Notes on the larval morphology of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) species parasitoids of gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) in Europe
Author
Gómez, Jose F.
Author
Nieves-Aldrey, Jose Luis
text
Zootaxa
2012
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39
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journal article
45457
10.5281/zenodo.280035
bdadcf68-8647-455c-997a-efde1b035538
1175-5326
280035
Rivasia fumariae
Askew & Nieves-Aldrey, 2005
Measurements.
Body length: 1.5–1.8 (1.7) mm, maximum width: 0.7–0.9 (0.8) mm (n=4) ex gall
Neaylax versicolor
(Nieves-Aldrey)
.
Description.
Single row of very short setae visible on thoracic segments (
Figs 4
G, 6G); body strongly curved ventrally (
Fig. 5
G).
Head
(anterior view) (
Fig. 6
G). Trapezoid with the vertex strongly incised medially; antennal area bulging and conspicuous.
Mouth parts
(
Fig. 7
G). Ventral margin of clypeus straight; labrum subrectangular, 4.5× wider than long.
Mandibles
(
Fig. 8
E). Tooth relatively short and wide and slightly recurved from its base; angle separating inner side of tooth and base of mandible nearly 90º with outer margin relatively convex.
Biology.
Askew & Nieves-Aldrey (2005)
provided a detailed description of the terminal larva of
R. fumariae
. The species has been recently described and a new genus was created to include it. The species is strictly associated with galls on fruits of
Fumaria
spp
. (
Papaveraceae
) induced by
N. versicolor
(
Fig. 9
G). It is a monophagous primary ectoparasitoid and has so far been recorded in only a few localities in
Spain
(
Askew & Nieves-Aldrey 2005
; Askew
et al
. 2006; Gómez
et al
. 2006).
Material examined.
ex gall
N. versicolor
on
Fumaria
sp.,
Spain
, Almería: San José (n=2); Madrid: Rivas- Vaciamadrid (n=1); Tarragona: Marçá (n=1).