Galeopsomyia haemon (Walker)

Hansson, Christer & Hanson, Paul E., 2023, HYMENOPTERA: CHALCIDOIDEA), 5 The genus Galeopsomyia Girault by Christer Hansson * & Paul E. Hanson **, Taxonomic Monographs on Neotropical Hymenoptera (Oxford, England) 3 (1), pp. 1-743 : 57-58

Galeopsomyia haemon (Walker)

( Figs 662, 663 )

Tetrastichus haemon Walker 1847:28 . Lectotype ♀ (primary type no. 5.141 4, NHMUK

013458202) designated by Burks (1971:82), examined. U.S.A. (Florida). Euderus columbiana Ashmead 1888:104 . Lectotype ♀ (USNM) designated by Burks

(1975:144), District of Columbia & Florida (D.C. is locality for lectotype). Synonymized

by Burks (1975:144). Cruderus columbiana (Ashmead) , Howard (1892:215). Trichaporus columbiana (Ashmead) , Ashmead (1900:561). Galeopsomyia columbiana (Ashmead) , Girault (1916:348). Horismenus haemon (Walker) , Burks (1943:605). Galeopsomyia haemon (Walker) , Burks (1971:82).

Diagnosis (female). Antenna with a solid clava ( Fig. 663 ); genal carina absent; mesoscutellum with strong reticulation, meshes elongate, submedian grooves indistinct and hardly visible ( Fig. 662 ); dorsellum without median carina; hind coxa without carina along posterior margin; tibiae dark brown with apex yellowish-brown ( Fig. 663 ); gaster 2.4× as long as wide, medio-basal Gt 1 with upper margin rounded, without carinae or edges, tergites with strong reticulation ( Fig. 662 ).

Redescription (female lectotype). Length of body 2.1mm.

Scape brown, pedicel and flagellum dark brown. Head and body black with metallic tinges. Legs with coxae black with metallic tinges; trochanters dark brown; femora dark brown; tibiae

dark brown with apex yellowish-brown; T1–3 pale brown, T4 dark brown. Petiole not visible on type. Gaster with gonoplac black.

Antenna with solid clava. Frons with strong reticulation, clypeal area smooth, antennal scrobes with weak reticulation; genal carina absent. Vertex with strong reticulation.

Mesoscutum with strong reticulation, meshes isodiametric on sidelobes, elongate on midlobe; midlobe without a median groove, adnotaular setae not possible to see on type. Mesoscutellum with strong reticulation, meshes elongate; submedian grooves indistinct. Dorsellum with strong sculpture, without median carina. Propodeum with a strong median carina, with strong reticulation; callus with eight setae. Fore and hind coxae with strong reticulation, mid coxa with weak reticulation; hind coxa without carina along posterior margin. Fore wing with four setae on dorsal surface of submarginal vein; speculum closed; costal setal row unbroken.

Petiole not visible on type. Gaster elongate; tergites with strong reticulation.

Relative measurements: head length, dorsal view 25; head length, frontal view 48; POL 15; OOL 7; lateral ocellus diameter 4; head width 55; mouth width 19; malar space 14; eye length 24; scape length 25; scape width 4.5; pedicel+flagellum length 60; pedicel length 10; pedicel width, dorsal view 4; F1 length 10; F1 width 6; F2 length 9.5; F2 width 7.5; F3 length 7; F3 width 7; clava length 20; clava width 7.5; C3 length nm; spicule length nm; mesosoma length 72; mesosoma width 51; midlobe of mesoscutum length 25.5; mesoscutellum length 28; mesoscutellum width 22; median part of mesoscutellum width (measured medially) nm; median part of mesoscutellum, width in anterior part nm; median part of mesoscutellum, width in posterior part nm; lateral part of mesoscutellum (measured medially) nm; dorsellum length 4; propodeum length 12; costal cell length 39; costal cell width (measured at widest part) 2; marginal vein length nm; stigmal vein length nm; gaster length 110; gaster width 45; Gt 2 length (measured medially) 6; Gt 4 length (measured medially) 17; Gt 7 length (measured medially) 17; Gt

7

width (measured at base) 15; longest cercal seta length nm; shortest cercal seta length nm.

Male. Unknown.

Host s. Reared from Asphondylia borrichiae Rossi & Strong ( Stiling et al. 1992) , A. helianthiglobulus Osten Sacken ( Burks 1979) , Rhopalomyia sp. ( Burks 1979). All hosts are Cecidomyiidae ( Diptera ).

Distribution. U.S.A. (Florida) ( Walker 1847), (District of Columbia & Florida) ( Ashmead 1888).

Material examined. Lectotype female of T. haemon in NHMUK.

Figures

Figs 660–663. Galeopsomyia fausta La Salle, holotype ♀ (NHMUK 013458207) – (660) habitus dorsal view; (661) habitus lateral view. Tetrastichus haemon Walker, lectotype ♀ (NHMUK 013458202) – (662) habitus dorsal view; (663) habitus lateral view.