A new Species of Apanteles (Hym. Brac.) bred from Myelois ceratoniae attacking Carobs in Cyprus

Abstract

Apanteles myeloenta, sp. n.♀. Black; the front femora in the apical half or third, the front tibiae and tarsi (save for the black feet), middle femora in about the apical fifth or sixth, middle tibiae (save commonly for some darkening in the apical two-thirds above), middle tarsi (save for the feet and last joint, which are black), and the hind tibiae in about the apical fifth or sixth, red testaceous; tegulae testaceous; palpi pale; tibial spurs white; wings hyaline, the setae apparently coloured; trie costal veins in the basal half more or less colourless, as are all the wing-veins; costal veins apically, and the borders of the stigma, light brown or brown, the metacarp brown or dark brown; stigma otherwise hyaline.