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612CAB63C9BA5D4FA944F1E8E5B7FE57.text	612CAB63C9BA5D4FA944F1E8E5B7FE57.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Aleiodes pseudoseriatus van Achterberg & Shaw & Fernandez-Triana & Quicke 2024	<div><p>Aleiodes pseudoseriatus van Achterberg &amp; Shaw sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 3–4, 5–17, 18–19, 20</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype, ♀ (NMS), “ Italy, Veneto, Vittoria Veneto (VT), <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=12.274&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=46.017" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 12.274/lat 46.017)">Frazione di fais</a>, 46.017 N 12.274 E (WGS 48), 450 m, 18. vii. 2016, [at] UV light, D. Dal Pos ”, “ MRS Aleiodes DNA 1064 ”, “ DNA COI worked ” . Paratypes: 1 ♂ (BZL), Austria: Bad Ischl, OÖ [= Oberösterreich], Höherstein, 820 m, lux SW-wand, Forststrasse, N. 47.686 ° E 13.689 °, 3. vii. 2010, N. Pöll ”; 1 ♂ (MSC), A [ustria]: Oberösterreich, 13 km SSW Reichraming, Krahlalm, 47 ° 46 ' N, 14 ° 23 ' E 22. vi. 2011, 680– 850 m, M. Schwarz ”; 1 ♂ (BZL) “ A-OÖ [= Austria: Oberösterreich], Linz-Urfahr, Pragerstrasse, N 48.19. 16 E 14.17. 36 18–19. vii. 2013, Trefenthaler ”; 1 ♂ (BZL), id., but “ KGA Riesenhof, Parz 60 E 14.16. 15 N 48.19. 06, 5–8. ix. 2013 ”; 1 ♂ (RMNH), “ Belgium: Liège, Mt. Rigi, 650 m, 1–2. viii. 1986, at light, C. Bank, RMNH ”; 2 ♂ (RMNH), id., but 2. viii. 1986, C. v. Achterberg; 1 ♀ (NMS), “ Bulgaria: W Stara Planina Mts, confluence of Penkova and Berkovska rivers, 558 m, N 43.2233 E 023.07596, 10. ix. 2021, S. Beshkov &amp; A. Nahirnić-Beshkova ”; 1 ♂ (BZL), “ CZ [= Czech Republic]: Bohemia, C. Budéjovice, D. Voda, N 48 ° 58 ’ E 14 ° 32 ’ 470 m, M. Halada 10. vii. 2001 ”; 1 ♀ (NMS), “ [England:], Cumbria, Howe, Whitbarrow, [at] MV light, 24. viii. [19] 95, M. R. Shaw ”; 1 ♂ (NMS), “ Cum [bria], Roudsea Wood, at light, 15. vii. [20] 06, M. R. Shaw ”, “ MRS Aleiodes DNA 455 ”, “ DNA CO 1 worked ”; 1 ♂ (NMS), id., but “ MRS Aleiodes DNA 616 ”, “ DNA CO 1 worked ”; 1 ♂ (NHMUK), “ England: E. Kent, West Wood, TR 1426143868, MV light, 29. viii. 2011 ”, “ MRS Aleiodes DNA 819 ”, “ DNA CO 1 worked ”; 1 ♀ (NHMUK), “ England, Cornwall, Ding Dong, Tredinnick Stack, SW 444348 MV light trap, J. Herbert, BMNH (E) 2012-41 ”; 1 ♂ (NHMUK), “ [England]: Hen Wood, SU 6522 Hants VC 11, 23. vii. 2013 MV ”; 1 ♀ (NMS), “ Estonia: Piargu, Raplamaa Farmland, [N] 59.122167, [E] 24.831745, 9. ix. 2019 MV light, Kaido Kärner ”, “ MRS Aleiodes DNA 1103 ”, “ DNA CO 1 worked ”; 1 ♂ (NMS), id., but “ MRS Aleiodes DNA 1104 ”, “ DNA CO 1 worked ”; 1 ♀ (NMS), “ France: Côte d’Or, Abbaye de la Bussière, La Bussière-sur-Ouche, at light, 19. vii. 2003, M. R. Shaw ”, “ MRS Aleiodes DNA 262 ”, “ DNA COI worked ”; 1 ♀ (NMS), id., but “ MRS Aleiodes DNA 254 ”, “ DNA CO 1 worked ”; 1 ♀ (NMS), id., but “ MRS Aleiodes DNA 252 ”, “ DNA CO 1 worked ”; 1 ♂ (RMNH), “ France: Finistère, Forêt du Cranou, 7 km E [of] le Faou, on Taxus, 27. vi. 1988, M. J. Gijswijt ”; 1 ♀ (RMNH), “ France: Doubs, RN Lac de Remoray, 16. viii. 2009, Mal. tr [ap] 3, 948242 / 6634536, H. Gens, RMNH ’ 23 ”; 1 ♀ (NMS), “ Finland: Oulu, Ketolanoja, Muhos, Mal. tr. 5–19. viii. [20] 05, N. Laurenne ”; 1 ♀ (NMS), “ Germany: Bayerswald, 2001, M. Kuhlmann ”, “ MRS Aleiodes DNA 222 ”, “ DNA CO 1 worked ”; 1 ♂ (RMNH), “ Germany: Thüringen, NP Hainich, nr Eisenach, [reared] from Fagus sylvatica stems, 12. vi- 3. vii. 2008, M. Gossner, RMNH ’ 08 ”; 1 ♀ (ZSM), “ [Germany]: Ober Bayern, Garmisch, 12–1300 m, 10. viii. 1936, E. Bauer ”; 2 ♀ (ZSM), “ [Germany]: Ebenhausen, Isart, viii. [19] 40, K. V. Rosen ”; 7 ♂ (MTMA), “ Hungary, Nógrád m., Bátonyterenye (Kistererenye), Csente, Kertvárosi kert ”, “ 48.0074992 ° / 19.8180737 ° [= 20. viii – 9. ix. 2016], P. G. Sulyán, lámpázás (6) ”; 1 ♂ (MTMA), id., but “ [= 24. ix – 30. ix. 2016] ... lámpázás (8) ”; 1 ♂ (MTMA), id., but [= 15. x. 2016] ... lámpázás (9) ”; 1 ♀ (NMS), “ [Ireland]: Wexford, 5. vii. [19] 02, J. J. F. X. King ”; 1 ♀ (NHMUK), “ [Ireland]: Kilkea Deerpark, Co, W [e] x [ford], 4. vi. 1937, A. W. Stelfox ”; 3 ♀ + 2 ♂ (NMS), “ Italy: Veneto, Riserva Naturale Integrale Bosco Nordio, Chioggia, 45.122 N 12.260 E, 28. vii. 2016, D. Dal Pos ”; 2 ♂ (NMS), id., but “ 3. vi. 2016 ”; 1 ♂ (NMS), “ Netherlands: Noord Holland duinreservaat, Egmond aan Zee, MV 8. vii. 2016, M. R. Shaw ”, “ MRS Aleiodes DNA 838 ”, “ DNA CO 1 worked ”; 1 ♂ (NMS), id., but “ MRS Aleiodes DNA 839 ”, “ DNA CO 1 worked ”; 1 ♂ (NMS), id., but “ MRS Aleiodes DNA 840 ”, “ DNA CO 1 worked ”; 2 ♂ (NMS), id., but no DNA labels 1 ♂ + 1 ♀ (RMNH), “ Netherlands: Gld, Tongeren, 3. ix. 1991, B. v. Aartsen ”; 1 ♀ (RMNH), id., but 9. vii. 1989, C. J. Zwakhals; 1 ♀ (RMNH), “ Netherlands: LI, Brunssum-Treebeek, c. 100 m, 50 ° 56 ' 17 " N, 5 ° 56 ' 58 " E, garden, at light, 25–31. vii. 2018, G. Lommen, RMNH ”; 1 ♂ (RMNH), id., but 3–10. vi. 2018; 1 ♀ (RMNH), “ [Netherlands: UT,] 3 bergen [= Driebergen], Six [c. 1860] ”; 1 ♀ (RMNH), “ [? Netherlands, Hilvarenbeek], H. B., 3. vii ”; 1 ♂ (RMNH), “ Nederland: Gld, ‘ t Harde, 16. viii. 1993, B. v. Aartsen ”; 1 ♀ (RMNH), “ Netherlands [: FR], Fochtelo, 4. ix. 2001, B. v. Aartsen; 1 ♀ (RMNH), “ Netherlands: DR, Borger, Boswachterij Borger, UTM LD, 495693, SBB-vak 26, 25–28. vii. 1993, Mal. tr [ap], L. Witmond ”; 1 ♀ (RMNH), “ Netherlands: NB, Tilburg, Kaaistoep, at light, 18. vii. 2017, 128.8–394.6, T. Peeters, RMNH ’ 18 ”; 1 ♀ (RMNH), “ [Netherlands:] Gld, Epe, de Dellen, 19. vii. 1994, B. v. Aartsen ”; 1 ♂ (RMNH), “ [Netherlands:] OV, Hasselt, Stadsgaten, 24. vii. 1994, B. v. Aartsen ”; 3 ♀ (RMNH), “ Netherlands: NB, Achtmaal, O. Bluisse Heide, MT, R. D. 97–386, 5. viii. 2015, E. Brosens ”; 1 ♂ (RMNH), id., but 15. viii. 2015; 1 ♀ (NMS), “ Norway: RY Hølland, 58.52445 N 5.83518 E, 17. vii – 2. vii. 2020 Mal. tr. A. T. Mjøs ”; 1 ♂ (NMS), “ Serbia: Kasan, N of Prepollent, 1256 m, 43 ° 19 ' 35 " N, 19 ° 96 ' 44 " E, 3. vii. 2019, C. W. Plant ”, “ MRS Aleiodes DNA 1057 ”, “ DNA COI worked ”; 1 ♀ (NMS), “ Serbia: Tzaribrod (Dimitrovgrad) distr., Vištni Kamen above Bačevo Village, 763 m, N 43.0271, E 022.8239 11. viii. 2021, S. Beshkov &amp; A. Nahirnić-Beshkova ”, “ MRS Aleiodes DNA 1129 ”, “ DNA CO 1 worked ”; 1 ♀ + 3 ♂ (NMS), “ Serbia: Suva Planina, Preslap, 1186 m, N 43.19473 E 022.24400, 30. vi. 2021, S. Beshkov &amp; A. Nahirnić-Beshkova ”; 1 ♀ (NHMUK), “ Yugoslavia, Slovenia, Postojne, 24. vii, R. L. Coe ”; 1 ♀ (RMNH), “ Espana [= Spain:] Huesca, Torla, 1035 m, 8–26. vii. 1974, J. Wolschrijn ”; 1 ♀ (NMS), “ Sweden: Bohuslän, Tossene, Åby, MV, 9. vii – 13. viii. 2013, N. Ryrholm ”, “ MRS Aleiodes DNA 864 ”, “ DNA CO 1 worked ”; 1 ♂ (NMS), id., but “ 14. viii – 21. xi. 2013 ” and no DNA labels; 1 ♂ (NMS), “ Sweden: Bohuslän, Tossene, Stora Hultet MV, 8. viii – 21. xi. 2013 N. Ryrholm, “ MRS Aleiodes DNA 867 ”, “ DNA CO 1 worked ”; 1 ♂ (NMS), id., but “ MRS Aleiodes DNA 868 ”, “ DNA CO 1 worked ”; 1 ♂ (NMS), id, but “ 28. v – 5. viii. 2013 ” and no DNA labels; 1 ♂ (NMS), “ Sweden: Gästrikland, Staffen, Grinduga, MV, 23. vii – 9. 9. 2013 N. Ryrholm ”, “ MRS Aleiodes DNA 870 ”, “ DNA CO 1 worked ”; 1 ♂ (NMS), “ Sweden: Ha [lland], Ysby Perstorp, 1–8. viii. 2004, N. Ryrholm, NMS Z 2004.167 ”, “ MRS Aleiodes DNA 385 ”, “ DNA CO 1 worked ”; 2 ♂ (NMS), id., but no DNA labels; 1 ♂ (NMS), “ Sweden: Skåne, Ö Hoby, Spraggehusen, MV, 1. ix – 30. x. 2013 N. Ryrholm ”, “ MRS Aleiodes DNA 854 ”, “ DNA CO 1 worked ”; 2 ♂ (NMS), id., but no DNA labels: 1 ♂ (NMS), “ Sweden: Skåne, Spraggehusen, MV, 20. v – 16. vii. 2017 N. Ryrholm / C. Källender ”, “ MRS Aleiodes DNA 983 ”, “ DNA CO 1 worked ”; 2 ♀ + 4 ♂ (NMS), “ Sweden: Skåne, Käseberga, Käseberga, 17. vii – 14. ix. 2013, N. Ryrholm ”; 1 ♀ (NHMUK), “ Sweden: Sk [åne], Degaberga, 8. vii. 1938, D. M. S. P [erkins] &amp; J. F. P [erkins], B. M. 1938-414 ”; 1 ♀ + 1 ♂ (NHMUK), id., but “ 10. vii. 1038 ”; 1 ♀ (NHMUK), id., but “ 14. vii. 1938 ”; 3 ♀ (NHMUK), “ Sweden: Skåne, Löderup, 27. vii. 1938, D. M. S. P [erkins] &amp; J. F. P [erkins], B. M. 1938-414 ” 1 ♀ (NMS), Switzerland: BE, Lenk, Brandegg, 1540 m, 29. vi – 3. vii. 2019, M. R. Shaw ”, “ MRS Aleiodes DNA 1033 ”, “ DNA CO 1 worked ”; 1 ♀ (NMS), id., but “ MRS Aleiodes DNA 1034 ”, “ DNA CO 1 worked ”; 1 ♀ (NHMUK), “ Switzerland: Grindelwald, viii. 1937, G. Nixon ”; 1 ♀ (RMNH), “ CH [= Switzerland]: Lauerz, SZ, Schuttwald, 480 m, 8. viii. 1990, Lf, L. Rezbanyai-Reser ”; 1 ♂ (RMNH), id., but 26. vi. 1990; 1 ♂ (RMNH), id., but 11. ix. 1991; 1 ♂ (RMNH), id., but Sägel (Ried), 455 m, 24. vii. 1990. Most unassociated males are considered too doubtfully determined to be treated as paratypes.</p><p>Molecular data.</p><p>We have DNA barcoded material from England, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Serbia, Sweden and Switzerland (see Fig. 1).</p><p>Biology.</p><p>The record (Fahringer 1934) of A. “ vittiger ” from Atolmis (as Gnophria) rubricollis (Linnaeus) ( Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini) is presumed to relate to this species, but we have not seen a reared specimen ourselves except for one partially formed adult extracted from a mummy of this host from Austria that is, unfortunately, not in good enough condition to be determined unequivocally as A. pseudoseriatus . However, we have barcoded the dead parasitoid prepupa (MRS 935) from a failed mummy of this moth from the Netherlands and it clusters in the tree unequivocally with A. pseudoseriatus . Also, at a site in S. Cumbria, England where A. pseudoseriatus is the only one of the two relevant Aleiodes we have found (and barcoded), we have on several occasions obtained mummies of A. rubricollis that must undoubtedly have harboured A. pseudoseriatus, though unfortunately, none survived to produce adults of the parasitoid. The host is increasingly widely distributed and abundant in Europe, and its larva feeds on algae on (often dead) twigs of trees, perhaps with a special liking for conifers, from about July into October. It overwinters as a pupa (unlike Eilema griseola), so in this case the parasitoid overwinters in the host mummy and has proved to be difficult to rear. To judge from their behaviour in captivity, parasitised Atolmis rubricollis larvae probably descend from trees to mummify in the litter rather than the mummy forming on twigs. Aleiodes pseudoseriatus is univoltine with a flight time from the very end of June to September.</p><p>A female paratype (not barcoded but confidently determined and from the area in England (S. Cumbria) where only A. pseudoseriatus has been found (and barcoded)), was offered cultured larvae of the lithosiin arctiine Eilema griseola (Hübner) at various stages of growth in viii. 1995, by day and at dusk when she was more active, but apart from very brief antennation on a minority of occasions she showed no interest in them.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Subbasal cell of fore wing with small glabrous patch apically (a in Fig. 20); pterostigma variable, often with less-developed pale yellowish patch or entirely brown antero-basally (Figs 3, 5); hind femur of ♀ usually 4.7–5.5 × longer than wide; pterostigma usually dark brown or brown antero-basally, rarely yellowish (Figs 5, 18, 19); if ♀ hind femur partly dark brown, then usually paler ventrally than laterally; fourth antennal segment dark brown (Figs 3, 15), if brown then darker than scapus ventrally (Fig. 18); vein 1 - M of fore wing of ♂ and surrounding area often darker than in A. seriatus . On average with about 3 more antennal segments than A. seriatus in both sexes. We have also seen the holotype of Rogas kuslitzkyi Tobias, 1976, from Azerbaijan and believe it can be ruled out to belong to A. pseudoseriatus (see also notes on barcoded specimens from Primorsky Krai below).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Holotype, ♀, length of fore wing 5.2 mm, of body 5.9 mm.</p><p>Head. Antenna incomplete, but according to label originally with 47 segments, length of antenna in ♀ paratype from England 1.3 × fore wing and its subapical segments medium-sized (Fig. 17); frons granulate and distinctly depressed laterally; OOL 1.5 × diameter of posterior ocellus, granulate and matt; depression near posterior ocellus granulate; vertex largely granulate-coriaceous, rather dull; clypeus coriaceous; ventral margin of clypeus depressed (Fig. 12); face granulate but dorsally rugulose; width of hypoclypeal depression 0.4 × minimum width of face (Fig. 12); length of eye 3.6 × temple in dorsal view (Fig. 13); vertex behind stemmaticum rugulose-granulate; clypeus largely above lower level of eyes; length of malar space 0.3 × length of eye in lateral view.</p><p>Mesosoma. Mesoscutal lobes finely granulate-coriaceous, matt; precoxal area of mesopleuron rugulose but posteriorly absent, and area above it finely granulate; metapleuron densely granulate and ventrally rugose; metanotum with short median carina anteriorly and distinct depression posteriorly; scutellum finely granulate; propodeum rather long and flat, granulate anteriorly and densely rugose posteriorly, medio-longitudinal carina complete, and without protruding carinae laterally.</p><p>Wings. Fore wing: r 0.4 × 3 - SR (Fig. 5); 1 - CU 1 horizontal, 0.7 × 2 - CU 1; r-m 0.3 × 3 - SR; second submarginal cell medium-sized (Fig. 5); cu-a inclivous, straight; 1 - M straight posteriorly; 1 - SR as wide as 1 - M; surroundings of M + CU 1, 1 - M and 1 - CU 1 setose, but subbasal cell with small glabrous patch apically (a in Fig. 20). Hind wing: marginal cell parallel-sided, its apical width 1.1 × width at level of hamuli (Fig. 5); 2 - SC + R as long as wide; short m-cu present anteriorly; vein 2-1 A absent (Fig. 5); M + CU: 1 - M: 1 r-m = 30: 18: 18.</p><p>Legs. Tarsal claws rather robust, bristly setose and very finely yellowish pectinate; hind coxa rather shiny and only very superficially micro-sculptured, dorsally granulate; hind trochantellus rather slender (Fig. 11); length of hind femur and basitarsus 5.1 and 8.3 × their width, respectively; length of inner hind spur 0.2 × hind basitarsus; apex of hind tibia with distinct comb at inner side (Fig. 10).</p><p>Metasoma. First tergite distinctly convex medially, as long as wide apically; first and second tergites with medio-longitudinal carina, weakly indicated on third tergite; first tergite densely longitudinally rugose; second and third tergites more or less obliquely rugulose (Fig. 8); medio-basal area of second tergite triangular and minute (Fig. 8); second suture deep and distinctly crenulate; remainder of metasoma superficially micro-sculptured or smooth; fourth and apical half of third tergite without sharp lateral crease; ovipositor sheath widened, with medium-sized slanted setae and apically subtruncate (Fig. 10).</p><p>Colour. Dark brown; palpi, legs (but base of hind tibia dark brown), mandible (except dark brown teeth), malar space, clypeus and tegulae pale yellowish; orbita, propleuron, side of pronotum, mesosternum anteriorly, scutellum largely, first tergite medio-apically, second tergite medially (area widened posteriorly) and third tergite antero-medially yellowish brown; antenna, veins and pterostigma (but slightly paler basally than medially) mainly dark brown; third-sixth tergites posteriorly and laterally ivory (Figs 3, 8); wing membrane subhyaline, but surroundings of veins 1 - M, 1 - SR, 1 - CU 1 and r of fore wing more or less infuscate (Figs 5, 18).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>(from type material involved in this study): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, France, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The species is named “ pseudoseriatus ”, because of its similarity to A. seriatus .</p><p>Variation.</p><p>Pterostigma colour is rather variable, often with indistinct pale yellowish patch or entirely brown antero-basally, but sometimes with distinct yellowish basal patch; hind femur of ♀ usually 4.7–5.5 times longer than wide; ♀ with 46 (1), 47 (3), 48 (8), 49 (15), 50 (13), 51 (1) antennal segments and ♂ with 48 (1), 50 (2), 51 (5), 52 (14), 53 (14), 54 (11), 55 (5), 56 (4), 58 (1) antennal segments; fourth antennal segment dark brown (Fig. 15), if brown then darker than scapus ventrally, rarely both are yellow; hind femur entirely yellowish brown or with faint brown small patch to large dark brownish part; metasoma with typical black pattern. Specimens with almost unmarked metasoma seem to occur very rarely or possibly not at all. Males have, on average, about three or four more antennal segments than females.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/612CAB63C9BA5D4FA944F1E8E5B7FE57	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	van Achterberg, Cornelis;Shaw, Mark R.;Fernandez-Triana, Jose;Quicke, Donald L. J.	van Achterberg, Cornelis, Shaw, Mark R., Fernandez-Triana, Jose, Quicke, Donald L. J. (2024): Resolution of the Aleiodes seriatus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838) - aggregate in the western Palaearctic (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rogadinae), with description of a new species. ZooKeys 1208: 241-258, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1208.127135
CAED36F680F653E3A1465D2739AFB5E0.text	CAED36F680F653E3A1465D2739AFB5E0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Aleiodes seriatus (Herrich-Schaffer 1838)	<div><p>Aleiodes seriatus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838)</p><p>Figs 21–25, 26, 27, 28–29 (see also figs 328–340 in van Achterberg and Shaw (2016))</p><p>Rogas seriatus Herrich-Schäffer, 1838: 156–12, fig. [type series lost].</p><p>Aleiodes seriatus; Papp 1991: 107; Belokobylskij et al. 2003: 399.</p><p>Aleiodes vittiger Wesmael, 1838: 112; Shenefelt 1975: 1185; Papp 1991: 107; Belokobylskij et al. 2003: 399 (as synonym of A. seriatus) [examined].</p><p>Rogas kuslitzkyi Tobias, 1976: 88, 223–224; 1986: 83 (1995 transl.: 137).</p><p>Aleiodes kuslitzkyi; Belokobylskij et al. 2003: 399 (as synonym of A. seriatus).</p><p>Type material.</p><p>The type series of Aleiodes seriatus (Herrich-Schäffer) is lost; as are the types of other Braconidae described by Herrich-Schäffer (Horn and Kahle 1935–1937; CvA could not find any specimen in the Zoological Museum in Berlin). The original description is rudimentary, and the figure shows only the colour pattern (which is highly variable) and there is a cryptic species in Europe. Considering the description (distinct yellowish base of the pterostigma), origin of the type series (assumed to be collected in the surroundings of Regensburg, Bavaria (his residence)) and its similarity with the lectotype of A. vittiger, this lectotype (♀, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, “ A. vittiger, ♀, mihi, 13 ” (in Wesmael’s handwriting), “ A. vittiger mihi, dét. C. Wesmael ”, “ Coll. Wesmael ”, “ Belgique, Bruxelles ”, “ Lectotypus ♀ Aleiodes vittiger Wesm., 1838, Papp, 1983 ”) is herewith designated as the neotype of A. seriatus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838) to stabilize the taxonomy of the nominal species A. seriatus and A. vittiger .</p><p>Molecular data.</p><p>We have barcoded specimens from Albania (Gjurokaster), Bulgaria (Godech), England (Cambridgeshire), France (Ardèche, Corsica, Côte-d’Or, Dordogne, Var), Greece (Meteora), Italy (Veneto), Lithuania (Cepheliai), North Macedonia (Vardar), Serbia (Dukat, Suva Planina) and Spain (Mallorca: S’Albufera) (see Figs 1, 2).</p><p>Additional material.</p><p>Austria, Czech Republic, Netherlands (DR: Borger, Wijster, LI: St. Pietersberg, NB: Tilburg (Kaaistoep), Oisterwijk), Germany, Hungary, Montenegro, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Turkey.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Subbasal cell of fore wing setose apically (aa in Fig. 21; in ca 80 % of ♀ specimens, 50 % of ♂); pterostigma often distinctly pale yellowish antero-basally (Figs 22, 28, 29); hind femur of ♀ 5.3–6.0 times longer than wide (in ♂ up to 7.2 times); if (♀) hind femur partly dark brown laterally then also so ventrally; fourth antennal segment brown or yellowish brown ventrally, similar to scapus (Fig. 28); vein 1 - M of fore wing of ♂ and surrounding area often less darkened than in A. pseudoseriatus .</p><p>Variation.</p><p>Antenna of ♀ with 44 (2), 45 (10), 46 (16), 47 (20), 48 (16), 49 (5), 50 (2), 51 (1) antennal segments and of ♂ 46 (2), 47 (5), 48 (8), 49 (19), 50 (16), 51 (10), 52 (4), 53 (6), 54 (2), 55 (4) segments. Males have, on average, about three or four more antennal segments than females.</p><p>Biology.</p><p>The only reared specimen seen is a male, accompanied by the host mummy, labelled as from Lithosia griseola (= Eilema griseola (Hübner), Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini) with the date 23 / 6. [19] 33 from Hatert (Netherlands), in the E. Bauer collection (ZSM). The mummy is compatible, but it is unclear whether the date recorded is of collection or emergence, though probably the latter – but the rearing might nevertheless have been artificially advanced indoors. The host overwinters as a small larva, and presumably the parasitoid does so as an early instar larva inside the living host. It is notable that this increasingly widespread moth is found especially in wet woodland, fen carr, etc., and we have seen a long series of A. seriatus trapped in such places: Chippenham Fen, England (in NMS), and Černiš wetland, near České Budéjovice, Czech Republic (in IECB). We have also seen a female specimen (in E. Bauer collection, ZSM) reared in 1927 in the Netherlands labelled as coming from Malacosoma neustria (= Malacosoma neustria Linnaeus, Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) but there is no mummy present and we discount this as a credible record, not least on the grounds that this moth has a conspicuous and commonly reared caterpillar from which there are no further recorded rearings of A. seriatus (which, at least as an aggregate, is a distinctive entity likely to have been recorded). While capture dates mostly suggest a flight period of June to August into September, we have seen five specimens (including four males) collected in October – as well as a further eight males taken in September. These late males rather strongly suggest that there may be a (perhaps only partial) second generation, raising the possibility that a succession of Eilema species, with differing phenology, might constitute the host repertoire overall.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>(from material involved in this study): Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, England, France (including Corsica), Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Spain (Mallorca), Sweden and Turkey.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CAED36F680F653E3A1465D2739AFB5E0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	van Achterberg, Cornelis;Shaw, Mark R.;Fernandez-Triana, Jose;Quicke, Donald L. J.	van Achterberg, Cornelis, Shaw, Mark R., Fernandez-Triana, Jose, Quicke, Donald L. J. (2024): Resolution of the Aleiodes seriatus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838) - aggregate in the western Palaearctic (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rogadinae), with description of a new species. ZooKeys 1208: 241-258, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1208.127135
