Gasteruption hastator (Fabricius, 1804)

van Achterberg, Cornelis & Talebi, Ali Asghar, 2014, Review of Gasteruption Latreille (Hymenoptera, Gasteruptiidae) from Iran and Turkey, with the description of 15 new species, ZooKeys 458, pp. 1-187 : 72-73

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Gasteruptiidae

Gasteruption hastator (Fabricius, 1804) Figs 187-204

Foenus hastator Fabricius, 1804: 142.

Gasteruption hastator ; Schletterer 1885: 307; Hedicke 1939: 13; Šedivý 1958: 35, 37, 40; Györfi and Bajári 1962: 47, 51; Schmidt 1969: 294; Oehlke 1984: 169, 170, 177; Madl 1987a: 402, 1987b: 22, 1988a: 13, 15, 1989b 43, 1990b 480, 482; Kozlov 1988: 244, 247; Kofler and Madl 1990: 321; Wall 1994: 156; Scaramozzino 1995: 3; Neumayer et al. 1999: 220; Pagliano and Scaramozzino 2000: 11, 17, 27; Saure 2001: 29; Turrisi 2004: 84; van der Smissen 2010: 372; van Achterberg 2013: 83.

Foenus dorsalis Westwood, 1841: 537, 1843: 258; Schletterer 1889: 400; Hedicke 1939: 13; Wall 1994: 148. Synonymized with Gasteruption hastator (Fabricius) by Oehlke, 1984.

Foenus esenbeckii Westwood, 1841: 537, 1843: 256; Oehlke 1984: 177 (as synonym of Gasteruption hastator (Fabricius)); Wall 1994: 148. Synonymized with Gasteruption rubricans ( Guérin-Méneville) by Schletterer, 1889.

Faenus esenbeckii ; Abeille de Perrin 1879: 264, 265 (as esenbecki), 274.

Gasteruption esenbeckii ; Schletterer 1885: 305, 319, 1889: 400.

Gasteruption esenbecki ; Hedicke 1939: 13. Invalid emendation.

Foenus rubricans Guérin-Méneville, 1844: 407; Abeille de Perrin 1879: 274; Schmiedeknecht 1930: 379, 382; Hedicke 1939: 13; Ferrière 1946: 234, 238, 241; Leclercq 1948: 76; Wall 1994: 149. Synonymized with Gasteruption esenbeckii (Westwood) by Abeille de Perrin, 1879 and with Gasteruption hastator (Fabricius) by Schulz, 1912.

Gasteruption rubricans ; Schletterer 1885: 283, 1889: 384, 393, 395, 397, 400; Dalla Torre 1902: 1071; Szépligeti 1903: 370; Höppner 1904: 101; Kieffer 1912: 257; Ferrière 1946: 234, 241; Crosskey 1951: 294.

Gasteryption rubricans ; Semenov 1892: 200.

Gasteruption hastator Gasteruption? rubricans; Hedwig 1957: 117 (SE. Iran: Sistan & Baluchestan, Damen)

Gasteruption rubricans ; Tirgari 1975: 57 (W. Iran: Khuzestan; N. Iran: Mazandaran, Chalus).

Gasteruption tibiale Schletterer, 1885: 286, 1889: 384, 393, 395, 397, 402; Dalla Torre 1902: 1075; Szépligeti 1903: 370; Kieffer 1904a: 647, 1912: 259; Schmiedeknecht 1930: 379, 382; Hedicke 1939: 25; Ferrière 1946: 234, 238, 241; Leclercq, 1948: 76; Hellén 1950: 4 (as synonym of Gasteruption bidentulum (Thomson)); Schmidt, 1969: 294 (id.); Oehlke 1984: 169, 171, 181; Madl 1987a: 402, 1988a: 12; Kozlov 1988: 246, 247; Wall 1994: 149; Yildirim et al. 2004: 1351 (Turkey). Synonymized with Gasteruption hastator (Fabricius) by Madl, 1987a.

Gasteryption tibiale ; Semenov 1892: 201.

Gasteruption schossmannae Madl, 1987: 37, 1990b 480; Wall 1994: 163. Syn. n.

Gasteruption graecum Schletterer, 1885: 279, 1889: 400; Kieffer 1912: 257 (as synonym of Gasteruption rubricans ); Hedicke 1939: 14; Madl 1988b: 405, 1990a 128; Hedicke 1939: 13; Wall 1994: 148. Synonymized with Gasteruption rubricans ( Guérin-Méneville) by Schletterer, 1889 and with Gasteruption hastator (Fabricius) by Oehlke (1984).

Type material.

The holotype of Gasteruption hastator (described from N. Africa) has been examined by Dr L. Vilhelmsen, Copenhagen; it has the typical widened hind basitarsus. The two female syntypes of Gasteruption esenbeckii Westwood, 1841 (described from Central Europe (Sickershausen, Germany) by Nees, 1834) are lost. Holotype of Gasteruption tibiale examined: ♂ (NMW), "[Italy], Tirol, St. Pauls [Bozen]", "tibiale det. Schlett.". Holotype of Gasteruption graecum is probably lost (a male in NMW from NW Greece, Epirus (Tinos) and collected by Erber). Holotype of Gasteruption schossmannae examined: ♂ (NMW), "[Austria], Winden am See, 16.vii.1962, leg. Priesner", and holotype label by M. Madl.

Additional material.

Iran (Gilan, Astaneh, Eshman Kamachal; Ardabil, 1900 m; Kerman, Jupar, 1900 m; Boyer-A. o Kohg, Kuh Gol, near Sisakht, 2500 m; Azer. E Sh., Sis, 10 km E of Shabestar, 1540 m); Turkey (Bilecik, Baycicoy; Bolu, 17 km S of Seben; 10 km N of Tatvan; 20 km NW of Igdir; Mezikiran Gecidi, 20 km E of Gurun; Osmaneli; Cornelek, 40 km E of Mut; Sultan Daglari, near Yalvac; 10 km N of Muradya; Pasli, 50 km S of Kars; Eksiler, 20 km W of Silifke; 20 km SW of Bitlis; Canakkale, Gelibolu; 20 km W of Van; Konya, 10 km S of Aksehir Mts.; id., 30 km S of Aksehir; Capadocia, Urgup; near Izmir; 15 km E of Malatya; Tatvan, Van Gölü; Gevas, id.; 20 km SW of Burdur, 940 m; Karadut, 50 km NE of Agiyaman, 1000 m; Karadut, Nemrut Dagi; Bursa, near Caglian; 40 km NE of Muradiye, 2200 m; Muradiye; Hakkari, Akcali, 35 km S of Hakkari, 1700 m; Sile, Konya; near Agri; Sebran, Porsuk Baraji; Adapazar, Sakatya, 25 km S of Adapazar; Aciöl, near Cardak; SE of Elazig, Hazar Gölü; Burdur, 20 km SW of Burdur, 940 m; id., 28 km SEE of Burdur, 1350 m; id., 5 km NE of Yesilova, 1060 m; Kütahya, 28 km SSE of Kütahya, 1110 m; id., 20 km NEE of Kütahya; Denizli, 35 km SSE of Denizli, 970 m; Mansisa, 30 km SEE of Salihli, 430 m; id., 35 km SEE of Salihli, 900 m; Canakkale, 6 km N of Ezine, 35 m; Hakkari, Yüksekova, 1800 m; Hakkari, Mt. Sat, SW of Yüksekova, Varegös, 1650 m; Adiyaman, Gölbasi, 900 m; Konya, Beysehir, 1150 m; Nevsehir, Ürgüp, 1200 m; id., 20 km S of Nevsehir, Kaymakli, 1200 m; id., 20 km S of Nevsehir, Kaymakli; Bursa, Bursa, 300 m; SSE of Milas, Çamköy-Sek; Antalya, E Manevgat; id., Side-Titreyengöl; id., W Karabucak; 60 km W of Konya, Eflatun Pinar; Burdur, 20 km N of Aglasun, Koruglubeli, 950 m; Sivas, 10 km S of Gürün, near Gökpinar, 12500-1700 m).

Diagnosis.

Apex of ovipositor sheath blackish or dark brown; ovipositor sheath 0.6-1.5 times as long as hind tibia and 0.3-0.9 times as long as hind tibia and tarsus combined; head and laterally mesosoma of female mainly reddish-brown (Figs 187-189); scapus reddish-brown; head more (typical; Fig. 193) or less ( “graecum”; Fig. 201) transverse in dorsal view; face rather wide (Figs 192, 202); shallow depression of clypeus rather large, more (typical; Fig. 195) or less ( “graecum”; Fig. 203) extended; fifth antennal segment 0.9-1.0 times (♀) or 1.4-2.0 (♂) times as long as third segment (Fig. 199); apical antennal segment 1.4-1.5 times third antennal segment and darker than medial segments; occipital carina obsolescent to narrowly lamelliform medio-dorsally (Figs 187, 193, 204); antesternal carina narrow; hind tibia stout; hind basitarsus rather short (Figs 190, 200), in dorsal view more (typical; Fig. 196) or less ( “graecum”) widened basad; mesoscutum anteriorly largely coarsely rugose and remainder rugose (to variable extend) and between them more or less coriaceous; incision of hypopygium shallow.

Distribution.

Europe, N. Africa, Iran, Turkey, Russia (including Far East).

Biology.

Predator-inquiline of Osmia and Hylaeus spp. in Rubus stems and of Systropha nests. Collected in May-August.

Notes.

One specimen from Iran is exceptionally large (length of body 13.8 mm and fore wing 5.5 mm) but agrees in other aspects with typical specimens. First species of Gasteruption reported from Turkey (by Semenov (1892) from “Tauria”).