A revision of European species of the genus Tetrastichus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) using integrative taxonomy
Author
Hansson, Christer
The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom & Biological Museum (Entomology), Lund University, Lund, Sweden
christerdennis@gmail.com
Author
Schmidt, Stefan
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5751-8706
SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen, Munich, Germany
schmidt.s@snsb.de
text
Biodiversity Data Journal
2020
2020-12-16
8
59177
59177
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e59177
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e59177
1314-2828-8-e59177
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Tetrastichus elanus
sp. n.
Materials
Type status:
Holotype
.
Occurrence:
occurrenceDetails: http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/API_Public/specimen?ids=BC-ZSM-HYM-29814-C07; catalogNumber:
BC-ZSM-HYM-29814-C07
; recordNumber: BC-ZSM-HYM-29814-C07; recordedBy:
C. Hansson
; individualID: BC-ZSM-HYM-29814-C07; individualCount:
1
; sex:
female
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
scientificName: Tetrastichuselanus; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Eulophidae; genus: Tetrastichinae; taxonRemarks: Holotype deposited in MZLU;
Location:
country:
Sweden
; decimalLatitude:
55.7078
; decimalLongitude:
13.475
;
Record Level:
type: PhysicalObject; language: en; institutionCode:
MZLU
; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Description
FEMALE holotype (Fig.
44
). Body length 1.5 mm.
Head
. Width/length (dorsal view) 2.2, width/length (frontal view) 1.2, POL/OOL 1.6, widths head/mesosoma 1.1, mouth width/malar space 1.2, malar space/eye height 0.5.
Antenna
. Scape length/eye height 0.9, pedicel+flagellum length/mesosoma width 1.7, length/width F1, F2, F3 1.6, 1.8, 1.7, clava length/width 3.7, lengths pedicel/F1 0.6, lengths F1/F2 0.9, F1/F3 0.9, lengths F1, F2, F3/clava 0.4, 0.5, 0.5, widths F1/pedicel (dorsal view) 1.7, lengths antennal spicule/C3 0.3.
Mesosoma
. Length/width 1.4, mesoscutal mid-lobe length/width (width measured in anterior part) 0.9, mid-lobe with a median groove in posterior ⅔, with three adnotaular setae on each side, lengths mesoscutum/mesoscutellum (measured medially) 0.7, mesoscutellum length/width 0.8, length/width of enclosed space between submedian grooves 1.9, distance between SMG/distance between SMG and SLG 1.6, lengths dorsellum/propodeum (measured medially) 0.9, propodeum with strong reticulation, propodeal callus with two setae.
Fore wing
. Costal cell length/width 14.7, lengths costal cell/marginal vein 0.9, lengths marginal/stigmal veins 2.5.
Gaster
. Elongate, length/width 2.2, lengths gaster/mesosoma 1.6, Gt7 length/width 0.7, length of longest cercal seta/next longest seta 1.6, longest cercal seta slightly kinked in apical
1/4
, ovipositor sheaths projecting slightly beyond apex of Gt7.
Colour. Head, mesoscutum and propodeum metallic bluish-green, mesoscutellum and gaster golden-green, entire antenna dark brown, tegulae black, wings hyaline with veins yellowish-brown, coxae and femora black with metallic tinges, trochanters dark brown, tibiae yellowish-brown, fore tarsus dark brown, mid and hind tarsi yellowish-white with T4 brown.
MALE. Unknown.
Diagnosis
Antenna with F1 1.6
x
as long and 1.7
x
as wide as pedicel; mesoscutellum with distance between submedian grooves 1.6
x
the distance between submedian and sublateral grooves and with enclosed area between submedian grooves 1.9
x
as long as wide; female gaster elongate-acuminate, 2.2
x
as long as wide, ovipositor sheaths reach beyond apex of Gt7.
Distribution
Sweden.
Ecology
Host
Unknown.
Notes
Holotype deposited in MZLU.