Dolichogenidea cerialis (Nixon, 1976)

Material examined.

Germany: Baden-Württemberg: Malsch, Hansjakobstr. 7, Urban Garden, 48.884, 8.32, 120 m, Malaise trap, 13.ix.2020, leg. D. Doczkal, ZSM-HYM-33154-A05; Malsch, Luderbusch, 48.913, 8.332, 117 m, Malaise trap, 2.viii.2020, leg. D. Doczkal, K. Grabow, ZSM-HYM-42389-A11; 26.vii.2020, leg. D. Doczkal, K. Grabow, ZSM-HYM-42388-G11; ZSM-HYM-42388-H01 ; Ukraine: [translated and transcribed from Russian] Kaniv Nature Reserve, Shlehiv island, 4.ix.1991, leg. A. Kotenko, CNCHYM 01013 .

Geographical distribution.

PAL.

PAL- Bulgaria, Germany*, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Russia (S), Spain, Ukraine*.

Molecular data.

BIN: BOLD:AAZ9570.

Host information.

Host of type unknown.

Notes.

The sequences of our German specimens match that of a specimen from Ukraine, identified by Kotenko and stored in the CNC collection (CNCHYM 01013); we studied both the German and the Ukrainian specimens and they match the morphological characters described by Nixon (1976), particularly the apical segment of the fore tarsus with a distinctive spine, the very short ovipositor sheaths (those two characters are very unusual in Dolichogenidea) but also leg colour, weak pale basal spot on pterostigma, anteromesoscutum punctuation, scutellum sculpture, propodeum areolation, hind spurs size, shape of T1 and T2. Nixon (1976) mentioned Ascotis selenaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) as host of additional non-type specimens from Israel which he identified as Dolichogenidea cerialis, but at the same time noted that these reared specimens differed slightly in morphology from the type series. These specimens might represent a different species, so we consider this as a questionable host record for D. cerialis . This species is illustrated in Figs 20, 21.