Gasteruption goberti (Tournier, 1877)

van Achterberg, Cornelis & Talebi, Ali Asghar, 2014, Review of Gasteruption Latreille (Hymenoptera, Gasteruptiidae) from Iran and Turkey, with the description of 15 new species, ZooKeys 458, pp. 1-187 : 70-72

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Gasteruptiidae

Gasteruption goberti (Tournier, 1877) Figs 174-186

Foenus goberti Tournier, 1877: vii; Schletterer 1889: 413 (as synonym of Gasteruption pedemontanum Tournier).

Faenus goberti ; Abeille de Perrin 1879: 263, 265, 267.

Gasteruption goberti ; Schletterer 1885: 319; Dalla Torre 1902: 1067; Szépligeti 1903: 368; Kieffer 1912: 249; Schmiedeknecht 1930: 376, 380; Hedicke 1939: 11; Ferrière 1946: 237, 238, 248; Šedivý 1958: 35, 36, 39; Györfi and Bajári 1962: 45, 49; Madl 1989b: 43; Wall 1994: 155; Scaramozzino 1995: 3; Pagliano and Scaramozzino 2000: 15, 17, 26.

Gasteruption sowae Schletterer, 1901: 219; Kieffer 1912: 273; Hedicke 1939: 21; Madl 1989b: 43; Wall 1994: 149. Synonymized with Gasteruption goberti (Tournier) by Madl, 1989b.

Type material.

Lectotype of Gasteruption goberti here designated, ♀ (MHNG), "[SW France, Landes], Mont de Marsan, Gobert [= E. Gobert,?-1927]", "Cn Tournier", “Type”, Foenus Goberti Tourn., ♀"; female paralectotype not found, but male from type locality present in MHNG. Lectotype of Gasteruption sowae here designated, ♀ (NMW), "Pola [= Pula, Istria, Croatia], Schlett.", "sowae Schlett., det. Schletterer", “Typus”; 1 paralectotype, ♂ (NMW), with same labels as lectotype.

Additional material.

*Turkey (Eskisehir, Sakari Illica, near Gumele; near Halfeti; Burdur, 5 km NE of Yesilova, 1060 m; Istanbul; Hakkari, Esendere).

Diagnosis.

Apex of ovipositor sheath white or ivory and about 1.2 times as long as hind basitarsus; head with middle and lateral depressions in front of occipital carina deep and interconnected (Figs 179, 180, 185); occipital carina distinctly lamelliform and very wide, more or less concave medio-dorsally (Fig. 180); antesternal carina narrow and non-lamelliform or nearly so, not or slightly elevated above mesosternum (Fig. 175); fourth and fifth antennal segments of female 1.4-1.5 and 1.1-1.2 times as long as third segment, respectively; frons sparsely punctulate and with distinct interspaces or very finely and densely punctulate; vertex more or less finely punctulate and distinctly shiny; face narrow (Fig. 179); temples rather gradually roundly narrowed behind eyes (Fig. 180); propleuron 0.8 times as long as mesoscutum up to tegulae (Fig. 175); lateral lobes of mesoscutum rugose and partly punctate (Fig. 176); anterior half of mesoscutum largely coarsely reticulate-rugose (Fig. 182); outer side of hind tibia subbasally and apical half of hind basitarsus dark brown (Fig. 181); fore and middle legs mainly reddish-brown and without white or ivory markings; ovipositor about 1.2 times as long as body; body rather stout. Male has third antennal segment 1.5 times longer than second segment and fourth and fifth segments 2.0 and 1.5-1.7 times as long as third segment, respectively (Fig. 184).

Distribution.

France, Italy, Balkan, Turkey, Caucasus.

Biology.

Unknown. Collected in June-August.