The genus Gasteruption Latreille, 1796 (Hymenoptera: Gasteruptiidae) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia: distribution, checklist, ecology, and conservation status Author Bogusch, Petr text Zootaxa 2021 2021-02-24 4935 1 1 63 journal article 7438 10.11646/zootaxa.4935.1.1 5ec55ddd-306e-45a9-9925-296caf2c9bf6 1175-5326 4559034 29188279-3AC9-493D-9146-7A8F89F8991A Gasteruption forticorne Semenov, 1892 Figs. 52–60 . Syn.: Gasteruption exiguum Szépligeti, 1903 Diagnosis: Larger species, the body length of females is 10–14 mm , ovipositor length very variable between 5.5 and 12 mm . Total lentgh of males is 9–14 mm . Species with a long ovipositor sheath, 2.5–4.5× as long as third tibia, with whitish apex 1.4–2.5× as long as the third basitarsus. It is very similar to G. diversipes but differs by well-developed malar space and a shiny mesopleuron with only several punctures. Male third basitarsus is usually darker than at G. diversipes . Distribution: ( Fig. 60 ): Palaearctic species with the centre of distribution in southern Europe, occurring in the Middle East and probably also in North Africa. Recorded from the following countries of Europe: Austria , Croatia , France , Hungary , Italy + Sicily , Romania , Slovakia and Spain , in Asia from Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia ( Pagliano & Scaramozzino 2000 ; Žikić et al. 2014 ; Madl & Mitroiu 2019 , and personal records). This species was unknown from the Czech Republic and Slovakia ( Šedivý 1958 ; 1989 ). In recent times, four specimens were determined from the material from Slovakia: an undated, very old specimen from Turňa nad Bodvou, specimen from 1987 from Nová Baňa, from 2007 from Ľútovský Drieňovec, and from 2017 from Horša. No records are known from the Czech Republic. A new species for Slovakia . Biology: Recorded from June to August. Hosts and plants of occurrence unknown. Conservation: This species is very rare everywhere and it is recorded in small numbers of specimens from the countries in south Europe. In Slovakia it seems to be rare, too. Due to the completely unknown biology and a newly confirmed occurrence in Slovakia , we put the species to the category DD—Data Deficient.