Spaniopus varicornis Bouček, 1972

Tselikh, Ekaterina, 2015, Review of the world species of Spaniopus Walker, 1833 (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), with description of a new species from the Russian Far East, Zootaxa 4058 (1), pp. 41-65 : 61-64

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.1.2

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6113708

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scientific name

Spaniopus varicornis Bouček, 1972
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Spaniopus varicornis Bouček, 1972 View in CoL

( Figs 63–66 View FIGURES 59 – 66 )

Spaniopus varicornis Bouček, 1972: 310 View in CoL –312; holotype ♂ (BMNH, examined). Type locality: [ Slovakia] “Smokovec”.

Description. Male. Body length 1.35–1.60 mm; fore wing length 1.2–1.3 mm. Colour: head, mesosoma and metasoma metallic green with diffuse coppery lustre; antenna with scape, F1, F2, F5 and F6 yellow, pedicel, F3, F4 and clava brown; legs yellowish-brown, mid tibia apically brown; fore wing with dark broad spot under M and S.

Head in dorsal view 1.8–1.9× as broad as length and 1.35–1.40× as broad as mesoscutum; in frontal view 1.25× broader than high. POL 1.4–1.5× OOL. Eye height 1.3× eye length and 2.2–2.45× as long as malar space. Distance between antennal toruli and lower margin of clypeus 0.90–0.95× as long as distance between antennal toruli and median ocellus. Clypeus radially striate, its lower margin weakly subemarginate. Mandible formula 3:4. Antenna with scape 0.9× as long as eye height and 1.2× as long as eye length; pedicel 1.7–1.8× as long as broad and 1.4–1.6× as long as F1; combined length of pedicel and flagellum 1.36× width of head; F1–F6 subquadrate; each funicular segment with one row of dense sensilla; clava 2.9–3.0× as long as broad.

Mesosoma 1.95–2.0× as long as broad. Pronotal collar medially 1.13× as long as mesoscutum. Scutellum finely reticulate, with noticeable but shallow frenal line. Propodeum medially 0.7× as long as scutellum; with median carina complete and irregular; nucha reticulate, occupying 0.45× length of propodeum. Inner margin of mid tibia weakly concave submedially. Basal cell of fore wing pilose; speculum open; M 1.25–1.28× as long as P and 1.56–1.60× as long as S; P 1.25–1.30× as long as S.

Metasoma 1.20–1.45× as long as broad and 0.7× as long as mesosoma.

Female. Body length 2.0 mm. Colour: head, mesosoma and metasoma metallic green or blush-purple often with diffuse coppery lustre; fore wing hyaline. Head in dorsal view 2.0× as broad as length and 1.26× as broad as mesoscutum. Combined length of pedicel and flagellum 0.9× width of head; clava 2.0× as long as broad. Fore wing M 1.04× as long as P and 1.13× as long as S; P 0.9× as long as S. Metasoma ovate-acuminate 1.6× as long as broad ( Bouček 1972).

Material examined. SLOVAKIA: 1 ♂ (holotype), “ Slovakia, Vys. Tatry, Starý Smokovec, 29.8.58. Bouček”, “ Holotype ”, “ HOLOTYPUS ♂ Spaniopus varicornis Bouček ”, “Presented to BMNH 1976 Z. Bouček”, “B.M. TYPE HYM. 5. 2400”, “ BMNH (E) #953701” ( BMNH). RUSSIA *: 1 ♂, “Kamchatka Territory, 80 km S Lazo, Natural Reserve “Kronotsky”, Ipuin; N 55° 06.969 E 159°57.925, 18.VIII 2013, Tselikh, Rachin” ( ZISP).

Distribution. Russia (Far East)*, Slovakia ( Noyes 2015).

Biology. Unknown.

Comparative diagnosis. Spaniopus varicornis is very similar to S. hedqvisti ; the differences between the species are given in the respective keys to the sexes.

ZISP

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Pteromalidae

Genus

Spaniopus

Loc

Spaniopus varicornis Bouček, 1972

Tselikh, Ekaterina 2015
2015
Loc

Spaniopus varicornis Bouček, 1972 : 310

Boucek 1972: 310
1972
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