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
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1175-5326
280035
Cecidostiba fungosa
(Geoffroy in
Fourcroy, 1785
)
Measurements.
Body length:
1.8 mm
, width:
0.62 mm
(n=1) ex gall
Andricus quercusradicis
(Fabricius)
(Sexual generation).
Description
(
Figs 4
B, 5B). Whitish; integument mostly smooth and glabrous on all body segments; small, 2.5× as long as broad and tapering gradually posteriorly (
Fig. 4
B) and strongly curved ventrally in lateral view (
Fig. 5
B); ventral margins of body segments straight.
Head
(anterior view) more or less trapezoid, 1.1–1.3× as broad as high; vertex slightly incised medially (
Fig. 6
B); cephalic chaetotaxy pattern as in
A. glandium
consisting of by very short and inconspicuous setae (
Fig. 6
B); ventral margin of clypeus straight; labrum large and trapezoid, more than 4× wider than long (
Fig. 7
B).
Mouth parts
(
Fig. 7
B). Maxillae indistinct; two pairs of inconspicuous maxillary setae; labium sub-rectangular, rugose and convex and not collapsed; labium setae invisible.
Mandibles
(
Fig. 8
B); tooth almost 1.8× longer than wide measured at its base; angle separating inner side of tooth and base of the mandible obtuse (>90º); outer margin of tooth almost straight, slightly curved near sharp apex.
Biology.
Adults of
C. fungosa
(
Fig. 9
E) are common, widespread parasitoids in oak gall wasp communities (
Askew 1961
; Schönrogge
et al
. 1996; Bailey
et al
. 2009;
Lohse
et al
. 2010
). In Europe it has been reared mainly from galls of
Biorhiza pallida
(Olivier)
and several species of
Andricus
Hartig
and
Cynips
Linnaeus (Cynipidae)
(
Nieves-Aldrey & Askew 1988
).
Material examined.
ex gall
A. quercusradicis
(Sexual generation) on
Quercus pyrenaica
,
Spain
, Madrid: El Escorial (
29/VI/2006
) J. L.
Nieves
leg. (n=3).