Helorus anomalipes (Panzer, 1798)

Vogel, Jonathan, Sauren, Jerome & Peters, Ralph S., 2024, New evidence on the identity of the European Helorus species (Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea, Helorida), Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 122523-e 122523 : e122523-

Helorus anomalipes (Panzer, 1798)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Niehuis, Oliver; individualCount: 1; sex: female; disposition: in collection; associatedSequences: GBHYG 1779-23; occurrenceID: ACC76843-5E42-5DA8-A2B1-5EC790FAD420; Taxon: family: Heloridae ; genus: Helorus ; specificEpithet: anomalipes ; scientificNameAuthorship: (Panzer, 1798); Location: country: Germany; countryCode: DE; stateProvince: Hesse; municipality: Rheingau-Taunus; locality: Lorch am Rhein, oberhalb der Burg Nollig ; verbatimElevation: 244 m; decimalLatitude: 50.0491; decimalLongitude: 7.7978; Event: eventID: 14; samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 2013-7 - 15 / 21; year: 1798; habitat: MF 1; Record Level: institutionID: ZFMK; collectionID: ZFMK-TIS- 2628158; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Niehuis, Oliver; individualCount: 1; sex: female; disposition: in collection; associatedSequences: upload pending; occurrenceID: BE110362-97C3-53B0-B71D-06C7C5A9FB60; Taxon: family: Heloridae ; genus: Helorus ; specificEpithet: anomalipes ; scientificNameAuthorship: (Panzer, 1798); Location: country: Germany; countryCode: DE; stateProvince: Hesse; municipality: Rheingau-Taunus; locality: Lorch am Rhein, oberhalb der Burg Nollig ; verbatimElevation: 261 m; decimalLatitude: 50.0498; decimalLongitude: 7.7974; Event: eventID: 8; samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 2013-6 - 15 / 23; year: 1798; habitat: MF 2; Record Level: institutionID: ZFMK; collectionID: ZFMK-TIS- 2628243; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Niehuis, Oliver; individualCount: 1; sex: female; disposition: in collection; associatedSequences: GBHYG 2961-24; occurrenceID: B0942DA7-1795-5527-A039-FE666DF8E833; Taxon: family: Heloridae ; genus: Helorus ; specificEpithet: anomalipes ; scientificNameAuthorship: (Panzer, 1798); Location: country: Germany; countryCode: DE; stateProvince: Hesse; municipality: Rheingau-Taunus; locality: Lorch am Rhein, oberhalb der Burg Nollig ; verbatimElevation: 248 m; decimalLatitude: 50.0495; decimalLongitude: 7.7966; Event: eventID: 25; samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 2015-6 - 17 / 25; year: 1798; habitat: MF 3; Record Level: institutionID: ZFMK; collectionID: ZFMK-TIS- 2629475; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: male; disposition: in collection; associatedSequences: no DNA barcode available; occurrenceID: D5D6038B-5D65-5A3D-B411-691367CA6013; Taxon: family: Heloridae ; genus: Helorus ; specificEpithet: anomalipes ; scientificNameAuthorship: (Panzer, 1798); Location: country: Germany; countryCode: DE; stateProvince: Thuringia; Event: year: 1798; Record Level: institutionID: ZFMK; collectionID: ZFMK-HYM- 00039663; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

CO 1 barcode

n = 3. Maximum intraspecific distance: 0.2 %. Minimum distance to closest species ( H. striolatus ): 12.3 %. Consensus sequence (625 bp):

AATTTTAGGTTTATCAATAAGAATTATTATTCGTATAGAATTAAGTTCACCAAATTCTTTAATTAATAATGATCAAATTTATAATTCTATTGTTACATTACATGCATTTATAATAATTTTTTTTTTTATTATACCAATTACTGTTGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAACTCCTATAATATTAATATCACCTGATATATCATTTCCACGATTAAATAATTTTAGATTCTGACTTTTAATTCCAAGAATTTGTTTATTAACATTTAGAAGAATTAGAGATCAAGGCCCTGGAACAGGATGAACAATTTACCCACCTTTATCTCTTAACTTAAGTCATAGAGGTAAATCTGTAGATTTAACAATTTTATCCCTACATATTGCAGGAATTTCATCAATTTTAGCATCAATTAATTTTATTACAACAATTAATAATATAAAAATTAAATCATTTTTTATAGAAAAAATTAATTTATTTATTTGATCAATATTATTAACTACTATTCTATTATTAATTTCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCTGGAGGAATTACAATAATTTTATCAGATCGAAATTTAAATTCTTCATTTTTTGACCCAAGAGGAGGAGGAGACCCAATTCTCTATCAACATTTATTT

Remarks

The species treatments of H. anomalipes in Townes (1977) and Van Achterberg (2006) are still complete and valid and are, therefore, not repeated here. All three examined and DNA barcoded specimens herein are morphologically very similar and key to H. anomalipes using Van Achterberg (2006). The comparatively robust and sub-basally swollen petiole in combination with the absence of pronounced coarse reticulation on head and mesosoma (cf. Helorus nigripes , below) is very distinctive (Fig. 3 ). In the molecular analysis, the sequences form a distinct cluster. In summary, this species had already been well described and diagnosed and results herein corroborate this.

Figures

Figure 3. Helorus anomalipes (Panzer, 1798) female ZFMK-TIS- 2628243, habitus lateral (arrow indicating petiole being swollen sub-basally in lateral view). Scale bar: 500 µm.