Leptopilina boulardi Barbotin, Carton & Kelner-Pillaut 1979
Creators: name: Guimarães, Jorge A.
name: Gallardo, Fabiana E.
name: Diaz, Norma Beatriz
name: Zucchi, Roberto A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2003
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Figitidae
Leptopilina
Leptopilina boulardi

description: Leptopilina boulardi (Barbotin, Carton & Kelner­Pillaut, 1979)
(Figs. 56–63)
Cothonaspis (Cothonaspis) boulardi Barbotin, Carton & Kelner­Pillaut,1979: 20 Leptopilina boulardi; Nordlander 1980: 432
Charips mahensis; Nordlander 1980: 432
Diagnosis. Body stout. Head (Fig. 56) with lateral margin of occiput not well defined. Eyes without pubescence. Antennae of female (Fig. 57) pilose, cilindrical, widened towards apex, club 6­segmented, conspicuous. Antennae of male (Fig. 58) with the first flagellomere shorter than second; the second more or less elongated and curved, distal half more or less swollen. Dorsal margin of pronotal plate (Fig. 59) rather low; sides of pronotum smooth. Mesoscutum (Figs. 60 and 61) slightly convex in profile, smooth. Dorsal part of scutellum (Fig. 61) with ridges running from the margin laterally and posteriorly towards the plate and forwards; dorsoposterior part in dorsal view rounded. Scutellar plate (Figs. 60 and 61) long and narrow, convex, weakly elevated, with a circular pit close to the posterior margin of the plate. Mesopleuron (Fig. 60) without subalar pit. Metapleuron (Fig. 60) slightly sculptured. Forewings (Fig. 62) hyaline, pubescent, apical margin with hair fringe; marginal cell anteriorly closed; veins pale. Metacoxa (Fig. 63) with only a few hairs along the posterior margin. Third abdominal tergum of metasoma (Fig. 60) with very thin hairy ring at base; metasoma distally smooth.
Geographical distribution. Cosmopolitan. In Brazil it is distributed throughout the States of São Paulo (Nordlander 1980), Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro (new records).
Hosts. Drosophilidae: Drosophila melanogaster (in Nordlander 1980). This species was collected from dipterous puparia in rotten fruits fallen on the ground.
Material collected. BRAZIL: Amapá: Oiapoque, III.2000, (1 male); II. 2000, (1 male). (ESALQ). Bahia: Conceição de Almeida, 13. VI.2000, (20 males, 26 females), coll. R.S. Carvalho. (ESALQ). Rio Grande do Norte: Assú, 01.III.2000, (1 male); Mossoró, 23.IV.2001, (8 females); Mossoró, 31.V.2000, (189 males; 299 females); Assú, 30.V.2000, (2 males); Assú, 17.II.2000, (2 females); Assú, 17.III.2000, (1 female), coll. E.L. Araujo. (ESALQ). Minas Gerais: Araguari, 23.XII.2000, (20 males, 58 females); Grupiara, 28.XII.2000, (12 males; 5 females); Araguari, 22.XII.2000, (18 males; 20 females), coll. J.A. Guimarães. Divinópolis, 11.II.2002, (1 male, 10 females), coll. C.H. Marchiori. (ESALQ). São Paulo: Nazaré Paulista, 11.VII.1996, (1 male, 2 females); Sorocaba, 05.XII.1996, (2 males, 2 females); Campinas, 08.I.1997, (20 males, 22 females); Piracicaba, 05.I.1997, (10 males, 13 females); Patrocínio Paulista, 23.I.1997, (62 males, 61 females); Campinas, 19.XI.1997, (1 male, 3 females); São Bento do Sapucaí, 31.I.1996, (10 males, 29 females); Nazaré Paulista, 11.VII.1996 (102 males, 112 females); São Bento do Sapucaí, 31.I.1996, (22 males, 50 females); Tarabaí, 15.II.1996, (2 males, 9 females); Conchal, 19.II.1998, (22 males, 43 females); Florínea, 17.II.1998, (3 females); Patrocínio Paulista, 23.I.1997, (1 male); Campinas, 07.II.1996, (17 males, 49 females); Florínea, 05.II.1998, (27 males, 20 females); São Bento do Sapucaí, (3 males); Pedreira, 17.I.1997, (1 female); Atibaia, 07.I.1998, (10 males, 9 females); Nazaré Paulista, 07.IV.1998, (4 females); Itu, 01.IV.1998, (3 females); Limeira, 03.IV.1998, (1 male); Conchal, 20.III.1998, (29 males); Jundiaí, 01.IV.1998, (2 males, 1 female); Mogi das Cruzes, (2 males); São José do Rio Preto, 28.V.1997, (1 male); Piracicaba, 28.IV.1998, (2 females); Limeira, 20.IV.1998, (10 males, 3 females); Taquaritinga, 22.VIII.1998, (20 males, 58 females); Pindorama, 13.I.1995, (2 males); Anhumas, 31.I.1997, (1 female); Campinas, 14.XI.1997, (1 female); Guará, 16.I.1997, (1 male); Pindorama, 14.II.1993, (3 males); Neves Paulista, 12.I.1995, (1 female); Campinas, 21.X.1994, (2 females); Campinas, 05.V.2000, (9 females); Valinhos, 03.I.2000, (6 females); Juquiá, 14.I.2000, (2 males, 1 female); Ubatuba, 02.II.2000, (12 females); São Bento do Sapucaí, 03.II.2000, (2 males, 1 female); Monte Alegre do Sul, 24.V.2000, (2 females); Conchal, 03.II.2000, (1 male, 2 females); Monte Alegre do Sul, 24.III.2000, (1 male); Campinas, 28.I.2000, (3 females), Assis, 17.XII.1999, (2 males); Jundiaí, (01.IV.1998), (1 female); Campinas, 28.I.2000, (15 females); Ibiúna, 20.III.1994, (5 females), coll. M.F. Souza Filho. (ESALQ). Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro, VII.1998, (1 male, 10 females), coll. E.L. Aguiar­Menezes. (ESALQ). Espírito Santo: Vitória, X.1998, (1 female), coll. K. Uramoto. (ESALQ). Santa Catarina: São Carlos, 17.III.1999, (14 males, 16 females); Cunha Porá, 17.V.1999, (1 male) coll. F. Garcia. (ESALQ).
Remarks. Leptopilina Förster, 1869 is a cosmopolitan genus, which includes about 10 species (Nordlander 1980). L. bourladi is the only species of this genus recorded in Brazil.
description: Published as part of Guimarães, Jorge A., Gallardo, Fabiana E., Diaz, Norma Beatriz & Zucchi, Roberto A., 2003, Eucoilinae species (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) parasitoids of fruit­infesting dipterous larvae in Brazil: identity, geographical distribution and host associations, pp. 1-23 in Zootaxa 278 on pages 17-19, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156603