Paralipsis enervis (Nees, 1834)

Kaliuzhna, M. O., 2014, First Records And Comparative Notes Of Twelve Aphidiid Species (Hymenoptera, Aphidiidae) From The Fauna Of Ukraine, Vestnik Zoologii 48 (5), pp. 387-400 : 394-395

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.2478/vzoo-2014-0047

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6467476

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scientific name

Paralipsis enervis (Nees, 1834)
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Paralipsis enervis (Nees, 1834) View in CoL

M a t e r i a l. 1 ♀, Kyiv, Muromets Island [50°30'53.36'' N, 30°32'44.97'' E], oaks, 31.05.201 2 (S. Simutnik) GoogleMaps (SIZK).

С o m m e n t. The only species of the genus Paralipsis in the Palearctic Region (Yu et al., 2012).

С o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s. P. enervis ( fig. 6, 1–7 View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig ) may be confused in habitus with Protaphidius wissmannii Ratzeburg ( fig. 6 View Fig , 8–14) (particularly with males): both species share long and apically dilated scapus, filiform near to moniliform antenna, strongly sclerotized stigma, heavyset body, oval apex of the abdomen ( Pr. wissmannii males), P. enervis differs from Pr. wissmannii by: 1) smaller eyes; 2) very long scapus, that is notably longer than F1; 3) antenna with only 15–16 segments; 4) another type of forewing venation: no central cell and almost no metacarpus, radial vein is very short, and looks like a point; 5) propodeum without areolae or carinae; 6) short petiole; 7) abdomen with normally developed tergites; 8) ovipositor sheath thinned to the apex.

H o s t s. Anoecia corni , Anoecia sp. ; Anuraphis catonii , A. farfarae , A. subterranea ; Aphis lambersi , A. roepkei , A. sambuci ; Brachycaudus ballotae , B. cardui , B. mordvilkoi , Brachycaudus sp. ; Chromaphis ; Dysaphis crataegi , D. lappae , D. pyri ; Forda formicaria , F. marginata ; Geoica utricularia ; Tetraneura ulmi ( Tobias, Chiriac, 1986; Starý, 2006; Davidian, 2007; Starý, Lukáš, 2009; Yu et al., 2012).

H a b i t a t s. Steppe, field verge, ruderal and waste places, meadows, parks, botanical gardens, gravel-pit ( Starý, 2006; Starý, Lukáš, 2009). Myrmecophilous species, that may occur in ants (genus Lasius ) nests ( Starý, 1958).

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Ukraine (Kyiv Region, first record). Europe; Middle Ural; Near East ( Georgia); Central Asia ( Kazakhstan) (Yu et al., 2012; Starý, 1958; Tobias, Chiriac, 1986).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Paralipsis

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