Fidiobia pronotata Szabo , 1958
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18. Fidiobia pronotata Szabo, 1958 View in CoL
Figs 170-176 View Figures 170–176 , 177-180 View Figures 177–180 , 284 View Figures 282–289 , 315 View Figures 313–315
Fidiobia pronotata Szabó, 1958: 459; Kozlov 1978: 656; Kozlov 1987: 1199; Masner and Huggert 1989: 69. Evans and Peña 2005: 62; Popovici and Buhl 2010: 1155.
Description.
Female. Body length: 0.9-1.0 mm. Colour of body: bicoloured, head and mesosoma black, metasoma brown (Figs 170 View Figures 170–176 , 171 View Figures 170–176 ).
Head (Figs 172-174 View Figures 170–176 ). Colour of head: black. Sculpture of head: areolate-rugulose. Sculpture of occiput: areolate-rugulose. Ocellar prominence: absent. Preocellar depression: absent. Paraocellar depressions: absent. OOL / ocellar diameter: OOL equal with ocellar diameter. Orientation of lower half of inner orbits: visibly divergent. Sculpture of frons immediately anterior to ocellus: reticulate-coriaceous. Sculpture of frons immediately dorsal to toruli: areolate-rugulose, but more transverse. Epitorular carina: absent. Distance between toruli: toruli touch each other. Setation of clypeus: two setae. Malar sulcus: absent. Antenna (Fig. 175a View Figures 170–176 ). Colour of A1: yellow. Colour of clava: striking different from the rest of the antenna (clava brown, rest of antenna yellow). Number of antennomeres: nine. Shape of A1: more or less cylindrical. Ventral (inner) lamella on A1: present as a trace in the apical part of A1. Length of A3 of female: distinctly shorter than A2. Sensillar formula (A7:A8:A9): 2:2:1 (Fig. 175b View Figures 170–176 ).
Mesosoma (Figs 170 View Figures 170–176 , 171 View Figures 170–176 , 178 View Figures 177–180 ). Colour of mesosoma: black. Mesosoma: weakly compressed dorsoventrally. Pronotum in dorsal view: cervical pronotal area broader than lateral shoulders. Transverse pronotal sulcus: present as a narrow groove along anterior rim of pronotum. Posteroventral end of transverse pronotal sulcus: dilated. Lateral pronotal area: entirely sculptured. Antero-admedian line: absent. Mesoscutum: weakly convex. Parapsidal lines: absent. Sculpture of internotaular area: absent. Notauli: present, incised. Shape of notauli: dilated posteriorly and rounded anteriorly. Outer edge of notauli: almost collinear with axillular carina. Orientation of inner edge of notauli: converging posteriorly. Length of notauli: more than half of length of mesoscutum, measured along midline. Length of notaulus / maximum width of notaulus: at most 1.9 times as long as maximum width. Distance between notauli: greater than the broadest part of notaulus. Transscutal articulation: complete. Scuto-scutellar sulcus: absent. Fovea on scuto-scutellar sulcus: NA. Mesoscutellum: weakly convex. Shape of mesoscutellum: subrectangular. Axillular carina: posterior apex of axillular carinae touching the posterior edge of mesoscutellum. Axilloaxillular carina: present. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: absent. Posterior mesoscutellar sulcus: absent. Metascutellum: not visible, covered by mesoscutellum. Metascutellar carina: absent. Width of metasomal depression: greater than the length of lateral propodeal carina. Median carina between lateral propodeal carinae: absent. Transverse carina between lateral propodeal carinae: present. Foamy structure on transverse carina between lateral propodeal carinae: absent. Foamy structure on metasomal depression: absent. Lateral propodeal carinae: parallel. Foamy structure on lateral propodeal carina: absent. Plica: visible. Posterior end of plica: fused with metapleural carina. Foamy structure on plica: absent. Foamy structure on metapleural carina: absent. Foamy structure on ventral metapleural area: absent. Setation of dorsal metapleural area: dense, long setae on entire surface, uniformly distributed. Setation of ventral metapleural area: dense, long setae on the entire surface, uniformly distributed. Longitudinal striation on dorsal mesopleuron: present. Transepisternal line: visible as a superficial depression on the anteroventral mesopleuron. Mesopleural carina: present. Metapleural sulcus: absent. Wings. brachypterous. Apex of fore wing (Fig. 176 View Figures 170–176 ): acuminate. Colour of fore wing: transparent. Transverse brown band on fore wing: absent. Submarginal vein in fore wing: absent. Length of submarginal vein in fore wing: unknown. Spectral veins on fore wing: absent. Marginal setae of fore wing: absent. Disc of fore wing: with spinulose microtrichia. Legs. Colour of fore tibia: yellow. Colour of fore tarsus: yellow. Colour of middle femora: yellow. Colour of middle tibiae: yellow. Colour of middle tarsus: yellow. Colour of hind femora: yellow. Colour of hind tibiae: yellow. Colour of hind tarsus: yellow.
Metasoma (Figs 170 View Figures 170–176 , 178 View Figures 177–180 ): Tergites posterior of T2 may be retracted under T2. Shape of T1: trapezoidal. Colour of T1: reddish brown. Lateral setae of T1: 2 pairs. Colour of T2: brown. Shape of T2: longer than wide. Anterior pits of T2: distinctly separated. Sculpture of T2, lateral to anterior pits of T2: absent. Colour of T3-T6: the same as T2.
Male. unknown.
Material examined.
11♀. France : 1♀, Côte-d’Or, Esbarres , 47.102°N, 5.229°E, 1.ix.1948, leg. Barbier J. (MNHP) GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Côte-d’Or, Esbarres , 47.102°N, 5.229°E, 22.ix.1955, leg. Barbier J. (MNHP) GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Côte-d’Or, Gevrolles , 47.985°N, 4.772°E, 4.ix.1957, leg. Barbier J. (MNHP) GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Côte-d’Or, Esbarres , 47.102°N, 5.229°E, 16.vii.1958, leg. Barbier J. (CNCI) GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Côte-d’Or, Esbarres , 47.102°N, 5.229°E, 27.viii.1959, leg. Barbier J. (CNCI) GoogleMaps .
Hungary: Holotype: ♀, Pesta, Szentendrei-sziget , 47.643°N, 19.099°E, 2.vii.1957, leg. Szabó JB. (HNHM) (Figs 177-180 View Figures 177–180 ) GoogleMaps ; Paratype: 1♀, Siófok, Zamárdi, 46.861°N, 17.953°E, 29.x.1953, leg. Balogh J. (HNHM) GoogleMaps .
Romania: 1♀, Iași, Botanical Garden , 47.186°N, 27.5512°E, 17.ix.2003, leg. Popovici O. (sweep net) (OPPC0692) GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Constanța, Vadu , 44.47265°N, 28.8064°E, 26.viii.2004, leg. Popovici O. (sweep net) (OPPC0693) GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Iași, Ciric lake , 47.18778°N, 27.60139°E, 30.vii.2010, leg. Popovici O. (YPT) (OPPC0482) GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Iași, Botanical Garden , 47.1875°N, 27.54889°E, 30.vi.2011, leg. Noyes JS. (SS) (OPPC0755) GoogleMaps .
Distribution.
Germany ( Buhl et al. 2016); Republic of Moldova ( Kozlov 1987); France, Hungary, Romania (Fig. 315 View Figures 313–315 ).
Biology.
unknown.
Diagnosis.
Fidiobia pronotata can be easily identified by the elongate pronotum, shortened wings and large, non-foveate mesoscutal humeral and suprahumeral sulci. The epomial carina is absent, or very short and weakly indicated. This combination of characters is unique among Palearctic Fidiobia .
Comments.
In the original description of this species, Szabó (1958) designated the holotype and one paratype. Both specimens were located in HNHM. In the case of the holotype, near the original labels there is one label that indicates the specimen as the lectotype (Fig. 180 View Figures 177–180 ). We do not understand the significance of this label.
It is a relatively rare species not often collected with sweep nets or Malaise traps.
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Fidiobia pronotata Szabo , 1958
Popovici, Ovidiu Alin, Masner, Lubomir, Lahey, Zachary & Talamas, Elijah 2022 |
Fidiobia pronotata
Szabo 1958 |