Alaptus schmitzi Soyka, 1939

Serguei V. Triapitsyn, 2017, Revision of Alaptus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in the Holarctic region, with taxonomic notes on some extralimital species, Zootaxa 4279 (1), pp. 1-92 : 67-70

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Alaptus schmitzi Soyka, 1939
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Alaptus schmitzi Soyka, 1939 View in CoL

( Figs 142–153 View FIGURES 142 – 145 View FIGURES 146 – 149 View FIGURES 150 – 151 View FIGURES 152 – 153 )

Alaptus schmitzi Soyka 1939b: 27 View in CoL –28, 30 (key). Type locality: Karkonosze Mountains (50°44’18’’N 15°42’19’’E, 1434 m), Karkonosze National Park, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland (the same locality and collecting event as the lectotype of A. stammeri Soyka View in CoL ; as “Riesengebirge” in the original description); incorrectly indicated as Germany by Debauche (1948), Vidal (2001), and Noyes (2016).

Alaptus schmitzi Soyka: Debauche 1948 View in CoL : 55 –56 (list, key); Soyka 1948: 75 (key); Trjapitzin 1978: 521 (key, distribution); Donev 1988b: 205 (distribution).

Alaptus globularis Sveum & Solem 1980: 127 View in CoL –128. Type locality: Kongsvoll, Oppdal, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. Syn. n.

Type material examined. Holotype (as “Genotype” in the original description) female of A. schmitzi Soyka [NHMW] on slide ( Fig. 142 View FIGURES 142 – 145 ) labeled: 1. “ Alaptus schmitzi (Soyka) Type”, 2. [red] “Type”, 3. “Riesengebirge, Schlesien weisse Wiese am Weg Wiesenbaude - Schlesierhaus 28. Sept. 1933, det. Soyka gef. von Dr. Stammer det. W. Soyka In Canadabalsam”. The holotype ( Fig. 144 View FIGURES 142 – 145 ) is in fair condition, mounted almost dorsoventrally with one antenna, a pair of wings, and one metatarsus detached from the body, complete. Paratype (as “Cotype” in the original description) female [NHMW] on slide ( Fig. 147 View FIGURES 146 – 149 ) labeled: 1. “ Alaptus schmitzi (Soyka) Co-Type ”, 2. [red] “Co-Type”, 3. “Riesengebirge, Schlesien, weisse Wiese am Weg, Wiesenbaude - Schlesierhaus 28. Sept. 1933 gef. von Dr. Stammer, Breslau det. W. Soyka In Canadabalsam”.

Holotype female of A. globularis Sveum & Solem [ NTNU] on slide ( Fig. 150 View FIGURES 150 – 151 ) labeled [partially in India ink and in pencil, or printed]: 1. “Lok . Norway, STi: Oppdal, Kongsvoll suction trap Dato 6. Aug. 1978 Coll. Anders Olsen Hab. Sub-alpine birch belt Ref. nr. Mont. Canadabalsam ”; 2. “ Name Alaptus globularis n. sp. Det. Sveum & Solem Tax. ♀ Holotype ”. The holotype ( Fig. 151 View FIGURES 150 – 151 ) is in fair condition, complete, mounted laterally. Also 6 female paratypes [ NTNU] on individual slides, same data as the holotype; according to Sveum & Solem (1980), the species was described from the holotype and 8 paratypes, all of them females.

Material examined. CHINA: BEIJING, Mentougou District, Xiaolongmen Station , 39°59.22’N 115°31.48’E, 1095 m, 28.vii.2002, G. Melika [1 ♀, UCRC] GoogleMaps . FINLAND: UUSIMAA, Nurmijärvi: 8.viii.1986, M. Koponen [1 ♀, FMNH]; Ruostesuo , 9.viii.1992, M. Koponen [1 ♀, FMNH] . RUSSIA: PRIMORSKIY KRAY, Ussuriyskiy rayon, Gornotayozhnoye , 23–28.v.2003, M.V. Michailovskaya [1 ♀, UCRC] . UK: ENGLAND, Dorset Co., West Moors , 29.ix.1957, S.G.C. Brown [1 ♀, MMUE].

Redescription. FEMALE (holotype of A. schmitzi ). Body dark brown, appendages brown.

Antenna ( Figs 144, 145 View FIGURES 142 – 145 ) a little shorter than body; scape (including radicle) 3.1× as long as wide; funicle rather short, F1 much shorter than pedicel and the shortest funicle segment, other funicle segments subequal in length except F4 slightly longer, F2 2.3× as long as wide, F5 the widest funicle segment; clava 2.6× as long as wide, apparently with 4 mps, a little shorter than combined length of F2–F5.

Fore wing ( Figs 143, 144 View FIGURES 142 – 145 ) 9.45× as long as wide; disc with a slight brownish tinge and bare except for 1 seta on one of the wings and the admarginal rows; longest marginal seta 4.4× maximum wing width. Hind wing ( Fig. 144 View FIGURES 142 – 145 ) about 14× as long as wide; disc with 1 incomplete row of setae along posterior margin; longest marginal seta 5.0× maximum wing width.

Ovipositor ( Fig. 144 View FIGURES 142 – 145 ) barely exserted beyond apex of gaster, occupying about 0.6× its length, and 0.8× length of metatibia.

Measurements of the holotype (µm). Body 369; head 92; mesosoma 142; gaster 148; ovipositor 90. Antenna: scape (including radicle) 72; pedicel 39; F1 18; F2 21; F3 21; F4 24; F5 21; clava 88. Fore wing 378:40; longest marginal seta 175. Hind wing 376:27; longest marginal seta 136.

Variation. Paratype of A. schmitzi : body length 381 µm; antenna ( Fig. 146 View FIGURES 146 – 149 ) with scape 3.3× as long as wide and clava 3.1× as long as wide; fore wing 8.2× as long as wide, disc with 1 seta on one wing ( Fig. 148 View FIGURES 146 – 149 ) and 3 setae in a median row on the other ( Fig. 149 View FIGURES 146 – 149 ). The type series of A. globularis : body length 302–449 µm; antenna ( Fig. 152 View FIGURES 152 – 153 ) with scape 2.9–3.3× as long as wide and clava 2.8–2.9× as long as wide; fore wing ( Fig. 153 View FIGURES 152 – 153 ) 8.9–9.3× as long as wide, disc with 4–6 setae in a median row; ovipositor 0.9–1.0× length of metatibia. Non-type specimens: body length of dry-mounted specimens 200–264 µm, of slide-mounted specimens 350–405 µm; body dark brown to black, appendages brown (dry-mounted specimen from Finland); clava 3.1× as long as wide; fore wing about 8.9– 9.5× as long as wide, disc with 0, 1 or 2 setae in a median row; ovipositor 0.8–0.9× length of metatibia.

MALE. Known ( Donev 1988b) but not described. Its identity needs to be verified though.

Diagnosis. See those of A. eriococci and A. huberi .

Distribution. Palaearctic: Bulgaria ( Donev 1988b), China *, Finland *, Norway ( Sveum & Solem 1980 [as A. globularis ]), Poland, Russia * (Primorskiy kray), and UK * ( England).

Hosts. Unknown.

Comments. Most specimens of A. globularis are larger than the holotype and paratype of A. schmitzi , and have more (4–6) setae in a median row on the fore wing, but otherwise are very similar to specimens of the latter species, hence the synonymy.

NTNU

National Taiwan Normal University

UCRC

University of California, Riverside

FMNH

Field Museum of Natural History

MMUE

Museum of Manchester University

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Mymaridae

Genus

Alaptus

Loc

Alaptus schmitzi Soyka, 1939

Serguei V. Triapitsyn 2017
2017
Loc

Alaptus globularis

Sveum 1980: 127
1980
Loc

Alaptus schmitzi

Donev 1988: 205
Trjapitzin 1978: 521
Soyka 1948: 55
Soyka 1948: 75
1948
Loc

Alaptus schmitzi

Soyka 1939: 27
1939
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