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 pixius
sp. n.
Materials
Type status:
Holotype
.
Occurrence:
occurrenceDetails: http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/API_Public/specimen?ids=BC-ZSM-HYM-26563-A02; catalogNumber:
BC-ZSM-HYM-26563-A02
; recordNumber: BC-ZSM-HYM-26563-A02; recordedBy:
C. Hansson
; individualID: BC-ZSM-HYM-26563-A02; individualCount:
1
; sex:
female
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
scientificName: Tetrastichuspixius; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Eulophidae; genus: Tetrastichinae; taxonRemarks: Holotype deposited in MZLU;
Location:
country:
Sweden
; decimalLatitude:
55.6619
; decimalLongitude:
13.5472
;
Record Level:
type: PhysicalObject; language: en; institutionCode:
MZLU
; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status:
Paratype
.
Occurrence:
occurrenceDetails: http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/API_Public/specimen?ids=BC-ZSM-HYM-26563-A04; catalogNumber:
BC-ZSM-HYM-26563-A04
; recordNumber: BC-ZSM-HYM-26563-A04; recordedBy:
C. Hansson
; individualID: BC-ZSM-HYM-26563-A04; individualCount:
1
; sex:
female
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
scientificName: Tetrastichuspixius; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Eulophidae; genus: Tetrastichinae;
Location:
country:
Sweden
; decimalLatitude:
55.6619
; decimalLongitude:
13.5472
;
Record Level:
type: PhysicalObject; language: en; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status:
Paratype
.
Occurrence:
occurrenceDetails: http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/API_Public/specimen?ids=BC-ZSM-HYM-26563-A03; catalogNumber:
BC-ZSM-HYM-26563-A03
; recordNumber: BC-ZSM-HYM-26563-A03; recordedBy:
C. Hansson
; individualID: BC-ZSM-HYM-26563-A03; individualCount:
1
; sex:
female
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
scientificName: Tetrastichuspixius; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Eulophidae; genus: Tetrastichinae;
Location:
country:
Sweden
; decimalLatitude:
55.6619
; decimalLongitude:
13.5472
;
Record Level:
type: PhysicalObject; language: en; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status:
Paratype
.
Occurrence:
occurrenceDetails: http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/API_Public/specimen?ids=BC-ZSM-HYM-21587-C11; catalogNumber:
BC-ZSM-HYM-21587-C11
; recordNumber: BC-ZSM-HYM-21587-C11; recordedBy:
C.Hansson
; individualID: BC-ZSM-HYM-21587-C11; individualCount:
1
; sex:
female
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
scientificName: Tetrastichuspixius; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Eulophidae; genus: Tetrastichinae;
Location:
country:
Sweden
; decimalLatitude:
55.84
; decimalLongitude:
13.58
;
Record Level:
type: PhysicalObject; language: en; institutionCode:
MZLU
; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status:
Paratype
.
Occurrence:
occurrenceDetails: http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/API_Public/specimen?ids=BC-ZSM-HYM-22523-D06; catalogNumber:
BC-ZSM-HYM-22523-D06
; recordNumber: BC-ZSM-HYM-22523-D06; recordedBy:
Swedish Malaise Trap Project
; individualID: BC-ZSM-HYM-22523-D06; individualCount:
1
; sex:
female
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
scientificName: Tetrastichuspixius; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Eulophidae; genus: Tetrastichinae;
Location:
country:
Sweden
; decimalLatitude:
56.9216
; decimalLongitude:
16.1012
;
Record Level:
type: PhysicalObject; language: en; institutionCode:
SMTP
; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Description
FEMALE holotype (Fig.
53
). Body length 1.6 mm (paratypes 1.3-1.6 mm).
Head
. Width/length in dorsal view 2.3, width/length in frontal view 1.2, POL/OOL 1.9, widths head/mesosoma 1.1, mouth width/malar space 0.9, malar space/eye height 0.8.
Antenna
. Scape length/eye height 0.9, pedicel+flagellum length/mesosoma width 1.3, length/width F1, F2, F3 1.5, 1.6, 1.4, clava length/width 3.9, lengths pedicel/F1 1.0, lengths F1/F2 0.9, F1/F3 0.9, lengths F1, F2, F3/clava 0.3, 0.4, 0.4, widths F1/pedicel (dorsal view) 1.3, lengths antennal spicule/C3 0.3.
Mesosoma
. Length/width 1.4, mesoscutal mid-lobe length/width 1.0 (width measured in anterior part), mid-lobe with median groove in posterior
1/2
, with three adnotaular setae on each side, lengths mesoscutum/mesoscutellum (measured medially) 1.5, mesoscutellum length/width 0.8, length/width of enclosed space between submedian grooves 2.7, distance between SMG/distance between SMG and SLG 1.0, lengths dorsellum/propodeum 0.7, propodeum with strong reticulation, propodeal callus with two setae.
Fore wing
. Costal cell length/width 13.5, lengths costal cell/marginal vein 1.0, lengths marginal/stigmal veins 3.3.
Gaster
. Ovate, length/width 1.3, lengths gaster/head+mesosoma 0.9, Gt7 length/width 0.4, length of longest cercal seta/next longest seta 1.5, longest cercal seta almost straight, ovipositor sheaths not reaching apex of Gt7.
Colour. Body with weak metallic blue tinges, entire antenna dark brown, tegulae dark brown, wings hyaline with venation yellowish-white, coxae and femora concolorous with body, trochanters dark brown, fore tibia yellowish-brown, mid and hind tibiae brownish, fore tarsus brown, mid and hind tarsi yellowish-brown with T3-4 brown.
MALE. Unknown.
Diagnosis
Female gaster ovate, 1.3
x
as long as wide. See key for separation from similar species.
Distribution
Sweden.
Ecology
Host
Unknown.
Notes
Holotype deposited in MZLU, paratypes in MZLU and SMTP.