Diglyphus poppoea Walker

Hansson, Christer & Navone, Paolo, 2017, Review of the European species of Diglyphus Walker (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) including the description of a new species, Zootaxa 4269 (2), pp. 197-229 : 204

Diglyphus poppoea Walker

Figs 13, 14 , 40 , 65, 66 , 78

Diglyphus poppoea Walker, 1848: 145 , 235, lectotype male in BMNH (type no. 5.2590), examined.

Diagnosis. Scape white with apical ¼–¾ dark ( Figs 65, 66 ); legs ( Fig. 40 ): femora dark with ¼–⅓ white; fore tibia with anterior surface yellowish-brown, posterior surface brown, mid tibia varying from white with very base dark to dark with apical ¼ white, hind tibia dark with apical ¼–⅓ white; fore wing speculum with a few scattered setae (as in Fig. 72 ); male gaster usually completely dark ( Fig. 14 ), but small males can have base of gaster translucent.

Material. France: 4♀ ( BMNH) . Greece: 1♀ ( BMNH) . Italy: 29♀ 18♂ (PN) . Romania: 2♀ ( BMNH) . Sweden: 10♀ 1♂ ( BMNH, MZLU) . United Kingdom: 2♀ ( BMNH) .

Distribution. Czech Republic ( Kalina 1989), Finland ( Herting 1978), Germany ( Vidal 1993), Greece *, Hungary ( Erdös 1956), Italy ( Rizzo & Massa 2002), Moldova ( Bouček 1965), Morocco ( Vidal 1997), Netherlands ( Gijswijt 2003), Portugal ( Godinho & Mexia 1996), Romania *, Russia ( Yefremova 2002), Spain (Canary Islands) ( Koponen & Askew 2002), Sweden ( Hansson 1987), Switzerland ( Vidal 1997), Turkey ( Yefremova et al. 2011), United Kingdom ( Bouček & Graham 1978), Yemen (Yefremova 2007).

Figures

FIGURE 78. Diglyphus spp., schematic drawings of femora + tibiae from top to bottom: fore, mid and hind leg; scape + pedicel. Species are arranged according to colour of the scape, from pale to dark, and then according to colour of the legs, also from pale to dark.

FIGURES 9 – 16. Diglyphus spp., length of body, habitus in dorsal view: 9, D. isaea (Walker) female, 1.7 mm; 10, D. isaea male, 1.3 mm; 11, D. minoeus (Walker) female, 1.7 mm; 12, D. minoeus male, 1.7 mm; 13, D. poppoea Walker female, 1.4 mm; 14, D. poppoea male, 1.3 mm; 15, D. pusztensis (Erdös & Novicky) female, 1.4 mm; 16, D. pusztensis male, 1.2 mm.

FIGURES 37 – 42. Diglyphus spp., length of body, female habitus in lateral view: 37, D. isaea (Walker), 1.7 mm; 38, D. minoeus (Walker), 1.8 mm; 39, D. pachyneurus Graham, 1.9 mm; 40, D. poppoea Walker, 1.2 mm; 41, D. sabulosus Erdös, 1.7 mm; 42, D. pusztensis (Erdös & Novicky), 1.4 mm.

FIGURES 61 – 71. Diglyphus spp., head & antenna in lateral view: 61, D. minoeus (Walker) female; 62, D. minoeus male; 63, D. pachyneurus Graham female; 64, D. pachyneurus male; 65, D. poppoea Walker female; 66, D. poppoea male; 67, D. pusztensis (Erdös & Novicky) female; 68, D. pusztensis male; 69, D. sabulosus Erdös female; 70, D. sabulosus male; 71, D. subplanus (Erdös) female.

FIGURES 72 – 77. 72 – 73, Diglyphus spp., right fore wing, females: 72, D. chabrias (Walker); 73, D. isaea (Walker). 74 – 77, Diglyphus spp., right wing-pair, males: 74, D. anadolucus Doganlar; 75, D. crassinervis Erdös; 76, D. pachyneurus Graham; 77, D. clematidis sp. nov.