Tetrastichus crioceridis Graham, 1983

Hansson, Christer & Schmidt, Stefan, 2020, A revision of European species of the genus Tetrastichus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) using integrative taxonomy, Biodiversity Data Journal 8, pp. 59177-59177 : 59177

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scientific name	Tetrastichus crioceridis Graham, 1983
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Treatment

Tetrastichus crioceridis Graham 1983:275-277. Holotype ♀ in Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, not examined. Fig. 59

Description

See Graham (1983).

Diagnosis

Mouth opening 1.4-1.6 × malar space in both sexes; apex of female antennal clava blunt; male funiculars 2-4 without distinct whorl of setae.

Distribution

France, The Netherlands ( Graham 1983), Sweden ( Hedqvist 2003) and United Kingdom (new record).

Ecology

Host

Crioceris duodecimpunctata L. ( Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae ), gregarious egg-larval parasitoid ( Van Alphen 1980).

Material examined

Type material: paratype(s) ♀ & ♂ of T. crioceridis (NHM). Additional material (118♀ 26♂): France 5♀ 1♂ (NHM), The Netherlands 20♀ 8♂ (NHM), Sweden 92♀ 17♂ (all ex C. duodecimpunctata ) (MZLU, ZSM), United Kingdom 1♀ (NHM).

References

Graham, M. W. R. de V., 1983. A new species of Tetrastichus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), a parasite of the asparagus beetle Crioceris duodecimpunctata (L.). Entomologist's Gazette 34: 275 - 277

Hedqvist, KJ, 2003. Katalog oever svenska Chalcidoidea. Entomologisk Tidskrift 124: 73 - 133

Van Alphen, J. J.M., 1980. Aspects of the foraging behaviour of Tetrastichus asparagi Crawford and Tetrastichus spec. (Eulophidae), gregarious egg parasitoids of the Asparagus Beetles Crioceris asparagi L. and C. duodecimpunctata L. (Chrysomelidae). Netherlands Journal of Zoology 30 (2): 307 - 325