Merinotus Szépligeti

Merinotus apicalis Szépligeti, 1922

Merinotus basalis Szépligeti, 1914

Merinotus congoensis Szépligeti, 1914

Merinotus coronatus (Brullé, 1846)

Merinotus fasciipennis (Brullé, 1846)

Merinotus filicaudis (Szépligeti, 1911)

Merinotus flaviceps Szépligeti, 1915

Merinotus hirticeps (Cameron, 1909)

Merinotus juno (Brues, 1924)

Merinotus longicoxis (Cameron, 1906)

Merinotus melanosoma (Brullé, 1846)

Merinotus minyas (Brues, 1924)

Merinotus nigricarpus Szépligeti, 1914

Merinotus pulchripennis (Szépligeti, 1908)

Merinotus quadricolor (Szépligeti, 1911)

Merinotus seminiger Szépligeti, 1914

Merinotus tricolor (Szépligeti, 1911)

Merinotus usambaraensis Shenefelt, 1978

Merinotus zelenus Fahringer, 1928

Distribution

Afrotropical region: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, Niger, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda. Also in Australasian and Oriental regions.

Biology

Parasitoid of Maize Stalk borer Busseola fusca (Fuller, 1901) (Noctuidae).

References

Brues, C.T. 1924. Some South African parasitic Hymenoptera of the families Evaniidae, Braconidae, Alysiidae, and Plumariidae in the South African Museum with a catalogue of the known species. Annals of the South African Museum. 19:1-150.
Brues, C.T. 1926. Studies on Ethiopian Braconidae with a catalogue of the African species. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 61:206-436.

Brullé, M.A. 1846. Tome Quatrième. Des Hyménoptères. Les Ichneumonides. In: Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau A. "Histoire Naturelles des Insectes." Paris. 680 pp. pp. 56-521.
Cameron, P. 1904. Descriptions of new genera and species of Hymenoptera from Dunbrody, Cape Colony. Record of the Albany Museum. 1:125-160.
Cameron, P. 1906. Descriptions of new species of parasitic Hymenoptera chiefly in the collection of the South African Museum, Cape Town. Annals of the South African Museum. 5:17-186.
Fahringer, J. 1928. Opuscula braconologica. Band II. Aethiopische Region. Lieferung 1-3. Opuscula braconologica. pp.1-224. Fritz Wagner, Wien.
Szépligeti, G. 1904. Hymenoptera. Fam. Braconidae. Genera Insectorum. 22:1-253.
Szépligeti, G. 1906. Braconiden aus der Sammlung des ungarischen National-Museums, 1. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 4:547-618.

Szépligeti, G. 1908. Hymenoptera: Braconidae & Ichneumonidae. In: Sjostedts Y. "Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen". pp 25-96.
Szépligeti, G. 1911. Braconidae der I. Zentral-Afrika-Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse Deutschen Zentral-Afrika Expedition. 3:393-418.
Szépligeti, G. 1914. Afrikanische Braconiden des Königl. Zoologischen Museums in Berlin. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 7:153-230. Szépligeti, G.V.. 1914. Central-Afrikanische Braconidae des Congo-Museums. Revue de Zoologie Africaine. 3:403-420.
Szépligeti, G. 1915. Braconidae. In: 'Ergebnisse der zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Afrika Expedition 1910-1911 unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzogs zu Mecklenburg Vol. 1'. Leipzig. Verlag Klinkhart & Biermann. pp.139-154.
Szépligeti, G. 1922. 2. Braconides et Ichneumonides. In:Voyage de M. Rothschild en Ethiopie et en Afrique orientale anglaise (1904-1905). Paris. 904-918.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).