Spalangiopelta dudichi Erdoes , 1955

Haas, Michael, Baur, Hannes, Schweizer, Tanja, Monje, Juan Carlos, Moser, Marina, Bigalk, Sonia & Krogmann, Lars, 2021, Tiny wasps, huge diversity - A review of German Pteromalidae with new generic and species records (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), Biodiversity Data Journal 9, pp. 77092-77092 : 77092

Spalangiopelta dudichi Erdoes, 1955

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: T. Kothe, M. Engelhardt, C. König; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; preparations: dry mounted; Taxon: scientificName: Spalangiopelta dudichi Erdös, 1955; Location : continent: Europe ; country: Germany; countryCode: DE; stateProvince: Baden-Württemberg; locality: Lkr. Tuebingen , Steinenberg , Flurstuecknummer 2906, MF 2 ; verbatimElevation: 471 m; decimalLatitude: 9.0312; decimalLongitude: 48.5306; Identification: identifiedBy: M. Moser; dateIdentified: 2021; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 4/ 7 - 17/7/2014; Record Level: datasetID: SMNS_Hym_Pte_010581; institutionCode: SMNS

Ecological interactions

Parasite of

The host of the species is unknown, but members of the genus are reported to be parasitoids of Diptera ( Drosophilidae ) associated with Brassicaceae ( Cakile maritima Scop.) in leaf litter habitats.

Distribution

Northern, eastern and southern Europe; Germany: Baden-Württemberg

Notes

Newly-recorded species in Germany. No Barcode available. Images: Fig. 5 .

Figures

Figure 5. Digital microscopic images of Spalangiopelta dudichi Erdoes, 1955 (♀, Pte _ 010581). A Habitus lateral B Habitus dorsal C Head frontal. Scale bars: A, B 500 µm; C 200 µm.