Gelis albipalpus (Thomson, 1884)

Verheyde, Fons, Hoekstra, Paul, Libert, Pierre-Nicolas, Meijer, Hilco, Ketelaere, Augustijn De, Vandaudenard, Thibaud, Belgers, Dick & Brosens, Edwin, 1880, Two hundred and five ichneumonid wasps reported for the first time in Belgium and the Netherlands (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 122, pp. 1-142 : 92-93

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13272081

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D33240-8644-CF50-FF69-8B1F6AC8FD65

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Gelis albipalpus (Thomson, 1884)
status

 

Gelis albipalpus (Thomson, 1884) View in CoL

Gelis spp. are among the most challenging groups within Phygadeuontinae and possibly Ichneumonidae . They can be recognised by their antlike habitus and the outer face of the mandible with a strong subbasal swelling, with a transverse groove at the base ( TOWNES, 1970a). Luckily, in the past decades species have been described more clearly by Klaus Horstmann and Martin Schwarz. Many of the species reported here were confirmed at least once, to make sure no mistakes were made in keying. Probably, many of them have been overlooked in the past.

Gelis albipalpis is a species with macropterous females. As the name suggests, it can be recognised by its white and distinct palpi. Its mesoscutum is matt and the hind tibiae are basally white in most cases ( SCHWARZ, 2016). Its metasoma is completely black and its ovipositor sheaths are only slightly longer than the first abdominal segment ( HORSTMANN, 1993). It was reared by Rayan Majoor after collecting several Bucculatrix spp. ( Lepidoptera View in CoL : Bucculatricidae View in CoL ) autumn 2017. First report for the Netherlands; unreported in Belgium.

MATERIAL EXAMINED:

THE NETHERLANDS: • 1 ♀; Lunteren , Uilenbos (GE); 52°05’59”N 5°38’33”E; 1/i/2018; R. Majoor leg.; coll. MS; reared ex Bucculatrix (ulmella?) (Zeller, 1848); M. Schwarz det. (ObsID: 154126948) GoogleMaps .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Ichneumonidae

Genus

Gelis

Loc

Gelis albipalpus (Thomson, 1884)

Verheyde, Fons, Hoekstra, Paul, Libert, Pierre-Nicolas, Meijer, Hilco, Ketelaere, Augustijn De, Vandaudenard, Thibaud, Belgers, Dick & Brosens, Edwin 1880
1880
Loc

Lepidoptera

Linnaeus 1758
1758
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