Alloxysta mullensis ( Cameron, 1883 )

Ferrer-Suay, Mar, Selfa, Jesús, Villemant, Claire & Pujade-Villar, Juli, 2015, Charipinae Dalla Torre & Kieffer, 1910 (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) from the Mercantour National Park (Alpes-Maritimes, France), with descriptions of three new species, Zoosystema 37 (1), pp. 115-138 : 126

Alloxysta mullensis ( Cameron, 1883)

( Figs 2M ; 3M )

Allotria mullensis Cameron, 1883: 366 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — (1♂ & 21♀). M09-SES1400- T3 -M2: 6♀ ; M09-SES1400- T6 -M2: 1♀ ; M09-SES1400- T1 -M2: 2♀ ; M09-SES1400- T4 -M2: 2♀ ; M09-SES2000- T3 -M1: 3♀ ; M9- SES2000- T6 -M2: 1♀ ; M9-BOR2000- T4 -M1: 1♀ ; M9-BOR1400 T3 -M1: 1♀ ; M10-CAI2000 T1 -M1: 1♀ ; M10-CAI1400- T7 -M2: 1♂ ; M10-CAI1400 T4 -M2: 1♀ ; M10-CAI1400 T7 -M1: 1♀. Material deposited at MNHN except for 10♀ deposited at UB .

DISTRIBUTION. — Species previously known from the Palaearctic region (Ferrer-Suay et al. 2012b). First record from France.

HOSTS. — See Charipinae Worldwide Catalogue (Ferrer-Suay et al. 2012a).

DIAGNOSIS. — Alloxysta mullensis is characterized by: a closed radial cell, 2.2 × longer than wide ( Fig. 3M ), pronotal carinae absent, propodeal carinae present forming a plate, male and female with the rhinaria beginning from F4, F1 longer than F2, F2 subequal to F3, F3 shorter than F4 ( Fig. 2M ). Similar to A. fracticornis , but the two species can be differentiated by their antennae; ratio between F1 and pedicel: F1 subequal to pedicel in A. mullensis ( Fig. 2M ) while F1 longer than pedicel in A. fracticornis ( Fig. 2H ); proportion between flagellomeres: F1 longer than F2 and F2 subequal to F 3 in A. mullensis female ( Fig. 2M ) but F1-F3 subequal in length in A. fracticornis female ( Fig. 2H ); without any flagellomere curved in A. mullensis male but with F3 curved in A. fracticornis male.

Figures

FIG. 2. — Types of Alloxysta Förster, 1869 antennae: A, A. abdera Fergusson, 1986; B, A. arcuata (Kieffer, 1902); C, A. brachycera Hellén, 1963; D, A. brevis (Thomson, 1862); E, A. castanea (Hartig, 1841); F, A. circumscripta (Hartig, 1841); G, A. citripes (Thomson, 1862); H, A. fracticornis (Thomson, 1862); I, A. conso- brina (Zetterstedt, 1838); J, A. longipennis (Hartig, 1841); K, A. macrophadna (Hartig, 1841); L, A. melanogaster (Hartig, 1840); M, A. mullensis (Cameron, 1883); N, A. nigrita (Thomson, 1862); O, A. obscurata (Hartig, 1840); P, A. pilipennis (Hartig, 1840); Q, A. postica (Hartig, 1841); R, A. proxima Belizin, 1962; S, A. pusilla (Kieffer, 1902); T, A. victrix (Westwood, 1833). Scale bars: 50 μm.

FIG. 3. — Types of Alloxysta Förster, 1869 radial cells: A, A. abdera Fergusson, 1986; B, A. arcuata (Kieffer, 1902); C, A. brachycera Hellén, 1963; D, A. brevis (Thomson,1862); E, A. castanea (Hartig, 1841); F, A. circumscripta (Hartig, 1841); G, A. citripes (Thomson, 1862); H, A. fracticornis (Thomson,1862); I, A. conso- brina (Zetterstedt, 1838); J, A. longipennis (Hartig, 1841); K, A. macrophadna (Hartig, 1841); L, A. melanogaster (Hartig, 1840); M, A. mullensis (Cameron, 1883); N, A. nigrita (Thomson, 1862); O, A. obscurata (Hartig, 1840); P, A. pilipennis (Hartig, 1840); Q, A. postica (Hartig, 1841); R, A. proxima Belizin, 1962; S, A. pusilla (Kieffer, 1902); T, A. victrix (Westwood, 1833). Scale bars: 50 μm.