Diglyphus pusztensis (Erdös & Novicky), Erdos & Novicky

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 : 205

Diglyphus pusztensis (Erdös & Novicky)

Figs 15, 16 , 42 , 67, 68 , 78

Cycloscapus pusztensis Erdös & Novicky, in Erdös, 1951: 181 , lectotype female in HNHM, examined. Ceranisus pusztensis ; Erdös, 1956: 9.

Diglyphus pusztensis ; Bouček, 1959:171.

Diglyphus tibiscanus Erdös, 1958: 211 , synonymized by Graham (1963: 179). Diglyphus fulvipes Erdös, 1961: 474 , synonymized by Graham (1963: 179). Diglyphus pusztensis ; Thuróczy, 1992: 166, lectotype designation.

Diagnosis. Scape white ( Figs 67, 68 ); legs ( Fig. 42 ): fore and mid femora white to yellowish-white, hind femur white to yellowish-white with ¼ –¾ dark (three females from Italy, reared from Cerodontha incisa (Meigen) on Phalaris arundinacea L. ( Poaceae ), have hind femur completely yellowish-white); tibiae white to yellowish-white; scutellum purple ( Figs 15, 16 ); fore wing speculum with a few scattered setae (as in Fig. 72 ); male gaster with a pale spot subbasally ( Fig. 16 ).

Material. Italy: 8♀ 1♂ (PN) . Romania: 4♀ 1♂ ( BMNH) . Sweden: 24♀ 1♂ ( BMNH, MZLU) . United Kingdom: 6♀ 8♂ ( BMNH) .

Distribution. Azerbaijan ( Bouček & Askew 1968), Croatia ( Bouček 1977), Czech Republic ( Kalina 1989), Germany ( Vidal 2001), Hungary ( Erdös 1951), Italy ( Burgio et al. 2007), Japan ( Kamijo 1978), Poland ( Bouček & Askew 1968), Romania *, Russia ( Yefremova 2002), Slovakia ( Kalina 1989), Sweden ( Hedqvist 2003), Turkey ( Gencer 2009), United Kingdom ( Askew 1964), 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.