Aulacidea turcica Azmaz & Katılmış, 2020

Azmaz, Musa & Katilmiş, Yusuf, 2020, A new species of herb gall wasp (Cynipidae, Aulacideini, Aulacidea) from Turkey, Zootaxa 4747 (2), pp. 378-390 : 380

Aulacidea turcica Azmaz & Katılmış sp. n.

Type material. HOLOTYPE female: TURKEY, Gümüşhane, Kelkit, Çağlar Village , 40°05’N; 39°17’E; 1650 m; ex Digitalis ferruginea ; M. Azmaz & Y. Katılmış, leg., collected 17.X.2017 . PARATYPES: 27 females and 7 males with the same data as the holotype, except for the collection date: 21.II.2018, 07.VIII.2018. The holotype and all paratypes are deposited in the Entomology Research Laboratory, Pamukkale University (PAU), Denizli, Turkey .

Etymology. Named after the country, Turkey, where it was collected.

Diagnosis. Morphological characters for the differentiation of the newly described species from A. acroptilonica , A. subterminalis , A. pilosellae , A. rubi , A. abdominalis , A. hieracii and A. tobiasi are provided in Table 1 . The female of the new species has 13-segmented antennae, immediately distinguishing this species from females of A. phlomica , A. freesei , A. ascanica and A. acroptilonica which all have 12-segmented antennae ( Nieves-Aldrey 1995; Melika 2006).

Aulacidea turcica sp. n. (female) is distinctly separated from other species in the genus by the following character states: POL 1.3 times as long as LOL and 3.4 times as long as diameter of lateral ocellus; diameter of antennal torulus 2.7 times as long as distance between toruli; female antenna 13-segmented; F1 2.1 times as long as pedicel and equal F2; placodeal sensilla on F2-F11; pronotum smooth with dense white setae along anterior margin, and weak longitudinal wrinkles laterally with sparse white setae; scutum 1.6-1.8 times as long as scutellum; median mesoscutal line long, well-impressed, broad posteriorly and narrowing anteriorly, extending to half or more (3/4) of scutum; scutellar foveae ovate, broader than high, deep, shining bottom, with sparse white setae; Rs+M extending to 2/3 of distance between areolet and basalis; areolet distinct and tergite 3 without punctures. Further diagnostic morphological characters are provided in Table 1 .