Revision of Alloxysta from the north-western Balkan Peninsula with description of two new species (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Charipinae)
Author
Ferrer-Suay, Mar
Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Biologia, Departament de Biologia Animal, Avda. Diagonal 645, 08028 - Barcelona, Spain; e-mails: jpujade @ ub. edu; mar. ferrer. suay @ gmail. com
Author
Selfa, Jesús
Universitat de València, Facultat de Ciències Biològiques, Departament de Zoologia, Campus de Burjassot-Paterna, Dr. Moliner 50, E- 46100 Burjassot (València), Spain; e-mail: jesus. selfa @ uv. es
Author
Tomanović, Željko
Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, 16, Studentski trg, 11 000, Belgrade, Serbia; e-mails: ztoman @ bio. bg. ac. rs, marina. jankovic @ bio. bg. ac. rs
Author
Janković, Marina
Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, 16, Studentski trg, 11 000, Belgrade, Serbia; e-mails: ztoman @ bio. bg. ac. rs, marina. jankovic @ bio. bg. ac. rs
Author
Kos, Katarina
Department of Agronomy, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, SI- 1111 Ljubljana, Slovenia; e-mail: katarina. kos @ bf. uni-lj. si
Author
Rakhshani, Ehsan
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, 98615 - 538, I. R. Iran; e-mail: rakhshani @ uoz. ac. ir
Author
Pujade-Villar, Juli
Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Biologia, Departament de Biologia Animal, Avda. Diagonal 645, 08028 - Barcelona, Spain; e-mails: jpujade @ ub. edu; mar. ferrer. suay @ gmail. com
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Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2013
2013-07-15
53
1
347
368
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5740340
0374-1036
5740340
9D8ED801-B4FD-453C-8E75-F3744BEB1B68
Alloxysta kovilovica
Ferrer-Suay & Pujade-Villar
sp. nov.
(
Figs 29–33
)
Type
locality.
Serbia
, Kovilovo,
44°54′48.87″ N
,
20°25′43.31″ E
.
Type specimens.
HOLOTYPE
:
♀
, glued, deposited in
UB
. Original label:
14.vi.2010
, alfalfa field, complex landscape, Kovilovo, Serbia,
Alloxysta brevis
(Thomson)
,
♀
, det.A. Stojanović, 2012.The
holotype
was collected from mixed colony of
Therioaphis trifolii
and
Acyrthosiphon pisum
(Harris, 1776)
on
Medicago sativa
.
PARATYPES
: 1 JJ
7 ♀♀
.
SERBIA
:
Praon exsoletum
–
Therioaphis trifolii
on
Medicago sativa
, Živkovac-Site
2,
3.vi.2012
:
1 ♀
; Same data, Umčari-Kotlova,
9.vi.2012
: 1 J
1 ♀
; same data, Osipaonica,
11.vi.2012
:
1 ♀
;
Aphidius
sp.
–
Sitobion avenae
on
Triticum aestivum
, Umčari-Donji Kraj
,
12.vi.2012
:
4 ♀♀
. [All material deposited in
UB
].
Diagnosis.
Alloxysta kovilovica
sp. nov.
is characterized by closed radial cell (
Figs 29, 31
), while pronotal (
Fig. 32
) and propodeal (
Fig. 33
) carinae are absent. It is similar to
A. aperta
(
Hartig, 1841
)
but they can be easily differentiated by the relation between flagellomeres: F1 longer than F2 and F
3 in
A. kovilovica
sp. nov.
while F1–F3 subequal in length in
A. aperta
.
Description.
Female.
Head. Transversely ovate, smooth and shiny, slightly wider than its height in frontal view. Few setae present below, and between the toruli. The area above the toruli and vertex with few scattered setae, face with numerous setae. Transfacial line 1.0 times height of compound eyes. Malar space 0.4 times height of compound eyes.
Antenna
. 13-segmented, filiform. All antennomeres with sparse setae. F1–F2 smooth and thinner than remaining flagellomeres; F3–F11 club-shaped, with rhinaria. Antennal formula: 3.5 (1.5); 4.0 (1.0); 3.5 (1.1); 3.5 (1.2); 4.0 (1.4) (
Fig. 30
).
Mesosoma
. Pronotum covered with scattered setae, without carinae (
Fig. 32
). Mesoscutum smooth and shiny, round in dorsal view with few scattered setae, and two lines of setae on lateral sides. Scutellum smooth and shiny with scattered setae that are more abundant on apex of scutellum. Height of mesopleural triangle along anterior margin 1.4 times the height of mesopleuron. Propodeum covered with numerous setae; without carinae (
Fig. 33
).
Forewing
. Longer than body, 1.4 times as long as mesosoma and metasoma together; densely pubescent; marginal setae present (
Fig. 29
). Radial cell closed, 2.5 times as long as wide (
Fig. 31
). R1 short and slightly curved upward; Rs considerably elongated, slightly curved.
Metasoma
. Proximal part with incomplete ring of setae, glabrous centrally, laterally broader. Remainder of metasoma smooth, shiny with clearly visible terga.
Body length.
Female:
1.1 mm
.
Coloration
. Head, mesosoma and metasoma yellowish brown.Antennae yellow, darkening towards tip. Legs yellow. Veins yellowish brown.
Male.
With the same features as female.
Etymology.
The new species is named after Kovilovo, the suburban settlement of
Belgrade
; adjective.
Distribution.
This species is only known from
Serbia
.
Figs 29–33.
Alloxysta kovilovica
Ferrer-Suay & Pujade-Villar
sp. nov.
29 – forewing; 30 – antenna; 31 – radial cell; 32 – pronotum; 33 – propodeum.
Remarks.
On the basis of extensive sampling in alfalfa and cereal agroecosystems, as well as in surrounding non-crop habitats, it seems that the new species was associated with cereal and alfalfa aphids.