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Cotesia Cameron

of the Afrotropical region

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Braconidae; Subfamily: Microgastrinae)

Cotesia Cameron,1891

Classification

Cotesia affinis (Nees, 1834) (Cape Verde. Also Oriental region: China (GZ, HN, ZJ); Palaearctic region: Armenia, Austria, China (HL, LN, NM, NX, SN), France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Russia (PRI, ROS, YAR), Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom)

 

Cotesia bambeytripla (Shenefelt, 1972) (Senegal)

 

Cotesia chrysippi (Viereck, 1911) (Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa)

 

Cotesia compressithorax (Hedqvist, 1965) (Cape Verde)

Cotesia danaisae (Hedqvist, 1965) (Cape Verde)

Cotesia decaryi (Granger, 1949) (Madagascar)

Cotesia delphinensis (Granger, 1949) (Madagascar)

Cotesia elaeodes (de Saeger, 1944) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Cotesia erionotae (Wilkinson, 1928) (Mauritius. Also Australian region: Guam, Hawaiian Islands, Papua New Guinea; Oriental region: China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand)

 

Cotesia flagellator (Wilkinson, 1930) (Uganda)

Cotesia flavipes Cameron, 1891 (Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Mauritius, Reunion, Tanzania, Uganda. Also Indo-Australasian, Neotropical, Nearctic &  Palaearctic regions)

Cotesia glomerata (Linnaeus, 1758)
 

Cotesia harteni (Papp, 2003) (Cape Verde)

Cotesia hyperion (de Saeger, 1944) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)

Cotesia hypopygialis (Granger, 1949) (Madagascar)

Cotesia icipe Fernández-Triana & Fiaboe, 2017 (Kenya, Madagascar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Yemen)
 

Cotesia levigaster (Granger, 1949) (Madagascar)

Cotesia marginiventris (Cresson, 1865) (Cape Verde; Australasian region: Fiji, Hawaiian Islands; Nearctic region: USA; Neotropical region: Argentina, Bermuda, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Grenada, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela; Oriental region: India; Palaearctic region: Spain)

Cotesia nycteus (de Saeger, 1944) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)

Cotesia oppidicola (Granger, 1949) (Madagascar)

Cotesia paludicolae (Cameron, 1909) (Sudan, Uganda. Also Oriental region: India, Sri Lanka)

Cotesia parvicornis (de Saeger, 1944) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal)

Cotesia pistrinariae (Wilkinson, 1929) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa)

 

Cotesia progahinga (Hedqvist, 1965) (Cape Verde)

Cotesia pterophoriphagus (Risbec, 1972) (Senegal)

Cotesia ruficrus (Haliday, 1834) (Cameroon, Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Nigeria, Reunion, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe. Also Australian region: Australia, Fiji, Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand; Nearctic region: Trinidad & Tobago; Oriental region: Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Ryukyu Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; Palaearctic region: Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Cyprus, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Libya, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia)
 

Cotesia rugosus (Szépligeti, 1914) (Kenya)

Cotesia senegalensis (Risbec, 1951) (Senegal)

Cotesia sesamiae (Cameron, 1906) (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Reunion, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Also Oriental region: India)

 

Cotesia seyali (Risbec, 1951) (Senegal)

Cotesia sphenarchi (Risbec, 1951) (Senegal)

Cotesia sphingivorus (Granger, 1949) (Madagascar)

Cotesia transuta (de Saeger, 1944) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)

Cotesia typhae Fernández-Triana, 2017 (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania)
 

Cotesia vanessae (Reinhard, 1880) (Ethiopia. Nearctic region: Canada; Palaearctic region: Afghanistan, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Latvia, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan)

Cotesia vestalis (Haliday, 1834) (Benin, Cape Verde, Kenya, Mauritius, Réunion, Saint Helena, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe; Australasian region: Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Western Samoa; Nearctic region: USA; Neotropical region: Argentina, Brazil Oriental region: Bangladesh, China (GD, HN, SN, TW, ZJ), India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Ryukyu Islands, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam. Palaearctic region: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Azores, Belgium, Bulgaria, China (BJ), Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Libya, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan.)

Cotesia xavieri Rousse, 2013 (Reunion)

Biology

Solitary or gregararious endoparasitoids (koinobiont) of Lepidoptera larvae.

Distribution

Worldwide.

References

Austin, A.D. & Dangerfield, P.C. 1992. Synopsis of Australian Microgasterinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), with a key to genera and a description of new taxa. Invertebrate Taxonomy 6:1-76.

Fernandez-Triana, J & Boudreault, C. 2018. Seventeen new genera of microgastrine parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from tropical areas of the world. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 64: 25-140. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.64.25453

Fernandez-Triana, J & van Achterberg, C. 2017. Order Hymenoptera, family Braconidae Subfamily Microgastrinae from the Arabian Peninsula. Arthropod fauna of the UAE 6: 275–321.

Fernandez-Triana J, Shaw MR, Boudreault C, Beaudin M, Broad GR 2020. Annotated and illustrated world checklist of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). ZooKeys 920: 1-1089. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.920.39128

Fiaboe KMK, Fernández-Triana JL, Nyamu FW, Agbodzavu KM. 2017. Cotesia icipe sp. n., a new Microgastrinae wasp (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) of importance in the biological control of Lepidopteran pests in Africa. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 61: 49-64. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.61.21015

Kaiser L, Fernández-Triana J, Capdevielle-Dulac C, Chantre C, Bodet M, Kaoula F, Benoist R, Calatayud P, Dupas S, Herniou EA, Jeannette R, Obonyo J, Silvain JF, Le Ru B. 2017. Systematics and biology of Cotesia typhae sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), a potential biological control agent against the noctuid Mediterranean corn borer, Sesamia               nonagrioides. ZooKeys 682: 105–136. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.682.13016

Mason, W.R.M.. 1981. The polyphyletic nature of Apanteles Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): A phylogeny and reclassification of Microgastrinae. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. No. 115. 147pp.

Nixon, G.E.J. 1965. A reclassification of the tribe Microgasterini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology series. Supplement 2:1-284.

Risbec, J. 1951. Les Microgasterinae de l'Afrique occidentale francaise. Memoires de l'Institut Francais d'Afrique Noire, 13,411–473.

Rousse, P. & Gupta A. 2013. Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Reunion Island: a catalogue of the local species, including 18 new taxa and a key to species. Zootaxa 3616 (6): 501–547. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3616.6.1

Shenefelt, R.D. 1972. Braconidae 4. Microgasterinae Apanteles. Hymenopterorum Catalogus, Pars 7:429-668.

Shenefelt, R.D. 1973. Braconidae 5. Microgasterinae amd Ichneutinae. Hymenopterum Catalogus, Pars 9:669-812.

van Noort, S., Fernandez-Triana J., Baur, H. 2022. Identity of wasp parasitoids (Hymenoptera) attacking Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera, Pieridae) in South Africa. African Entomology 30: e11738 https://doi.org/10.17159/2254-8854/2022/a11738  

Whitfield, J.B., Mardulyn, P., Austin, A.D. & Dowton, M. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships among microgastrine braconid wasp genera based on data from the 16S, COI and 28S genes and morphology. Systematic Entomology, 27, 337–359. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3113.2002.00183.x

Yu D.S., van Achterberg K., Horstmann K. 2011. World Ichneumonoidea 2011. Taxonomy, biology, morphology and distribution. Available from Vancouver, Canada: Taxapad. www.taxapad.com

Credits

Photographs © Pascal Rousse (Iziko South African Museum) or

Photographs © Jose L Fernandez-Triana (Canadian National Collection of Insects, Ottawa, Canada)

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


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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