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Temelucha minuta Morley 1912

Description

Temelucha minuta (Morley, 1912)

(Fig. 11 a)

Tarytia minuta Morley 1912: 175; Temelucha clausa Kerrich 1959: 50

Diagnosis. Temelucha minuta is a small dark species, easily identifiable by the spectral basal abscissa of vein M+Cu on fore wing.

Description. Rousse et al. (submitted).

Host records. Grapholita critica (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), Etiella behrii (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), Bilobata subsecivella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) on peanut (Arachis hypogaea), Phthorimaea operculella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) on potato (Solanum tuberosum).

Distribution records. Reunion (new record). Madagascar (Rousse et al. 2011). Cyprus, Australia, India, Seychelles, Thailand.

Material examined. 1333 St Philippe / Basse Vallée, alt. 490m, XI.2010, leg. P. Rousse (light trap); 13 St Benoit / Grand Etang, alt. 510m, XI.2010, leg. T. Ramage (light trap); 3Ƥ 233 Petite Ile / Piton Goyave, III.1979, leg. Cirad.

Notes

Published as part of Rousse, Pascal & Villemant, Claire, 2012, Ichneumons in Reunion Island: a catalogue of the local Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) species, including 15 new taxa and a key to species, pp. 1-57 in Zootaxa 3278 on page 23, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.214150

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Ichneumonidae
Genus
Temelucha
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Morley
Species
minuta
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Temelucha minuta Morley, 1912 sec. Rousse & Villemant, 2012

References

  • Kerrich, G. J. (1959) Description of new Cremastine Ichneumonidae (Hym.) from Australia, New Zealand and Thailand, with a consideration of the generic categories. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 13 (2), 48 - 64.