Pauesia abietis (Marshall, 1896)

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 : 395-396

Pauesia abietis (Marshall, 1896)

M a t e r i a l. 1 ♀, Kyiv: Sviatoshyn [50°27'24.94'' N, 30°22'6.15'' E], in apartment, in the lamp, 29.11.201 0 (Petrenko) ( SIZK) ; 1 ♀, Cherkasy Region: Kaniv, Kryve Lake [49°45'30.20'' N, 31°31'1.22'' E], 17.07.197 2, reared from Cinara pinea (Mordvilko) 19.07.197 2 (Ichanskaya) ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Crimea: Nikitsky Botanical Garden [44°30'37.79'' N, 34°13'51.39'' E], 18.06.197 2, reared from Cinara schimitscheki Börner 25.06.197 2 (Ichanskaya) ( ZISP) ; 2 ♀, Crimea: Nikitsky Botanical Garden [44°30'37.79'' N, 34°13'51.39'' E], 19.06.197 2, reared from Cinara schimitscheki Börner 21.06.197 2 (Ichanskaya) ; 1 ♀, Crimea: Yalta , mountains [44°30'13.03'' N, 34°8'29.50'' E], 22.06.197 2, reared from Cinara brauni Börner 29.06.197 2 (Ichanskaya) ( ZISP) .

С o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s. P.abietis ( fig.7 ) is similar to P.pini Haliday ( Davidian,2007) and differs by: 1) shorter temple (near 1/3 length of the eye); 2) coloration of mesoscutum (yellowish with 3 brown spots on its lobes); 3) stigma 1.3–1.5 times as long as metacarpus; 4) narrower and less deep areola of propodeum; 5) wider petiole (2.5–3.0 times as long as wide at spiracles level); 6) wider ovipositor sheath, almost not thinned at apex.

H o s t s. The main hosts are species of Cinara genus on Larix and Pinus : C. bogdanovi , C. cuneomaculata , C. laricis , C. maritimae , C. pilicornis . C. pinea , C. piniformosana , С. pruinosa, C. pubicornis , C. piniformosana , Cinara sp. ( Tobias, Chiriac, 1986; Starý, 2006; Davidian, 2007; Yu et al., 2012). There are data on P. abietis parasitizing on Schizolachnus pineti and Aphis craccivora , but this information was not confirmed in latter publications (Yu et al., 2012).

H a b i t a t s. Coniferous forests, mixed forests, forests edges ( Starý, 2006).

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Ukraine (Kyiv and Cherkasy Regions, first records), Crimea. Europe; Siberia ( Russia: Irkutsk Oblast, Buryatskaya Respublika, Tuvinskaya Respublika); Eastern Asia ( Russia: Primorskiy Kray; China; Northern and Southern Korea; Japan); Eastern Africa ( Kenya) (Yu et al., 2012; Davidian, 2007; Tobias, Chiriac, 1986).

Figures

Fig.7. Pauesia abietis, ♀: 1 — antenna; 2 — mesonotum; 3 — forewing; 4 — propodeum; 5 — petiole; 6 — ovipositor sheath. Рис. 7. Pauesia abietis, ♀: 1 — усик; 2 — среднеспинка; 3 — переднее крыло; 4 — проподеум; 5 — стебелёк; 6 — створки яйцеклада.