Gasteruption opacum (Tournier, 1877)

van Achterberg, Cornelis & Talebi, Ali Asghar, 2014, Review of Gasteruption Latreille (Hymenoptera, Gasteruptiidae) from Iran and Turkey, with the description of 15 new species, ZooKeys 458, pp. 1-187 : 99

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Gasteruptiidae

Gasteruption opacum (Tournier, 1877) Figs 362-379

Foenus opacus Tournier, 1877: viii.

Faenus opacus ; Abeille de Perrin 1879: 263, 267, 271.

Foenus opacus var. minor Magretti, 1882: 298; Hedicke 1939: 18.

Gasteruption opacum ; Schletterer 1885: 311, 1889: 387, 396, 424; Dalla Torre 1902: 1069; Szépligeti 1903: 368; Kieffer 1912: 252; Ferrière 1946: 236, 239, 243; Leclercq 1948: 76; Šedivý 1958: 35, 36, 41; Györfi and Bajári 1962: 43, 49; Schmidt 1978: 117; Madl 1987a: 403, 1987b: 24, 1988a: 13, 16, 1988b 406, 1989a 161, 1989b 44, 1990a 129, 1990b 480, 483; Kozlov 1988: 246, 247; Kofler and Madl 1990: 322; Wall 1994: 160; Scaramozzino 1995: 3; Neumayer et al. 1999: 220; Pagliano and Scaramozzino 2000: 13, 17, 31; Saure 2001: 29; Yildirim et al. 2004: 1351; Wisniowski 2004: 118; van der Smissen 2010: 373; van Achterberg 2013: fig. 184.

Foenus vagepunctatus Costa, 1877: xxi; Wall 1994: 149. Synonymized with Gasteruption opacum (Tournier) by Ferrière, 1946.

Faenus vagepunctatus ; Abeille de Perrin 1879: 263, 266, 271.

Gasteruption vagepunctatum ; Schletterer 1885: 287, 1889: 382, 386, 394, 396, 422; Dalla Torre 1902: 1075; Szépligeti 1903: 368; Kieffer 1912: 253; Schmiedeknecht 1930: 377, 381; Hedicke 1939: 23 (as synonym of Gasteruption thomsonii Schletterer), 26; Ferrière 1946: 243.

Gasteryption vagepunctatum ; Semenov 1892: 209-210.

Gasteruption obscurum ? Schletterer, 1889: 384, 395, 419; Dalla Torre 1902: 1069; Szépligeti 1903: 369; Kieffer 1912: 272; Schmiedeknecht 1930: 381; Hedicke 1939: 18; Ferrière 1946: 243 (as probable synonym of Gasteruption opacum (Tournier)); Györfi and Bajári 1962: 43 (as synonym of Gasteruption opacum (Tournier)); Wall 1994: 149 (as probable synonym of Gasteruption opacum (Tournier)). Synonymized by Györfi and Bajári, 1962.

Type material.

Holotype of Gasteruption opacum ♀ (MNHG), "[Switzerland], Peney, [near Genève], vii.[18]75", "Cn Tournier", “Type”, " Foenus opacus Tourn., ♀".

Additional material.

*Iran (Alborz, Arangeh, Shahriar, Shahrestanak, Karaj; Qazvin, Zereshk Road, Koohin, Loshan; Tehran, Peykanshahr (botanical garden); Damavand, 40 km E. Tehran; North Khorasan); Turkey (Muradiye; Artvin, Damar, near Murgul; Burdur, 20 km SW of Burdur, 940 m; Gevas, Van Gölü; Istanbul, 12 km SW of Yalova, Termal, 300 m).

Diagnosis.

Apex of ovipositor sheath with a distinct white or ivory band, 1.7-2.2 times as long as hind basitarsus (Fig. 369); head flat in front of medium-sized lamelliform occipital carina (Fig. 368; rarely slightly depressed); propleuron elongate, 0.9-1.1 times as long as distance between tegulae and anterior border of mesoscutum and resulting in a slender neck (Figs 363, 371, 377); head distinctly narrowed behind eyes in dorsal view; temple slightly convex in dorsal view (Figs 368, 376); vertex and frons matt and very finely and densely punctate-coriaceous; mesoscutum with separate punctures (Fig. 364); medio-posteriorly mesoscutum coarsely punctate-rugose; antesternal carina wide lamelliform and coxa remain distinctly removed from mesopleuron (Figs 363, 374); hind basitarsus usually largely or completely dark brown or brown, but especially Asian specimens with dorsal ivory patch; ovipositor sheath 1.0-1.2 times as long as body. Males have third antennal segment about half as long as fourth segment (Fig. 373) and paramere narrowly pale apically (Fig. 379).

Distribution.

Iran, Turkey, Central and South Europe. New for the fauna of Iran.

Biology.

Unknown. Collected in May-October.