Review of Tumidiclava Girault (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) from Xingjiang, China, with description of two new species and taxonomic notes on other Holarctic taxa
Author
Aishan, Zhulidezi
Author
Triapitsyn, Serguei V.
Author
Hu, Hong-Ying
text
Zootaxa
2015
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3
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407
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3949.3.5
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Tumidiclava pulchrinotum
Girault, 1911
(
Figs 27–32
)
Tumidiclava pulchrinotum
Girault 1911
: 8
–9.
Tumidiclava pulchrinotum
Girault
:
Peck 1963
: 77
(catalog);
Doutt &Viggiani 1968
: 549
(list);
Pinto 2006
: 111
(distribution).
Type
material examined.
Holotype
female (
Fig. 31
) [National Museum of Natural History, Washington, District of
Columbia
,
USA
(
USNM
) on slide (
Fig. 32
) labeled: 1. “
Tumidiclava pulchrinotum
Girault.
Type
♀.
Type
No. 13390 [red]”; 2. “
Tumidiclava
[an unknown word crossed out in black ink]
pulchrinotum
[an unknown word crossed out in black ink] Girault ♀
Type
Sep. 9th – 1909
xylol – balsam Illinois [in blue ink]".
The
holotype
is located at the lower edge of the coverslip and is semi-circled with
India
ink; it is mounted under the same coverslip with an
Anaphes
sp. (
Hymenoptera
:
Mymaridae
). The
holotype
is complete and mounted semilaterally, but is in poor condition, especially all the wings are not clearly visible.
Other material examined.
USA
.
ILLINOIS: Champaign Co., Urbana,
3.ix.1983
, J.T. & D.E. Huber [2♀,
UCRC
]. Cook Co., Chicago, Clayton Smith Forest Preserve,
31.vii.1989
, J.D. Pinto [1♀,
UCRC
]. Kane Co.,
1 mi
. S of Algonquin on Fox River,
18.vi.1991
, H. Andersen [1♀,
UCRC
]. Washington Co., Du Bois,
4.ix.1983
, J.T. & D.E. Huber [2♀,
2♂
,
UCRC
]. MISSOURI: Wayne Co., Williamsville,
16.vii-8.viii.1988
, J.T.
Baker
[1♀,
UCRC
]. PENNSYLVANIA: Bradford Co., Wilawana,
23.vi.1990
, R.H. Crandall [1♀,
UCRC
].
Diagnosis.
FEMALE (based on
holotype
and non-type specimens from
USA
). Body color generally opaque black to yellowish, eyes and ocelli dark garnet. Antenna (
Fig 28
): apical segment of club the longest and with 3 PLS, terminal process longer than second claval segment. Fore wing (
Fig. 29
) with a light brown area behind apex of submarginal vein and base of marginal vein. Ovipositor long and slightly exserted, arising from end of third gastral sternite.
MALE (based on non-type specimens from Illinois,
USA
). Body length about
0.6 mm
. Antenna (
Fig. 27
) short, with club 3-segmented, scape length/ pedicel length = 1.22, scape 2.75× as long as wide; pedicel 2.00× as long as wide; two small anelli subequal, the second anellus appressed to club, 2.67× as long as wide, and at least 3 PLS, all claval segments almost of equal length. Genitalia (
Fig. 30
) with apodemes half of aedeagal length.
FIGURES 27–32.
Tumidiclava pulchrinotum
Girault
(Urbana, Illinois, USA): 27, ♂ antenna; 28, ♀ antenna; 29, ♀ fore wing; 30, ♂ genitalia; 31, holotype ♀ slide; 32, holotype ♀ slide.
Distribution.
USA
(
Girault 1911
) and
Uruguay
(
De Santis 1979
).
Lin (1994)
also listed it from
Australia
, without providing any reference(s). The non-North American country records need verification. According to
Pinto (2006)
, this species is broadly distributed in North
America
.
Hosts.
Unknown.
Comments.
This species was described from the
holotype
from Centralia, Illinois,
USA
(as “
Type
”), one
paratype
female from Urbana, Illinois (as a “Cotype”), and one non-type female from Centralia.