Copidosoma primulum (Mercet, 1921)

Japoshvili, George, Hansen, Lars Ove & Guerrieri, Emilio, 2013, The Norwegian species of Copidosoma Ratzeburg (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae), Zootaxa 3619 (2), pp. 145-153 : 147

Copidosoma primulum (Mercet, 1921)

Material examined: 1Ƥ OPPLAND North [ON], NORDRE LAND: Nordsinni [N60.84061° E9.95425° ± 50m; 159m asl.] 27 July–1 Aug. 2009, gravel pit / yellow pan-trap, leg. Lars Ove HANSEN & Eirik RINDAL. Biology: Unknown ( Noyes 2012).

Distribution: Spain, Hungary, Norway, Sudan, Turkey, Turkmenistan.

Comment: The female here examined differs from those described in Guerrieri and Noyes (2005) by having a more slender antenna, the clava is longer and lacks any trace of sutures, the fore wing is narrower (2.4× as long as broad) and the ovipositor is shorter (1× as long as mid tibia). Guerrieri and Noyes (2005) stated that in C. primulum the antenna sometimes has a clava with a relic of a suture always incomplete, the fore wing is 2.2× as long as broad, and the ovipositor is 1.3× as long as mid tibia. In our opinion the availability of only one female and the noted differences are not enough to describe a new species.