Vidia lineata Oudemans, 1917

Ji, Su-Jung, Jung, Chuleui, Bang, Hyun Woo, Song, Min Ok, Jung, Jongwoo, Yoon, Seong Myeong, Lee, Seunghwan, Keum, Seoyoung, Yang, Hee-Min, Lee, Dongmin, Lee, Geon Hyeok, Oh, Jaeseok, Kim, Kichoon, Park, Hansol, Moon, Heejin, Joharchi, Omid, Kang, Yeseul, Eom, Keeseon S., Lee, Kyung Jin, Eun, Ye, Kim, Taeho, Karanovic, Ivana, Lee, Jeounghee, Choe, Seongjun & Min, Gi-Sik, 2023, Unrecorded species of Korean invertebrates discovered through the project of ‘ Discovery of Korean Indigenous Species’ II, Journal of Species Research 12 (1), pp. 68-89 : 79

25. Vidia lineata Oudemans, 1917 ( Fig. 25 )

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Vidia lineata Oudemans, 1917: 391 .

Material examined. Seoul-si (37°27′20″N, 126°56′ 57″E), Korea; on Osmia sp. ( Hymenoptera : Megachilidae ); with yellow pan trap; collected by KY Lim on 13 May 2020.

Deposition. NIBRIV0000879478.

World distribution. Palaearctic ( Klimov et al., 2016).

Diagnosis. Body acorn-shaped, yellowish, 221 - 235 μm long, 160 - 165 μm wide. Dorsal shield divided into two parts, propodosoma and hysterosoma. Ocelli absent on propodosoma. Leg I - III with pretarsal ambulacrum and simple empodial claws, tarsi I - III with elongated membranous ambulacra, tibia III with three foliate setae, leg IV without foliate setae, tibiotarsus IV with three long setae.

Remarks. Genus Vidia is usually associated with Megachilid bee ( Klimov and OConnor, 2008). Our samples are also found on Osmia sp. Among Vidia spp. , V. lineata is the most common species in the Palaearctic region including the eastern Palaearctic ( Klimov et al., 2016).

Figures

Fig. 25. Vidia lineata Oudemans, 1917 (Deutonymph). A. dorsal habitus; B. ventral habitus. Scale bars=50 μm.