Review of the world species of Spaniopus Walker, 1833 (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), with description of a new species from the Russian Far East
Author
Tselikh, Ekaterina
text
Zootaxa
2015
4058
1
41
65
journal article
39271
10.11646/zootaxa.4058.1.2
c03b8685-e7b1-423d-8db3-8a8c99ee2202
1175-5326
239870
B316C84C-7415-449F-9ABF-5DD600556844
Spaniopus amoenus
Foerster, 1856
(
Figs 1–6
)
Spaniopus amoenus
Foerster, 1856
: 56
; ♂
type
specimens perhaps lost (
Bouček 1972: 312
).
Type
locality: [
Germany
].
Description.
Female
. Body length
1.8–2.4 mm
; fore wing length
1.8–1.9 mm
. Colour: head, mesosoma and metasoma dark metallic green with diffuse coppery lustre; antenna with scape and pedicel, and F1–F3 yellowishbrown; legs yellowish-brown; fore wing with infuscate spot under M and S; ovipositor sheath dark brown.
Head in dorsal view 2.0–2.1× as broad as long and 1.1–1.2× as broad as mesoscutum; in frontal view 1.2–1.3× broader than high. POL 1.3× OOL. Eye height 1.4× eye length. Frons 1.35–1.4× broader than eye height. Distance between antennal toruli and lower margin of clypeus 1.08–1.10× distance between antennal toruli and median ocellus. Clypeus radially striate, its lower margin weakly emarginate. Mandible formula 3:4. Antenna with scape 0.90–0.95× as long as eye height and 1.33× as long as eye length; pedicel 2.0× as long as broad and 1.5–1.6× as long as F1; combined length of pedicel and flagellum 0.9× breadth of head; second anellus distinctly transverse, about 2.0× as long as first anellus; F1 1.3–1.4× as long as broad and hardly constricted basally; F2–F3 longer than broad and F4–F6 subquadrate; each funicular segment with one row of dense sensilla; clava 1.8× as long as broad.
Mesosoma 1.10–1.15× as long as broad. Pronotal collar medially 0.2× as long as mesoscutum. Scutellum finely reticulate, about as long as broad, with noticeable but shallow frenal line. Propodeum medially 0.70–0.75× as long as scutellum; usually with median carina and costula complete; nucha subglobose and strongly reticulate, occupying 0.50× length of propodeum. Fore wing 2.3–2.4× as long as maximum width; basal cell bare; speculum open; M 1.2× as long as P and 1.48–1.53× as long as S; P 1.2–1.3× as long as S.
FIGURES 1–6.
Spaniopus amoenus
Foerster
(non type, Hungary).
1
, ♀ habitus, lateral view;
2
, ♀ habitus, dorsal view;
3
, ♀ head and antenna, lateral view;
4
, ♀ scutellum and propodeum, dorsal view;
5
, ♀ fore wing;
6
, ♂ habitus, lateral view.
Metasoma ovate-acuminate, 1.70–1.75× as long as broad and 1.4× as long as mesosoma. Ovipositor sheath projecting slightly beyond apex of metasoma.
Male
. Body length
1.6–1.8 mm
. Fore wing length
1.3 mm
. Colour: antenna with pedicel and F1–F4 yellow, and F5, F6 and clava brown; fore wing hyaline. Head in dorsal view 1.2–1.3× as broad as mesoscutum and in frontal view 1.7× as broad as high. Antenna with pedicel 1.3× as long as broad and 1.3× as long as F1; F1–F6 longer than broad; clava 1.8× as long as broad; combined length of pedicel and flagellum 1.2× breadth of head. Fore wing with M 0.9× as long as P and 1.1–1.2× as long as S; basal cell with several hairs in apical half. Mid tibia with only outer edge flattened. Metasoma 1.3× as long as broad and 1.0–1.1× as long as mesosoma. Otherwise similar to the female.
Material examined.
FRANCE
:
2 ♀, “
FRANCE
. FI. Huelgoat.
31.v.1954
. J.F. Perkins. B.M. 1954-396”.
GREAT BRITAIN
:
1 ♂
, “Burnham Beeches Bucks.
ENGLAND
17.8.75
. Bouček”.
HUNGARY
:
1 ♀,
1 ♂
, “Mecsek, Misana 1953.
X. 24.
leg. dr. Kaszab”, “avar rostalva”;
1 ♂
, “Budapest. Biró. 1927.
IX.21
”.
SLOVAKIA
:
1 ♀, “Helmec. údoli, Dargov. vrchy,
SLOVAKIA
or.
5. 8. 54
. Bouček” (all from
BMNH
).
Distribution.
Belgium
,
Czech Republic
,
France
,
Germany
,
Great Britain
,
Hungary
,
Slovakia
,
Sweden
(
Noyes 2015
).
Biology.
Unknown.
Comparative diagnosis
.
Spaniopus amoenus
is very similar to
S. dissimilis
; the differences between these species are given in the respective keys to the sexes.