Asaphes californicus Girault, 1917
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https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.1214.127982 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13871795 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3A62E791-198F-5235-A1B2-6EF6FDC7BBD6 |
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Asaphes californicus Girault, 1917 |
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Asaphes californicus Girault, 1917 View in CoL
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Asaphes californicus Girault, 1917: 1; Gibson and Vikberg 1998: 219–224. View in CoL
Diagnosis.
Female. Antenna (Fig. 1 G View Figure 1 ) with pedicel at most 2.0–2.4 × as long as wide; clava 2.4–2.5 × as long as wide. Head in dorsal view (Fig. 1 C View Figure 1 ) with shallow emargination between inner orbits and temple curved and rather strongly convergent; eye length 3.6–3.8 × temple length (Fig. 1 A View Figure 1 ); POL 0.3–0.6 × OOL (Fig. 1 C View Figure 1 ). Frenum smooth and shiny except finely carinate laterally (Fig. 1 E View Figure 1 ); metapleuron bare; petiole at least quadrate and usually slightly longer (1.3 ×) than wide (Fig. 1 E View Figure 1 ). Fore wing (Fig. 1 F View Figure 1 ) with broad speculum. Legs with at least metafemur in part darker than light-colored metatrochanter (Fig. 1 A View Figure 1 ). Gaster (Fig. 1 B View Figure 1 ) 1.4 × as long as wide; Gt 1 L usually shorter (0.9 ×) than Gt 2 L (Fig. 1 B View Figure 1 ).
Male. Color pattern similar to female except clava yellowish brown and legs entirely yellow (Fig. 1 I View Figure 1 ). Structure similar to female, with combined length of pedicel and flagellum 0.9 × head width; pedicel 2.1 × as long as wide; all funicle segments slightly transverse (Fig. 1 H View Figure 1 ) and with few mps; clava 2.4 × as long as wide. Petiole (Fig. 1 I View Figure 1 ) 1.4 × as long as wide. Gaster (Fig. 1 I, J View Figure 1 ) ovate, 1.8 × as long as wide; Gt 1 L almost equal to Gt 2 L.
Material examined.
China. Xinjiang • 2 ♀; Altay Prefecture, Altay City ; 47 ° 40 ' 16 " N, 88 ° 01 ' 16 " E; 710 m; 12 Jul 2020; Qin Li research group GoogleMaps • 1 ♂; Fuyun City ; 46 ° 56 ' 10 " N, 89 ° 33 ' 51 " E; 848 m; 10 Jul 2020; Qin Li research group GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; Hotan Prefecture, Yutian County ; 36 ° 90 ' 02 " N, 81 ° 40 ' 58 " E; 1432 m; 3 Aug 2021; Zhulidezi Aishan research group GoogleMaps • 2 ♀; Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Gongliu County ; 43 ° 22 ' 60 " N, 82 ° 72 ' 09 " E; 1137 m; 10 Jul 2021; Qin Li research group GoogleMaps .
Canada. Alberta • 1 ♀ 1 ♂; Waterton ; 49 ° 06 ' N, 113 ° 59 ' W; 1530 m; 11 Jul 1991; H. Goulet GoogleMaps . Yukon Territory • 1 ♀; Alaska Hwy ; 60 ° 54 ' N, 137 ° 09 ' W; 664 m; 7 Jul 2006; Goulet and Boudreault GoogleMaps • 1 ♂; Alaska Highway E. of Hines Junction ; 60 ° 54.062 ' N, 137 ° 09.791 ' W; 664 m; sweeping; 7 Jul 2006; Goulet and Boudreault GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; Whitehorse ; 60 ° 43 ' N, 133 ° 03 ' W; 814 m; 11 Jul 2006; Boudreault and Goulet GoogleMaps .
USA. Alaska • 1 ♀; Wosnesenski Island ; 55 ° 12 ' N, 161 ° 21 ' W; 11 Jul 2009; Boudreault and Goulet GoogleMaps . California • 1 ♀ 1 ♂; Siskiyou County; 2 mi. W. Bartle along McCloud river ; 17 Jul. 1990; J. D. Pinto .
Distribution.
China (Xinjiang) (new country record); Nearctic and Neotropical regions ( Noyes 2019).
Hosts.
Asaphes californicus is strictly a hyperparasitoid of aphids through Aphidiinae ( Hymenoptera : Braconidae ) and Aphelinidae ( Hymenoptera ) primary parasitoids ( Gibson and Vikberg 1998).
Comments.
Asaphes californicus was previously reported only from the Nearctic and Neotropical regions ( Gibson and Vikberg 1998). It is reported here from Xinjiang, China for the first time.
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Asaphes californicus Girault, 1917
Li, Qin, Zhang, Tong-You, Gibson, Gary A. P., Shan, Shi-Lei & Xiao, Hui 2024 |
Asaphes californicus Girault, 1917: 1 ; Gibson and Vikberg 1998: 219–224 .
Gibson GAP & Vikberg V 1998: 219 - 224 |
Girault AA 1917: 1 |