Review of Gonatocerus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in the Palaearctic region, with notes on extralimital distributions
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Triapitsyn, Serguei V.
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Gonatocerus
(
Gonatocerus
)
pictus
(
Haliday,
1833
)
(
Figs
41–49
)
Ooctonus pictus
Haliday
1833
:
344
–345
.
Lectotype
female [
NMID
], designated by
Graham
1982
:
223
(not examined, but examined were photographs made by Csaba Thuróczy of the entire card-mounted specimen (
Fig.
41
), left antenna (
Fig.
42
), and left pair of wings slide-mounted by him, and also the labels, as follows:
1
. Box
12
A. No
29
”;
2
. “
Ooctonus pictus
Haliday,
1833
LECTOTYPE
M. de V. Graham det.
1970
”).
Type
locality: near London,
England
,
UK
.
Ooctonus pictus
Haliday
:
Curtis
1837
:
134
(list).
Gonatocerus flavus
Foerster
1841
:
45
.
Female [lost from
NHMW
],
type
status not indicated.
Type
locality:?Aachen [area], North Rhine-Westphalia,
Germany
. Synonymized under
Rachistus pictus
(Haliday)
by
Foerster
1847
:
205
and listed as a synonym of
G. pictus
by Dalla Torre
1989
:
429
.
Gonatocerus flavus
Foerster
:
Walker
1846
:
53
(English translation of original description).
Rachistus pictus
(Haliday)
:
Foerster
1847
:
205
–
205
(synonymy, female diagnosis),
232
(list, distribution).
Lymaenon pictus
(Haliday)
:
Walker
1846
:
51
(short diagnosis);
Debauche
1948
:
81
(list),
112–113
(male description);
Boţoc
1963
:
97
(mentioned);
Mathot
1969
:
9
(key);
Viggiani & Jesu
1988
:
1023
(record from
Italy
).
Gonatocerus pictus
(Haliday)
:
Kirchner
1867
:
201
(catalog);
Dalla Torre
1898
:
429
–430
(catalog);
Hellén
1974
:
10
–11
(diagnosis, distribution);
Graham
1982
:
222
–223
(references,
lectotype
designation);
Matthews
1986
:
220
(member of
sulphuripes
species group, diagnosis, records from
England
and
Wales
);
Donev
1987
:
74
(distribution);
Donev
1990
:
68
(record from
Bulgaria
);
Baquero & Jordana
2003
:
15
–16
(diagnosis, redescription, distribution);
Donev
2005
:
378
–379
(diagnosis, distribution);
Pricop
2009
a:
74
(record from
Romania
);
Pricop
2009
b:
125
(list, references on records from
Romania
);
Pricop
2009
c:
21
(record from
Romania
);
Pricop
2010
a:
81
(record from
Romania
).
Gonatocerus orthopenitus
Guo, Lin & Hu (
Guo
et al.
2011
)
:
55–57
(also spelled as
orthopennitus
on pp. 53, 55–56, 60).
Holotype
female [
ICXU
] (not examined).
Type
locality: Wujiaqu [City], Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,
China
.
Syn. n.
I am acting here as first reviser and based on the etymology of this species select
orthopenitus
as the correct original spelling.
Type
material examined.
Possible
paralectotypes
of
Ooctonus pictus
Haliday
:
2
complete females [
MVMA
] on F. Walker-style cards on the same pin without an original label but with a folded note on the bottom which I did not dare to remove, labeled later: “NATIONAL MUSEUM VICTORIA
Anaphes pictus
Europe”; the lower card has a number (apparently “
48
” written near the pinhole). The upper specimen actually belongs to
G. fuscicornis
, and the lower specimen belongs to
G. litoralis
. Also
1
complete female,
1
complete male, and
1
specimen
of undetermined sex [
MVMA
] on individual F. Walker-style cards (the upper card is oval) on the same pin without an original label, labeled later: “NATIONAL MUSEUM VICTORIA
Anaphes pictus
Europe”; the middle card has a number (apparently “
75
” written near the pinhole). The upper male probably belongs to
G. pictus
, the middle female is
G. fuscicornis
, and the lower specimen (which I could not examine properly because it is obscured by the middle card) likely belongs either to
G. fuscicornis
or
G. pictus
. I consider these to be likely part of the original
syntype
series of Haliday’s
Ooctonus pictus
because they have numbers written in pencil that are characteristic of F. Walker’s specimens, and it is known that A.H. Haliday, F. Walker, and J. Curtis exchanged/shared specimens freely (
Graham
1982
).
FIGURES 41, 42.
Gonatocerus
(
Gonatocerus
)
pictus
Ƥ (lectotype of
Ooctonus pictus
, photographs courtesy of C. Thuróczy): 41, habitus; 42, antenna.
Gonatocerus orthopenitus
Guo, Lin & Hu
:
paratype
male [
ICXU
] on slide labeled:
1
. “[Chinese characters]
12 km
[Chinese character]
2006.8
.
1
N
43
°
25.23
’ E
83
°
25.30
° [sic] [Chinese characters]”;
2
. “[Chinese characters]
Gonatocerus orthopennitus
Gou, Lin
et
Hu
Paratype
(
3
)”. The collecting locality is in Xinyuan County, Xinjiang,
China
(
Guo
et al.
2011
).
Material examined.
AUSTRIA
.
LOWER AUSTRIA
:
Hunsdsheim
:
27
.viii.
1941
,
W. Soyka
[
1
Ƥ
,
NHMW
];
14
.v.
1942
,
H. Bischoff
[
1
3
,
EMEC
] [misidentified by
W. Soyka
as
G. litoralis
];
22
.ix.
1954
,
W. Soyka
[
1
3
,
NHMW
].
Spitzerberg
(
S
slope, ca.
2.5 km
S of
Hundsheim
),
48
°05’
48
’’N
16
°
56
’
29
’’E
,
190–250 m
,
16
.vi.
2007
,
C. Thuróczy
,
S.V. Triapitsyn
[
1
3
,
UCRC
].
TYROL,
Krössbach
,
vii.
1947
,
W. Soyka
(on window) [
1
Ƥ
,
NHMW
].
BELGIUM
.
LIÈGE
,
Wanze
,
Antheit
,
Corphalie, R. Detry
:
16–30
.vi.
1989
[
1
Ƥ
,
ISNB
];
14– 28
.vii.
1989
[
1
Ƥ
,
ISNB
];
28
.vii–
11
.viii.
1989
[
1
Ƥ
,
ISNB
].
CHINA
.
BEIJING,
Mentougou District
,
Xiaolongmen Station
,
39
°
59.22
’N
115
°
31.48
’E
,
1095 m
,
28
.vii.
2002
,
G. Melika
[
3
3
,
UCRC
].
DENMARK
.
MIDTJYLLAND
:
Halgenaes
,
12
.viii.
1998
,
T. Munk
[
1
Ƥ
,
ZMUC
].
Samsø Island,
Vejrø
(
7 km
E of
Samsø
),
22
.viii.
1997
,
T. Munk
[
1
3
,
ZMUC
].
SJAELLAND,
22
.viii.
1925
,
O. Bakkendorf
[
1
Ƥ
,
ZMUC
].
FRANCE
.
GIRONDE:
Sainte Colombe
,
44
°
54
’N
00°02’W
,
M. van Helden
:
2
.vii.
1998
[
1
3
,
UCRC
];
13
.viii.
1998
[
4
Ƥ
,
3
3
,
UCRC
].
Tourtirac
,
44
°
53
’
57
’’N
00°02’02’’W
,
27
.vi.
2000
,
S.V. Triapitsyn
[
1
3
,
UCRC
].
GEORGIA.
ADJARA
,
Batumi
region,
Kakhaberi
,
28
.vii.
1953
,
V.A. Trjapitzin
(
Gruzbiolaboratoriya
) [
1
Ƥ
,
ZIN
].
GERMANY
.
MECKLENBURGWESTERN POMERANIA,
Jettchens Hof
(near
Malchin
),
viii.
1935
, H.-
J. Stammer
[
1
Ƥ
,
NHMW
].
NORTH
RHINE-WESTPHALIA:
Burscheid
,
vii–viii.
1959
,
M. Boness
[
1
Ƥ
,
NHMW
].
Leverkusen
,
30
.ix.
1965
,
M. Boness
[
1
Ƥ
,
NHMW
].
Refrath
(near
Bensberg
),
M. Boness
,
25
.v.
1955
[
1
3
,
NHMW
].
GREECE
.
CENTRAL
MACEDONIA
,
Lake Kerkini
,
Ecotourism
site,
41
°08’
15.6
’’N
23
°
13
’01.2’’E
,
65 m
,
16–22
.v.
2006
,
G. Ramel
[
1
3
,
UCRC
].
HUNGARY
.
GYŐR-MOSON-SOPRON
,
Sopron
,
28
.vi.
1944
,
J. Erdös
[
1
Ƥ
,
NHMW
/
HNHM
].
PEST
,
Szigetszentmiklós
,
ix.
1911
,
L. Biró
[
1
3
,
NHMW
/
HNHM
].
ITALY
. CAMPANIA:
Benevento Prov
.,
1.8 km
E of
Faicchio
,
41
°
16.329
’N
14
°
29.884
’E
,
210 m
,
7
.vi.
2003
,
M. Bologna
,
J. Munro
,
A. Owen
,
J.D. Pinto
[
1
Ƥ
,
1
3
,
UCRC
].
Caserta Prov
.: SE end of
Lago del Matese
,
41
°
24.411
’N
14
°
24.800
’E
,
1050 m
,
8
.vi.
2003
,
M. Bologna
,
J. Munro
,
A. Owen
,
J.D. Pinto
[
1
Ƥ
,
UCRC
].
2.2 km
SW of
Passo di Miralago
,
41
°
23.421
’N
14
°
24.784
’E
,
1025 m
,
7
.vi.
2003
,
M. Bologna
,
J. Munro
,
A. Owen
,
J.D. Pinto
[
2
3
,
UCRC
].
LAZIO
,
Roma Prov
.:
Castelporziano Presidential Estate
,
Fosso di Trafusina
,
41
°
46.670
’N
12
°
24.751
’E
,
30 m
,
11–12
.vi.
2003
,
M. Bologna
,
J. Munro
,
A. Owen
,
J.D. Pinto
[
1
3
,
UCRC
].
0.8 km
W of
Sasso
,
42
°02.209’N
12
°02.209’E
,
264 m
,
9–10
.vi.
2003
,
M. Bologna
,
J. Munro
,
A. Owen
,
J.D. Pinto
[
1
Ƥ
,
UCRC
].
KYRGYZSTAN
.
CHUY:
Karagajly-Bulak
(
9 km
W of
Ak-Tyuz
),
42
°
52
’
47
’’N
76
°02’
13
’’E
,
2180–3400 m
,
26
.vii.
2000
,
C.H. Dietrich
[
4
Ƥ
,
12
3
,
UCRC
].
Near Telek
,
43
°06’
20
’’N
74
°05’
40
’’E
,
590 m
,
13
.viii.
1998
,
C.H. Dietrich
[
2
Ƥ
,
UCRC
].
DZHALAL-ABAD:
7 km
ESE of
Ak-Tash
,
40
°
41
’
31
’’N
70
°
42
’07’’E
,
1390 m
,
21
.vi.
1999
,
C.H. Dietrich
[
1
Ƥ
,
UCRC
].
At-Ojnoksky Ridge
,
Kurpsaj Ravine
,
41
°
30
’
55
’’N
72
°
19
’
43
’’E
,
924 m
,
23
.vi.
1999
,
C.H. Dietrich
[
4
Ƥ
,
1
3
,
UCRC
].
Chandalash River
,
41
°
44
’
19
’’N
70
°
52
’
22
’’E
,
1630 m
,
20
.vi.
1999
,
C.H. Dietrich
[
1
Ƥ
,
UCRC
].
10 km
W of
Dzhalal-abad,
40
°
55
’
57
’’N
72
°
53
’
35
’’E
,
807 m
,
27
.vi.
1999
,
C.H. Dietrich
[
1
Ƥ
,
UCRC
].
Kara-Kysmak Ravine
,
42
°06’
49
’’N
71
°
33
’
28
’’E
,
2500 m
,
18
.vi.
1999
,
C.H. Dietrich
[
2
Ƥ
,
5
3
,
UCRC
].
TALAS
: near
Boo-Terek
,
42
°
35
’
15
’’N
71
°
45
’
49
’’E
,
1000 m
,
15
.vi.
1999
,
C.H. Dietrich
[
1
Ƥ
,
UCRC
].
Kara Buura Ravine
(
20 km
S of
Kyzyl-Adyr
),
42
°
26
’
23
’’N
71
°
33
’
16
’’E
,
1300 m
,
15
.vi.
1999
,
C.H. Dietrich
[
5
Ƥ
,
UCRC
].
18 km
WSW of
Taldy Bulak
,
42
°
26
’
31
’’N
72
°
49
’
12
’’E
,
1930 m
,
15
.vi.
1999
,
C.H. Dietrich
[
2
Ƥ
,
3
3
,
UCRC
].
RUSSIA
.
KRASNODARSKIY
KRAY
,
Krasnodar
,
All-Russian Research Institute of Biological Plant Protection
,
V.V. Kostjukov
:
10–12
.viii.
2001
[
2
Ƥ
,
UCRC
,
ZIN
]
;
31
.viii.
2003
[
1
Ƥ
,
UCRC
].
STAVROPOL’SKIY
KRAY
:
Prietokskiy
,
V.V. Kostjukov
:
28
.viii.
2002
[
1
Ƥ
,
UCRC
];
7
.ix.
2002
[
2
Ƥ
,
UCRC
];
13
.vii.
2003
[
2
Ƥ
,
UCRC
].
Stavropol’,
Russkiy Les
, “
Besputskaya Polyana
”
Botanical Sanctuary
,
9
.vii.
2003
,
E.V. Khomchenko
[
1
Ƥ
,
UCRC
].
SERBIA
.
“
Adrejonica
” [sic, no such location could be found], H.-
J. Stammer
[
1
Ƥ
,
1
3
,
NHMW
].
SLOVAKIA
.
BRATISLAVA,
Jurský Šúr Nature Reserve
,
48
°
14
’03’’N
17
°
12
’
47
’’E
,
133 m
,
8
.viii.
2008
,
B.V. Brown
(alder forest) [
2
Ƥ
,
UCRC
].
UK
.
ENGLAND
:
Lancashire Co.
,
Wesham
,
Kings Downs
,
24
.vii.
1924
,
J.P. Kryger
[
2
3
,
NHMW
].
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
,
Richmond Park
,
18
.vii.
1996
,
J.S. Noyes
[
1
Ƥ
,
3
3
,
CNCI
].
Surrey Co.
,
Dorking
,
Box Hill
,
4
.ix.
1988
,
J.S. Noyes
[
1
Ƥ
,
1
3
,
CNCI
].
WALES:
Bridgend Co.
Borough
:
Kenfig Pool National Nature Reserve
,
J.S. Noyes
:
6
.viii.
1988
[
5
Ƥ
,
14
3
,
CNCI
,
UCRC
];
4
.viii.
1994
[
4
Ƥ
,
2
3
,
CNCI
];
18
.viii.
1998
[
20
Ƥ
,
5
3
,
CNCI
,
UCRC
].
City and Co. of Swansea
:
Oxwich National Nature Reserve
,
5
.viii.
1994
,
J.S. Noyes
[
4
Ƥ
,
3
3
,
CNCI
,
UCRC
].
Whiteford Burrows National Nature Reserve
,
2
.viii.
1988
,
J.S. Noyes
[
2
Ƥ
,
4
3
,
CNCI
,
UCRC
].
Vale of
Glamorgan Co.
Borough
,
Pendoylan
,
Hensol
,
Llanerch Vineyard
,
9
.ix.
1999
,
S.V. Triapitsyn
[
1
3
,
UCRC
].
Distribution.
PALAEARCTIC:
Austria
* (the previous record of
G. pictus
from
Austria
by
Soyka (
1946
)
is incorrect due to misidentification of
G. fuscicornis
),
Belgium
,
Bulgaria
(
Donev 1986
,
1987
,
1988
d
,
1990
,
2005
),
China
(
Guo
et al.
2011
[as
G. orthopenitus
]),
Czech Republic
(
Noyes
2012
),
Denmark
*,
Finland
(
Hellén
1974
),
France
*,
Georgia
*,
Germany
,
Greece
(
Donev
2005
),
Hungary
*,
Italy
(
Viggiani & Jesu
1988
),
Kyrgyzstan
*,
Romania
(
Pricop
2009
b
,
2010
a
),
Russia
*,
Serbia
*,
Slovakia
(
Noyes
2012
),
Spain
(
Baquero & Jordana
2003
),
Sweden
(
Hedqvist
2003
), and
UK
(
England
, and
Wales
).
Redescription.
FEMALE (non-type specimens). Body length
900–1300
µm (dry-mounted specimens). Head dark brown; scape and pedicel yellow to light brown, flagellum brown; mesosoma yellow or light brown with brown or dark brown spots on pronotum, anterior part of mesoscutum, scutellum, dorsellum, and mesopleura; propodeum mostly brown; legs yellow to light brown except apical tarsomeres brown; basal gastral terga yellow or light brown, apical ones brown or dark brown.
Antenna (
Fig.
43
) with radicle
0.35–0.37
× total length of scape, rest of scape
2.5–2.6
× as long as wide, faintly striate; pedicel a little longer than F
1
; F
2
and F
3
subequal and the longest of funicle segments; normally F
6
– F
8
with
2
mps but sometimes F
6
with just
1
mps or, rarly, without mps on one antenna, and, according to
Matthews (
1986
)
, F
4
and F
5
occasionally with
1
mps; clava with
8
mps, 3.0–
3.3
× as long as wide, almost as long as combined length of F
6
–F
8
or a little shorter.
FIGURES 43–46.
Gonatocerus
(
Gonatocerus
)
pictus
Ƥ (Kenfig Pool National Nature Reserve, Wales): 43, antenna; 44, dorsellum and propodeum; 45, body; 46, fore wing.
Mesosoma (
Fig.
45
) shorter than metasoma. Propodeum (
Fig.
44
) with fine submedian lines often hardly visible. Fore wing (
Fig.
46
)
3.5–3.8
× as long as wide; longest marginal seta about
0.22–0.27
× maximum wing width. Fore wing disc slightly infumate throughout, bare behind submarginal vein and setose elsewhere.
Hind
wing
28–29
× as long as wide; disc bare except for rows of setae along margins and a few additional setae at apex, slightly infumate; longest marginal seta 3.0–
3.7
× maximum wing width.
Metasoma (
Fig.
45
) with petiole wider than long. Ovipositor occupying
0.7–0.9
× length of gaster, a little exserted beyond its apex (by at most
0.1
× own length); ovipositor length: mesotibia length ratio
1.3–1.9
:
1
.
MALE (non-type specimens). Body length
800–1060
µm (dry-mounted specimens). Similar to female except for normal sexually dimorphic features and the following. Dark spots on mesosoma sometimes somewhat larger, and legs often a little darker (light brown) than in female. Antenna (
Fig.
47
) with scape minus rather long radicle faintly striate, 2.0–
2.2
× as long as wide. Fore wing (
Fig.
48
)
3.8
–4.0× as long as wide. Genitalia as in
Fig.
49
.
Diagnosis.
Gonatocerus pictus
is characterized by body color and female antenna (
Figs 42
,
43
) with mps on F
6
–F
8
.
Hosts.
Unknown.