Comprehensive Description
provided by Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Spalangia nigroaenea Curtis
Spalangia muscidarum Richardson, 1913, p. 38 [male, female].
This species was described from one male type and an undesignated number of paratypes of both sexes. The type has been lost, but there are 3 male and 1 female paratypes in the USNM collection. They are labeled: “Forest Hills, Mass., IX. 1912, Paratype No. 40219 U.S.N.M., Spalangia muscidarum Richardson Paratype.”
These specimens are identical with European specimens in the USNM of Spalangia nigroaenea Curtis, the species with which muscidarum has been synonymized by Bouček (1963, p. 449).
Pronotum with distinct anterior margin and crossline of punctures just anterior to posterior margin; median area of pronotum smooth, lateral areas sparsely punctate; scutellum with complete frenal crossline, otherwise impunctate or with one or two weak punctures in posterolateral angles.
- bibliographic citation
- Burks, B. D. 1969. "Species of Spalangia Latreille in the United States National Museum collection (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-7. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.2
