Revision of the Holarctic species of Dilyta Förster (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Charipinae) with descriptions of four new species from the eastern Palaearctic
Author
Paretas-Martínez, Jordi
Author
Ferrer-Suay, Mar
Author
Kovalev, Oleg
Author
Melika, George
Author
Selfa, Jesús
Author
Pujade-Villar, Juli
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Zootaxa
2011
2780
29
38
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.201234
a98e2250-ffdd-41f0-8cf4-b0fd91ee86ec
1175-5326
201234
Dilyta subclavata
Förster
Dilyta subclavata
Förster, 1869
: 338
.
Charips microcera
Haliday
in
Marshall
, 1870
: 181
. Synonymyzed by
Quinlan & Evenhuis (1980: 429)
.
Glyptoxysta heterocera
Thomson, 1877
: 814
. Synonymyzed by
Hellén (1958: 64)
;
Menke & Evenhuis (1991:152)
mentioned that this synonymy was made by Hellén (1963), but it was actually
Hellén (1958)
.
Glyptoxysta talitzkii
Belizin 1966
: 7
.
Apocharips talitzkii
after
Menke & Evenhuis (1991: 149)
. NEW SYNONYMY.
Type
material studied.
D. subclavata
:
NHMW
: one pin with 2Ƥ: “Först.”, “Collect. G Mayr”, “Dil.
subclavata Förster
,
Type
”, “
Dilyta subclavata Frst.
”, “
Dilyta subclavata Förster
2ƤƤ det. H.H.Evenhuis 1976” (orange), “das rechte Weibchen ware alb Lektotypus zu wählen H.H.Evenhuis” (orange). Comments: the original
type
material of
D. subclavata
consisted in two pins with two specimens each. However, the two specimens on one of the pins do not belong to
D. subclavata
but to
Alloxysta
sp. Thus, we have removed this pin from the
type
series.
Glyptoxysta heterocera
:
EMLU
: 1Ƥ: “Weld 1931” (Red label) “
heterocera
” “1969 100” “1984 329” “
Lectotype
” “
Lectotype
Glyptoxysta heterocera
det. N.D.M.Fergusson, 1984” “
ZML
2006 219”; 1 Ƥ: “Rsiö” “1969 101” “1984 330” “Para- Lecto-
Type
” (Blue label) “
Paralectotype
of
Glyptoxysta heterocera
det. N.D.M.Fergusson, 1984” “
ZML
. 2006 220”.
Glyptoxysta talitzkii
:
ZIN
: 13: “Kishinev
MSSR
,
8.VI.57
. Talickij” (in Russian), “
Ps. pyri
N1052”, “
Holotypus
3
Dilyta talitzkii
m V.Belizin det” (red).
Diagnosis.
Similar to
D. japonica
n. sp.
,
D. longinqua
n. sp.
and
D. sinica
n. sp.
in having distal area of metasoma punctate. Differs from these in proportions of antennal segments (see key). Differs from
D. aleevae
n. sp.
and
D. rathmanae
these having distal area of metasoma smooth without punctures.
Redescription. Length
:
1.2–1.5 mm
.
Colour
: Head, mesosoma and metasoma dark brown. Antennae and legs yellow.
Antennae
(figs. 3B, 4B):
Female
. F1 slightly shorter or subequal than pedicel, F2 subequal to F3, F4 slightly shorter than F1 but longer than F2 and F3, F1 subequal to F5, F6 longer than F5; F6–F11 wider than previous segments, antenna slightly clavate from F6; sensilla beginning on F6–F7.
Male
. F1 slightly longer than pedicel, sometimes slightly arched, F2 shorter than F1 and F3, F3 shorter than F1, F1 subequal to F4; F4–F12 wider than previous segments, antenna slightly clavate from F4; sensilla beginning on F4.
Metasoma
: Distal half with a punctate area.
Biology.
Hyperparasitoid of psyllids through
Encyrtidae (Chalcidoidea)
. Reared from
Psylla pyri
(L.) and
Psyllopsis fraxini
(L.) (
Menke & Evenhuis 1991
). According to label data, the specimens from
Netherlands
were collected on
Fraxinus excelsior
L. (
Oleaceae
) but lacking host data.
Distribution.
Europe. Cited for the first time in this study from
Norway
,
Sweden
,
Netherlands
and
USA
(Alaska).