma: Precoxal sulcus wide.</p> <p>Wings: Fore wing: r/3–SR=0.4; C+SC+R/SR1=1.6; m–cu antefurcal; pterostigma dark brown with light bor- der. Hind wing: 1–M/cu–a=1.2;</p> <p>Legs: Hind coxa rugose; hind femur 5 times longer than wide; tarsal claws slender without lobe.</p> <p>Metasoma: Petiolar tergum 1.8 times longer than wide apically, 4.2 times fore wing; dorsope present; ventral folds of petiolar tergum not joined; ovipositor weakly curved downward, length of ovipositor sheaths 1.6 times petiolar tergum, and 0.45 times fore wing; propodeum strongly convex, reticulate rugose and with no distinct carina; strongly excavate medially.</p> <p>Colour: Black except: clypeus and palpi yellow; antennae brown; petiolar tergum and metasoma dark brown; legs yellow to brown; hind coxa darker brown at base.</p> <p>Distribution: Western Palearctic. Country records: Belarus; Bulgaria; Netherlands, Sweden; United Kingdom.</p> <p>Biology: Meteorus eklundi is caught in malaise traps during the summer months June, July and August. The three specimens that were caught within the SMTP were found in localities with deciduous forests. Host unknown.</p> <p>Etymology: Named after my best friend Mr Niclas Eklund.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08636FFBAA7C4FA97FC9DC6C6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08637FFBAA7C5FC5AFC10C2B0.text	03DE87D08637FFBAA7C5FC5AFC10C2B0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus filator (Haliday 1835)	<div><p>Meteorus filator (Haliday)</p> <p>Fig. 18, 24, 40, 98</p> <p>Perilitus filator Haliday, 1835:32. Holotype ♀, Ireland: ’ British Haliday 20.2.82’ (NMI, Dublin)</p> <p>Perilitus laticeps Wesmael, 1835:47. Lectotype ♀, Belgium: Brussels, coll. Wesmael (IRSNB, Brussels), Considered valid species by Fischer, 1970 a. Synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:30.</p> <p>Meteorus hodisensis Fischer, 1970b:285. Holotype ♀, Austria: ‘Bgld., Markt. Hodis, Rechnitz, 7.viii.1961 ’ (Fischer) (NHM, Vienna). Synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:30 —examined.</p> <p>Diagnosis: Males of Meteorus filator look very similar to those of M. eadyi but the shape of the clypeus is a good diagnostic character (wide in M. filator, narrow and protruding in M. eadyi).</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 60 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 4.5mm. Antennal articles 21–25. Head broad, temples rounded. Ocelli small, OOL=2.5–3.0. Eyes large, strongly convergent. Face about as wide as high, not strongly protuberant. Clypeus wide, not strongly protuberant. Malar space short, less than half the basal breadth of mandible. Mandible large, not twisted. Precoxal sulcus wide. Propodeum rather depressed with three longitudinal and two transverse carinae. Petiolar tergum long, almost equal in length to rest of abdomen, slender, ventral borders joined from the base of the segment to its midpoint. Ovipositor long, 2.5 times length of petiolar tergum. Legs long, slender; hind coxa partly reticulate-rugose; tarsal claws simple, long, slightly swollen at base. Colour mostly black. Male same as female except eyes are smaller and less convergent so that the face is about twice as broad as high and the malar space longer; antennae longer, 27–30 articles, all articles of flagellum at least twice as long as broad, darker in colour, rarely distinctly yellow in basal half of flagellum.</p> <p>Distribution: Western Palearctic. Country records: Austria; Azerbaijan; Belgium; Bulgaria; Czechoslovakia; Denmark; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Lithuania; Mongolia; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Russia; Slovakia; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom.</p> <p>Biology: Haliday (1835) states “locis fungiferis autumno” for this species, meaning that it occurs amongst fungi in autumn. Also, Capron mentions to Marshall (1887) that he has taken several females of this species by shaking species of Trametes versicolor (Fungi, Polyporaceae) and the males were abundantly collected in the autumn by sweeping. We found 41 specimens within the SMTP, most of them were from a Malaise trap placed on a sandy railway. They were caught during the summer months July to August.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08637FFBAA7C5FC5AFC10C2B0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08634FFB9A7C5FF2DFBF2C13C.text	03DE87D08634FFB9A7C5FF2DFBF2C13C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus heliophilus Fischer 1970	<div><p>Meteorus heliophilus Fischer, 1970</p> <p>Fig. 115</p> <p>Meteorus heliophilus Fischer, 1970b:284. Holotype ♀, Austria: Burgenland, Reichnitz, 2.viii.1958 (Fischer) (NM, Vienna).</p> <p>Diagnosis: Similar to M. rubens but M. heliophilus has a larger marginal cell and longer antennae with 30–32 antennal articles (24–28 in M. rubens).</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 10 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 4 mm. Antennae long with 30–32 articles. All articles much longer than broad. Head strongly contracted behind eyes. Eye in dorsal view 2.5–3.0 times as long as temple. Ocelli large OOL=1.0–1.5. Eyes large, not strongly convergent but protuberant. Malar space short, less than half the basal breadth of mandible. Face about as high as broad, not strongly protuberant, slightly raised medially where it is transversely rugose, laterally punctuate. Clypeus protuberant but not strongly, smooth with scattered coarse punctures. Tentorial pits small, indistinct. Mandibles strongly twisted, the upper tooth not long. Pronotum laterally smooth with a little fine rugose sculpture medially. Mesonotum punctate, sometimes the central lobe reticulate-punctate, at least in part; notaulices weakly impressed. Precoxal sulcus weakly rugose, sometimes obsolescent posteriorly. Propodeum shining with weak carinae and weak, largely obsolescent rugae dorsally. Petiolar tergum long, slender, ventral borders meeting beneath at the mid-part of the segment, not joined at the base of the segment; dorsal surface weakly longitudinally striate; no glymmae or dorsal pits. Ovipositor about twice the length of petiolar tergum, thick, strongly expanded at the base and the apical sixth much narrowed. Legs long, slender; hind coxa mainly smooth but sometimes with a trace of rugosity dorsally. Colour testaceous, the legs generally a paler shade of yellow. Male same as female except antennae 31–33 articles.</p> <p>Distribution: Palearctic. Country records: Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; China; Czechoslovakia; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Hungary; Italy; Japan; Latvia; Moldova; Mongolia; Poland; Slovakia; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom.</p> <p>Biology: M. heliophilus is a gregarious parasitoid (Tobias 1976, Huddleston 1980). Hosts: Polia nebulosa (Hufnagel), Litophane ornitopus (Hufnagel), Noctua fimbriata (Schreber), Xestia triangulum (Hufnagel), Orthosia stabilis (Denis &amp; Schiffermüller) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) (Huddleston 1980).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08634FFB9A7C5FF2DFBF2C13C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08634FFB8A7C5FB6CFAB0C5EB.text	03DE87D08634FFB8A7C5FB6CFAB0C5EB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus hirsutipes Huddleston 1980	<div><p>Meteorus hirsutipes Huddleston</p> <p>Fig. 21, 67, 99</p> <p>Meteorus hirsutipes Huddleston, 1980:34. Holotype ♀ Finland: Valamo, Ladoga, NE. of monastery Hainwald 24.viii.1935 (Kerrich) (BMNH, London) examined.</p> <p>Paratypes. Germany: 1 ♀ Bavaria, Schliersee, 28.vii.1958 (Townes) (CNC, Ottawa). Ireland: 1 ♀, Co. Wicklow, Deputy’s Pass, 7.viii.1932 (Stelfox) (USNM, Washington).</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus hirsutipes is an easily diagnosed species. It is a rather large species with an unusually wide face. The colour is black except for the prothorax and legs, which are testaceous. Above all, however, the species is characterized by the very long, sickle-shaped claws.</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 20 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 4.5–6mm. Antennal articles 28–30, thin. Head strongly narrowed behind eyes, occiput concave. Ocelli small, OOL=3. Eyes protuberant, slightly convergent. Face about twice as broad as high, not strongly protuberant. Clypeus not strongly protuberant, as broad as face. Mandible very large, stout and not twisted. Precoxal sulcus deep, foveolate. Propodeum with strong longitudinal and transverse carinae. Petiolar tergum with longitudinal striae, joining to form a transverse rugose area; medial part of petiolar tergum anteriorly reticulate- rugose. Ovipositor 2.5 times length of petiolar tergum, straight. Hind coxa punctate or reticulate-punctate; tarsi with long setae, the longest of which at the apices of the tarsal segment are at least twice the maximum breadth of the segment. Tarsal claws simple, very long, sickle-shaped. Colour black, prothorax and legs testaceous.</p> <p>Distribution: Western and Eastern Pelearctic. Country records: China; Croatia; Finland; Germany; Ireland; Japan; Norway; Switzerland; Sweden; United Kingdom.</p> <p>Biology: We found 5 specimens within the SMTP and they were all caught in August in a mixed forest.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08634FFB8A7C5FB6CFAB0C5EB	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08635FFB8A7C5FEB7FDEBC227.text	03DE87D08635FFB8A7C5FEB7FDEBC227.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus ictericus (Nees von Esenbeck 1811)	<div><p>Meteorus ictericus (Nees von Esenbeck)</p> <p>Fig. 70, 71, 74, 100</p> <p>Bracon ictericus Nees von Esenbeck, 1811.22 Syntypes ♀, Germany (destroyed).</p> <p>Ichneumon minutor Thunberg, 1822.266. Holotype ♀ (UDE, Uppsala) Synonymized by Roman 1912:267.</p> <p>Zele ephippium Curtis, 1832: folio 415. Syntypes, Great Britain:’ Coomb Wood’ (NMV, Melbourne). Synonymized by Curtis 1837.</p> <p>Perilitus xanthomelas Wesmael, 1835:29. Lectotype ♂, Belgium: Brussels (IRSNB, Brussels). Synonymized by Fischer, 1970b:263.</p> <p>Meteorus confinis Ruthe, 1862:18. Lectotype ♀, Germany: Ruthe coll. (BMNH, London). Synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:34.</p> <p>Meteorus fallax Ruthe, 1862:18. Lectotype ♀, Germany: Ruthe coll. (BMNH, London). Synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:34.</p> <p>Meteorus pleuralis Ruthe, 1862:19. Lectotype ♀, Germany: Ruthe coll. (BMNH, London). Synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:34.</p> <p>Meteorus liquis Ruthe, 1862:20. Lectotype ♀, Germany: Ruthe coll. (BMNH, London). Synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:34.</p> <p>Meteorus consors Ruthe, 1862:44. Lectotype ♀, Germany: Ruthe coll. (BMNH, London) examined. Synonymized by Fischer, 1970b:263.</p> <p>Meteorus crassicrus Thomson, 1895:2154. Lectotype ♀, Sweden: Skåne, Arrie (MZLU, Lund)—examined</p> <p>Meteorus lophyriphagus Fahringer in Schönwiese, 1934:495. Holotype ♀, Austria (IFF, Vienna)</p> <p>Meteorus adoxophyesi Minamikawa, 1954:41. Holotype ♀, Japan: Kanaya Shizuoka-ken, 10.iv.1948 (Sonan) (NIAS, Yatabe) Synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:34.</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus ictericus is most similar to M. ruficeps but the latter species has converging eyes, whereas the eyes of M. ictericus are only slightly converging. M. ictericus can sometimes be hard to separate from M. pendulus but M. ictericus has whitish hairs between the eyes and the clypeus (absent in M. pendulus), rugose glymmae (smoother in M. pendulus) and longer ovipositor (2.5–3.0 times length of petiolar tergum in M. ictericus, 1.5–2.0 times petiolar tergum in M. pendulus).</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 200 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 4.5–5.5mm. Antennal articles 26–33, long. Head strongly contracted behind the eyes. Ocelli large, OOL=1.0–1.5, protuberant, the ocellar area raised and there is a pit in front of anterior ocelli, the size of the pit varies. Eyes large, protuberant, inner margins converging very slightly. Malar space short, at most equal to half basal breadth of mandible. Face often only slightly raised medially. Clypeus narrower than face, protuberant. Tentorial pits small. Mandibles moderately twisted, short and rather stout. Precoxal sulcus foveolate, narrow. The propodeum is excavated with a strong medial transverse carina marking the excavation, the weak medial longitudinal carina is surrounded by an area on both sides with smooth or very faint structure. Petiolar tergum long, slender with distinct dorsal pits and rugose glymmae. Ovipositor long, 2.5–3.0 times length of petiolar tergum, stout. Legs long, slender; hind coxa smooth, tarsal claws strongly bent and with a large basal lobe. Colour varying. Males look the same as females, the only one we studied had antennae with 28 articles. Males are very rare and only one was found in the SMTP.</p> <p>Distribution: Palearctic. Country records: Armenia; Australia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Belgium; Bulgaria; China; Croatia; Czechoslovakia; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Hungary; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Japan; Kazakhstan; Korea; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Romania; Russia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; USA; Ukraine; United Kingdom; Yugoslavia.</p> <p>Biology: Meteorus ictericus is readily caught in Malaise Traps but is also attracted to light. Host records include 14 different lepidopteran families, but the majority of records involve the Tortricidae (Huddleston 1980, Yu et al. 2005). We found 89 specimens (only one male) within the SMTP and they were caught in forests, both deciduous, coniferous and mixed forests, though with a slight preference towards spruce forests. The period of flight seems to be from June to October.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08635FFB8A7C5FEB7FDEBC227	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D0863AFFB7A7C5FF2DFCBCC648.text	03DE87D0863AFFB7A7C5FF2DFCBCC648.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus ipidivorus Tobias 1986	<div><p>Meteorus ipidivorus Tobias</p> <p>Fig. 54, 101</p> <p>Meteorus ipidivorus Tobias 1986:340, 351 Holotype ♀, Russia:</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus ipidivorus belongs to the group of smaller Meteorus species with body length less than 3.5 mm. It is easily distinguished by being the only small Meteorus with the fore wing RS bent upward.</p> <p>Studied material: 1 specimen</p> <p>Description: Size about 3mm. Antennal articles 28–29. Head rounded behind eyes, ocelli very minute OOL=4. Eyes smaller, converging slightly. Malar space 0.5 times mandible base. Mandibles stout and not twisted. Face 1.5 times broader than high, not protruding. Clypeus flat and as wide as face. Precoxal sulcus broad, punctuated otherwise smooth. Propodeum carinated but smooth inbetween. Fore wing 4 times the length of petiolar tergum. Petiolar tergum with dorsal pits, rugose dorsally. Ovipositor short, slightly longer than petiolar tergum and curved. Hind coxae rugose, dark brown. Fore wing radial vein not straight, stigma brown.</p> <p>Distribution: Russia</p> <p>Biology: Meteorus ipidivorus is recorded as a parasitoid of Ips acuminatus and Blastophagus minor (Curculionidae) (Tobias 1986). The specimen studied here is the holotype from ZIN and this specimen was found in the gallery of Ips acuminatus in Novosibirsk in September 1965.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0863AFFB7A7C5FF2DFCBCC648	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D0863AFFB7A7C5FCD0FD0BC23B.text	03DE87D0863AFFB7A7C5FCD0FD0BC23B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus jaculator (Haliday 1835)	<div><p>Meteorus jaculator (Haliday)</p> <p>Fig. 102</p> <p>Perilitus jaculator Haliday, 1835:34. Syntypes ♀, Ireland (lost).</p> <p>Meteorus obscurellus Ruthe, 1862:29. Holotype ♀, Germany: Ruthe coll. (BMNH, London) examined. Synonymized by Marshall, 1887:108.</p> <p>Meteorus tenuicornis Thomson, 1895:2164. Lectotype ♀, Sweden: Skåne, Pålsjö (ZI, Lund)—examined</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus jaculator is similar to M. cis and M. vexator. However, M. vexator is easily distinguished from the other two based on the strongly converging eyes. The eyes are only slightly converging in the other two species, which are most easily distinguished by the length of the ovipositor. M. jaculator has an ovipositor length of 3–4 times the length of the petiolar tergum, whereas M. cis has a much shorter ovipositor, only 2 times the length of the petiolar tergum.</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 20 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 3mm. Antennae short, 18–22 articles, slender. Head swollen behind eyes; temples longer than eyes. Ocelli small, OOL=3–4. Eyes small, slightly convergent. Malar space at least slightly shorter than basal breadth of mandible. Face about twice as broad as high, protuberant. Clypeus wide as face and smooth, with scattered large punctures, not strongly protuberant. Tentorial pits small. Mandibles stout, slightly twisted. Precoxal sulcus narrow. Propodeum with weak but distinct carinae. The medial longitudinal area of the petiolar tergum is strongly raised ending apically in reticulate rugosity. Ovipositor 3–4 times length of petiolar tergum. Hind coxa often strongly rugose. Tarsal claws short with no basal lobe. Colour dark brown to black; legs testaceous but sometimes the coxae darker; clypeus and mandibles often yellow. Male same as female except that the antennae are much longer, up to 29 articles, all flagellar articles conspicuously longer than broad. Fore wing vein r is as long as vein 3–SR and m-cu antefurcal.</p> <p>Distribution: Western Palearctic. Country records: Austria; Bulgaria; Croatia; Czechoslovakia; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Hungary; Ireland; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Russia; Slovakia; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; United Kingdom; Yugoslavia.</p> <p>Biology: M. jaculator is recorded as being a parasitoid on three lepidopteran families (Gelechiidae, Psychidae and Tineidae) (Yu et al. 2005). We found 6 specimens within the SMTP. They were caught from July to October in northern Sweden, predominantly in deciduous forests.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0863AFFB7A7C5FCD0FD0BC23B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D0863BFFB6A7C5FF2DFC23C147.text	03DE87D0863BFFB6A7C5FF2DFC23C147.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus kyushuensis Maeto 1988	<div><p>Meteorus kyushuensis Maeto</p> <p>Fig. 103</p> <p>Meteorus kyushuensis Maeto, 1988:328. Holotype ♀, (Type No. 2567, Kyushu Univ.) Japan: Gokanosho, Kumamoto Pref., Kyushu 14.v.1980, K. Ohara [L.T.]—examined.</p> <p>Diagnosis: In Huddleston’s key this species runs to M. hirsutipes, and it also groups with this species in our key. The main characters separating these species are the claws (long and slender in M. hirsutipes, of ordinary length in M. kyushuensis) and the clypeus (very flat and wide in M. hirsutipes, flat but not at all wide in M. kyushuensis).</p> <p>Studied material: 5 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 3.0–4.5. Antennal articles 23–24. Head broad, rounded behind eyes. Length of eye 1.4–1.7 times temple. Ocelli small, OOL=2.6–2.8. Eyes small, only slightly convergent. Malar space about 0.7 times basal breadth of mandible. Face not protuberant, twice as broad as high. Clypeus 0.65 as wide as face, distinctly divided, punctuate. Tentorial pits indistinct. Mandibles stout, not twisted. Precoxal sulcus narrow. Propodeum convex, rugose and with weak carina; excavate medially. Petiolar tergum 1.5 times longer than wide apically; dorsope distinct; ventral folds of petiolar tergum not joined. Ovipositor very long, 4.5 times length of petiolar tergum. Ovipositor very weakly curved downward, length of ovipositor sheaths 2.0 times petiolar tergum, and 0.95 times fore wing. Hind coxa punctuate or reticulate–punctate; tarsal claws with simple but somewhat thickened at base. Colour black to brown; antennae, head, prothorax and legs yellow–brown; the head is yellowish–brown to orange, except for occiput and frons. Male similar to female except antennae 28 articles, malar space 0.9 times basal width of mandible and length of eye 1.3 times length of temple.</p> <p>Distribution: Japan; Sweden.</p> <p>Biology: In Japan M. kyushuensis is recorded as a parasitoid of the larvae of the fungus beetle Neotriplax lewisi (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) (Maeto, 1988a). We found 4 specimens within the SMTP and they were caught from July to September in an Alder wood ravine and in a 15 yr old spruce plantation.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0863BFFB6A7C5FF2DFC23C147	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D0863BFFB6A7C5FBDAFE97C2C0.text	03DE87D0863BFFB6A7C5FBDAFE97C2C0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus limbatus Maeto 1988	<div><p>Meteorus limbatus Maeto</p> <p>Fig. 75, 104</p> <p>Meteorus limbatus Maeto, 1989:581. Holotype ♀, (Type No. 2655, Kyushu Univ.) Japan: Bonto, Akkeshi, Hokkaido, 10.vii.1977, K. Yamagishi —examined.</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus limbatus is very similar to M. abscissus in size and structure but the long scattered setae on the clypeus are quite distinct from the dense, short setae of M. abscissus.</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 10 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size 3.5–5.0 mm. Antennae with 29–31 articles, all articles longer than wide. Length of eye is more than double the length of temple in dorsal aspect; eyes large, slightly convergent and protuberant; width of face equal its height; OOL=1.5; clypeus equals the width of face, not distinctly divided from face, smoothly arched, tentorial pits distinct; length of malar space 0.75 times basal width of mandible; mandibles slender and twisted. Precoxal sulcus deep and moderately wide. Petiolar tergum apically 1.8–2.3 times longer than wide; dorsope present, laterope deep; ventral folds of petiolar tergum not joined, dorsal aspect with distinct striae; ovipositor straight, thick; length of ovipositor 1.8 times that of petiolar tergum; propodeum with no carina, reticulate and smoothly velved. Fore wing m–cu slightly antefurcal; pterostigma brown with lighter boarder. Hind coxa rugose; tarsal claws with a toothed lobe. Colour dark brown with yellow distinct markings. Ocellar area and neck dark. Propodeum, petiolar tergum, precoxal sulcus and mesoscutum dark, scutellum yellow. Dark specimens are known from northern Japan. Male unknown.</p> <p>Distribution: Palearctic. Country records: France; Italy; Japan; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom.</p> <p>Biology: We found one specimen within the SMTP and it was caught in July. This specimen was caught in an alder wood ravine.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0863BFFB6A7C5FBDAFE97C2C0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08638FFB5A7C5FF2DFEE3C6DF.text	03DE87D08638FFB5A7C5FF2DFEE3C6DF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus lionotus Thomson 1895	<div><p>Meteorus lionotus Thomson</p> <p>Fig. 32, 105</p> <p>Meteorus lionotus Thomson, 1895:2160. Lectotype ♂, Sweden: Norrland (MZLU, Lund)—examined.</p> <p>Meteorus ruficoloratus Fischer, 1957b:4. Holotype ♂, Germany: München, 15.vii.1884. (Kreichbaumer) (ZSBS, Münich).</p> <p>Diagnosis: The extremely contracted head along with the size of the ocelli make this species easy to distinguish. The only similar species that it can be mistaken for is M. versicolor but the contracted head and the ocellar size (OOL=0.5) of M. lionotus is well distinguished from the more rounded head and smaller ocelli (OOL=1) of M. versicolor.</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 10 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 4–5mm. Antennae with 31–33 articles, long. Head very strongly contracted behind the eyes. Ocelli very large, OOL=0.5, protuberant. Eyes not strongly protuberant. Clypeus strongly protuberant. Mandibles strongly twisted, small. Precoxal sulcus shallow, rugose. Propodeum generally depressed, with distinct lateral carinae and occasionally with a weak medial transverse carina. Petiolar tergum long with no dorsal pits; ventral borders conjoined at midpoint of segment. Ovipositor about 1.5 times length of petiolar tergum. Legs long, slender; tarsal claws with strong basal lobe. Colour testaceous, black around ocelli and occipital region, legs are always light in colour. Male same as female except that ocelli and eyes slightly smaller.</p> <p>Distribution: Western Palearctic. Country records: Austria; China; Czechoslovakia; Finland; Germany; Greece; Norway; Poland; Slovakia; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom.</p> <p>Biology: M. lionotus is most commonly recorded as a parasitoid of Geometridae larvae (Huddleston 1980, Yu et al. 2005).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08638FFB5A7C5FF2DFEE3C6DF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08638FFB5A7C5FC42FC5AC26C.text	03DE87D08638FFB5A7C5FC42FC5AC26C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus longicaudis (Ratzeburg 1848)	<div><p>Meteorus longicaudis (Ratzeburg)</p> <p>Fig. 106</p> <p>Perilitus longicaudis Ratzeburg, 1884:55. Syntypes ♀, Germany (destroyed).</p> <p>Diagnosis: Very long ovipositor and transverse head makes this species similar to M. corax and M. nixoni but the number of antennal articles separates M. longicaudis (29–32) from M. corax (39–41) and M. nixoni (43).</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 10 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 5 mm. Antennal articles 29–32. Head broad, strongly rounded behind eyes. Ocelli small, OOL=3. Eyes slightly convergent. Malar space about equal to basal breadth of mandible. Face not strongly protuberant, about twice as broad as high. Clypeus moderately convex with scattered deep punctures and a broad polished reflexed border. Tentorial pits indistinct. Mandibles stout, slightly twisted. Precoxal sulcus rugose, always broadened anteriorly into a reticulate-rugose area. Propodeum strongly rugose, the carinae strong but not easily seen. Petiolar tergum very broad, length about 1.5 times apical breadth; dorsal pits large, distinct. Ovipositor very long, 4.5 times length of petiolar tergum. Legs long, hind coxa weakly rugose dorsally; tarsal claws simple but somewhat thickened at base, strongly curved. Colour black; antennae, head, prothorax and legs orange-testaceous; the basal half of hind tibia lighter yellow, almost ivory; the head is sometimes infuscated, at least in part, and 3 rd abdominal tergite is often lighter in colour than rest of body. Male same as female except antennae longer, up to 36 articles.</p> <p>Distribution: Western Palearctic. Country records: Croatia; Finland; Germany; Netherlands; Poland; Sweden; Yugoslavia.</p> <p>Biology: M. longicaudis is recorded as a parasitoid of two beetles, Orchesia micans (Melandryidae) and Eledonoprius amatus (Tenebrionidae) (Huddleston 1980, Yu et al. 2005).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08638FFB5A7C5FC42FC5AC26C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08639FFB4A7C5FF2DFBB6C04B.text	03DE87D08639FFB4A7C5FF2DFBB6C04B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus longipilosus Stigenberg & Ronquist 2011	<div><p>Meteorus longipilosus Stigenberg sp. nov.</p> <p>Fig. 64, 79D, 107</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus longipilosus at first looks like a hybrid between M. abdominator and M. cespitator. Ovipositor length and head shape is similar to M. cespitator while the setae on the gena are long and scattered as in M. abdominator. Also the wing venation resembles M. abdominator. The face of M. longipilosus is “meaner looking” (eyes more strongly converging) and the malar space is shorter than in M. abdominator. The two M. longipilosus specimens that we studied differ in size and colour: the paratype is smaller and more brownish than the holotype.</p> <p>Studied material: Holotype: 1 ♀ SE. Vb. Vindelns kommun. Kulbäckslidens försökspark. 01.viii– 18.viii.2003. (leg. SMTP), NHRS – HYME 4977, DNA 144. Paratype: 1 ♀ SE. Vr. Munkfors kommun. Ransäter, Rudstorp. 23.vii–12.viii.2005. (leg. SMTP), NHRS – HYME 4978, DNA 85.</p> <p>Description: Body 3.6 mm, fore wing 3.1 mm.</p> <p>Head: Length of eye 1.4 times length of temple in dorsal aspect; eyes large, convergent, not protuberant; width of face 1.6 times its height; OOL=2.5, ocelli hardly protruding; vertex smooth; clypeus almost as wide as face, distinctly divided from face, rather flat; length of malar space 0.5 times basal width of mandible; mandible stout, not twisted; number of antennal articles 25; 3rd antennal article 4.5 times longer than wide; 4th antennal article 3.6 times longer than wide; penultimate articles as wide as broad or slightly wider.</p> <p>Mesosoma: Pronotum rugose all the way to the sides. Precoxal sulcus deep and narrow.</p> <p>Wings: Fore wing: r/3–SR=0.7; C+SC+R/SR1=1.4; m–cu antefurcal; pterostigma brown with. Hind wing: 1– M/cu–a=1.1;</p> <p>Legs: Hind coxa smooth; hind femur 5.8 times longer than wide; tarsal claws slender with a very small lobe.</p> <p>Metasoma: Petiolar tergum 1.9 times longer than wide apically, 4.1 times fore wing; dorsope present; ventral borders of petiolar tergum not joined, petiolar tergum striate with no dorsal central rugosity; ovipositor long and weakly curved downward, length of ovipositor 3.1 times petiolar tergum, and 0.75 times fore wing. Propodeum strongly convex, reticulate rugose and with all carina distinct, between carina with weak reticulation.</p> <p>Colour: Black except: clypeus and palpi yellow; antennae yellow basally to brown apically; petiolar tergum brown and metasoma, legs and hind coxa yellow.</p> <p>Distribution: Sweden.</p> <p>Biology: The specimens of Meteorus longipilosus were caught in Malaise traps in late July to August. One was caught in a 15 yrs old spruce plantation and the other was caught on a sandy railway embankment through a pasture.</p> <p>Etymology: The name longipilosus refers to the long setae that this species has.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08639FFB4A7C5FF2DFBB6C04B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08639FFB3A7C5FAD6FAC4C420.text	03DE87D08639FFB3A7C5FAD6FAC4C420.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus melanostictus Capron 1887	<div><p>Meteorus melanostictus Capron</p> <p>Fig. 108</p> <p>Meteorus melanostictus Capron in Marshall 1887:115. Syntypes ♀, Great Britain (lost).</p> <p>Meteorus niger Lyle, 1913:244. Lectotype ♀, Great Britain: England, Hampshire, New Forest, 13.v.1911 (Lyle), H. syringaria (BMNH, London) Synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:38.</p> <p>Meteorus monachae Tobias, 1986: 350 Holotype ♀, Russia: (ZIN. St. Petersburg)—examined. Syn. n.</p> <p>Diagnosis: Similar to M. cinctellus. Both have a blunt tubercle in front of the fore ocellus but the large ocelli and the presence of a dorsope on the petiolar tergum clearly distinguish M. melanostictus from M. cinctellus, which has small ocelli and no dorsope. M. melanostictus also resembles M. pendulus, which has a dorsope and large ocelli but lacks the blunt tubercle in front of the fore ocellus.</p> <p>Studied material: 31 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 4–5 mm. Antennal articles 25–27, all articles at least twice as long as broad. Head strongly contracted behind eyes; a blunt tubercle medially in front of the fore ocellus. Ocelli large, OOL=1.0–1.5. Eyes large, protuberant, moderately convergent. Malar space short, distinctly less than half the basal breadth of mandible. Face about as wide as high, not strongly protuberant. Clypeus strongly protuberant. Tentorial pits deep. Mandibles strongly twisted. Precoxal sulcus thin, foveolate. Propodeum short, with only a strongly raised medial transverse carina. Petiolar tergum rather stout with distinct dorsal pits and large glymmae; ventral borders of petiolar tergum widely separated. Ovipositor short, about 1.5 times length of petiolar tergum. Legs short; hind coxa smooth, punctate; tarsal claws with a distinct basal lobe. Colour black; head mostly yellow, prothorax, legs yellow.</p> <p>Distribution: Western and Eastern Palearctic. Country records: Bulgaria; Germany; Hungary; Ireland; Japan; Korea; Russia; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom.</p> <p>Biology: M. melanostictus mostly parasitizes on Geometridae but also on Tortricidae (Yu et al. 2005).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08639FFB3A7C5FAD6FAC4C420	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D0863EFFB3A7C5FE7BFE64C1A4.text	03DE87D0863EFFB3A7C5FE7BFE64C1A4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus micropilosus Tobias 1986	<div><p>Meteorus micropilosus Tobias</p> <p>Fig. 109</p> <p>Meteorus micropilosus Tobias, 1986:350. Russia: ’city Soch, Lazarevskoe, 8-9.V.1975 ’ (Tobias) (ZIN. St. Petersburg)—examined.</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus micropilosus is similar to M. brevicauda but M. micropilosus has a postfurcal vein m-cu and narrow clypeus, whereas M. brevicauda has an antefurcal m-cu vein and a very broad clypeus that almost reaches the eyes.</p> <p>Studied material: Holotype.</p> <p>Description: Size about 3 mm. Antennae with 27 articles, all articles at least twice as long as broad. Head rounded behind eyes; a vague punctuated line going from the fore ocellus in between the antennae. Ocelli small, OOL=3. Eyes smaller, protuberant, not convergent. Malar space slightly less than the basal breadth of mandible. Face wider than high, not protuberant. Clypeus slightly protuberant with a few small punctures. Tentorial pits small. Mandibles stout and only slightly twisted. Precoxal sulcus wide, clearly invaginated. Propodeum with all carinae strongly raised, smooth in between. Petiolar tergum rather stout with distinct dorsal pits and large glymmae, noticeably angulate at spiracles; surface rugose centrally turning in to lineate structure laterally; ventral borders of petiolar tergum separated; Ovipositor short, about 1.5–2 times length of petiolar tergum. Hind coxa smoothpunctate; tarsal claws slender. Colour black; clypeus and legs yellow-brown. Pterostigma dark with only small light apical corner. Fore wing vein m-cu postfurcal.</p> <p>Distribution: Russia.</p> <p>Biology: The Holotype was caught in the beginning of May in a forest with terrace slopes by the city of Soch, Lazarevskoe in Russia.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0863EFFB3A7C5FE7BFE64C1A4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D0863EFFB2A7C5FA8DFBBBC5B3.text	03DE87D0863EFFB2A7C5FA8DFBBBC5B3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus micropterus (Haliday 1835)	<div><p>Meteorus micropterus (Haliday)</p> <p>Fig. 34, 35, 36, 110</p> <p>Perilitus micropterus Haliday, 1835:27. Lectotype ♀, Ireland:’ British, Haliday, 20.2.82’ (NMI, Dublin).</p> <p>Diagnosis: The shape of the head of Meteorus micropilosus is very characteristic by having a flattened frons and a strongly protuberant face, a shelf- shaped face. The only other Meteorus with a similarly shaped head is M. salicorniae but there should be no risk of confusing these species since M. micropterus is small (3 mm), black and slender with a round head whilst M. salicorniae is large (4–5 mm), reddish brown and with a transverse head.</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 150 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 3mm. Antennal articles 23–26, short and thick. Ocelli small, OOL=3. Eyes small, inner orbits parallel; length of malar space at least equal to basal breadth of mandible. Face protuberant, punctate, projecting outward. Clypeus broad, smooth, distinctly divided from the face. Tentorial pits large and deep. Mandibles moderately twisted, large, stout. Precoxal sulcus foveolate. Propodeum reticulate-rugose, without distinct carinae. Petiolar tergum smooth, ventral borders fused beneath for at least the proximal half of the segment. Ovipositor twice length of petiolar tergum, straight. Legs stout; hind coxae rugose dorsally; tarsal claws without a lobe but strongly swollen at base. Wings short, narrow, usually infumate. Colour brownish black. Male same as female except eyes smaller; antennae with 24–28 articles, and articles longer.</p> <p>Distribution: Palearctic. Country records: Czechoslovakia; Denmark; Finland; Germany; Ireland; Japan; Russia; Slovakia; Sweden; United Kingdom.</p> <p>Biology: M. micropterus is a parasitoid of the Lepidoptera family Hepialidae (Huddleston 1980). We found 113 specimens (only 12 were female) within the SMTP. They were caught from July to November but the majority during August and September. They occur in both deciduous and coniferous forests.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0863EFFB2A7C5FA8DFBBBC5B3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D0863FFFB2A7C5FEEFFD5EC087.text	03DE87D0863FFFB2A7C5FEEFFD5EC087.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus nixoni Huddleston 1980	<div><p>Meteorus nixoni Huddleston</p> <p>Fig. 76, 111</p> <p>Meteorus nixoni Huddleston 1980:40. Holotype ♀, Austria: Tyrol, Oberau, vii.1938 (Nixon) (BMNH, London)—examined.</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus nixoni is closely related to M. corax and M. sulcatus. All are large and dark species with a wide face. However, M. nixoni has large mandibles that are not twisted and its third abdominal tergum is equipped with only a few striae. M. corax and M. sulcatus both have short, twisted mandibles and they both have the third abdominal tergum densely covered with striae.</p> <p>Studied material: 4 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size up to almost 1 cm. Antennae with 43 articles, long, all articles at least longer than broad. Head broad, contracted behind eyes but not strongly so; temples shorter than eyes. Ocelli small, OOL=2.5 times OD. Eyes small, protuberant, not or very little convergent. Malar space slightly shorter than basal breadth of mandible. Face about twice as broad as high, not strongly protuberant, centrally reticulate-rugose, laterally reticulatepunctate. Clypeus broad, only slightly narrower than face, not strongly protuberant but deeply impressed at the junction with face and with a strongly reflexed apical margin, sparsely punctured; clypeal hair conspicuously longer than facial hair. Tentorial pits deep and large. Mandibles large, not twisted. Pronotum strongly rugose. Mesonotum rather narrow, densely almost reticulately punctate, especially on the central lobe; notaulices thin, deeply impressed. Precoxal sulcus reticulate- rugose; rest of mesopleurae polished, punctate except for a subalar patch of rugosity. Propodeum with basal and medial transverse carinae and a central longitudinal carina, with rugose sculpture between. Petiolar tergum rather broad at base, apically only 2.5 times as broad as at narrowest point, the spiracles distinctly before mid-point; dorsal pits large and deep, behind dorsal pits strongly longitudinally strigose. 3 rd abdominal tergum with distinct thyridia and a trace of longitudinal strigose sculpture. Ovipositor long, about 4 times length of petiolar tergum. Legs long; hind coxa shining, punctured but not densely so; hind femur densely reticulate-punctate; hind tibia swollen, though not as broad as femur, and narrow at base; tarsal claws thick, strongly curved and strongly swollen at base, almost with a basal lobe. Wings large, infumate. Colour: dark reddish-brown; mandibles, palps, fore and mid legs testaceous, hind coxa and femur brown, tibia black except at the base which is light yellow, hind tarsi black except at base and apex which are light yellow; malar space and clypeus slightly lighter in colour than rest of head.</p> <p>Distribution: Palearctic. Country records: Austria; Japan; Korea; Russia.</p> <p>Biology: The holotype was caught in July.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0863FFFB2A7C5FEEFFD5EC087	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D0863FFFB1A7C4F99BFDE4C650.text	03DE87D0863FFFB1A7C4F99BFDE4C650.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus obfuscatus (Nees von Esenbeck 1811)	<div><p>Meteorus obfuscatus (Nees von Esenbeck)</p> <p>Fig. 66, 112</p> <p>Bracon obfuscatus Nees von Esenbeck, 1811:22. Syntypes, Germany (destroyed).</p> <p>Zele thoracicus Curtis, 1832: folio 415. Syntypes, Great Britain: England, Regent’s Park (NMV, Melbourne) synonymized by Haliday, 1835:31.</p> <p>Perilitus formosus Wesmael, 1835:36. Lectotype ♀, Belgium: Liege, coll. Wesmael (IRSNB, Brussels), synonymized by Marshall, 1887:106.</p> <p>Meteorus fodori Papp, 1973: 3 Holotype ♀, Yugoslavia: Montenegro, Bjela Gora, Grahovo, 1929 (Fodor) (HMHM, Budapest), synonymized by Huddleston, 1981:41. Male from same coll examined</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus obfuscatus is similar to M. cespitator and to M. hirsutipes but has a much shorter ovipositor (1.7–2.0 times petiolar tergum). The ovipositor is 3–4 times the petiolar tergum in M. cespitator and 2.2–2.5 times the petiolar tergum in M. hirsutipes.</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 50 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 4–5mm. Antennae short, 23–29 articles, the basal articles about twice as long as broad, often shorter; the apical half are as long as broad. Head behind eyes contracted, rounded. Ocelli small, OOL=2.5. Eyes large, protuberant, slightly convergent. Malar space short, half the basal breadth of mandible. Face 1.5 times as broad as high, not strongly protuberant. Clypeus protuberant, slightly narrower than face sometimes with an impression in the medial part of the apical border. Tentorial pits small. Mandibles stout, moderately twisted. Precoxal sulcus deep and foveolate. Propodeum with distinct carinae, rugae in between. Petiolar tergum stout with distinct dorsal pits; generally somewhat raised medially. Ovipositor twice the length of petiolar tergum, slender, usually straight but in some down-curved. Legs long, slender; hind coxa smooth punctate; tarsal claws long, without a basal lobe but slightly swollen at base. Colour brownish black, legs always more or less yellow, prothorax usually orange-testaceous as well as sometimes antennae, head, mesothorax and abdomen. Male same as female, antennae longer, 29–32 articles.</p> <p>Distribution: Palearctic. Country records: Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Finland; France; Germany; Hungary; Italy; Japan; Poland; Romania; Russia; Slovakia; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom; Yugoslavia.</p> <p>Biology: We found 3 specimens of M. obfuscatus within the SMTP. They were caught during August and September in an old heath with old beeches and in an old aspen forest. Host records of M. obfuscatus include five different coleopteran families: Cerambycidae, Erotylidae, Melandryidae (Orchesia micans) and Tenebrionidae (Huddleston 1980, Yu et al. 2005).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0863FFFB1A7C4F99BFDE4C650	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D0863CFFB1A7C5FCCBFAC2C3BB.text	03DE87D0863CFFB1A7C5FCCBFAC2C3BB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus obsoletus (Wesmael 1835)	<div><p>Meteorus obsoletus (Wesmael)</p> <p>Fig. 113</p> <p>Perilitus obsoletus Wesmael, 1835:49. Lectotype ♀, Belgium: Brussels, coll Wesmael (IRSNB, Brussels).</p> <p>Meteorus viridane Johansson, 1964:251. Holotype ♀, Sweden: Borgholm, 30.vi.1954, ex larva of Tortrix viridanae (L.) coll. 13 –16.vi.1954 (Johansson) (MZLU, Lund) synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:42 —examined</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus obsoletus is very similar to M. versicolor. The best diagnostic characters to separate these species are the length and shape of the ovipositor (slender and long, 2.0–2.5 times petiolar tergum in the former; stouter, 1.5–2.0 times petiolar tergum in the latter), the shape of the eyes (not so protruding in the former, strongly protruding in the latter) and the temple (longer and more rounded in the former, more contracted in the latter).</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 10 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 3.5–4mm. Antennal articles 27–30. Head rounded behind eyes. Ocelli large, OOL=OD. Eyes not protuberant, slightly convergent. Clypeus slightly protuberant. Tentorial pits small and shallow. Mandibles small, strongly twisted. Precoxal sulcus reticulate-rugose. Propodeum rounded with a weak medial impression posteriorly, irregularly reticulate-rugose. Petiolar tergum slender, finely longitudinally striate dorsally, without dorsal pits. Ovipositor 2.0–2.5 times length of petiolar tergum, straight and slender. Hind coxa smooth, tarsal claws with strong basal lobe. Colour brownish black; head, prothorax, legs, mesothorax and abdomen usually testaceous. Male same as female except eyes and ocelli smaller.</p> <p>Distribution: Palearctic. Country records: Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; Czechoslovakia; France; Germany; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Korea; Moldova; Netherlands; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; Ukraine; United Kingdom; Yugoslavia.</p> <p>Biology: We found one specimen within the SMTP. It was caught in the middle of July in an old spruce forest. Host records of M. obsoletus include four different Lepidoptera families, but the predominant hosts appear to belong to the family Tortricidae. In Japan they were found on the species Choristoneura diversana (Tortricidae) and Huddleston (1980) also mentions the species Tortrix viridana and Gypsonoma dealbana (Tortricidae).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0863CFFB1A7C5FCCBFAC2C3BB	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D0863CFFB0A7C5F8E7FE7AC683.text	03DE87D0863CFFB0A7C5F8E7FE7AC683.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus oculatus Ruthe 1862	<div><p>Meteorus oculatus Ruthe</p> <p>Fig. 114</p> <p>Meteorus oculatus Ruthe, 1862:23. Lectotype ♀, Germany: Ruthe coll. (BMNH, London)—examined. Meteorus pachypus Schmiedeknecht, 1897:207. Lectotype ♀, Germany: coll. Schmiedeknecht (ZMHB, Berlin), synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:42.</p> <p>Diagnosis: The eyes of Meteorus oculatus are very large, protruding and strongy converging, a unique combination of characters among western Palearctic species. The Asian species (Japan, Korea and China) M. graciliventris and M. endoclytae also have large, protruding and converging eyes but they are much larger species with body length upto 7 mm.</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 40 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 4–5mm. Antennal articles 30–33, rather slender, in apical half of the flagellum, the articles are only slightly longer than broad. Head broad, strongly contracted behind eyes. Ocelli small, OOL about 2.5. Eyes very large, protuberant, strongly convergent. Malar space very short, much less than half the basal breadth of a mandible. Face about as broad as high. Clypeus slightly protuberant. Tentorial pits large. Mandibles slightly twisted. Precoxal sulcus deep. Propodeum rather narrow, strongly rugose with indistinct carinae. Petiolar tergum long, slender; dorsal pits distinct but small. Ovipositor long and straight, about 3 times length of petiolar tergum. Hind tibia strongly swollen, about as thick as femur but constricted at base. Tarsal claws short, simple and thick, strongly expanded at base. Colour black, legs testaceous; antennae, clypeus, mandibles, pronotum ventrally and 3 rd abdominal tergite also lighter in colour; wings infumate. Male same as female except that eyes are less strongly convergent and hind tibia not strongly swollen.</p> <p>Distribution: Western Palearctic. Country records: Austria; Bulgaria; Czechoslovakia; Finland; Germany; Hungary; Kyrgyzstan; Lithuania; Norway; Poland; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; United Kingdom.</p> <p>Biology: We found 29 specimens within the SMTP. They were caught from end of June to the end of September in mixed forests or in open terrain. M. oculatus is only recorded from Taleporia tubulosa (Lepidoptera Psychidae) (Yu et al. 2005).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0863CFFB0A7C5F8E7FE7AC683	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D0863DFFCFA7C5FB9FFE77C4B0.text	03DE87D0863DFFCFA7C5FB9FFE77C4B0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus pendulus (Muller 1776)	<div><p>Meteorus pendulus (Müller, 1776)</p> <p>Fig. 12, 22, 50, 72, 116</p> <p>Meteorus pendulus Müller, 1776:106</p> <p>Meteorus pendulator Latreille, 1799:138. M. pendulator is an invalid emendation of M. pendulus Müller, 1776 (Yu et al., 2005)</p> <p>Ichneumon gyrator Thunberg, 1822:261. Holotype ♂, Sweden (UDE, Uppsala) synonymized by van Achterberg et al. 2009:790 —examined.</p> <p>Perilitus scutellator Nees von Esenbeck, 1834:38. Syntypes, Germany (lost), synonymized by Roman, 1912:289.</p> <p>Bracon petiolator Zetterstedt, 1838:399. Lectotype, Sweden: Scandinavia Lapponia. (MZLU, Lund) synonymized by Papp, 1994:306 —examined</p> <p>Meteorus melanostictus Capron in Marshall, 1887:115. Males only from type-series.</p> <p>Meteorus parvulus Thomson, 1895:2156. Holotype ♀, Sweden: Öland (MZLU, Lund) synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:32 —examined.</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus pendulus resembles M. ictericus but there are some good characters separating them. M. ictericus has whitish hairs between the eyes and the clypeus, rugose glymmae, and a long ovipositor (2.5–3.0 times length of petiolar tergum). M. pendulus lacks the whitish hairs on the face, the glymmae are smoother, and the ovipositor is short and stout (only 1.5–2.0 times petiolar tergum).</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 60 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 4.5–5mm. Antennae long, 30–34 articles. Head always contracted behind eyes, occasionally strongly rounded. Frons with a depression in front of the fore ocellus. Ocelli large, OOL=1.0–1.5 (seldom OOL=2). Eyes large, protuberant, slightly convergent. Malar space equal or a little less than basal breadth of mandible. Face little broader than high, slightly protuberant. Clypeus strongly protuberant. Mandibles long, strongly twisted. Precoxal sulcus narrow, foveolate. Propodeum broad, rather flat, with dense, fine rugosity, with a central longitudinal carina. Petiolar tergum with dorsal pits, shallow glymmae. Ovipositor short, 1.5–2.0 times length of petiolar tergum, thick. Legs long, thin; hind coxa smooth, punctate, often laterally with a trace of rugosity. Tarsal claws with a basal lobe. The pterostigma always uniformly pale testaceous. Forewing vein m-cu mostly interstitial but in some specimen postfurcal. Colour mostly orange-testaceous with sometimes some black areas. Male same as female except eyes smaller and malar space longer; colour darker, the pterostigma often dark with a pale border.</p> <p>Distribution: Western and Eastern Palearctic. Country records: Austria; Azerbaijan; Belgium; Bulgaria; China; Croatia; Cyprus; Czechoslovakia; Denmark; Egypt; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iran; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Japan; Korea; Latvia; Lithuania; Madeira Islands; Moldova; Mongolia; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Romania; Russia; Slovakia; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; Ukraine; United Kingdom; Yugoslavia.</p> <p>Biology: We found 29 specimens within the SMTP. They were mostly caught during July and August in a wide variety of biotopes with a slight preference towards pine forests. Host records of M. pendulus include the lepidopteran families Geometridae, Lasiocampidae, Lycaenidae, Lymantriidae, Noctuidae and Tortricidae (Huddleston 1980, Yu et al. 2005).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0863DFFCFA7C5FB9FFE77C4B0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08642FFCFA7C5FDEBFC2FC1D9.text	03DE87D08642FFCFA7C5FDEBFC2FC1D9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus politutele Shenefelt 1969	<div><p>Meteorus politutele Shenefelt</p> <p>Fig. 59, 117</p> <p>Meteorus politutele Shenefelt, 1969:86.</p> <p>Meteorus politus Telenga, 1950</p> <p>Diagnosis: This is a large, punctate, yellow species with two dark spots on the petiolar tergum, a unique combination of characters in the genus.</p> <p>Studied material: 1 specimen.</p> <p>Description: Size 4–5mm. Antennal articles about 30, all longer than broad, basal articles darker in colour. Head broad, strongly contracted behind eyes. OOL=1.5. Frons with rather deep ventrally striated invagination. Eyes large, protuberant and only slightly converging. Malar space equal to mandible base or slightly shorter. Face 1.6 broader than high, not protruding. Clypeus protuberant, mandibles somewhat smaller and slightly twisted. Precoxal sulcus broad, whole area strongly punctuate. Propodeum broad and with no distinct carina. Petiolar tergum with dorsope, dorsal surface finely striated. Petiolar tergum 3.7 times fore wing. Hind coxae slightly punctuate.</p> <p>Distribution: Turkey; Uzbekistan.</p> <p>Biology: The male lectotype was caught in Uzbekistan, in May 1929.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08642FFCFA7C5FDEBFC2FC1D9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08642FFCEA7C5FB40FC6CC6E0.text	03DE87D08642FFCEA7C5FB40FC6CC6E0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus pulchricornis (Wesmael 1835)	<div><p>Meteorus pulchricornis (Wesmael)</p> <p>Fig. 23, 28, 50, 72, 118</p> <p>Perilitus pulshricornis Wesmael, 1835:42. Lectotype ♀, Belgium: Brussels, coll. Wesmael (IRSBN, Brussels).</p> <p>Meteorus striatus Thomson, 1885:2157. Lectotype ♀, Sweden: Skåne, Pålsjö (MZLU, Lund) synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:45 —examined.</p> <p>Meteorus thomsoni Marshall, 1899: 301.</p> <p>Meteorus japonicus Ashmead, 1906:190. Lectotype ♀, Japan: Gifu, viii.1902 (USNM, Washington), synonymized by Marsh (1979).</p> <p>Meteorus nipponensis Viereck, 1912:624. Holotype ♀, Japan (USNM, Washington) synonymized by Watanabe, 1939</p> <p>Meteorus macedonicus Fischer, 1957a:104. Holotype ♀, Yugoslavia: Macedonia, treskaslucht (NHM, Vienna), synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:45</p> <p>Meteorus graeffei Fischer, 1957a:107. Holotype ♀, Italy:’Triest’ (NHM, Vienna), synonymized with macedonicus by Fischer, 1970b:287.</p> <p>Meteorus tuberculifer Fischer, 1957a:108. Holotype ♀, Italy:’Trieste Küstenland, coll Graeffe (NHM, Vienna), synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:45.</p> <p>Meteorus baicalensis Telenga, 1950, synonymized by Belokobylskij 2000:209.</p> <p>Diagnosis: The dense, short and erect setae on the clypeus along with the indications of dorsope on the petiolar tergum are good characters for distinguishing M. pulchricornis. It is closest to, and easily confused with M. abscissus. M. abscissus has the ventral sides of the petiolar tergum not closed, contrary to M. pulchricornis which have the ventral sides of the petiolar tergum closed. The dorsal pits on the petiolar tergum of M. abscissus are sometimes small and complicates the identification with M. pulchrichornis that has no true dorsal pits.</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 80 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 5mm. Antennae with 29–33 articles, long, slender; all articles distinctly longer than broad. Ocelli large, OOL=1.5. Eyes large, protuberant, moderately convergent. Malar space slightly shorter than basal breadth of mandible. Face not strongly protuberant but slightly raised medially. Clypeus strongly protuberant, evenly convex with a dense pile of erect setae. Mandibles small and strongly twisted. Precoxal sulcus reticulaterugose with emphasis on reticulate. Propodeum without distinct carinae, strongly reticulate-rugose. Petiolar tergum longitudinally striate, usually with no dorsal pits but with indications of pits. Ovipositor 1.5–2.0 times length of petiolar tergum. Legs long, slender; hind coxa generally completely rugose, this sculpture always fine, never reticulate though sometimes transverse. Tarsal claws with a strong basal lobe. Colour mostly yellow. Completely pale specimens sometimes occur. Male same as female except antennae slightly longer; face occasionally strongly raised medially; propodeum with greater variation in sculpture, smaller, and more depressed.</p> <p>Distribution: Palearctic, Oceanic and Nearctic. Country records: Armenia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Belgium; Bulgaria; Chile; China; Croatia; Cyprus; Czechoslovakia; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany; Greece; Hungary; India; Iran; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Japan; Korea; Lithuania; Macedonia; Moldova; Morocco; Netherlands; New Zeeland; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; Ukraine; United Kingdom; USA; Yugoslavia.</p> <p>Biology: We found two specimens within the SMTP. They were caught in September, one in a mixed forest and the other in a heather heath. M. pulchricornis is primarily a parasitoid of Noctuidae, although there are records from 17 other lepidopteran families (Yu et al. 2005). Amongst the studied Meteorus material at Hokkaido University in Japan, we found specimens that was reared from Evergestis forficalis, Leucania separate, Zanclognatha fractalis, and Ilema sorocula. The biology and ecology of this species have been studied extensively (Askari et al. 1977, 1978, Fuester et al. 1993, Berry et al. 2004, Chau et al. 2009).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08642FFCEA7C5FB40FC6CC6E0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08643FFCEA7C5FBBBFF21C39F.text	03DE87D08643FFCEA7C5FBBBFF21C39F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus punctifrons Thomson 1895	<div><p>Meteorus punctifrons Thomson</p> <p>Fig. 55, 119</p> <p>Meteorus punctifrons Thomson, 1895:2166. Holotype ♀, Sweden: Åreskutan i Jämtland (MZLU, Lund)—examined.</p> <p>Meteorus varinervis Tobias, 1986:339, Holotype ♀, Russia: ‘City Archangelsk, [Pityogenes chalcographus and Pityophthorus micrographus] 6.VII.1964 ’ (Pryakhina), (ZIN. St. Petersburg)—examined. Syn. n.</p> <p>Diagnosis: This is a small, slender species, and it is rare, at least in collections. It is easily recognized by the characteristic frontal punctuation, the subcubic head and the minute ocelli. Similar small species are M. brevicauda and M. micropilosus, but neither of them has a subcubic head with large frontal punctures.</p> <p>Studied specimens: ~ 10 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size small. Antennal articles 26–27. Head subcubic. Ocelli very small OOL=4 times OD. Eyes small, only slightly convergent. Face about twice as broad as high; frons with a short groove in front of ocellus. There is a patch, between ocelli and eye, of large punctures separated at most by a distance equal to their diameter. Mandible stout, slightly twisted. Propodeum short, with distinct carinae, excavate apically. Petiolar tergum short and wide, with small but distinct dorsal pits. Ovipositor short, about 1 5 times length of petiolar tergum, downcurved. Legs very long, slender; hind coxa only slightly rugose at the base; tarsal claws long, slightly swollen at base. Colour brownish black with testaceous parts. Male same as female.</p> <p>Distribution: Western Palearctic. Country records: France; Norway; Russia; Sweden.</p> <p>Biology: Meteorus punctifrons is a parasitoid of Corticeus longulus (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) (Huddleston, 1980).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08643FFCEA7C5FBBBFF21C39F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08643FFCDA7C5F883FA63C778.text	03DE87D08643FFCDA7C5F883FA63C778.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus radialis Tobias 1986	<div><p>Meteorus radialis Tobias</p> <p>Fig. 56, 120</p> <p>Meteorus radialis Tobias, 1986:341. Holotype ♀, Russia: (ZIN. St. Petersburg)—examined.</p> <p>Diagnosis: The radial cell, small ocelli and long ovipositor are striking features. No other European Meteorus species has a wing venation like Meteorus radialis.</p> <p>Studied material: Holotype.</p> <p>Description: Size medium to small. Antennal articles 24. Head rounded behind the eyes. Ocelli very small, OOL up to 6 times OD. Eyes large, protruding and converging. Malar space 0.6 times mandible base. Mandibles stout not twisted. Face 1.4 times broader than high, not protruding but medially rugose. Clypeus protruding, with long setae and as wide as face, punctate. Precoxal sulcus very broad, punctuate, about 90% of mesopecta reticulatepunctate. Propodeum reticulate – rugose and with longitudinal and transverse carina. Petiolar tergum with dorsal pits and dorsal striate. Fore wing 4.2 times petiolar tergum. Ovipositor long, 2.3 times petiolar tergum. Hind coxae rugose. Radial cell of forewing very narrow, stigma narrow and brown.</p> <p>Distribution: Kola peninsula, Russia.</p> <p>Biology: Both the holotype and the paratype were caught in July in a forest. Otherwise the biology is unknown.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08643FFCDA7C5F883FA63C778	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08640FFCCA7C5FD38FC01C5B3.text	03DE87D08640FFCCA7C5FD38FC01C5B3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus rubens (Nees von Esenbeck 1811)	<div><p>Meteorus rubens (Nees von Esenbeck)</p> <p>Fig. 19, 25, 27, 29, 121</p> <p>Bracon rubens Nees von Esenbeck, 1811:22. Syntypes ♀, Germany lost</p> <p>Perilitus leviventris Wesmael, 1835:46. Lectotype ♀, Belgium: Brussels, coll. Wesmael (IRSNB, Brussels), synonymized by Fischer, 1970b:260 —examined.</p> <p>Meteorus islandicus Ruthe, 1859.317. Syntypes, Iceland: Staudinger coll. (NM, Vienna), synonymized by Roman, 1917:4 — examined.</p> <p>Meteorus medianus Ruthe, 1862:53. Lectotype ♀, Germany: Ruthe coll. (BMNH, London), synonymized with leviventris by Marshall, 1887:126 —examined.</p> <p>Meteorus scutatus Costa, 1884:172. Holotype ♀, Italy: Oristano (MZ, Naples), synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:47</p> <p>Meteorus heteroneurus Thomson, 1895:2158. Holotype ♀, Sweden:Västergötland (MZLU, Lund), synonymized by Fischer, 1970b:260 —examined.</p> <p>Meteorus szechuanensis Fahringer, 1935:11. Lectotype ♀, China: No Szechuan (NHRS, Stockholm), synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:47 —examined.</p> <p>Meteorus mesopotamicus Fischer, 1957a:105. Holotype ♀, Iraq: Mosul (NM, Vienna), synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:47 — examined.</p> <p>Diagnosis: The traces of dorsopes on the petiolar tergum, the shortened marginal cell and the ovipositor are key characters for Meteorus rubens. The closest species to M. rubens is M. heliophilus, but the longer marginal cell of the latter and the more numerous antennal articles (30–32 in M. heliophilus, 24–28 in M. rubens) are good characters to separate these species.</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 100 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 4–5mm. Antennae short, 24–28 articles; the articles in the distal half of the flagellum often only as long as broad but sometimes longer than this. Ocelli large, OO= 1.0–1.5. Eyes only slightly convergent. Malar space slightly less than basal breadth of mandible. Face a little less than twice as wide as high, protuberant with a medial longitudinal raised area which is finely transversely rugose. Clypeus protuberant, transverse with long setae. Tentorial pits large, distinct. Mandibles long, moderately twisted, the upper tooth generally rather long. Precoxal sulcus a shallow rugose furrow. Propodeum rugose and generally with only a medial longitudinal carina. Petiolar tergum often with traces of dorsal pits. Ventral borders of petiolar tergum conjoined in the midpart of the segment. Ovipositor twice length of petiolar tergum, thick, strongly swollen at the base. Hind coxa smooth, punctuate–weak rugosity dorsally at the base. Tarsal claws never strongly bent and usually only swollen at the base. Colour varies from completely black to completely yellow with all intermediate stages represented. Male same as female except antennae longer, 26–30 articles, all flagellar articles distinctly longer than broad; the propodeum is more depressed, often less strongly rugose and with the carinae more distinct.</p> <p>Distribution: Palearctic and Nearctic. Country records: Algeria; Argentina; Armenia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Belgium; Bulgaria; Canada; China; Costa Rica; Croatia; Cyprus; Czechoslovakia; Denmark; Egypt; Faeroe Islands; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Greenland; Hungary; Iceland; Iran; Iraq; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Japan; Kazakhstan; Korea; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Mongolia; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Romania; Russia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Tunisia; Turkey; Turkmenistan; USA; Ukraine; United Kingdom; Yugoslavia.</p> <p>Biology: We found 35 specimens within the SMTP. They were caught from July to September in both deciduous and coniferous forests. Meteorus rubens has been recorded as a parasitoid of several families of Lepidoptera, but members of the Noctuidae appear to be the primary hosts (Yu et al. 2005).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08640FFCCA7C5FD38FC01C5B3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08641FFCCA7C5FEEFFB32C1BC.text	03DE87D08641FFCCA7C5FEEFFB32C1BC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus ruficeps (Nees 1834)	<div><p>Meteorus ruficeps (Nees)</p> <p>Fig. 122</p> <p>Meteorus ruficeps Nees, 1834:39. Type material lost. Synonymized by Papp 1983:318.</p> <p>Perilitus pallipes Wesmael. 1835:29. Lectotype ♀, Belgium: coll. Wesmael (IRSNB, Brussels). Synonymized by Papp 1983:318.</p> <p>Meteorus nigritarsis Ruthe, 1862:21. Holotype ♀, Germany: Ruthe coll. (BMNH, London), synonymized with pallipes by Huddleston, 1980:43 —examined.</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus ruficeps and M. ictericus are quite similar morphologically. The main differences between them involve the size of the ocelli and the convergence of the eyes. Meteorus ruficeps has converging eyes, the face is higher than broad, and the ocelli are slightly smaller (OOL=1.5–2.0). The eyes of M. ictericus are not so converging, the face is as wide as high, and the ocelli are larger (OOL=1.0–1.5).</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 30 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 4–5mm. Antennal articles 26–31, all articles slightly longer than broad. Head strongly rounded behind eyes. Ocelli large, OOL=1.5–2 times OD. Eyes strongly convergent. Malar space short, about half basal breadth of mandible. Face with a slightly raised medial longitudinal area. Tentorial pits deep. Mandibles stout, moderately twisted. Precoxal sulcus foveolate. Propodeum rugose with usually only the medial transverse carina developed. Petiolar tergum stout with distinct dorsal pits and glymmae. Ovipositor 2.5–3.0 times length of petiolar tergum. Hind coxa smooth, punctate; tarsal claws with distinct basal lobe. Colour black, legs always yellow; head at least in part yellow. Male same as female except antennae longer, eyes not strongly convergent.</p> <p>Distribution: Western Palearctic. Country records: Austria; Bulgaria; Czechoslovakia; France; Germany; Hungary; Japan, Latvia; Macedonia; Norway; Poland; Slovakia; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom; Yugoslavia.</p> <p>Biology: We found 11 specimens within the SMTP. They were caught from July to September, mostly in coniferous forests. M. ruficeps is primarily a parasitoid of Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) but it has also been recorded as attacking Gelechiidae, Geometridae, Noctuidae and Tineidae (Huddleston 1980, Yu et al. 2005).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08641FFCCA7C5FEEFFB32C1BC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08641FFCBA7C5FAEFFED3C7E3.text	03DE87D08641FFCBA7C5FAEFFED3C7E3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus rufus (De Geer 1778)	<div><p>Meteorus rufus (De Geer)</p> <p>Fig. 123</p> <p>Ichneumon rufus De Geer, 1778:596. Type material lost.</p> <p>Perilitus unicolor Wesmael, 1835:41. Lectotype ♀, Belgium: Brussels, coll. Wesmael (IRSNB, Brussels)—examined.</p> <p>Saprotichus chinensis Holmgren, 1868:430. Holotype ♀, China (NHRS, Stockholm), synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:51 — examined.</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus rufus is similar to M. pendulus but it has longer antennae with more antennal articles (35–36 articles in the former, 30–34 in the latter) and larger ocelli (OOL= 2 in the former, OOL= 1–1.5 in the latter).</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 10 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 5.5 mm. Antennae long, up to 36 articles; all articles of flagellum distinctly longer than broad, most at least twice as long as broad. Ocelli large, OOL=2 times, protuberant. Eyes protuberant, slightly convergent. Malar space about equal in length to basal breadth of mandible. Face 1.5–2.0 times as broad as high, not strongly protuberant but distinctly raised medially and there with transverse structure. Clypeus strongly protuberant, densely rugulose-punctate with scattered long setae. Mandibles long, slender, strongly twisted. Precoxal sulcus broadened, strongly reticulate-rugose. Propodeum broad and with no distinct carinae dorsally. Petiolar tergum stout with large dorsal pits and distinct glymmae; ventral borders of petiolar tergum only narrowly separated at mid point of segment; dorsal surface longitudinally striate. Ovipositor twice the length of petiolar tergum, thick, strongly swollen at base, straight. Hind coxa foveolate laterally, often with a few strong rugae dorsally. Tarsal claws with a large basal lobe. Colour testaceous, base of petiolar tergum paler yellow.</p> <p>Distribution: Western Palearctic. Country records: Austria; Belgium; Croatia; Cyprus; Czechoslovakia; France; Germany; Hungary; India; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Poland; Romania; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; Ukraine; United Kingdom; Yugoslavia.</p> <p>Biology: Meteorus rufus is recorded in the literature as a parasitoid of seven different lepidopteran families: Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Noctuidae, Pieridae, Pyralidae, Tortricidae and Zygaenidae (Huddleston 1980, Yu et al. 2005). The specimens we studied were all associated with Zygaenidae when host data were available.</p> <p>Remarks: De Geer collected a specimen at his estate in Sweden that he described in 1778 as Ichneumon rufus. According to the German Braconidae checklist by Belokobylskij et al. (2003), Ichneumon rufus De Geer, 1778 is a synonym for M. unicolor. We have studied the type material of M. unicolor (lectotype) from Belgium and conclude that it agrees with our interpretation of the description of M. rufus. We have also studied the De Geer collection but, as Huddleston wrote in his revision in 1980, there is no specimen of Ichneumon rufus present and no pinhole in the cork below the label. The specimen has probably been lost prior to the relocation of the De Geer specimens into new drawers.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08641FFCBA7C5FAEFFED3C7E3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08646FFCBA7C5FCBFFAAAC0BB.text	03DE87D08646FFCBA7C5FCBFFAAAC0BB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus salicorniae Schmiedeknecht 1897	<div><p>Meteorus salicorniae Schmiedeknecht</p> <p>Fig. 65, 124</p> <p>Meteorus salicorniae Schmiedeknecht, 1897:189. Lectotype ♀, Germany: Artern (ZMHB, Berlin).</p> <p>Meteorus ocellatus Watanabe, 1951:45. Holotype ♀, Japan: Kyushu Hikosan, 17.v.1948 (Yasumatsu) (EI, Sapporo), synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:48.</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus salicorniae has four characteristics of the head that are very distinctive: the protruding face, the depression in the frons, the transverse face and the shape of the antennae. The only species in the Western Palearctic with a similarly protruding face is M. micropterus, but M. micropterus has a subcubic face, not transverse, and the antennae are only slightly tapering to the apex, not strongly so as in M. salicorniae.</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 10 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size 4–5mm. Antennal articles 33–35. The articles are thick at base and strongly tapering to apex. The antennae are set in a depression in the frons. Ocelli small, OO= 2.5–3.5. Eyes small and not convergent. Face protuberant. Malar space slightly longer than the basal breadth of mandible. Face transverse, about twice as broad as high, minutely punctured. Clypeus protuberant and not as broad as face. Mandibles large, not twisted. Precoxal sulcus very deep. Propodeum high, rounded with diffuse carinae though strongly reticulate-rugose. Petiolar tergum with small but distinct dorsal pits. Ovipositor about 2.5 times the length of petiolar tergum. The ovipositor sheaths with erect long setae. Colour testaceous.</p> <p>Distribution: Western and Eastern Palearctic. Country records: Austria; Bulgaria; Croatia; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Italy; Japan; Korea; Romania; Switzerland; Turkey; Yugoslavia.</p> <p>Biology: M. salicorniae is recorded as a parasitoid of the lepidopteran family Pyralidae (Yu et al. 2005).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08646FFCBA7C5FCBFFAAAC0BB	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08646FFCAA7C5F9E7FB98C650.text	03DE87D08646FFCAA7C5F9E7FB98C650.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus sibyllae Stigenberg & Ronquist 2011	<div><p>Meteorus sibyllae Stigenberg sp nov.</p> <p>Fig. 79E, 125</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus sibyllae is most similar to M. cespitator and M. jaculator. It is most easily separated from M. cespitator on the body size. Whilst M. sibyllae belongs to the smaller species in the genus (length &lt;3.5 mm), M. cespitator is distinctly larger (length&gt; 3.5 mm). The face of M. sibyllae is also more transverse and wider than that of M. cespitator (face 1.8 times as wide as high in the former, 1.5 times in the latter). M. jaculator is as small as M. sibyllae but has fewer antennal articles (18–22 in M. jaculator, 24–26 in M. sibyllae).</p> <p>Studied material: 3 ♀. Holotype: 1 ♀ SE. Sm. Nybro kommun. Alsterbro / Alsterån. 19.viii–05.ix.2006. (leg. SMTP), NHRS – HYME 5208, DNA 172. Paratype: 2 ♀ SE. Dr. Säters kommun. Säterdalen, Näsåkerspussen. 21.vii–04.viii.2003. (leg. SMTP), NHRS – HYME 5220, NHRS – HYME 5218 is mounted for SEM.</p> <p>Description: Body 3.0 mm, forewing 3.2 mm of holotype. Paratypes have 2.7–3.0 mm in body lengths.</p> <p>Head: Length of eye equals the length of temple in dorsal aspect; eyes small, not convergent, slightly protuberant, smooth with punctation; width of face 1.8 times its height; OOL=3–3.5; clypeus distinctly shorter than the width of face, distinctly divided from face, convex, tentorial pits distinct; length of malar space 0.6 times basal width of mandible; mandibles stout and not twisted; antennal articles 24–26; 3rd antennal article 3.5 times longer than wide; all articles longer than wide, subapical articles 1.5 times longer than wide.</p> <p>Mesosoma: Precoxal sulcus deep and narrow.</p> <p>Wings: Fore wing: r/3–SR=0.4; C+SC+R/SR1=1.37; m–cu antefurcal; pterostigma brown with apical corner light. Hind wing: 1–M/cu–a=1.2;</p> <p>Legs: Hind coxa rugose dorsally; hind femur 4.8 times longer than wide; tarsal claws small with no lobe.</p> <p>Metasoma: Petiolar tergum apically 1.5 times longer than wide, 4.2 times as long as forewing; dorsope present; ventral folds of petiolar tergum not joined, dorsal aspect with no ridges, evenly curved with weak rugosity medially and striae laterally; ovipositor straight, slender; length of ovipositor 3.5–4.0 times that of petiolar tergum and 0.75 times forewing; propodeum with vague carina and reticulation.</p> <p>Colour: Dark brown - black, clypeus yellow, legs yellow - brown, coxae dark brown.</p> <p>Distribution: Sweden.</p> <p>Biology: We found 3 specimens within the SMTP. They were caught in August in deciduous and mixed forests.</p> <p>Etymology: This species is named after Ms Sibyllae Noack, a fellow PhD student.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08646FFCAA7C5F9E7FB98C650	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08647FFC9A7C5FCCBFD61C47B.text	03DE87D08647FFC9A7C5FCCBFD61C47B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus stenomastax Stigenberg & Ronquist 2011	<div><p>Meteorus stenomastax Stigenberg sp. nov.</p> <p>Fig. 38, 39, 46, 79F, 126</p> <p>Diagnosis: The body has a unique colour combination of light red and darker red-brown patches and that in combination with the slender antennae and long, yellow-brown coloured pterostigma distinguish Meteorus stenomastax from related species. In Huddleston’s key it runs to M. cinctellus but the long and slender antennae and ovipositor length (length of ovipositor 1.8 times petiolar tergum in the former and 2.0– 2.5 in the latter) distinguish it from M. cinctellus, which has rather stout antennae.</p> <p>Studied material: 6 ♀. Holotype: 1 ♀ SE. Vb. Vindelns kommun. Kulbäckslidens försökspark. 01.ix– 22.ix.2003. (leg. SMTP), NHRS – HYME 5052, DNA 17. DNA voucher specimen. Paratypes: 3 ♀ SE. Lapl. Kiruna kommun. Abisko national park. 08.vii–05.viii.2004. One dry-pinned (left hind leg damaged and glued separately) NHRS – HYME 5051, and one in ethanol DNA 16, and the third is a mounted SEM specimen and DNA 119 (leg. SMTP), in NHRS. SE. Sö. Huddinge kommun. Sofielunds återvinningsanläggning. 16.vi. 30.vi.2004. (leg. SMTP), NHRS – HYME 5213, DNA 173. 1 ♀ Dalarna, (UUZM).</p> <p>Description: Body 4.4 mm, fore wing 3.7 mm.</p> <p>Head: Length of eye 1.6 times length of temple in dorsal aspect; eyes large, convergent and protuberant; face as wide as high; OOL=1.9; vertex smooth; frons with a prominent tubercle; clypeus as wide as minimum width of face, protruding and distinctly divided from face, convex with large punctuation; tentorial pits distinct; length of malar space 0.5 times basal width of mandible; mandibles twisted; antennal articles 28; 3rd antennal article 3.5 times longer than wide and 4th antennal article 3.25 times longer than wide; all articles longer than wide, subapically at least 1.5 times longer.</p> <p>Mesosoma: Precoxal sulcus broader than narrow.</p> <p>Wings: Fore wing: r/3–SR=0.3; C+SC+R/SR1=1.6; m–cu antefurcal; pterostigma yellow–brown. Hind wing: 1–M/cu–a=1.1;</p> <p>Legs: Hind coxa granulate; hind femur 6.2 times longer than wide; tarsal claws small with lobe.</p> <p>Metasoma: Petiolar tergum 2.25 times longer than wide apically, 4.5 times fore wing; dorsope absent; ventral folds of petiolar tergum not joined, a little gap remaining; ovipositor straight; length of ovipositor 1.8 times petiolar tergum, and 0.45 times fore wing; propodeum convex, reticulate–rugose and with a central longitudinal carina; Colour: Frons black; occiput and vertex brown; otherwise yellow–brown; pronotum and mesopleuron red–brown; propodeum black with a red–brown patch laterally; petiolar tergum black; 3rd abdominal tergite yellow rest is brown; legs dark yellow to brown.</p> <p>Distribution: Sweden.</p> <p>Biology: We found 5 specimens within the SMTP. Three specimens were caught in alpine birch forest, one was caught in spruce/larch forest, and one was caught in a recycling facility in a spruce forest. The specimens were caught from the end of June to the middle of September.</p> <p>Etymology: The name stenomastax is derived from the Greek words steno (narrow), and mastax (mouth), referring to the narrow clypeus of this species.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08647FFC9A7C5FCCBFD61C47B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08644FFC9A7C5FE27FE58C187.text	03DE87D08644FFC9A7C5FE27FE58C187.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus subjaculator Tobias 1986	<div><p>Meteorus subjaculator Tobias</p> <p>Fig. 127</p> <p>Meteorus subjaculator Tobias, 1986: 344 Holotype ♀, Russia: ‘ Altai river Katun, 9.viii.1909 ’ (Gorchakovskiy) (ZIN, St. Petersburg)—examined.</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus subjaculator is similar to M. cis but has a longer ovipositor (3.5 times the length of the petiolar tergum in the former, 2.0 in the latter). Another character separating these two species is the sculpture of the propodeum. M. subjaculator has the propodeum set with vague carinae, hidden in rugosity, whilst M. cis has distinct carinae and smooth areas in between.</p> <p>Studied material: 2 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size 3.5 mm. Antennal articles 23. Head slightly transverse but rounded behind eyes. Ocelli small, OOL=4. Eyes small, slightly protuberant. Malar space slightly shorter than basal breadth of mandible. Face 1.2 times as broad as high, punctate, not strongly protuberant. Clypeus narrower than face, almost flat, its apical border weakly notched medially and usually with a weak vertical impression behind the notch. Tentorial pits distinct. Mandibles short, stout and moderately twisted. Precoxal sulcus wide, rugose. Propodeum with slight carinae, quite rugose. Petiolar tergum with small dorsal pits, dorsal surface, from base to apical end, reticulate-rugose with a few longitudinal striae laterally. Ovipositor 3.5 times the length of petiolar tergum, slender. Legs slender; hind coxa punctate. Tarsal claws not lobed but somewhat swollen basally. Colour testaceous to brown; clypeus, mandibles and usually 3 rd abdominal tergum reddish testaceous; coxa and legs yellow. Pterostigma dark with light upper border. Fore wing m-cu antefurcal, vein 2-SR+M as long as vein r.</p> <p>Distribution: Russia.</p> <p>Biology: Unknown.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08644FFC9A7C5FE27FE58C187	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08644FFC8A7C5FA9AFB11C4E8.text	03DE87D08644FFC8A7C5FA9AFB11C4E8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus subtilisulcus Stigenberg & Ronquist 2011	<div><p>Meteorus subtilisulcus Stigenberg sp nov.</p> <p>Fig. 69, 79g, 128</p> <p>Diagnosis: The short (1.6 times petiolar tergum), straight ovipositor in combination with the wide and flat clypeus and short malar space (0.1 times the width of mandible base) clearly distinguish this species. It mostly resembles M. densipilosus, but this species has a longer ovipositor (2.0 times the length of the petiolar tergum), a slightly convex and narrow clypeus and a wider malar space (0.5 times the width of mandible base).</p> <p>Studied material: Holotype ♀ FIN. Turunja Porin Lääni, SSW. Dragsfjärd, 29.vii.1992. M. Söderlund, RMNH’97.</p> <p>Description: Body 3.5 mm, fore wing 3.8 mm.</p> <p>Head: Length of eye 0.6 times length of temple in dorsal aspect; eyes large, converging and slightly protuberant; width of face 1.7 times its height; OOL=2.3; vertex smooth but setate; face punctulate; clypeus as wide as face and short in length, slightly longer than mandible width, clypeus distinctly divided, punctate, flat with a sinuate apical border; length of malar space 0.1 times basal width of mandible; mandibles not twisted; antennal articles 27; 3rd antennal article 3.3 times longer than wide; 4th antennal article 3 times longer than wide; all articles longer than wide.</p> <p>Mesosoma: Precoxal sulcus narrow and shallow.</p> <p>Wings: Fore wing: r/3–SR=0.5; C+SC+R/SR1=1.5; m–cu shortly antefurcal; pterostigma with dark brown center and light borders, the apical corner light. Hind wing: 1–M/cu–a=0.8;</p> <p>Legs: Hind coxa smooth to punctate; hind femur 4.1 times longer than wide; tarsal claws slender with lobe.</p> <p>Metasoma: Petiolar tergum 1.5 times longer than wide apically; dorsope distinct; ventral folds of petiolar tergum not joined; petiolar tergum striate with dorsal central rugosity running from the base of the tergum past the spiracles and ending surrounded by enclosing striae; ovipositor straight, length of ovipositor sheaths 1.6 times petiolar tergum, and 0.35 times fore wing; propodeum with strong carina, smooth inbetween.</p> <p>Colour: Dark brown–black: clypeus brown-yellow, legs yellow.</p> <p>Distribution: Finland.</p> <p>Biology: The holotype was caught at the end of July.</p> <p>Etymology: The name subtilisulcus refers to the very subtle impression of the precoxal sulcus.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08644FFC8A7C5FA9AFB11C4E8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08645FFC8A7C5FDB3FE3BC05F.text	03DE87D08645FFC8A7C5FDB3FE3BC05F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus sulcatus Szepligeti 1896	<div><p>Meteorus sulcatus Szépligeti</p> <p>Fig. 78, 129</p> <p>Meteorus sulcatus Szépligeti, 1896:310. Holotype ♀, Yugoslavia: Croatia, Grehovica, 10.v.1885 (published as 1882) (Biró) (HNHM, Budapest).</p> <p>Meteorus insignis Muesebeck, 1939:83. Holotype ♀, Great Britain: England, Herefordshire, Brickett Wood, 17.vi.1936 (Benson) (BMNH, London) synonymized by Fischer, 1966:395 —examined.</p> <p>Meteorus molorchi Fischer, 1966:391. Holotype ♀, Austria: ‘ Österreich, Wien XIII, ob. Tirolergarten, ex Molorchus umbellatarum, vi.1964 (Holzschuh)’ (NHM, Vienna) synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:49.</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus sulcatus is closely related to M. corax and M. nixoni. All are large and dark species with a wide face. However, M. sulcatus is the smallest amongst these with a length of about 4 mm, M. corax and M. nixoni both are about 10 mm. The petiolar tergum of the former is almost parallel whilst on both the latter species it is distinctly widening apically.</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 5 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 4 mm. Antennae 31–36 articles. Clypeus flat, punctuate. Mandibles stout and twisted. OOL=1.5–2.0. Propodeum depressed, rugose. Petiolar tergum broad, reticulate dorsally. Petiolar tergum longitudinally striate, with distinct thyridia. Ovipositor long, 3.0–3.5 times petiolar tergum. Tarsal claws without basal lobe but swollen at the base. Second submarginal cell much higher than wide.</p> <p>Distribution: Western and Eastern Palearctic. Country records: Austria; Croatia; Czechoslovakia; France; Germany; Hungary; Japan; Netherlands; Russia; Slovakia; United Kingdom.</p> <p>Biology: Meteorus sulcatus is recorded as a parasitoid of Coleoptera: Buprestidae, Cerambycidae, and Chrysomelidae (Yu et al. 2005).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08645FFC8A7C5FDB3FE3BC05F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D08645FFC7A7C5FAC3FE82C7C0.text	03DE87D08645FFC7A7C5FAC3FE82C7C0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus tabidus (Wesmael 1835)	<div><p>Meteorus tabidus (Wesmael)</p> <p>Fig. 130</p> <p>Perilitus tabidus Wesmael, 1835:32. Lectotype ♂, Belgium: Brussels, coll. Wesmael (IRSNB, Brussels).</p> <p>Meteorus fascialis Ruthe, 1862:22. Holotype ♀, Germany. Ruthe coll. (BMNH, London), synonymized by Schmiedeknecht, 1897:187 —examined.</p> <p>Meteorus dubius Ruthe, 1862:27. Holotype ♀, Germany. Ruthe coll. (BMNH, London), synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:50 examined.</p> <p>Meteorus pentheri Fischer, 1970b:262. Holotype ♂, Yugoslavia: Stolac (Penther) (NHM, Vienna), synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:50.</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus tabidus is very similar to M. affinis but M. tabidus has a more protuberant clypeus, the precoxal sulcus is reticulate-rugose and not foveolate as in M. affinis, and M. tabidus is generally a slightly more robust wasp than M. affinis.</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 20 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 4.5–5mm. Antennae 28–31 articles, thick, the penultimate five or so articles not longer than broad. Head contracted behind eyes, not distinctly rounded, the occiput not distinctly concave. OOL=2. Eyes large, strongly convergent. Malar space short, about half basal breadth of mandible. Face not strongly convex. Clypeus strongly protuberant. Tentorial pits wide and deep, very close to orbits. Mandibles at most moderately twisted. Precoxal sulcus broad, reticulate-rugose. Propodeum strongly rugose, sometimes reticulate-rugose, often with a distinct basal transverse carina and less distinct central longitudinal and medial transverse carinae. Petiolar tergum long, narrow, with distinct dorsal pits. Ovipositor long, 2.5–3.0 times length of petiolar tergum, thick. Legs long; hind coxa strongly rugose; tarsal claws with a distinct basal lobe. Colour black; abdominal tergites 3 and 4 and legs testaceous. The face and base of the antennae sometimes lighter. Male same as female except much darker; the antennae longer, 32–35 articles, the ocelli slightly larger; the eyes not strongly convergent; propodeum depressed.</p> <p>Distribution: Palearctic. Country records: Austria; Belgium; Bosnia Hercegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Czechoslovakia; France; Georgia; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Korea; Lithuania; Mongolia; Netherlands; Poland; Romania; Slovakia; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom; Yugoslavia.</p> <p>Biology: M. tabidus is recorded in the literature as a parasitoid of both Coleoptera (Cerambycidae) (Giraud et al. 1877) and Lepidoptera (Coleophoridae, Geometridae, Psychidae and Tortricidae). We have not been able to verify any host records.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D08645FFC7A7C5FAC3FE82C7C0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D0864AFFC7A7C5FD5BFCACC3D7.text	03DE87D0864AFFC7A7C5FD5BFCACC3D7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus tenellus Marshall 1887	<div><p>Meteorus tenellus Marshall sp. reinst.</p> <p>Fig. 43, 45, 47, 131</p> <p>Meteorus tenellus Marshall, 1887: 125 Lectotype ♀ Great Britain (BMNH)—examined.</p> <p>Meteorus boreus Tobias, 1986:333. Holotype ♀, Russia: Kola Peninsula, ‘ Vitti-guva, Imandra Lake, Arkhangel’sk Province, 3.ix.1929 ’ (Cheburova) (ZIN. St. Petersburg)—examined. Syn. n.</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus tenellus is very close to M. cinctellus. M. tenellus has a light yellow pterostigma and M. cinctellus has a dark brown pterostigma with whitish edges. The subapical five antennal articles are longer than broad in M. tenellus (0.6 times as wide as long), as long as broad in M. cinctellus (0.8–1.0 times as wide as long).</p> <p>Studied material: 35 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 4mm. Antennal articles 27–30, all articles longer than broad. Head strongly contracted behind eyes. OOL=2. Eyes protruding and large. Malar space 0.4–0.6 times basal width of mandibles. Face slightly (0.9–1.1 times) broader than high and with a medial tubercle just below the antennal sockets. Clypeus protuberant and with long setae, mandibles small and strongly twisted. Precoxal sulcus deep and broad, rugose, otherwise area smooth. Propodeum with a longitudinal carina that sometime is hard to distinguish from other rugosity. Petiolar tergum long, slender and without dorsal pits. Ovipositor 2.0–4.0 times petiolar tergum. Fore wing 5 times the length of petiolar tergum. Hind coxa rugose dorsally. Forewing m-cu postfurcal or interstitial. Colour generally dark, face yellow to brown, sometimes with lighter details on the head, the legs yellow to brown.</p> <p>Distribution: Western Palearctic. Country records: Austria; Finland; Lithuania; Russia: Sweden; United Kingdom; Yugoslavia.</p> <p>Biology: This species was described by Marshall (1887) from six females bred by Bignell on the host Acleris hastiana (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae).</p> <p>Remarks: This species, distributed in Sweden, Lithuania and Russia, was synonymyzed by Huddleston (1981) under M. cinctellus (Spinola 1808), a name that later turned out to be a synonym of M. cinctellus (Fabricius 1777) (Yu et al. 2005). Examination of the types of M. tenellus and M. cinctellus, and of specimens from a variety of locations, has led us to conclude that M. tenellus is a good species.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0864AFFC7A7C5FD5BFCACC3D7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D0864AFFC6A7C5F94BFEFCC0ED.text	03DE87D0864AFFC6A7C5F94BFEFCC0ED.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus versicolor (Wesmael 1835)	<div><p>Meteorus versicolor (Wesmael)</p> <p>Fig. 26, 33, 132</p> <p>Perilitus versicolor Wesmael, 1835:43. Lectotype ♀, Belgium: Charleroy (IRSNB, Brussels), designated by Marsh (1979).</p> <p>Perilitus bimaculatus Wesmael, 1835:45. Lectotype ♀, Belgium: Charleroy (IRSNB, Brussels), designated by Marsh (1979), synonymized by Muesebeck, 1923:36.</p> <p>Perilitus unicolor Hartig, 1838:245. Lectotype ♀, Germany (ZSBS, Münich), (Junior primary homonym of unicolor Wesmael 1835).</p> <p>Perilitus brevicornis ratzeburg, 1844:77. Holotype ♀, Germany: Ratzeburg coll (IP, Eberswalde), synonymized by Köningsmann, 1964:654.</p> <p>Perilitus rugator Ratzeburg, 1852:59. Lectotype ♀, Germany:’741/neust Br./Peril rugator and 30 art’, Ratzeburg coll. (IP, Eberswalde), synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:52.</p> <p>Meteorus decoloratus Ruthe, 1862:48. Lectotype ♀, Germany: Ruthe coll. (BMNH, London), synonymized by Muesebeck, 1923:36 —examined.</p> <p>Meteorus camptolomae Watanabe, 1939:25. Holotype ♀, Japan: ‘ Okikuba, Tokyo’ (EI, Sapporo), synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:52.</p> <p>Meteorus ikonomovi Fischer, 1959:5. Holotype ♀, Yugoslavia: Dalmatien, Gravosa (NHM, Vienna), synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:52.</p> <p>Meteorus hartigi Shenefelt, 1969:69 (Replacement name for unicolor Hartig, 1838), synonymized by Huddleston, 1980:52.</p> <p>Diagnosis: This species is most similar to M. obsoletus. The compound eye of M. versicolor is more protruding and the ovipositor is thicker and slightly shorter than that of M. obsoletus. Also, the temples are shorter and more flat in M. versicolor, appearing rather narrow in dorsal view. In M. obsoletus, the temples are longer and more convex, appearing more rounded and less narrow in dorsal view.</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 100 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 4.5–5mm. Antennae with 29–33 articles; flagellum thick basally, tapering to apex, all articles of flagellum distinctly longer than broad. Head broad, more or less strongly contracted behind eyes. Ocelli large, OOL=OD, protuberant. Eyes large, protuberant, only slightly convergent. Malar space short, always less than the basal breadth of the mandible. Face about 1,5 times as broad as high, not strongly protuberant but somewhat raised medially. Clypeus protuberant. Mandibles small, delicate, strongly twisted. Precoxal sulcus weakly rugose and foveolate, generally broader. Propodeum short, broad, strongly rugose, often reticulate-rugose with no distinct carinae but with a distinct medial impression posteriorly. Petiolar tergum long, rather slender at the base with no dorsal pits, its ventral borders joined from shortly before the midpoint of the segment to its base, dorsal surface finely striate. Ovipositor short, 1.5–2.0 times length of petiolar tergum, thick, strongly tapered shortly before apex. Legs stout, hind coxa smooth, punctate, often with weak transverse rugae dorsally; tarsal claws strongly curved with a pronounced basal lobe. Colour varies from almost completely testaceous to almost completely brown. The base of petiolar tergum generally pale yellow. Male same as female except that eyes generally are smaller and less protuberant. Pale yellow base of petiolar tergum is easily seen but check also the size of ocelli to be sure.</p> <p>Distribution: Western and Eastern Palearctic. Country records: Armenia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Belgium; Bulgaria; Canada; China; Croatia; Czechoslovakia; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Japan; Korea; Latvia; Lithuania; Madeira Islands; Moldova; Mongolia; Netherlands; Norway; Palestine; Poland; Portugal Romania; Russia; Slovakia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Tajikistan; Turkey; USA; Ukraine; United Kingdom; Uzbekistan; Yugoslavia.</p> <p>Biology: Meteorus versicolor is recorded as a parasitoid of 14 different lepidopteran families. There are also some records indicating that the species parasitizes different families of Chalcidoidea or the Ichneumonidae (Yu et al. 2005).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0864AFFC6A7C5F94BFEFCC0ED	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
03DE87D0864BFFC5A7C5F9BCFB2AC173.text	03DE87D0864BFFC5A7C5F9BCFB2AC173.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meteorus vexator (Haliday 1835)	<div><p>Meteorus vexator (Haliday)</p> <p>Fig. 58, 63, 133</p> <p>Perilitus vexator Haliday, 1935:33. Neotype ♀, Ireland: Co. Kd., R. Canal, (2), 11.vii.1943 (Stelfox) (USNM, Washington), designated by Fischer (1959:12).</p> <p>Diagnosis: Meteorus vexator is close to M. affinis but M. affinis has lobed claws (simple in M. vecator) and larger ocelli, characters that are distinct also in small specimens that are otherwise quite difficult to separate because of their weaker body sculpture and smaller number of antennal articles. Furthermore, the mesosoma of M. affinis sometimes has yellow markings, unlike M. vexator.</p> <p>Studied material: ~ 100 specimens.</p> <p>Description: Size about 2.5–4mm. Antennae 20–24 articles, slender, all flagellar articles distinctly longer than broad. Ocelli small, OOL=2.5–3.0. Eyes large, protuberant, very strongly convergent. Malar space short, much less than basal breadth of mandible. Face about as broad as high, not protuberant, smooth, punctate. Clypeus moderately protuberant, smooth, punctate. Mandibles short, stout, moderately twisted. Pronotum laterally generally with weak rugose sculpture. Precoxal sulcus narrow, foveolate, sometimes with a small punctate patch beneath. Propodeum small, distinctly carinate, generally rather smooth between the carinae but sometimes weakly rugulose. Petiolar tergum with distinct dorsal pits. Ovipositor 2.5–3.0 times length of petiolar tergum. Legs long, slender, hind coxa generally at least slightly rugose ventro-laterally though sometimes reticulate-punctate; tarsal claws without a basal lobe. Colour brownish black. Male same as female except antennae longer, up to 27 articles; eyes less convergent and sculpture of precoxal sulcus and of hind coxa sometimes obsolete.</p> <p>Distribution: Western Palearctic. Country records: Austria; Bulgaria; Croatia; Czechoslovakia; Denmark; Finland; Germany; Hungary; Ireland; Latvia; Netherlands; Russia; Slovenia; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom; Yugoslavia.</p> <p>Biology: Meteorus vexator has been recorded as a parasitoid of Biphyllidae (Coleoptera) (Morley 1912) but as Huddleston points out, this record is doubtful. We received specimens from T. Munk that were reared from Dahlica lichinella (Lepidoptera: Psychidae), which is more in line with expectations.</p> <p>Species still classified as nomina dubia, the types lost or not found:</p> <p>Perilitus (Meteorus) delator (Haliday, 1874). Type material not found.</p> <p>Perilitus dilatus (Ratzeburg, 1844). Type material lost.</p> <p>Meteorus effeminatus Ruthe, 1862. These male specimens were examined by Huddleston in 1981 and by JS in 2010 without any conclusion about their placement within Meteorus.</p> <p>Perilitus flaviceps (Ratzeburg 1844). Type material lost.</p> <p>Perilitus longicornis (Ratzeburg 1844). Type material lost.</p> <p>Meteorus stenostigma Thomson 1895. Type material lost. The two specimens in Thomson’s collection above the name stenostigma were determined by JS as M. ictericus Nees, 1811, and M. pendulus (Müller, 1776). Neither of them agrees with Thomson’s description and neither is from the type locality (Huddleston 1980).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87D0864BFFC5A7C5F9BCFB2AC173	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Stigenberg, Julia;Ronquist, Fredrik	Stigenberg, Julia, Ronquist, Fredrik (2011): Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity 3084. Zootaxa 3084 (1): 1-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3084.1.1
