Idris rufescens (Pintureau, B. & al-Nabhan, M. 2003)
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Scelionidae
Genus: Idris
Name
Idris rufescens Pintureau, B., 2003 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Idris rufescens Pintureau, B., 2003, Zootaxa 238: 9-9.
Materials Examined
Portugal Remedios, Island of S. Miguel
Distribution
The species has previously been recorded from several European countries: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Hungary, Italy, Spain (including the Canary Islands) and Sweden(Huggert 1979). Therefore, it is new for Portugal (Azores).
Biology and Ecology
Hosts are unknown, but probably spider eggs.
Description
Morphology. The species was redescribed and illustrated by Huggert (1979) who recognized several forms: most specimens, especially those from south Europe, are blackish with a paler abdomen, specimens from Sweden and some specimens from Hungary are brownish with a reddish abdomen, while specimens from the Canary Islands are more shiny and show broader wings with infumation. Females from Azores are brownish with paler head, antennae (except scapes) and legs, and look like the Canary Islands form. The forewing (Fig. 5A) and the hind wing (Fig. 5B) are broader (width/length or W/L=0.38 and 0.23, respectively) than in the Huggert (1979)’s specimen (W/L=0.34 and 0.18, respectively). The antenna (Fig. 5C) shows a longer pedicel and first funicular segment (L/ scape length=0.54 and 0.29, respectively) than in the Huggert (1979)’s specimen (0.38 and 0.18, respectively). The abdomen (Fig. 5D) seems less broad (W/L=0.77) than in the Huggert(1979)’s specimen (W/L=0.80).
Taxon Treatment
- Pintureau, B.; al-Nabhan, M.; 2003: New data on the European species of three genera Scelionidae (Hymenoptera)., Zootaxa 238: 9-9. doi
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