Platygaster marikovskii Kozlov, 2014

Talamas, Elijah J. & Buffington, Matthew, 2014, Updates to the Nomenclature of Platygastroidea in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 39, pp. 99-117 : 101

Platygaster marikovskii Kozlov comb. rev.

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Platygaster marikovskii Kozlov, 1967: 717 (original description).

Anirama marikovskii (Kozlov): Kozlov 1970: 224 (generic transfer).

Diagnosis.

Buhl (2007) used the the relative lengths of males antennomeres to distinguish P. semiclavata from P. marikovskii : A10 as long as A6-A9 in P. semiclavata and A10 twice as long as A6-A9 in P. marikovskii . This character is illustrated in Figures 10 - 11 .

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Associations.

emerged from Haloxylonomyia deformans solitaria Marikovskij: [ Diptera : Nematocera : Bibionomorpha : Cecidomyioidea : Cecidomyiidae ]

Material examined.

Holotype, female, P. marikovskii : KAZAKHSTAN: Almaty Reg., secondary stream, Ili River, no date, P. Marikovskij, ZMAS 0115 (ZIN). Paratypes: KAZAKHSTAN: 4 females, 1 male, USNMENT00764942, USNMENT00872134, USNMENT00872136, USNMENT00872137, USNMENT00896493 (ZIN).

Figures

Figures 7 - 9. 38 Platygaster marikovskii Kozlov, female paratype (USNMENT 00872137) 7 Lateral habitus 8 Head and mesosoma, dorsal view 9 head and mesosoma, ventral view. Scale bars in millimeters.

Figures 10 - 11. 39 10 Platygaster semiclavata (Buhl), male holotype (zmuc 00036868), head, mesosoma, antennae, dorsal view 11 Platygaster marikovskii Kozlov, male paratype (USNMENT 00872134), head and antennae, ventral view. Scale bars in millimeters.