Cotesia ruficrus (Haliday, 1834)
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Taxonomic placement
Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae
Synonyms/Original combination
Microgaster ruficrus Haliday, 1834
Apanteles antipoda Ashmead, 1900
Apanteles manilae Ashmead, 1904
Apanteles sydneyensis Cameron, 1911
Apanteles narangae Viereck, 1913
Microgaster contextus Imhof & Labram, 1836
Apanteles sesamiae Risbec, 1956
Brief diagnosis
Female: Body length 2 mm; general body colour black; legs except hind coxae, tegulae yellowish brown; apices of hind femora and hind tibiae black. Mesosoma: Mesonotum coarsely and closely punctate posteriorly, scutellum strongly punctate, punctures well separated from each other. Mesopleuron posteriorly and above mostly smooth and shining. Fore wing with first abscissa of radial vein almost equal in length to transverse cubital vein. Hind coxa mostly rugulose. Propodeum coarsely rugose. Metasoma: Metasoma with first and second tergites rugulose, remaining tergites smooth. Ovipositor sheaths well exserted but not longer than hind tibial spurs.
Geographical distribution
India, Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Cape Verde, China, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hawaiian Islands, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Libya, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Réunion, Romania, Russia, Ryukyu Islands, Senegal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Yemen, Yugoslavia & Zimbabwe.