Illidops blandus ( Tobias & Kotenko, 1986 )

Höcherl, Amelie, 2025, Revision of Holarctic Illidops Mason (Hymenoptera, Braconidae): A first step towards resolving a dark taxon and descriptions of three new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 1031, pp. 1-121 : 23

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1031.3133
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A71C2271-2B5A-431C-ACFB-A1F2F6FA5A89
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17922344
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9B215D01-FF32-0566-C567-FCDDFDC29D44
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Illidops blandus ( Tobias & Kotenko, 1986 )
status

Treatment

Illidops blandus ( Tobias & Kotenko, 1986)

Fig. 10

Apanteles blandus Tobias & Kotenko, 1986: 753 View in CoL [423].

Type material

Holotype

TAJIKISTAN – Khatlon Region • ♀; vicinity of Külob [Kulyab]; 37.91° N, 69.78° E; 580 m a.s.l.; 18 Jul. 1933; Popov leg.; SIZK. GoogleMaps

Species concept

Our species concept is based on our examination of photos of the holotype and the information available in Tobias & Kotenko (1986). In addition to that, the species is morphologically very distinct and unlikely to be confused → ***.

Ecology / host information

Host unknown.

Distribution

PAL: Tajikistan.

Molecular data

No molecular data available.

Remarks

This is one of the species which challenge the concept of Illidops . Transferred to Illidops (likely by Kotenko) in Zerova et al. (2006).