Revision of the Eurasian species of Aegilips Haliday, 1835 (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Anacharitinae)
Author
Mata-Casanova, Noel
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Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Biologia, Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals. Avda. Diagonal 645, 08028 - Barcelona, Spain.
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Author
Selfa, Jesús
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Universitat de València, Facultat de Ciències Biològiques, Departament de Zoologia. Campus de Burjassot-Paterna, Dr. Moliner 50, E- 46100 Burjassot (València), Spain.
jesus.selfa@uv.es
Author
Pujade-Villar, Juli
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Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Biologia, Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals. Avda. Diagonal 645, 08028 - Barcelona, Spain.
jpujade@ub.edu
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2022
2022-05-16
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108
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http://zoobank.org/e4555fef-00d2-40da-8ce5-459c6181b68c
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Aegilips romseyensis
Fergusson, 1985
Figs 1f
,
2c–f
Aegilips romseyensis
Fergusson, 1985: 815
(
♀
).
Diagnosis
Species with the entire surface of the pronotum strongly carinate and notauli with strong transverse carinae, like
A. kozlovi
(pronotal carinae only present in the lower pronotum and notauli not internally carinate or only weakly carinate in the other species of
Aegilips
). It can be distinguished from
A. kozlovi
due to its smooth mesoscutum and central scutellum (in
A. kozlovi
, mesoscutum transversely carinate in its entire surface and central scutellum areolate).
Type material
Holotype
UNITED KINGDOM
•
♀
; “
Malaise trap
0-5 m
in
dead
Larix
” (white label); “
ENGLAND
:
Hampshire
,
Romsey
,
Awbridge
,
14-31Jun.1980
;
C. and M.Vardy
”(white label);“Holotype of
Aegilips romseyensis
♀;
N. D. M. Fergusson
, 1982” (white label); “B.M. Type Hym 7.165” (white label);
NHMUK
.
Paratype
UNITED KINGDOM
•
♂
; “
Malaise trap
2-5 m
a.s.l.
in
dead
Larix
” (white label)
;
“
ENGLAND
:
Hants
.
Romsey
,
Awbridge
,
3-31 Aug. 1980
;
C. and M. Vardy
” (white label); “Paratype of
Aegilips romseyensis
♂;
N. D. M. Fergusson
, 1982” (white label);
NHMUK
.
Material examined
(
19 ♀♀
,
49 ♂♂
)
CHINA
•
2 ♂♂
;
130 km
N of Beijing
,
Lyan Ling
(
Linshan Mountians
);
1749 m
a.s.l.
;
40º00.279'N
,
15º30.758'E
;
8 Apr. 2002
;
H. Baur
leg.;
USNM
.
CZECH REPUBLIC
•
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
;
Moravia
,
R.V. Dyje nr. Zrojmo
;
12 Sep. 1991
;
L. Masner
leg.;
CNC
.
FRANCE
•
1 ♀
;
Gard
,
Causse de Blandas
;
9 Sep. 1984
;
M.W.R.
leg.;
NHMUK
•
1 ♀
;
Cahors
;
20 Sep. 1989
;
H. Tussac
leg.;
NHMUK
•
1 ♂
;
Cahors
;
22 Sep. 1989
;
H. Tussac
leg.;
NHMUK
•
1 ♀
;
Laurouz
,
Hérault
;
31 Oct. 1989
;
G. Delvare
leg.;
NHMUK
.
HUNGARY
•
1 ♂
;
Budapest
; 1929:
Biró
leg.;
NHMUK
•
1 ♂
;
Kalocsa
;
19 May 1939
;
Erdós
leg.;
NHMUK
•
1 ♂
;
Baranya
,
Beremend
;
24 Apr.–9 May 1963
;
L. Horacsek
leg.;
NHMUK
•
2 ♂♂
;
Vas
,
Köszeg Kálvaria
;
14 Jun. 1994
;
Melika
leg.;
UB
•
1 ♀
;
Vas
,
Kërvölgy
;
18 Jun. 1994
;
Melika
leg.;
UB
•
1 ♀
;
Vas
,
Kondoria
;
19 Jun. 1994
;
Melika
leg.;
UB
•
1 ♂
;
Vas
,
Örség
,
Rikkagahaza Kétvölgy
;
22 Jun. 1994
;
Narolsky
leg.;
UB
•
1 ♀
,
1 ♂
;
Vas
,
Szakonyfalú
;
24 Jun. 1994
;
Kotenko
leg.;
UB
•
1 ♂
;
Vas
,
Szalafö Felsözer
;
1 Jul. 1994
;
Kotenko
leg.;
UB
•
1 ♂
;
Vas
,
Szalafö Felsözer
;
2 Jul. 1994
;
Kotenko
leg.;
UB
•
1 ♂
;
Vas
,
Szalafö Felsözer
;
3 Jul. 1994
;
Melika
leg.;
UB
•
1 ♂
;
Vas
,
Cák
;
4 Jul. 1994
;
Melika
leg.;
UB
•
1 ♀
,
7 ♂♂
;
Vas
,
Celdörmölk
;
5 Jul. 1994
;
Melika
leg.;
UB
•
1 ♀
,
3 ♂♂
;
Vas
,
Cák
;
8 Jul. 1994
;
Kotenko
leg.;
UB
•
1 ♀
;
Veszprém
Co.
,
Kolontár
;
10 Jul. 1999
;
Z. Ács
leg.;
UB
•
1 ♀
,
3 ♂♂
;
Veszprém
Co.
,
Zomlóvásárhely
;
14 Jul. 1999
;
Z. Ács
leg.;
UB
•
1 ♂
;
Veszprém
Co.
,
Máriahalom
;
1 Sep. 1999
;
Z. Ács
leg.;
UB
•
2 ♂♂
;
Veszprém Co.
,
Bakonygyepes
;
2 Jul. 2000
;
Zoltán Ács
leg.;
UB
.
ITALY
•
1 ♂
;
Rocchetta di Vara
;
3 May 1965
:
Erdós
leg.;
CNC
•
1 ♀
;
Abruzzo
,
L'Aquila
,
Loc. Coppito
;
20 Jun. 1992
;
John D. Pinto
leg.;
CNC
.
PAKISTAN
•
1 ♂
;
Murree
,
Punj. Prov.
;
7000–7500 ft
a.s.l.
,
26–28 Sep. 1976
;
G.F. Hevel
and
R.E. Diets
leg.;
USNM
.
ROMANIA
•
1 ♀
,
1 ♂
;
Hargita Co.
,
Kiruly Valley
;
10 Aug. 2000
;
Zoltán Ács
leg.;
UB
•
2 ♂♂
;
Hargita Co.
,
Kiruly Valley
;
15 Aug. 2000
;
Zoltán Ács
leg.;
UB
.
SLOVAKIA
•
1 ♀
;
Cachtice env.
;
11 Aug. 1991
;
L. Masner
leg.;
CNC
.
SRI LANKA
•
1 ♂
;
Hakgala Botanical Gardens
,
N.E. Dist.
;
6000 ft
a.s.l.
,
6–8 Oct. 1976
;
G.F. Hevel
,
R.E. Diets IV
,
S. Karunaratne
and
D.W. Balasooriya
leg.;
USNM
.
THAILAND
•
2 ♂♂
;
Chiang Mai
,
Doi Phahompok NP
,
Kiewlom1/montane forest
;
2174 m
a.s.l.
;
20º3.549'N
,
99º 8.552'E
;
7–14 Mar. 2008
;
P. Wongchai
leg.;
USNM
.
UNITED KINGDOM
•
1 ♂
;
England
,
Cornworthy
;
13 Jul. 1939
;
G.H.M.
and
K.U.C.
leg.;
NHMUK
•
1 ♂
;
England
,
Bricket Wood
;
14 Aug. 1939
;
K. Clarke
leg.;
NHMUK
•
1 ♂
;
England
,
Bricket Wood
;
25 Aug. 1939
;
K. Clarke
leg.;
NHMUK
•
1 ♂
;
Old Head
;
26 May. 1942
;
USNM
•
1 ♂
;
Frampton Wd
;
27 May 1950
;
USNM
•
1 ♂
;
Waverley Wd
;
5 Jun. 1952
;
H.W. Daltry
leg.;
NHMUK
•
1 ♂
;
Rugby
;
7 Sep. 1954
;
H.W. Daltry
leg.;
NHMUK
•
2 ♀♀
,
1 ♂
;
Bagley Wd BK
;
5 Jul. 1956
;
H.W. Daltry
leg.;
NHMUK
•
1 ♀
,
1 ♂
;
Jersey
,
St. Aubins
;
12–19 Sep. 1966
;
T. Dackus
leg.;
NHMUK
•
1 ♂
;
Wales
,
Pembs
,
Mynachlogddu
;
23 Jun. 1977
;
Noyes
and
Boucek
leg.;
NHMUK
•
2 ♂♂
;
England
,
Cambridgeshire
,
Peterborough
,
Castor Hanglands
;
18–28 Jul. 1978
;
Fitton
and
Noyes
leg.;
NHMUK
•
1 ♀
,
1 ♂
;
Cambridgeshire
,
Duxford
;
25 Jul.–1 Aug. 1979
;
R.S. George
leg.;
NHMUK
•
1 ♀
;
Hampshire
,
Romsey
,
Awbridge
;
Oct. 1981
;
C. and M. Vardy
leg.;
NHMUK
•
1 ♂
;
England
,
Surrey
,
Chobham Common
;
26 Aug. 1982
;
E.E. Grissell
;
USNM
•
1 ♂
;
Kent
,
Canterbury
;
6 Oct. 1985
;
L. Clemons
leg.;
NHMUK
•
1 ♂
;
England
,
Surrey
,
Barnes Common
;
12 Sep. 2009
;
J.S. Noyes
leg.;
NHMUK
.
Type locality
United Kingdom
,
Hampshire
, Romsey, Awbridge.
Redescription
MEASUREMENTS. Body:
2.4–2.5 mm
; antennae:
2.2 mm
(
♀
),
2.4 mm
(
♂
); wings:
2.4–2.5 mm
. COLORATION. Head, mesosoma and metasoma black. Mandibles yellowish brown with darker teeth. Leg yellowish brown with darker coxae. Veins of wings yellowish.
HEAD. Head square-shaped in anterior view (
Fig. 1f
), 1.4 times as broad as high, malar area expanded. Face smooth and punctate, with short uniform pubescence. Malar area coriaceous, 0.8 times as long as compound eye. Clypeus smooth, glabrous, shortly projected; anterior tentorial pits small, indistinct. Transfacial distance 1.2 times as long as compound eye. Diameter of torulus shorter than inter-toruli distance but larger than torulus-eye distance. Frons, gena and occiput smooth and glabrous with few sparse setae; occipital and postocular carinae absents. In dorsal view 2.3 times as broad as long, broader than mesosoma. Compound eyes glabrous. POL: OOL: LOL is 7.0:4.0:3.0, diameter of lateral ocellus is 2.0.
ANTENNAE. In males, antenna 14-segmented; flagellomeres cylindrical and pubescent, same width in all flagellomeres, placodeal sensilla abundant in all flagellomeres; F1 not modified; antennal formula: 9.0(4.0), 3.5(3.0), 9.0(3.5), 8.5(3.0), 7.0(3.0), 7.0(3.0), 7.0(3.0), 7.0(3.0), 7.0(3.0), 7.0(3.0), 7.0(3.0), 7.0(3.0), 6.0(3.0), 8.0(3.0). In females, antenna 13-segmented; flagellomeres cylindrical and pubescent, same width in all flagellomeres, placodeal sensilla starting at F3 but not abundant until F4; antennal formula: 9.0(3.0), 3.0(3.0), 9.0(2.5), 7.0(2.5), 6.0(2.5), 6.0(3.0), 5.0(3.0), 5.0(3.0), 4.0(3.0), 4.0(3.0), 4.0(3.0), 4.0(3.0), 7.0(3.0).
MESOSOMA. Pronotal plate smooth. Pronotum covered by strongly coarse sculpture in its entire surface (
Fig. 2c
). Mesoscutum 1.2 times as broad as long in dorsal view. Mesoscutum shiny, from smooth to slightly alutaceous, never carinate; short hyaline pubescence uniformly distributed across its surface. Notaulus complete with horizontal carinae (
Fig. 2f
); median mesoscutal furrow present but not strong. Lateral mesoscutum smooth, punctate; parapsidal signum short, parascutal sulcus deeply excavated and internally carinate. central scutellum smooth while strongly areolate at margins (
Fig. 2f
), 0.8 times of mesoscutal length; scutellar foveae rounded, small, smooth, posteriorly defined by carina weakening in central scutellum; presence of large and elongated pit next to inner margin of scutellar foveae. Interfoveal line complete. Circumscutellar carina complete but not projected to form tooth in lateral view. Anterior and ventral mesopleuron carinate with rugose microsculpture, central and posterior mesopleuron smooth. Mesopleural triangle smooth with two short sulcus in its anterior margin, glabrous. Metanotal troughs glabrous, almost smooth except for some weak coarse sculpture. Propodeum coriaceous, densely pubescent, divided in large cells; central area longitudinally divided by median carina, with some transverse weak carination.
FORE WINGS. Pubescent, marginal pubescence denser at apical third. Radial cell closed, 2.5 times as long as wide. Vein 2rm absent.
METASOMA. Shorter than head + mesosoma. Petiole as long as wide, shorter than metacoxa, coarsely sculptured, shiny. Third metasomal tergum 2.8 times as long as fourth in dorsal view. Metasomal terga smooth and glabrous; T4 to T7 punctate.
Biology
Unknown.
Distribution
Palaearctic and Indomalayan.
United Kingdom
(
Fergusson 1985
); first record for
France
,
Italy
,
Austria
,
Czech Republic
,
Slovakia
,
Hungary
,
Romania
,
Pakistan
,
Sri Lanka
,
Thailand
and
China
.