Dacnusa cicerina, , Tormos, Pardo, Asis & Gayubo, 2008

Godfray, Charles J. & Achterberg, Cornelis Van, 2024, Annotated Checklist of the European Dacnusini and the Dapsilarthra genus group of the Alysiini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Alysiinae), Zootaxa 5513 (1), pp. 1-73 : 47

cicerina, Tormos, Pardo, Asís & Gayubo, 2008

Group: 2d.

Literature: Tormos et al. (2008).

Hosts: Hypothesis —Parasitoid of Liriomyza cicerina , a pest of chickpea ( Cicer arietinum , Fabaceae ). Evidence — Tormos et al. (2008) (many).

Similar species: D. austriaca , D. rodriguezi .

Notes: Tormos et al. (2008) describe immature stages and venom apparatus and record facultative hyperparasitism by a Eurytoma sp. (Chalcidoidea, Eurytomidae ).

confinis Ruthe, 1859

Synonymy: minuta (Curtis, 1826, Alysia ) (Lectotype image: Atlas of Living Australia T21080).

Group: 1a.

Literature: Nixon 1948 -218; Griffiths III-832 (K III-894); Tobias (30, 60).

Hosts: Hypothesis —Host uncertain. Comment— Griffiths discussed 8 specimens reared from Phytomyza ranuculi and P. glechomae ; however morphological confinis reared from P. ranunculi have D. maculipes DNA barcodes.

DNA Barcode: four BINs including one that is likely the true confinis cluster with D. faeroeensis and with the Asian Dacnusa nipponica Takada. Specimens genetically very similar to material in Genbank under D. nipponica occur in Europe.

Notes: Alysia minuta was listed as a species of Alysia by Shenefelt (1974) and Fitton et al. (1978) although a junior homonym of Alysia minuta Nees, 1812 ; Wharton (1986) showed it to belong to Dacnusa and van Achterberg concluded that it is conspecific with confinis . Barcode data suggests likely a species complex.

[ dampfella ( Roman, 1925; Rhizarcha )]

Literature: Roman (1925).

Notes: Described from the Faeroe Islands and not discussed by subsequent authors. From the description appears likely to be Dacnusa pubescens but examination of the type required to establish its status.

delphinii Griffiths, 1967

Group: 2d.

Literature: Griffiths III-817 (K III-896); Tobias (96); Gaal (1995).

Hosts: Hypothesis —Parasitoid of Phytomyza aconiti on Delphinium and Aconitum ( Ranunculaceae ). Evidence— Griffiths (60); NMS (1).

DNA Barcode: Possibly; needs confirmation as only a single specimen in BIN which clusters away from other Dacnusa .

discolor (Förster, 1863; Liposcia )

Synonymy: cercides ( Nixon, 1954; Pachysema )

Group: 2c.

Literature: Nixon 1937 -61; Nixon 1954 -271 (as cercides ); Griffiths III-824, V-24 (K III-897); Tobias (108, 211).

Hosts: Hypothesis—Parasitoid of Phytomyza primulae on Primula spp. ( Primulaceae ), Phytomyza sedicola on Hylotelephium (= Sedum ) telephium , Calycomyza humeralis on Tripolium pannonicum (= Aster tripolium ) ( Asteraceae ) in saltmarshes, and Liriomyza strigata on several plant family. Evidence—Griffiths (41); NMS (92). Comment—Molecular studies of this somewhat disjunct host range would be helpful.

DNA Barcode: Yes; same BIN ( P. primulae specimens) as D. plantaginis .

docavoi Jiménez & Tormos, 1987

Group:?.

Literature: Jimenez and Tormos (1987), Docavo et al. (2006).

Notes: Species with enlarged head and mandibles, known only from female holotype and generic placement not absolutely certain.

[ dolorosa Marshall, 1898 ]

Literature: Marshall (1897-1900; p.246).

Notes: Female and male specimen from Mallorca; generic placement unclear from description, not recognised in 20 th century revisions and examination of the type required to establish status.