Revision of the Palearctic species of Macroglenes Westwood (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)
Author
Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan
text
Zootaxa
2010
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.197191
392915d8-1c21-4cb8-b280-dc29417ad97f
1175-5326
197191
Macroglenes chalybeus
(Haliday)
(Figs 7, 17)
Pirene chalybea
Haliday, 1833
: 338
.
Macroglenes chalybeus
; O’Conner
et al.
, 2000: 74.
?
Corynocere brevicornis
Nees, 1834: 124
.
Pirene rubi
Haliday, 1844
: 296
. Synonymy by
Graham, 1969
: 349
.
Pirene scylax
Walker, 1848
: 162
. Synonymy by
Graham, 1969
: 349
.
Pirene rasnitsyni
Dzhanokmen, 1993
: 101
−103.
Macroglenes rasnitsyni
;
Dzhanokmen, 2005
: 63
,
syn. nov.
Diagnosis.
Body black (brownish in old specimens or those kept for a long time in alcohol — which is valid for all species), without metallic reflections; clypeal margin not incised (cf. Figs 1–2); antenna (Fig. 7) with F5 larger than rest of funicular segments, always with sensilla, but variable regarding the width / length ratio (see variation below); mesosoma virtually flattened in females, slightly convex in males, scutellum and propodeum virtually in same plane (cf. Fig. 11); pecten about 2/3 as long as hind tibia, sometimes slightly less (cf. Fig. 14); forewing without clear bare area between R and apical margin (cf. Fig. 21), basal cell mostly bare; ovipositor sheaths usually about 1/3 length of hind tibia, sometimes slightly more (Fig. 17); hypopygium at about same level as tip of gaster (Fig. 17). Male with normal eyes and scape distinctly swollen, about 2– 2.3X as long as wide in lateral view (Fig. 7).
Material examined.
LECTOTYPE
(
ɗ
)
Pirene scylax
Walker
:
U.K.
:
‘
Pirene Scylax
ɗ Walker’, ‘Stood under this name in old B. M. Coll. C. Waterhouse’ (‘Waterhouse label’ will be used further), ‘
LECTOTYPE
: ɗ M. de V. Graham det. 1969’, ‘
Pirene chalybea Hal.
ɗ sec
Graham 1969
’, ‘ɗ Macoglenes
chalybeus (Hal.)
det. Z. Bouček’ (
BMNH
).
PARATYPES
(1
Ψ,
1
ɗ
)
Pirene rasnitsyni
Dzhanokmen
:
KAZAKHSTAN
:
‘
Pirene rasnitsyni Dzhanokmen
92’ (additional information in Russian, see
Dzhanokmen, 1993
) (
BMNH
).
Additional material.
CZECH REPUBLIC
:
1Ψ ‘Súlava u Řevnic,
BOHEMIA
centr., Macek
VII. 63
’ (
NMPC
); 1Ψ ‘Praha-Ruzynë,
10. VII. 52
Bouček’ (
NMPC
); 3Ψ ‘Cís. les: Kamerná,
20. VII. 51
. Bčk.’, ‘
Bohemia
, Bouček’ (
NMPC
); 1Ψ ‘Moldava, Krušné hory,
Bohemia
, Bouček legitv /
1. 6. 57
’ (
NMPC
); 1Ψ ‘Δ Deblík, Středohoří,
26. 7. 56
,
BOHEMIA
, Bouček’ (
NMPC
); 1Ψ ‘
Bohemia
c.: údolí Noutonice-Kováry, Bouček /
16. VI. 1954
’ (
NMPC
); 1Ψ idem, ’
11. 6. 53
’ (
NMPC
); 5Ψ ‘Milá, Středohoři,
30. IV. 61
,
BOHEMIA
, Bouček’ (
NMPC
); 1Ψ ‘
Bohemia
or. Hradec Králové, … / … 194…, Bouček leg.’ (
NMPC
); 1Ψ ‘Boh. or. Hradec Kr., Bouček
VIII. 44
.’ (
NMPC
); 1Ψ ‘
Bohemia
: Praha-Ruzynë, Bouček /
12. VIII. 53
’ (
NMPC
); 1Ψ ‘Praha-Roztoky,
Bohemia
, Strejček
9. VII. 68
’ (
NMPC
); 1Ψ ‘Ratibořické hory, Tábor,
BOHEM
.,
14. 7. 45
. Hoffer’ (
NMPC
); 1Ψ ‘Nový Hradec Kr.
BOHEMIA
or., Bouček /
27. 8. 58
’, ‘?
chalybea
(G.)’ (
NMPC
); 1Ψ ‘
Bohemia
centr., Čelákovice, smyk Bouček /
5. VI. 55
’ (
NMPC
); 1Ψ ‘
ČSR
Morav. occid. Javolice,
7. 8. 44
. Dr. A. Hoffer’, ‘horský terain (cca
800 m
n. m.), (stromy a keře)’ (
NMPC
); 1Ψ ‘
Černà Studnice
u Jabonce n/N
Bohemia
,
17. VI. 61
. Martinek’ (
NMPC
); 1Ψ ‘Bohem. merid. Střibr. Hutĕ,
10. / 7. 1945
, Bouček leg.’ (
NMPC
); 1Ψ ‘
Bohemia
: Krkonoše, Labskálorska,
19. 7. 1963
. Martinek’ (
NMPC
); 1Ψ ‘Hradec Králové, 11. 8. Vëkoše 1962,
BOHEMIA
Bouček’ (
NMPC
); 1ɗ ‘
BOHEMIA
: Janov u Dë ína, Bouček leg. /
29. 7. 56
’ (
NMPC
); 1ɗ ‘Cís. les: Kamerná,
22. VII. 51
. Bčk.’, ‘
Bohemia
, Bouček’ (
NMPC
); 1ɗ ‘Doksy: Břehynë,
BOHEMIA
, Bouček
30. VI. 1957
’ (
NMPC
); 3ɗ ‘
Bohemia
c.: údolí Neutonice-Kováry, Bouček,
16. VI. 54
’ (
NMPC
); 1ɗ ‘
Bohemia
cent. Praha-,
19. / V. 1946
., Bouček leg.’ (
NMPC
); 1ɗ ‘Boh., Praha-okolí, Chuchle, Bouček
6. 6. 59
’ (
NMPC
); 1ɗ ‘
Bohemia
or.: Velký Vřeštov, Bouček
VIII. 54
’ (
NMPC
); 1ɗ ‘Boh., Hradec Kr., Novy, Bouček
22. 7. 55
’ (
NMPC
); 1ɗ ‘Moravia mer., Čejč, leg. Kocourek /
16. 6. 56
’ (
NMPC
); 1ɗ ‘
Bohemia
or. Hradec Králové,
1. / VI. 1945
, Bouček leg.’ (
NMPC
); 1ɗ ‘
Bohemia
: Hradec Kr. Piletice, Bouček
22. VI. 53
’ (
NMPC
).
FRANCE
:
2ɗ ‘
FRANCE
, Montpellier,
13-V. 1979
, J. T. Huber’, ‘A long river bank (Le Lez) and woods nearby grasses and low woody veg.’, ‘ɗ
Macroglenes Det. Z. Bouček
‘89’ (
CNC
); 1Ψ [
France
], ‘Agay-Var,
Gallia
, … 27., Coll: Obenberger’ (
NMPC
).
GERMANY
:
1Ψ on the same card as 1ɗ ‘
Stenophrus compressus Foerst.
’, ‘Aachen’ (only the male is true
compressus
); 1ɗ idem, ‘46/6’, ‘named by A. Foerster’; 4ɗ ‘
PIRENE graminea Hal. V. Delucchi
det.’, ‘C. I. L. B. Ascherleben
Allemagne
, WEISSLER’, ‘C. I. L. B. Ex.
Contarinia pisi Winn.
Cecidomyidae’, ‘ɗ
Macroglenes chalybea (Halid.)
det. Baur 1993’ (
MHNG
); 1Ψ ‘Kiel & eur., Boness 1950’, ‘prairies humides’, ‘
Pirene gramínea Hal. Ch. Ferrière
det.’, ‘Ψ
Macroglenes chalybea (Halid.)
det. Baur 1993’ (
MHNG
); 1Ψ [
Germany
], ‘Bittendorf-1935, Col.
MAGEK
18. 8., RAKOUSKO’, ‘5 27’ (
NMPC
); 1ɗ idem, ‘
1936, 31. 5.
’ (
NMPC
); 2Ψ, 2ɗ ‘
Germania
: Aschersleben,
Contarinia pisi, 1960
? V. Geissler’, ‘
Pirene graminea Hal.
Ψ/ɗ, Zd. Bouček det. 1962’ (
NMPC
); 3ɗ ‘Aschersleben,
Germania
,
24. VI. 60
. Geißler’ (
NMPC
); 5Ψ, 1ɗ (on the same pin) ‘
Pirene graminea Hal.
Ψ, Zd. Bouček det. 1962’, idem ‘ɗ’, ‘C. I. L. B. / Ex.:
Contarinia pisi Winn
, Cecidomyidae’, ‘C. I. L. B. / ‘aschersleben allemagne, GEISSLER’, ‘Ψɗ
Macroglenes chalybea (Halid.)
, det. Baur 1993’ (
NMBE
).
ITALY
:
1Ψ ‘I, NO: d’Orta n S.
Maurizio
d’Opaglio,
320 m
, 870.4/70.1,
28. 6. 1993
, leg. H. Baur’, ‘Macroglenes’ (
NMBE
).
MOROCCO
:
8Ψ ‘Talasoltane RIF-
1850 m
,
4–11. 7. 61
’, ‘Ψ
Macroglenes chalybea (Haliday)
det. H. Baur’ (
NMBE
).
ROMANIA
:
2ɗ ‘R. N. Valea lui David,
5. VIII. 1999
, 304’, ‘
Macroglenes chalybeus
ɗ det.
Mitroiu 2006
’ (
MICO
); 1ɗ idem, ’
11. VI. 1999
leg. L. Fusu 278’ (
MICO
); 1Ψ, 1ɗ idem, ’
31. V. 2009
, sweep net Leg. M. Mitroiu’ (
MICO
); 1Ψ ‘Marzesti (IS),
2. VI. 2004
leg. L. Fusu 289’, ‘
Macroglenes chalybeus
Ψ det. Mitroiu 2005’ (
MICO
); 1ɗ ‘RO: IS, Ciric (pajiste),
29. V.
0 8 leg. M.-D. Mitroiu’, ‘
Macroglenes chalybeus
ɗ det. Mitroiu 2009’ (
MICO
); 1Ψ ‘RO: NT, Potoci (pajiste),
26. VI. 99
leg. M.-D. Mitroiu’, ‘
Macroglenes chalybeus
Ψ det. Mitroiu 2009’ (
MICO
); 1ɗ idem ’
28. VI. 99
’ (
MICO
); 1ɗ ‘RO: P. N. Piatra Craiului-Marele Grohotis,
20. VIII.
0 3 leg. Popescu’, ’
Macroglenes chalybeus
ɗ det. Mitroiu 2009’ (
MICO
); 1Ψ ‘
Macroglenes chalybea Hal.
Ψ (I.A.) (?) / Iasi
21. V. 1957
, pe Sisymbrium (I.A.)’ (
MICO
); 3Ψ, 5ɗ ‘
Macroglenes
spp. Ψɗ I.A. / Raul Pangaricior (NT)
7. VI. 1957
’ (
MICO
).
SLOVAKIA
:
1Ψ ‘
ČSR
.
Slovakia
, Balanskátatry, 9. 56 A. Hoffer’, ‘Bujačivoch, Košiarc 1800–2000 m’ (
NMPC
); 1Ψ ‘Slov. cent., Δ Pol’ana,
VI. 52
. Bouček’ (
NMPC
); 1ɗ ‘
SLOVAKIA
: Štúrovo vrch Hedfárok,
27. 7. 55
Bouček’ (
NMPC
).
SWITZERLAND
:
1ɗ ‘
Pirene graminea Hal., Ch. Ferriere
det’, ‘ex Cecidomyia pisi’, ‘
Suisse
, Rheintal,
VII. 1931
Wintenhalten’ (
BMNH
); 3ɗ, 5Ψ ‘St. Gall. Rheintal 1933, H. Kutter’, ‘Ex
Contarinia
pisi’, ‘
Pirene graminea Hal. Ch. Ferrière
det’, ‘
Macroglenes chalybea (Halid.)
det. H. Baur 1993’, ‘
Macroglenes chalybeus Hal.
det. H. Baur 2009’ (
MHNG
); 1ɗ, 2Ψ idem, ‘Vallée d. Rhin,
VII. 1933
’ (
MHNG
); 1ɗ ‘Suisse-Valais, Derborence,
25 VII 56
, Cl. Besuchet’, ‘
Macroglenes chalybeus Hal.
ɗ det. H. Baur 2009’ (
MHNG
); 1ɗ ‘
CH
BE Bremgarten Hogger (Magerwiese),
550 m
599.4/202.9,
19. 5. 2004
leg. H. Baur’, ‘
Macroglenes chalybea Halid.
ɗ, det. H. Baur 2004’ (
NMBE
); 1Ψ ‘
CH
VS
2000 m
, Kippel, Hockenalp, 624/139,
23. viii
, 1997 H. Baur’ (
NMBE
); 2Ψ ‘
CH
BE
1420 m
, Boltigen, Vordere, Reidigen 592/164,
12. viii. 1997
H. Baur’ (
NMBE
).
U.K.
:
9ɗ ‘Lincolnshire Kirton,
20. VI. 1969
, Ex.
Contarinia pisi
C.I.E. A 3151’, one male labeled ‘
Pirene chalybea Hal., M.
de V. Graham det. ‘69’,
2 males
labeled ‘M. chalybeus’ (
BMNH
); 3Ψ, 22ɗ ‘From field of peas,
27.VII.1956
’, ‘
England
, LN, Crowle, B. A. Cooper, B. M. 1956-420’, one male of this series labeled ‘chalibeus’ and another one ‘
Graham 1969
:
Pirene chalybea
Hal’, ‘
Macroglenes chalybeus (Hal.)
det. Z. Bouček, 1988’ (
BMNH
); 5Ψ, 3ɗ ‘
England
, LN, Crowle, Coll. D. Lomas’, ‘Pres. by B. A. Cooper, From field of peas,
2. VIII. 1956
’ (
BMNH
); 2Ψ, 2ɗ ‘Surrey, Merton, Among pea thrips,
24. VI. 1945
, C. B. Williams’, one of the females labeled ‘
P. graminea Hal.
det. Ferriere’, ‘
Pirene scylax Wlk.
’ (
BMNH
); 1ɗ ‘
Macroglenes chalybeus (Hal.) Scylax
sec
Type
coll. Wlk. M. de V. Graham
BMNH
1983-2’, ‘Bagley Wood, Berks., M. W. G (2)
5. 7. 1956
’ (
BMNH
); 1ɗ ‘Torquai, Devon,
ENGLAND
,
19-VI-1960
, J. R. Vockeroth’ (
CNC
);?
U.K.
: 1Ψ ‘
Pirene
, CF’, ‘
Macroglenes penetrans
Kirby’, ’38 / 7.12 / 105’ (round label, blue underneath), Waterhouse label (
BMNH
); 1Ψ ’38 / 7.12 / 177’ (round label, blue underneath) (
BMNH
); 2ɗ ‘Ruthe Coll., 59. 101’, ‘
Corynocere Ns.
?’, ‘39/6 55’ (
BMNH
); 2ɗ ‘
Pirene rubi Hal.
, 59 H.’, Waterhouse label, ‘=
P. chalybea Hal.
sec.
Graham 1969
’ (
BMNH
); 1Ψ ‘Walker coll., 1904-120’; 5ɗ ‘
Macroglenes microcerus Hal.
’, ‘
Pirene graminea Hal., Ch. Ferriere
det.’ (
BMNH
); 8ɗ (4 on one card) ‘
Macroglenes
microcerus’, Waterhouse label (
BMNH
).
Variation.
F5 varies from virtually as long as wide (rarely) to distinctly transverse, but still provided with sensilla, and usually more or less asymmetric when seen from profile. Regarding this character, the distinction between
M. chalybeus
and
M. varicornis
(Haliday)
appears to be less clear than stated by
Graham (1969: 341)
. Also, F1–F3 vary from distinctly separated (rarely) to being rather compacted together, although they are not fused as is commonly encountered for
M. gramineus
(Haliday)
or
M. herbaceus
(Graham)
. The pecten of the hind tibia can extend for more than 2/3 the length of the tibia in some males, and in some females for slightly less.
Comments.
After comparing the
types
of
M. rasnitsyni
(Dzhanokmen)
with
M. chalybeus
, it appears that
M. rasnitsyni
is a specimen of
M. chalybeus
with a distinctly transverse F5, similar to many other individuals that I examined; thus, I regard the former name as a junior synonym of the latter.
Macroglenes brevicornis
(Nees, 1834)
was regarded by
Graham (1969)
as a possible synonym of
M. chalybeus
(
Haliday, 1833
)
; because the
types
are considered as lost, this cannot be further clarified.
At one point I tried to distinguish several possibly valid species, mainly based on the size of F5, wing venation and hind tibial pecten, but the differences proved to be very small and the characters overlapping so at present I prefer to treat all the morphological forms as a single species. Perhaps more information may be provided by future molecular studies.
Distribution.
Belgium
,
Croatia
,
Czech Republic
,
France
,
Germany
,
Hungary
,
Ireland
,
Montenegro
,
Netherlands
,
Romania
,
Serbia
,
Slovakia
,
Spain
,
Sweden
,
Switzerland
,
U.K.
(
Noyes, 2003
);
Kazakhstan
. Previously unrecorded from
Italy
and
Morocco
.
Hosts.
Recorded from the midges (
Diptera
:
Cecidomyiidae
)
Contarinia pisi
(Loew)
,
C. thermopsii
Fedotova
and
Dasineura viciae
(Kieffer)
on
Fabaceae
, and
C. tritici
(Kirby)
on
Poaceae
(
Graham 1969
;
Dzhanokmen 1993
).