Torymus phillyreae RUSCHKA

Do, M. & A. K, 2013, Parasitoids complex of Asphondylia conglomerata De STEFANI (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on the Mediterranean Saltbush, Atriplex halimus L. (Chenopodiaceae) in Egypt, with descriptions of new species from Eulophidae and Torymidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (2), pp. 1799-1811 : 1808-1809

Torymus phillyreae RUSCHKA ( Fig. 7 a-e)

Torymus phillyreae RUSCHKA 1921: 340-341 . Lectotype female, (NHMW), designated by GRAHAM & GIJSWIJT (1998).

The synonym list host list were given by GRAHAM & GIJSWIJT (1998).

D i s t r i b u t i o n. France, Great Britain, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden (GRAHAM & GIJSWIJT 1998).

D i a g n o s i s. Body ( Fig. 7 a ) with ovipositor sheaths as long as metasoma plus half of mesosoma; index 2.0. Head with OOL 1.27 OD; POL 1.8 times OOL. Malar space 0.4 length of eye. Mouth 1.5 malar space. Antenna ( Fig. 7 e ) with anellus slightly broader than long. Scutellum ( Fig. 7 b ) finely reticulated; propodeum ( Fig. 7 c ) finely longitudinally striated; Hind coxa 1.8 times as long as broad, with many setae dorsally in basal half. Forewing ( Fig. 7 d ) with basal cell, on upper surface of forewing, with a row of setae below SM; spurs of hind tibia not so very unequal, the shorter spur 0.8 the length of the longer spur; tip of hypopygium extending ¼ along gaster.

S t u d i e d m a t e r i a l s: 10 females, Egypt: Alexandria, Alameria District, 30°59'54"N, 29°49'70"E, 09.iii. 2013, emerged from galls of Asphondylia conglomerata on Atriplex halimus , leg. Ayman Kh. Elsayed, Cat. No:005-04 (MKUI).

B i o l o g y. It may be a hyperparasitoid or parasitoid on Asphondylia conglomerata on Atriplex halimus and has low level of parasitism during the period from January to April.

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Egypt, Alexandria.

Figures

Fig. 7: Torymus phillyreae RUSCHKA. Female: (a) body, in lateral view; (b) head and part of mesosoma; (c) antenna; (d) forewing; (e) metasoma.