Distribution
provided by Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Que. and Ont., s. to Fla., w. to B. C., s. to Calif.
- bibliographic citation
- Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. 1979. Prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein and Paul D. Hurd, Jr., Smithsonian Institution, and David R. Smith and B. D. Burks, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Insect Identification and Beneficial Insect Introduction Institute. Science and Education Administration, United States Department of Agriculture.
Comprehensive Description
provided by Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Spalangia drosophilae Ashmead
Spalangia drosophilae Ashmead, 1887, p. 199 [female].
This species was described from a single female specimen. The unique type is labeled: “Jacksonville, Fla., Type, Spalangia drosophilae Ashm., Type No. 26039 U.S.N.M.” It is preserved in fair condition. It seems to have been remounted at some time, but it clearly shows the diagnostic characters of this valid species. Body small and flattened, antennal scape short, all funicular segments short, with second segment the shortest; pronotum lacking punctate crossrow near posterior margin; frenal line of scutellum indicated only by a few punctures at each lateral margin; mesopleuron with numerous, closely set, parallel, longitudinal striae; gaster broader than thorax.
- 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
