Asyntactus rhogaleus Marshall, 1898

Kostromina, Tatiana S., Timokhov, Alexander V. & Belokobylskij, Sergey A., 2016, Braconid wasps of subfamily Alysiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) as endoparasitoids of Selachops flavocinctus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Agromyzidae) in the Central Urals, Russia, Zootaxa 4200 (2), pp. 305-319 : 307-308

Asyntactus rhogaleus Marshall, 1898

( Figs 2–9 )

Asyntactus rhogaleus Marshall, 1898: 240 ; Fischer, 1971: 72; Shenefelt, 1974: 982; Tobias, 1986: 157; Belokobylskij & Kostromina, 2011: 90; Yu et al., 2012.

Asyntactus sigalphoides Marshall, 1898: 241 ; Fischer, 1971: 74; Shenefelt, 1974: 982; Belokobylskij & Kostromina, 2011: 90 (as synonym); Yu et al., 2012.

Material examined. Russia: 4 males, Middle Urals , Yekaterinburg City, outskirts of Verkh-Isetsk pond, Baran I., sweeping on shore vegetation, mainly on sedge, 11.V.2008 (T. Kostromina) ; 36 females, 115 males, same locality, sweeping on tussock of sedge, 11–19.V.2009 (T. Kostromina) ; 1 female, 23 males, same locality, on tussock of sedge (young caules with blades), 11–14, 19.V.2009 (T. Kostromina) ; 7 females, 26 males, same locality, sweeping on sedge, 10–15.V.2011 (T. Kostromina) ; 4 females, 4 males same label, but 18.V.2011; 1 female, “ Russia, Middle Urals, Yekaterinburg City outskirts, Verkh-Isetsk pond, Baran Island , T. Kostromina, A. Pervushin”, “ Rearing from tussock of Carex 7.05.2013” ; 1 male, same first label, “[1] Rearing from tussock of Carex 6.05.2013”; 1 female, 1 male, same first label, “[1] Rearing from tussock of Carex 7.05.2013”; 1 male, same first label, “[2] Rearing from tussock of Carex 6.05.2013”; 1 female, same first label, “[3] Rearing from tussock of Carex 6.05.2013”; 1 male, same first label, “[4] Rearing from tussock of Carex 6.05.2013”; 1 male, “ Russia, Middle Urals , Yekaterinburg City outskirts, Verkh-Isetsk pond, Baran Island, T. Kostromina, A. Timokhov”, “[7] Rearing from tussock of Carex 12.05.2014 . Tussock collected 30.04.2014 . ”; 1 male, same first label, “[9] Rearing from tussock of Carex 8.05.2014. Tussock collected 30.04.2014 ” ; 1 female, same first label, “[11] Rearing from tussock of Carex 8.05.2014. Tussock collected 30.04.2014 ” ; 1 female, 1 male, same first label, “[12] Rearing from tussock of Carex 8.05.2014. Tussock collected 30.04.14 ”; 1 female, same first label, “[17] Rearing from pupa of Selachops flavocinctus (Agromyzidae) 6.05.2014”; 1 male, same first label, “[27–3]. Tussock collected 1.05.2014” (no rearing, but parasitoid was discovered after puparium opening); 1 male, same first label, “[3–2] Rearing from pupa of Selachops flavocinctus (Agromyzidae) 6.05.2015”; 1 female, same first label, “[4–2] Rearing from pupa of Selachops flavocinctus (Agromyzidae) 8.05.2015”; 1 male, same first label, “[9–2]. Tussock collected 3.05.2015” (no rearing, but parasitoid was discovered after puparium opening); 1 male, same first label, “[7–3]. Tussock collected 3.05.2015.” (no rearing, but parasitoid was discovered after puparium opening); 1 female, 1 male, same first label, “parasitoid was discovered after puparium opening found in sedge culm, collected 13.09.2015, T. Kostromina”.

Host. Selachops flavocinctus Wahlberg, 1844 ( Diptera : Agromyzidae ) (first record). Distribution. Austria, Finland, Germany, Poland, Russia (Urals Mts), Switzerland.

Figures

FIGURES 2 – 9. Asyntactus rhogaleus Marshall (female). 2. Habitus, dorsal view. 3. Habitus, lateral view. 4. Head, dorsal view. 5, Mandible. 6. Head and mesosoma, dorsal view. 7. Median segments of antenna. 8. Metasoma, dorsal view. 9. Apical part of metasoma and ovipositor, ventral view.