Gómez DuránJosé-Maríavan AchterbergCornelisOviposition behaviour of four ant parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae, Neoneurini and Ichneumonidae, Hybrizontinae), with the description of three new European speciesZookeys268201120111255910610.3897/zookeys.125.1754 Neoneurus auctus http://species-id.net/wiki/Neoneurus_auctus (Thomson, 1895)Figs 44–48Synonyms.

Neoneurus halidaii Marshall, 1897 (examined); Euphorus bistigmaticus Morley, 1909 (synonymised by Shaw (1992)).

Material.

(all RMNH unless otherwise indicated) Austria (Aschbach, 1400 m; Bach, Lechtal, 1200 m), Bulgaria (Rogen; h. Teneran; Batak; Smoljanski esera; h. Erqupria; Jemkovo; m. Nektenica; Gababovo (all Rhodopi)), England (RMS: Midhurst Common, W. Sussex, hovering above and swooping down on Formica rufa L., with short abdominal contact observed; Ascot, Berkshire), Finland (Enontekiö, Lappland; Kangaslampi (RMS); Sb, Savonranta, Muhamäki, in window trap on dead aspen (Museum Helsinki), France (Pèzénar), Germany (Ottmaring, Bayern), Netherlands (Otterlo, with Formica nigricans Emery, 1909 (= Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783); ‘t Harde; Naarden; Oostkapelle, Oranjezon), Norway (Bvardalen, flying over Formica aquilonia Yarrow; Sandfjellet, Bergen, id.; Lom, Lia, Oppland), Scotland (RMS: Morrone Birkwood, Aberdeenshire), Sweden (Romelson, Västerbotten (RMS)), Ukraine (Kanev). Mainly collected in May to early August, one specimen from Bulgaria was collected at the end of August. France and Netherlands are new records.

Notes.

One male from Bulgaria (RMNH: H. Ruen, Rhodopi Mts, 29.vii.1969, A. Germanov) belongs to a related species; it has the fore tarsus 1.5 times as long as fore tibia, the fore tibial spur with rather long setae and straight and the vertex granulate.

Neoneurus auctus (Thomson), female, Netherlands, Oostkapelle. Habitus lateral.

Neoneurus auctus (Thomson), female, Netherlands, Oostkapelle, but 47 male, Norway, Lom. 49–52. Neoneurus clypeatus (Foerster), female, Netherlands, Meijendel, but 50 male of same locality. 45–51 fore femur dorsal 46, 47, 49, 50 fore leg inner side lateral 48, 52 face dorsal. ast anterior subbasal tooth at apical tooth plc posterior longitudinal carina.

ShawSR (1992) Seven new North American species of Neoneurus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae).Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 94 (1): 26-47.