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(FIG. 17). Body blue­green. Head blue­green, dark blue on the occiput. Pronotum in front of the collar dark blue, mesonotum and axillae bright bluish­green; scutellum bluegreen. Gaster blue­green with some golden reflections. Mandibles reddish, teeth dark brown. Scape apart from radicle and extreme basal end, which are reddish, metallic; pedicel metallic. Coxae of same color as thorax; trochanters black; femora black with both ends reddish, the distal end more widely so; tibiae bright reddish, proximal and distal ends paler; tarsi reddish with fifth segment brownish. Tegulae reddish­yellow. Fore wings weakly infumate; submarginal and postmarginal vein dark­brownish; marginal and stigmal vein paler. Hind wings hyaline; venation brownish excepting parastigma and distal end of marginal vein, which are more infuscate. Body length: 
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<paragraph id="082436BFFFC7FFEFBF1529AA41CB0A37" blockId="3.[264,1325,1273,1899]" lastBlockId="4.[264,1324,284,1790]" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="39" pageId="3" pageNumber="38">Head width about 2.4X length in dorsal view, width about 1.1X that of mesoscutum. Head width about 1.4X height in frontal view. Temples about 0.3X as long as eyes in dorsal view. OOL 1.5X as long as POL. Each posterior ocellus separated by about 3X its diameter from the eye. Eyes small, length about 1.4X width, separated by about 2.6X their own transverse diameter. Malar space about 0.8X as long as transverse diameter of eye and hardly 0.6X as long as an eye. Gena hollowed at mouth corner. Oral fossa about 1.8X as long as malar space and about half as long as breadth of head. Antennae (FIG. 3) with lower edge of toruli slightly above lower edge of eyes. Toruli separated by slightly less than a diameter. Scape slightly longer than an eye, reaching above median ocellus. Combined length of pedicellus and flagellum slightly less than breadth of head. Pedicellus length 1.8–1.9X width, shorter than anelli plus first funicular segment. All funicular segments at least slightly longer than broad, with sensillae in 2–3 rows on each segment. All funicular segments slightly longer than broad: F1 length 1.1–1.2X width, F3 1.2–1.3X, F6 1.1–1.2X. Clava length 2.2–2.3X width, shorter than the three preceding segments, its apex rounded.</paragraph>
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(FIGS. 1–8): 1. 
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: female, antenna; 2. Idem: male, antenna; 3. 
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: female, antenna; 4. Idem: male, antenna; 5. 
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: female, antenna; 6. 
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<emphasis id="3AEFEAADFFC1FFEEBFA929D8418B0F53" box="[388,494,1787,1810]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="40">H. askewi</emphasis>
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: female, fore wing; 7. 
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<emphasis id="3AEFEAADFFC1FFEEBD0E29D843D10F53" box="[803,948,1787,1810]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="40">H. andriescui</emphasis>
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: female, fore wing venation; 8. 
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<emphasis id="3AEFEAADFFC1FFEEBF0E283D41B90F74" box="[291,476,1822,1845]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="40">H. semireticulata</emphasis>
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: female, fore wing venation.
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(FIGS. 9–17): 9. 
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: female, propodeum; 10. Idem: female, petiole (al = apparent length); 11. 
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: female, propodeum; 12. Idem: female, petiole; 13. 
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: female, propodeum; 14. Idem: female, petiole; 15. 
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: male, maxillary stipes and palpus; 16. 
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: male, maxillary stipes and palpus; 17. idem: female, general aspect.
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. Differs from female in the following characters: body golden green; scape proximally reddish, with distal end dark brownish; pedicel and funicle dorsally dark brownish, ventrally paler; mandibles pale reddish, teeth dark brownish; maxillary palpi brownish­yellow. Body length: 
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. Head slightly less transverse, length about 2.3X width in dorsal view. OOL 1.2X as long as POL. Oral fosa about 1.6X as long as malar space. Maxillary stipites small, hardly modified; palpi strongly dilated, the sac formed by the last two segments about 2.8X as long as broad, length about 3.2X that of malar space (FIG. 16). Toruli separated from each other by slightly more than a diameter, between them with a slightly elevated crest which has a very small tooth in its upper part. Antennae (FIG. 4) with more elongate funicular segments: F1 length about 1.5X width, F3 about 1.9X and F6 1.4X. Combined length of pedicellus and flagellum slightly greater than breadth of head (10.8: 9.4). Clava length about 2.8X width. Dorsellum with traces of reticulation in the middle. Petiole less transverse, width about 3X apparent length. Gaster rhomboidal, length about 1.2X width, shorter than thorax (9.5: 11.2); basal tergite occupying more than half of the whole gaster, other tergites retracted.
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<emphasis id="3AEFEAADFFC3FFECBF152C5742420BCC" box="[312,551,884,909]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Material examined:</emphasis>
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, 
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, 
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, 
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lui 
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, 
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(
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</emphasis>
). Deposited in &quot;Grigore Antipa&quot; Natural History Museum, 
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, registration number 183017 (specimen glued on card with one side appendages mounted on two microscope slides).
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<typeStatus id="D720881DFFC3FFECBF152B3741CA0C6C" box="[312,431,1044,1069]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
. 
<collectorName id="A56E5369FFC3FFECBFED2B3742640C6F" box="[448,513,1044,1070]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Same</collectorName>
locality and date as 
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: 
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, head missing (
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<collectorName id="A56E5369FFC3FFECBA4F2B3744DB0C6C" box="[1122,1214,1044,1069]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">L. Fusu</collectorName>
</emphasis>
) and 
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(
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<collectorName id="A56E5369FFC3FFECBF3F2B1F41DB0C14" box="[274,446,1084,1109]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">M.­D. Mitroiu</collectorName>
</emphasis>
), in authors collection; 
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(
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<collectorName id="A56E5369FFC3FFECBD002B1F43D50C14" box="[813,944,1084,1109]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">I. Popescu</collectorName>
</emphasis>
), in 
<collectorName id="A56E5369FFC3FFECBDD82B1F44DF0C17" box="[1013,1210,1084,1110]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">British Museum</collectorName>
(
<collectorName id="A56E5369FFC3FFECBAFC2B1F41000C3F" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Natural History</collectorName>
), 
<collectorName id="A56E5369FFC3FFECBF552B4741B30C3F" box="[376,470,1124,1150]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">London</collectorName>
, registration number 
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(E)
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2005 145.
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<paragraph id="082436BFFFC3FFECBF152BAF43D60C8F" blockId="7.[264,1325,284,1870]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">
<emphasis id="3AEFEAADFFC3FFECBF152BAF41D00CE4" box="[312,437,1164,1189]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Etymology</emphasis>
: This species is named for Dr. R. R. Askew, who has contributed substantially to our knowledge of European 
<taxonomicName id="CF9B4D3CFFC3FFECBD3D2B9743CA0C8F" authorityName="Dalman" authorityYear="1820" box="[784,943,1204,1230]" class="Insecta" family="Pteromalidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Pteromalidae</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="082436BFFFC3FFECBF152BFF42B20DD7" blockId="7.[264,1325,284,1870]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">
<emphasis id="3AEFEAADFFC3FFECBF152BFF41F60CB4" box="[312,403,1244,1269]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Biology</emphasis>
: Unknown; like other species from this genus, 
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<emphasis id="3AEFEAADFFC3FFECBDE42BFF445B0CB4" box="[969,1086,1244,1269]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">H. askewi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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is probably a parasitoid of a certain species of 
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(in this case probably a species of moderate size). All the individuals were swept on steppe vegetation at Valea lui David Natural Reserve. More than 500 species of angiosperms were identified here, the 
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being the dominant species (
<bibRefCitation id="6C0A4B4EFFC3FFECBFCF2A5F42AF0DD7" author="Mititelu, D. &amp; Motiu, T. &amp; TeSu, C. &amp; Vitalariu, C." box="[482,714,1404,1430]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" pagination="81 - 100" refId="ref7555" refString="Mititelu, D., Motiu, T., D a sc a lescu, D., TeSu, C., Vitalariu, C. (1969) Flora Si vegetatia pajiStilor &quot; Valea lui David &quot; IaSi. Studii S i Comunic a ri, Muzeul de S tiin t ele Naturii Bac a u, 81 - 100." type="book chapter" year="1969">Mititelu &amp; al. 1969</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="3AEFEAADFFC3FFECBF152A8742FA0DFC" box="[312,671,1444,1469]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">
Remarks: 
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</emphasis>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="21DC57D6FFC3FFECBC8A2A8742820DFF" box="[679,743,1444,1470]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
belongs to the group of species with the median area of propodeum distinctly reticulated, together with 
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<emphasis id="3AEFEAADFFC3FFECBDFC2AEF44EF0DA4" box="[977,1162,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">H. smaragdina</emphasis>
(Curtis)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="CF9B4D3CFFC3FFECBB232AEF41940E4F" authority="(Dalman)" baseAuthorityName="Dalman" baseAuthorityYear="1818" class="Insecta" family="Pteromalidae" genus="Halticoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="patellana">
<emphasis id="3AEFEAADFFC3FFECBB232AEF41130E4C" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">H. patellana</emphasis>
(Dalman)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="CF9B4D3CFFC3FFECBFD12AD7428D0E4F" authority="(Walker)" baseAuthorityName="Walker" baseAuthorityYear="1836" box="[508,744,1524,1550]" class="Insecta" family="Pteromalidae" genus="Halticoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="collaris">
<emphasis id="3AEFEAADFFC3FFECBFD12AD7421C0E4C" box="[508,633,1524,1549]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">H. collaris</emphasis>
(Walker)
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="CF9B4D3CFFC3FFECBD0D2AD744070E4F" authority="Graham. The" authorityName="Graham. The" authorityYear="1972" box="[800,1122,1524,1550]" class="Insecta" family="Pteromalidae" genus="Halticoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elongatula">
<emphasis id="3AEFEAADFFC3FFECBD0D2AD743A40E4C" box="[800,961,1524,1549]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">H. elongatula</emphasis>
Graham. The
</taxonomicName>
female and male of 
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<emphasis id="3AEFEAADFFC3FFECBF05293F41F90E74" box="[296,412,1564,1589]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">H. askewi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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would run in Graham’s key (1969) as far as couplet 3 and 
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<emphasis id="3AEFEAADFFC3FFECBAB5293F454F0E74" box="[1176,1322,1564,1589]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">H. patellana</emphasis>
(Dalman)
</taxonomicName>
, on account of its distinctly reticulated propodeum and, in the case of the male, also on account of its small maxillary stipites. From both sexes of 
<taxonomicName id="CF9B4D3CFFC3FFECBA64294F44D20EC4" baseAuthorityName="Dalman" baseAuthorityYear="1818" box="[1097,1207,1644,1669]" class="Insecta" family="Pteromalidae" genus="Halticoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="patellana">
<emphasis id="3AEFEAADFFC3FFECBA64294F44D20EC4" box="[1097,1207,1644,1669]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">patellana</emphasis>
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this new species differs mainly in having a very transverse petiole, a larger body size and some other characteristic features, which are mentioned below. Some of the characters of 
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<emphasis id="3AEFEAADFFC3FFECBAF6299F454F0E94" box="[1243,1322,1724,1749]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">askewi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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are rather uncommon for most of the species in the genus: an almost sessile gaster, OOL much longer than POL, a very distinct frenal groove, and the bottom edge of the toruli slightly above lower edge of eyes. The presence of these characters could question the generic placement of this species. However, other characters i.e. the rounded collar of the pronotum, the slightly asymmetric bidentate margin of the clypeus, the antennal formula, the postmarginal vein which is shorter than the marginal vein and the enlarged male maxillary palpi, do indicate that 
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<emphasis id="3AEFEAADFFCCFFE3BCE92EB7437109EC" box="[708,788,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="43">askewi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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belongs to genus 
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<emphasis id="3AEFEAADFFCCFFE3BA012EB744A709EC" box="[1068,1218,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="43">Halticoptera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. I do not think it is appropriate to create a new subgenus for 
<taxonomicName id="CF9B4D3CFFCCFFE3BD812E9F43990994" authorityName="Mitroiu" authorityYear="2005" box="[940,1020,444,469]" class="Insecta" family="Pteromalidae" genus="Halticoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="askewi">
<emphasis id="3AEFEAADFFCCFFE3BD812E9F43990994" box="[940,1020,444,469]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="43">askewi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
before examining more material, especially from the Central and East Palearctic.
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