Eupelmus microzonus Förster, 1860

Delvare, G., Escolà, A. Ribes, Stojanova, A. M., Benoit, L., Lecomte, J. & Askew, R. R., 2019, Exploring insect biodiversity: the parasitic Hymenoptera, chiefly Chalcidoidea, associated with seeds of asphodels (Xanthorrhoeaceae), with the description of nine new species belonging to Eurytomidae and Torymidae, Zootaxa 4597 (1), pp. 1-90 : 69-71

Eupelmus microzonus Förster, 1860

( Figs 30 A–E)

Material examined. FRANCE: Bouches-du-Rhône, La Ciotat , 36 m, 43.19861°N 5.63138°E, ex seed of A. cerasiferus , 28.iv.2011 (H. Dumas) (4 ♀, in RAPC) ; Corse, Aléria, Vaccaja , 20 m, 42.12861°N 9.46556°E, ex seeds of A. ramosus , 22.ix.2001, adults emerged 25.iv/ 15.v.2012, (J. Balajas) (1 ♀, in GDPC) ; Corse, Linguizetta , 50 m, 42.28194°N 9.51722°E, same asphodel and collecting date and collector (1 ♀, in GDPC) ; ITALY: Sicilia, Vizzini, Monte Iblei, SE Lago Dirillo , contrado Rubalé , 420 m, 37.10778°N 14.72578°E, ex seeds of A. ramosus , 22.vi.2014, adult emergence v.2015 (G. Delvare) (3 ♀ 1 ♂, in GDPC) ; same locality, host plant and collector, 350 m, 37.12103°N 14.72166°E (10 ♀ 2♂, in GDPC) ; SPAIN: Lleida, Aitona , 120 m, 41.46338°N 0.46632°E, ex seeds of A. cerasiferus , 9.vi.2011 (3 ♀, 1 in RAPC) TURKEY: Aegean Sea Gökçe Ada Island, Şirinköy village , 62 m, 40.12944°N 25.73805°E, ex seed of Asphodelus sp., 8.vi.2011 (A. Stojanova) (2 ♂, in RAPC) .

Comment. For a complete redescription and characterisation see Gibson & Fusu (2016).

Biology. Most published host records for E. microzonus are of it as a parasitoid in galls of Cynipidae (Hymenoptera) and Tephritidae (Diptera) on herbaceous plants and shrubs ( Askew & Nieves-Aldrey 2000; Askew et al. 2006), and it has been reared from galls of Eurytoma gallephedrae Askew, 1998 (Eurytomidae) . Other host families in Diptera , Coleoptera and Lepidoptera are listed by Noyes (2018). In the present study E. microzonus was uncommon except in Sicilia where it seems to be the commonest Eupelmus species and was reared from seeds of A. ramosus from which the single phytophagous species to emerge was B. insulare .

Figures

FIGURES 30A–E. Eupelmus microzonus Förster. A–C, ♀. D–E, ♂. A, habitus. B, mesotarsus in lateroventral view. C, fore wing venation. D, habitus. E, fore wing venation. Specimens ex A. ramosus from Vizzini, Monte Iblei, Sicilia, Italy.