A revision of Gasteruption Latreille (Hymenoptera: Gasteruptiidae) in the Neotropical Region 3030
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Macedo, Antonio Carlos Cruz
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Gasteruption kaweahense
(
Bradley, 1909
)
(
Figs.
14
,
27e
)
Rhydinofoenus kaweahensis
Bradley, 1909: 39
(in key, description);
Townes, 1950: 129
(in key), 145 (redescription);
Townes,
1951: 661 (catalog);
Daly
et al.,
1967: 1275
(host record);
Parker and Bohart, 1968: 6
(host record).
Pseudofoenus kaweahensis
:
Kieffer, 1912: 205
(in key), 212–213 (redescription);
Hedicke, 1939: 45
(catalog).
Gasteruption kaweahense
:
Carlson, 1979: 1117
(catalog); Pereyra and Villanueva, 1987: 207 (on
Parthenium hysterophorus
Linnaeus flowers).
Gasteruption kaweahensis
:
Hoebeke, 1980: 25
(
holotype
);
Macedo, 2009: 7
(cladistic analysis).
Pseudofoenus angustatus
Kieffer, 1911b: 183
(in key), 184–185 (description);
Kieffer, 1912: 205
(in key), 206–207 (redescription);
Hedicke, 1939: 45
(catalog).
New synonymy
Gasteruption angustatum:
Crosskey, 1962: 385
(fig. 28).
Diagnosis.
Differs from other Neotropical species by the combination of the following characters: ovipositor sheath shorter than metasoma (
Fig. 14e
); occipital carina narrow dorsally and very wide laterally (
Fig. 14b
); and fore wing discal cell absent.
Redescription.
Female
(
Fig. 14e
). Length:
11.9 mm
(
10.3–13.3 mm
) (n=25); ovipositor sheath length 0.53 (0.46–0.60) × body length.
Head.
Subtrapezoidal in dorsal view, longer than wide (
Fig. 14a
), punctulate; mandible pre-apical tooth very short; malar space short, almost separated from gena; posterior ocellus inserted behind or at the level of upper eye margin; occipital carina relatively narrow dorsally and very wide laterally (
Fig. 14b
). Head length 1.42 (1.32–1.53) × eye length; eye length 13.78 (10.00–19.00) × malar space; distance from posterior ocellus to occipital margin 1.81 (1.50–2.11) × distance between posterior ocelli; 1
st
flagellomere 1.33 (1.18–1.44) × as long as scape, 1.44 (1.18–1.63) × as long as pedicel, 0.82 (0.48–1.18) × as long as 2
nd
flagellomere. Color: black, clypeus with anterior portion lighter than remaining, antenna red brown to dark brown (apical flagellomeres usually lighter).
Mesosoma.
Propleuron imbricate (with irregular striae in some specimens); pronotal process distinct; pronotum imbricate to rugulose, area between lobes crenulate; mesonotum rounded in lateral view (
Fig. 14d
); mesoscutum with fine irregular striae and sparse punctation (
Fig. 14c
); mesoscutelum rugulose; mesepisternum imbricate dorsally and areolate (or rugulose) ventrally; mesepimeron scrobiculate; metapleuron areolate, ventral region with a reduced smooth (or rugulose) portion; propodeum areolate, longitudinal carina distinct (
Fig. 27e
); metacoxa finely striate. Mesosoma (excluding propleuron) 1.96 (1.70–2.32) × as long as high; propleuron 2.30 (1.77–2.89) × longer than its largest wide, 1.41 (1.28–1.56) × pronotum length; metacoxa 3.10 (2.53–3.44) × as long as wide; metatibia 4.65 (4.04–5.29) × as long as wide, 1.43 (1.28–1.53) × as long as femur, 2.85 (2.51–3.41) × as long as 1
st
tarsomere. Fore wing discal cell absent; hind wing with 3 hamuli (rarely 2 or 4), equidistant or not. Color: propleuron and mesonotum black; pronotum red brown; mesopleuron and metapleuron red brown (with some black areas in several specimens); propodeum red brown to black; fore and middle legs with coxa, trochanter, femur and tibia red brown to dark brown, tibia with a yellow longitudinal stripe, tarsus yellow, with apical tarsomeres gradually darker than basal ones; hind leg with coxa, trochanter, femur and tibia red brown (to dark brown), subbasal portion of tibia yellow, tarsus red brown to dark brown.
Metasoma.
Imbricate, 3.29 (3.00–3.55) × as long as mesosoma; subgenital sternun notched, Y-shaped; ovipositor sheath 0.85 (0.74–0.95) × as long as metasoma. Color: red brown to dark brown; ovipositor sheath dark brown, with apex yellow brown.
Male.
Similar to female.
Host.
Ceratina pacifica
Smith
(
Daly
et al.
1967
;
Parker and Bohart 1968
).
FIGURE 14.
Gasteruption kaweahense
. a: head in dorsal view; b: head in lateral view; c: mesonotum in dorsal view; d: mesosoma in lateral view; e. habitus. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.
Geographic distribution:
USA
(
California
, Lousiana,
Texas
) (
Townes 1950
),
Colombia
,
Costa Rica
,
Guatemala
,
Mexico
(
Nuevo Leon
(Pereyra and Villanueva 1987),
Chiapas, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Veracruz
),
Venezuela
.
Material examined.
Rhydinofoenus kaweahensis
,
holotype
female (
CUIC
no. 2628):
USA
:
California
:
Tulare County
,
Kaweah River
,
Culbertson
.
Pseudofoenus angustatus
,
one male
, not determined as a
syntype
, but the locality in label is the same of type locality (
BMNH
):
MEXICO
:
Veracruz
:
Atoyac
.
Other material.
COLOMBIA
:
Cundinamarca
:
Silvania
,
16.
I
.1983
,
A
.
Acosta
,
1♂
(
UNCB
)
;
Guajira
:
Nazareth
, 1976,
J
.
Bird
,
1♂
(
AMNH
)
;
COSTA RICA
:
Alajuela
:
Alajuela
,
Malaise
,
8–28.II.1970
,
O
. Peck,
2♀
,
1♂
(
CNCI
);
Cartago
:
6 mi
SE Cartago
,
6000 ft
,
21.XII.1972
,
B
. &
C
.
Dasch
,
1♀
(
AEIC
);
Orosí
,
22.
V
.1987,
H
. &
M
.
Townes
,
1♂
(
AEIC
);
Guanacaste
:
Estacion Exper. Enrique Jimenez Nuñes
,
20 km
SW Cañas
,
Malaise
,
5– 17.XI.1991
,
A
.
S
.
Menke
,
1♂
(
USNM
);
Heredia
:
Santo Domingo
,
Santa Rosa
,
1100 m
,
10.
I
–30.III.2001,
R
.
Zúniga
,
1♀
(
INBC
);
Puntarenas
:
P
.
N
.
Corcovado
,
Send. la Sirena
,
100 m
,
1–30.X.2000
,
J
.
Azofeifa
,
1♂
(
INBC
);
San José
:
San Antonio de Escazú
,
1300 m
,
5.
VI
.1989,
P
.
Hanson
,
1♀
,
1♂
(
MUCR
);
San José
,
4.VII.1963
,
L
.
J
.
Bottiner
,
1♀
(
CNCI
);
Escazú
,
20.V.1987
,
21.V.1987
,
23.V.1987
,
H
. &
M
.
Townes
,
3♂
(
AEIC
);
Escazú
,
10.
I
.1988,
W
.
T
.
Wcislo
,
1♂
(
AEIC
);
GUATEMALA
:
Chimaltenango
:
Yepocapa
,
V
.1948,
H
.
T
.
Dalmat
,
1♂
(
USNM
);
Escuintla
:
1 mi
N
.
Palín
,
1.XII.1972
,
3.XII.1972
,
7.XII.1972
,
8.XII.1972
,
10.XII.1972
,
B
. &
C
.
Dasch
,
2♀
,
4♂
(
AEIC
);
Guatemala
:
3 mi
S
Amatitlán
,
26.XI.1972
,
B
. &
C
.
Dasch
,
1♀
,
2♂
(
AEIC
);
Sacatepéquez
:
Finca Los Torrales
,
91
o
08'W
14
o
31'N
,
760 m
,
20.III.1980
,
C
. &
J
.
Porter
,
1♀
(
AEIC
);
MEXICO
:
unspecified locality, 1867,
O
.
Sichl.
,
3♀
(
MNHN
);
Chiapas
:
20 mi
N
Bachil
,
Yerba Buena
,
5700 ft
,
Malaise
,
8.
VI
.1969,
H
.
J
.
Teskey
,
1♂
(
CNCI
);
10 mi
N
Bochil
,
14.
VI
.1969,
H
.
J
.
Teskey
,
2♂
(
CNCI
);
Quintana Roo
:
Felipe Carrilo Puerto
,
11–13.X.1986
,
R
.
J
.
McGinley
,
1♂
(
USNM
);
San Luis Potosí
:
El Naranjo
,
Oak Forest
,
8.X.1962
,
H
. &
M
.
Townes
,
1♂
(
AEIC
);
Sinaloa
:
Mazatian
,
6.VIII.1964
,
W
.
R
.
M
.
Mason
,
1♀
(
CNCI
);
El Mezquital
,
16–VII–1984
,
C
.
Alvarez
P
.,
1♀
(
USNM
);
Sonora
:
Ciudad Obregon
,
13–17.
V
.1961,
H
.
Howden
&
Martin
,
1♂
(
CNCI
);
Veracruz
:
San Rafael
,
Jicoltepec
,
Ashmead
,
1♀
,
1♂
(
USNM
);
Orizaba
,
4079 ft
,
24–28.VI.1972
,
13.II.1973
,
14.II.1973
,
B
. &
C
.
Dasch
,
5♂
(
AEIC
);
4.6 mi
W
.
Banderilla
,
6000 ft
,
Banderilla
,
23.VI.1972
,
24.VI.1972
,
B
. &
C
.
Dasch
,
4♀
,
2♂
(
AEIC
);
VENEZU- ELA:
Aragua
:
Can. Tiara
,
1200 m
,
30.VII.1952
,
F
.
Fernandez
,
1♂
(
MIZA
);
Villa de Cura
,
Est. Exp. Cataurito
,
19.II.1981
,
J
.
L
.
García
,
1♂
(
MIZA
);
Villa de Cura
,
Est. Exp. Cataurito
,
9.IV.1981
,
1♀
(
MIZA
);
Cojedes
:
El Pao. Higuerotal
,
9
o
49'27"N
68
o
2'50"W
,
376 m
,
10–17.
V
.1995,
A
.
Alemán
,
2♂
(
MIZA
);
Mérida
:
Tabay
,
La Mucuy
,
1900 m
, streamside meadow,
17.
VI
–2.VIII–1989,
S
. &
J
.
Peck
,
1♀
,
1♂
(
CNCI
);
Miranda
:
El Lucero
,
Guatopo
,
Malaise
,
28.
VI
.1975,
R
.
E
.
Dietz
,
1♀
,
1♂
(
MIZA
);
Trujillo
:
Sabana Grande
,
3.
VI
.1976,
A
.
S
.
Menke
&
D. Vincent
,
1♂
(
USNM
);
Zulia
:
6 km
N
La Concepcion
,
18.
VI
.1976,
A
.
S
.
Menke
&
D. Vincent
,
1♀
(
USNM
);
El Tucuco
,
26.IV.1981
,
H
.
K
.
Townes
,
1♀
,
1♂
(
AEIC
);
El Tucuco
,
45 km
SW Machiques
,
5–6.
VI
.1976,
A
.
S
.
Menke
&
D. Vincent
,
2♂
(
USNM
);
El Tucuco
,
45 km
SW Machiques
,
14.IV.1981
,
A
.
S
.
Menke
&
L
.
Hollenberg
,
3♀
(
USNM
);
Los Angeles del Tutuco
,
15–16.IV.1981
,
A
.
S
.
Menke
&
L
.
Hollenberg
,
1♀
(
USNM
)
.