Alloxysta halterata ( Thomson, 1862 )

Ferrer-Suay, Mar, Selfa, Jesús & Pujade-Villar, Juli, 2018, Palaearctic species of Charipinae (Hymenoptera, Figitidae): two new species, synthesis and identification key, European Journal of Taxonomy 427, pp. 1-110 : 44-45

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scientific name	Alloxysta halterata ( Thomson, 1862 )
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Treatment

Alloxysta halterata ( Thomson, 1862)

Fig. 2.20

Allotria halterata Thomson, 1862: 410 . Type: deposited in MZLU (examined).

Pezophycta halterata – Kieffer 1900: 114.

Alloxysta halterata – Hellén 1963: 20.

Diagnosis

Alloxysta halterata is easily differentiated from the other brachypterous species of Alloxysta ( A. brachyptera , A. pedestris and A. apteroidea ) as it has pronotal carinae while the others do not. Females with normal sized wings are similar to A. victrix because both species have a closed radial cell and no propodeal carinae, but they can be differentiated by the size of the radial cell (2.4 times as long as wide in some A. halterata females but 3.0 times in A. victrix (Fig. 5.21)) and the F1–F2 proportion in females (F1 is subequal to F 2 in A. halterata , while F1 is longer than F 2 in A. victrix (Fig. 3.17)).

Material examined

Lectotype

SWEDEN: ♂ [1969, 97 (green label)], [1984, 408 (green label)], [sintype A. halterata Thomson , det. N.D.M. Fergusson, 1984], [ ZML 2000 , 002 (green label)], [Lectotype Allotria halterata Thomson, 1862 ♂ desig. M. Ferrer-Suay 2011 (red label)], [ Alloxysta halterata ( Thomson, 1862) ♂ M. Ferrer-Suay det. 2011] ( MZLU).

Additional specimens (3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀)

FINLAND: 1 ♀ [Helsingfors, 12.9.1933, G.J. Kerrich, BM 1969, 261, A. pedestris N.D.M. Fergusson, 1984 ] ( BMNH); 1 ♂, 1 ♀ [Kevo, Res. Station, 69°45′ N, 27°00′ E, 24 Jun. 1989, H. Goulet, sweep] ( CNCI C-309). GoogleMaps

FRANCE: 1 ♂ [Pyrenees Orientales Nr. MontFerrer, 19 Jun. 1962, J.A.J. Clark, BM (red label)] ( BMNH B.M. 1962-342) .

SLOVENIA: 1 ♂ [Slovenia, Slatna, Radovljica, 6 Aug. 1978, L. Huggert, swept on open wooded (deciduous) meadow] ( CNCI C-275).

Distribution

Europe.

Certain records: England ( Müller et al. 1999: 346), Madeira ( Ferrer-Suay et al. 2012g: 11), Sweden ( Thomson 1862: 410).

Uncertain records: England ( Hellén 1963: 20), Finland ( Hellén 1963: 20), Germany ( Hübner et al. 2002: 507), Romania ( Ionescu 1969: 233), Scotland ( Cameron 1886: 88).

New record: France.

References

Cameron P. 1886. The fauna of Scotland, with special reference to Clydesdale and the western district. Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Glasgow 3: 53 - 95.

Ferrer-Suay M., Selfa J. & Pujade-Villar J. 2011. Nuevos registros de la subfamilia Charipinae (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Figitidae) para Andorra junto con una clave identificativa. Boletin de la Asociacion Espanola de Entomologia 35 (3 - 4): 345 - 367. Available from https: // dialnet. unirioja. es / servlet / articulo? codigo = 3966356 [accessed 21 Mar. 2018].

Ferrer-Suay M., Selfa J. & Pujade-Villar J. 2012 g. Revision of Charipinae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) from Madeira and first record of Alloxysta from Portugal. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal 62 (332): 5 - 17.

Hellen W. 1963. Die Alloxystininen Finnlands (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae). Fauna Fennica 15: 1 - 23.

Hubner G., Volkl W. & Francke K. D. 2002. Mandibular gland secretions in alloxystine wasp (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Charipidae): do ecological or phylogenetical constraints influence occurrence or composition? Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 20: 505 - 523. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / S 0305 - 1978 (01) 00137 - 5

Ionescu M. A. 1969. Fauna Republicii Socialiste Romania. Insecta. Hymenoptera. Cynipoidea. Academia Republicii Socialiste Romania IX (6).

Kieffer J. J. 1900. Ueber Allotrinen. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 19: 112 - 115.

Muller C. B., Adriaanse I. C. T., Belshaw R. & Godfray H. C. J. 1999. The structure of an aphid-parasitoid community. Journal of Animal Ecology 68: 346 - 370. https: // doi. org / 10.1046 / j. 1365 - 2656.1999.00288. x

Thomson C. G. 1862. Forsok till uppstallning och beskrifning af Sveriges Figiter. Ofversigt af Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar 18: 395 - 420.