Alloxysta citripes ( 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 : 36-37

Alloxysta citripes ( Thomson, 1862)

Figs 2.13, 4.11

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

Alloxysta citripes var britannica Kieffer, 1902: 11 . Synonymized by Evenhuis (1976: 140). Type: BMNH ( Evenhuis 1976: 140).

Dilyta citripes – Kieffer 1900: 114.

Alloxysta (Alloxysta) citripes – Dalla Torre & Kieffer 1902: 38.

Alloxysta (Alloxysta) citripes var britannica – Dalla Torre & Kieffer 1902: 38.

Alloxysta (Alloxysta) citripes citripes – Dalla Torre & Kieffer 1910: 261.

Alloxysta (Alloxysta) citripes britannica – Dalla Torre & Kieffer 1910: 262.

Alloxysta citripes citripes – Andrews 1978: 80.

Diagnosis

Alloxysta citripes is mainly characterized by a partially open small radial cell that is 2.1 times as long as wide (Fig. 4.11); the presence of pronotal carinae; propodeal carinae that form a plate but are not protruding; female antenna with rhinaria beginning on F4, F1 subequal to pedicel and longer than F2, and F2–F4 subequal in length (Fig. 2.13); male antenna with rhinaria beginning on F1, pedicel–F3 subequal, and F3 slightly shorter than F4. It is similar to A. postica , but can be differentiated by the shape of propodeal carinae (they do not protrude in A. citripes , while they are clearly visible and form a protruding plate in A. postica ) and the size of the radial cell (2.1 times as long as wide in A. citripes (Fig. 4.11), but 2.5 times in A. postica (Fig. 5.9)).

Material examined

Lectotype

SWEDEN: ♀ [1972, 38 (green label)], [lectotype H.H. Evenhuis (orange label)], [ Alloxysta citripes (Thomson) det. H.H. Evenhuis 1976], [1984, 407 (green label)], [ZML. 2011 071 (green label)] ( MZLU).

Additional specimens (2 ♂♂, 15 ♀♀)

CROATIA: 1 ♀ [Yugoslavia, Dalm Isl. Mljet N.P., 6 Sep. 1980, Boucek] ( BMNH).

CZECH REPUBLIC: 1 ♀ [Moravia, Palava near Mikulov, = 400 m, 9 Aug. 91, L. Masner, sweep] ( CNCI C-264); 1 ♀ [Moravia, Javorina, 800–900 m, 10 Aug. 1991, L. Masner, sweep, climax deciduous forest] ( CNCI C-266).

FRANCE: 1 ♀ [B. du Rhone Fonscolombe (3), 2 Jul. 1980, M.W.R. de V. Graham coll. BMNH(E)] ( BMNH).

GERMANY: 1 ♀ [Schwarzwald, Todtmoos environs, 6 Aug. 1984, L. Masner, screen sweeping] ( CNCI C-235).

IRAN: 1 ♂ [IKaraj, 40 km W Tehran, 25–28 Jun. 1978, J.T. Huber, YPT] ( CNCI C-316).

JAPAN: 1 ♂ [Hokkaido, Sapporo, Jozankei, 350 m, 20–31 Jul. 1989, K. Maeto and M. Sharkey] ( CNCI C-151); 1 ♀ [Hokkaido, Sapporo, Jozankei, 350 m, 10–21 Aug. 1989, K. Maeto and M. Sharkey, MT]

( CNCI C-206); 3 ♀♀ [Hokkaido, Sapporo, Jozankei, 350 m, 29 Aug.–12 Sep. 1989, K. Maeto and M. Sharkey, MT] ( CNCI C-207).

SWEDEN: 1 ♀ [Sk. Silvakia, Stensoffa, RN-1351/6176, T.H. and J.Q. Aug. 1976] ( BMNH); 1 ♀ [Uppsala, Hogadalen, 26 Aug.–- 5 Sep. 1990, Malaise trap, F. Ronquist] ( CNCI C-306).

SWITZERLAND: 3 ♀♀ [Jura, Delémont, CABI Lab. 47°22′42″ N 7°20′30″ E, 7 Jun. 1999, H. Goulet, spruce/beech] ( CNCI C-287).

UNITED KINGDOM: England: 1 ♀ [Surrey Chobham Common, 26 Aug. 1982, E.E. Grissell sweeping oak, Cynipidae ] ( USNM).

Distribution

Palaearctic.

Certain records: Andorra ( Ferrer-Suay et al. 2011: 355), Corsica ( Ferrer-Suay et al. 2013l), England ( Kieffer 1902a: 11; Fergusson 1986: 18), Iran ( Rakhshani et al. 2001: 42; 2004: 3), Italy ( Ferrer-Suay et al. 2014b), Portugal (Ferrer-Suay et al. 2012i: 10), The Netherlands ( Evenhuis 1976: 140), Sweden ( Thomson 1862: 410).

Uncertain records: France ( Kieffer 1902b: 600; De Gaulle 1908: 26), Germany ( Hübner et al. 2002: 508), Hungary ( Fülöp et al. 2010: 55), Moldova ( Belizin 1966: 6), Scotland ( Cameron 1886: 87).

New records: Czech Republic, Germany, Japan and Switzerland.