Apocharips Fergusson, 1986

Ferrer-Suay, Mar, Selfa, Jesús, Villemant, Claire & Pujade-Villar, Juli, 2015, Charipinae Dalla Torre & Kieffer, 1910 (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) from the Mercantour National Park (Alpes-Maritimes, France), with descriptions of three new species, Zoosystema 37 (1), pp. 115-138 : 130

Genus Apocharips Fergusson, 1986

Apocharips trapezoidea ( Hartig, 1841) ( Figs 6D ; 9A ; 10A )

Xystus trapezoideus Hartig, 1841: 352 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — (1♂). M9-SES2000 T 4-M1: 1♂. Deposited at MNHN.

DISTRIBUTION. — Previously known from the Palaearctic region (Ferrer-Suay et al. 2012a). First record from France. Currently the only species of Apocharips known from the Mediterranean Alps.

HOSTS. — See Charipinae Worldwide Catalogue (Ferrer-Suay et al. 2012a).

DIAGNOSIS. — Apocharips trapezoidea is mainly characterized by: a completely open radial cell, 1.0 times as long as wide ( Fig. 9A ); pronotal and propodeal carinae present ( Fig. 6D ); apex of scutellum with M-shaped carinae; female antenna with rhinaria beginning from F5, F1 longer than pedicel and F2, F2 subequal to F3, F3 shorter than F4 ( Fig. 10A ); male antenna with rhinaria beginning from F1, F1 longer than pedicel and F2, F2-F4 subequal in length. It is easily differentiated from the other Apocharips species by its radial cell completely open with parallel R1 and Rs veins ( Fig. 9A ). The most similar Apocharips species is Apocharips hansoni Menke, 1993 , but they can be readily separated by the presence of radial carinae around the clypeus in A. hansoni , which are lacking in A. trapezoidea .

Figures

FIG. 6. — Types of propodea: A, A. arcuata (Kieffer, 1902); B, A. victrix (Westwood, 1833); C, P.villosa (Hartig, 1841); D, A. trapezoidea (Hartig, 1841); E, D. subclavata Förster, 1869; F, A. citripes (Thomson, 1862). Scale bars: 50 μm.

FIG. 9.— Types of radial cells:A, A.trapezoidea (Hartig, 1841); B, D. subclavata Förster, 1869; C, P.villosa (Hartig, 1841); D, P.americana Baker, 1896. Scale bar: 50 μm.

FIG. 10. — Types of antennae: A, A. trapezoidea (Hartig, 1841); B, D. subclavata Förster, 1869; C, P.abbreviata (Thomson, 1877); D, P. americana Baker, 1896; E, P.calverti Andrews, 1978; F, P.evenhuisi Pujade-Villar & Paretas-Martínez, 2006; G, P.gutierrezi Andrews, 1978; H, P.longicornis (Hartig, 1840); I, P.stenos Andrews, 1978; J, P.villosa (Hartig, 1841); K, P.salicis (Cameron, 1883); L, P.fuscicornis (Thomson, 1877). Scale bars: 50 μm.