A revision of Ganaspidium Weld, 1952 (Hymenoptera, Figitidae, Eucoilinae): new species, bionomics, and distribution
Author
Buffington, Matthew
Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA / ARS ,, United States of America
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ZooKeys
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Ganaspidium
eldiablo
Buffington
,
sp. n.
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Figure 4D
Description.
Malar sulcus compound. Malar space smooth. Malar protuberance smooth, elongate, extending beyond length of ventral margin of malar space. Clypeal protuberance elongate, overhanging anterior margin of clypeus. Tubercles of scutellar plate extremely reduced, hardly distinguishable. Dorsal surface of scutellar plate concave around midpit, two setal bearing pits at base of each tubercle. Carina along posterior margin of scutellum absent. Dorsal surface of scutellum smooth anteriorly, gently striate posteriorly. Midpit of scutellar plate in posterior half of plate; plate small, revealing dorsal surface of scutellum when viewed dorsally. Mesopopleural setal patch absent. Mesopleuron entirely smooth. Lateral aspect of pronotum anteriorly with some short setae, remainder glabrous. Marginal cell of forewing distinctly deeper than long. Metasoma of sub-equal in size to mesosoma in lateral view.
Figure 4.
New species of
Ganaspidium
:
G. didionae
Buffington
,
G. flemingi
Buffington
,
G. kolmaci
Buffington
, and
G. eldiablo
Buffington.
A
head and mesosoma, lateral view, of female
G. kolmaci
B
habitus female of
G. flemingi
C
habitus female of
G. didionae
D
habitus female of
G. eldiablo
.
Diagnosis
.
This species can be separated from all other
Ganaspidium
by having the dorsal surface of the scutellum smooth anteriorly, striate posteriorly, and lacking the posterior carina of the scutellum. This species is most easily confused with
G. pusillae
and
G. flemingi
, both of which possess a distinct posterior carina of the scutellum.
Etymology
.
Name refers to the
type
locality along the ‘El Camino Diablo Real’ in southwestern
Arizona
. The gender is neuter.
Link
to distribution map.
http://hol.osu.edu/map-full.html?id=253202
Material
examined.
Holotype
, female:
UNITED STATES
:
ARIZONA
.
Pima Co.
,
17mi
E Papago Well
,
Camino del Diablo
, along wash,
Organ Pipe Cactus
Na-
Figure 5.
General distribution map of all species of
Ganaspidium
.
tional
Monument
,
29.VIII.2006
, sweeping,
Gates
&
Buffington
,
USNM
ENT 00655307
(deposited in
USNM
).
Paratypes
: (
17 females
,
4 males
)
UNITED STATES
:
ARIZONA
.
Pima Co.
,
17mi
E Papago Well
,
Camino del Diablo
, along wash,
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
,
29.VIII.2006
, sweeping,
Gates
&
Buffington
(
14 females
,
3 males
,
USNM
ENT 00655297
,
00655298
,
00655299
,
00655301- 00655306
,
00655308
,
00655309
,
00655310-00655315
(
USNM
)).
CALIFORNIA
.
Riverside Co.
,
Thousand Palms
,
26.IV.1955
,
W
.
R
.
M
.
Mason
(
1 female
,
USNM
ENT 00655546
(
CNCI
))
;
Riverside Co.
,
Whitewater Canyon
,
310m
,
2.VI.1998
(
1 female
,
UCRC
ENT 196990
(
UCRC
)).
OREGON
.
Lake Co.
, 13.5mi
SW
Christmas Valley
,
5.VIII.1995
, sweeping,
J
.
D
.
Pinto
(
1 male
,
UCRC
ENT 196979
(
UCRC
)).
WASHINGTON
.
Grant Co.
,
Potholes State Park
,
26.VII.1985
,
Moss
,
Finnamore
&
Thormin
(
1 female
,
USNM
ENT 00655556
(
CNCI
))
.