Alloxysta brevis ( 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 : 28-30

Alloxysta brevis ( Thomson, 1862)

Figs 2.9, 4.7, 8.2, 10.2

Allotria brevis Thomson, 1862: 408 . Type: deposited in MZLU (examined).

Allotria (Allotria) brevis – Dalla Torre & Kieffer 1902: 40.

Charips (Charips) brevis – Dalla Torre & Kieffer 1910: 276.

Alloxysta brevis – Andrews 1978: 79.

Diagnosis

Alloxysta brevis is mainly characterized by a small closed radial cell that is 2.1 times as long as wide (Fig. 4.7); the absence of pronotal carina (Fig. 8.2); the presence of propodeal carinae that form a plate; and female and male antenna with rhinaria beginning on F4, F1 shorter than pedicel, and F1–F3 subequal in length (Fig. 2.9). It is similar to A. darci , but can be differentiated by the length of antenna (shorter than the body in A. brevis , but longer in A. darci ) and the marginal setae of the fore wing (shorter in A. brevis than A. darci ).

Material examined

Lectotype

SWEDEN: ♀ [Ld (Lund) 8/6 (white label, handwritten)], [ brevis (white label, handwritten)], [Lectotype Allotria brevis ♀ Thomson, 1862 design. Ferrer-Suay and J.P-V 2011 (red label)], [ Alloxysta brevis (Thomson) ♀, M. Ferrer-Suay and J.P-V det.] ( MZLU).

Paralectotype

SWEDEN: ♀ [L-d (Lund) (white label)], [8-toma (white label, handwritten)], [1984/405 (green label, loan code)], [Paralectotype Allotria brevis ♀ Thomson, 1862 (red label)], [ Alloxysta brevis (Thomson) ♀, M. Ferrer-Suay and J.P-V det. (white label)] ( MZLU).

Additional specimens (13 ♂♂, 135 ♀♀)

CROATIA: 1 ♀ [Yugoslavia, Dalmatia, Drvenik nr. Makarska, 9.8.79, Boucek].

CZECH REPUBLIC: 1 ♀ [Moravia: Kobyli, Jul. 1970, M. Kocourek] ( BMNH); 5 ♀♀ [Wooden hill, N.W. of town, Moravia: Kobyli, Jul. 1970, M. Kocourek] ( BMNH); 1 ♀ [Moravia, Zidlochovice, 20 Nov. 84, N.D. Springate] ( BMNH); 1 ♀ [central Bohemia, 30 Jul. 1991, J. Macek] ( CNCI C-274); 1 ♀ [central Bohemia, 30 Jul. 1991, J. Macek] ( CNCI C-278); 1 ♀ [Moravia, Lanzhot-Ranspurk, 7–9 Aug. 1991, L. Masner, climax flood forest] ( CNCI C-265); 1 ♂ [Moravia, Tvrdonice, 7 Aug. 91, L. Masner, fraxinetum] ( CNCI C-262); 1 ♀ [Praha-Troja, 6–9 Sep. 1999, YPT, L. Masner, steppe] ( CNCI C-284).

FRANCE: 2 ♀♀ [Lot La Paylle Basse Sovillac, c 1200 ft, 28 May–1 Jun. 1979, R.S. George] ( BMNH).

GERMANY: 1 ♀ [Mainz, 18 Sep.–1 Oct. 1965, A.W. Steffan] ( CNCI C-236); 1 ♀ [Rhine Valley, Steinstadt, 47°46′ N, 07°34′ E, 7 Jun. 1999, H. Goulet, fallow field] ( CNCI C-232); 1 ♀ [Rhine Valley near Hügelheim, 47°50′10″ N, 7°37′9″ E, 15 Jun. 1999, H. Goulet, sweeping old alfalfa] ( CNCI C-230); 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀ [Schwarzwald, Todtmoos environs, 6 Aug. 1984, L. Masner, screen sweeping] ( CNCI C-235).

GREECE: 2 ♀♀ [Thessalia, Kalambaka (hillside meadow), 14–20 Jul. 1979, M.C. Day, G.R. Else, D. Morgan] ( BMNH BM 1979-312); 1 ♀ [Greece: Ilia Olympia, 4–11 Jul. 1979, M.C. Day, G.R. Else, D. Morgan] ( BMNH BM 1979-312).

HUNGARY: 1 ♀ [Baranya Beremend, 24 Apr.–8 May 1963, L. Horacsek] ( BMNH B.M. 1964-373).

IRAN: 3 ♀♀ [Karaj, 40 km W Tehran, 25–28 Jun. 1978, J.T. Huber, YPT] ( CNCI C-316); 4 ♀♀ [Karaj, 40 km W Tehran, 3 Jul. 1978, J.T. Huber sweep] ( CNCI C-315).

JAPAN: 1 ♂ [Ibaraki, Tsukuba, NIAES, 14–21 Jul. 1989, M.J. Sharkey, PT] ( CNCI C-191); 1 ♀ [Kyushu, 700 m, Fukuoka, MT. Hiko, 10–21 Jul. 1989, MT, K. Takeno and M. Sharkey] ( CNCI C-171); 1 ♂ [Aichi, 900 m, Shitara, Uradani, 20–26 Jun. 1994, K. Yamagishi, YPT, beech forest] ( CNCI C-199); 1 ♀ [Hokkaido, Aizan, 800 m, 4 Jul. 1989, sweep, M.J. Sharkey] ( CNCI C-186); 1 ♀ [Fukuoka, Mt. Hiko, 700 m, 9–10 May 1989, sweep, M.J. Sharkey] ( CNCI C-183); 1 ♂ [Ibaraki, Tsukuba, NIAES, 14-25 Jul. 1989, M. Sharkey, FIT and MT] ( CNCI C-146); 1 ♀ [Ibaraki, Tsukuba, NIAES, 1–3 Mar. 1990, M. Sharkey, FIT and MT] ( CNCI C-149); 1 ♀ [Fukuoka, Mt. Hiko, 12–29 May 1989, Takeno and Sharkey] ( CNCI C-145); 8 ♀♀ [Hokkaido, Sapporo, Jozankei, 350 m, 12–21 Sep. 1989, K. Maeto and M. Sharkey, MT] ( CNCI C-205); 2 ♀♀ [Ibariki, Tsukuba, NIAES, 13 Nov.–22 Dec. 1989, M.J. Sharkey, PT] ( CNCI C-142); 1 ♀ [Aichi, Nagoya, Ogawa, 11 Jun. 1984, R. Baczyushi] ( CNCI C-179); 2 ♀♀ [Hokkaido, Sapporo, Jozankei, 21–28 Sep. 1989, K. Maeto and M. Sharkey] ( CNCI C-193); 1 ♀ [Hokkaido, Shibetsu-Rubesu, E. slope of Mt. Shari, 43°45′ N, 144°45′ E, 17 Aug. 1996, 700 m, L. Masner, sweep] ( CNCI C-164); 2 ♀♀ [Gifu, Kasagawa, Ikeda-cho, 24 May 1984, R. Baczyuski] ( CNCI C-181); 1 ♀ [Hokkaido, Sapporo, Jozankei, 350 m, 20–31 Jul. 1989, MT, K. Maeto and M. Sharkey] ( CNCI C-204); 1 ♂ [Aichi, Shitara, Uradani, 900 m, 11–17 Jul. 1994, K. Yamagishi, EMT, beech forest] ( CNCI C-222); 10 ♀♀ [Hokkaido, Sapporo, Jozankei, 350 m, 10–21 Aug. 1989, K. Maeto and M. Sharkey, MT] ( CNCI C-206); 1 ♀ [Hokkaido, Nukabira, 600 m, 5 Jul. 1989, sweep, M.J. Sharkey] ( CNCI C-215); 14 ♀♀ [Hokkaido, Sapporo, Jozankei, 350 m, 29 Aug.–12 Sep. 1989, K. Maeto and M. Sharkey, MT] ( CNCI C-207).

MOROCCO: 1 ♀ [Marrakech, Ouirgane, 1000 m, 31°08′ N, 8°05′ W, 13–21 Mar. 1996, C. Kassebeer, MT] ( CNCI C-280); 3 ♀♀ [Marrakech, Ouirgane, 1000 m, 31°08′ N, 8°05′ W, 4–11 Oct. 1996, C. Kassebeer, MT] ( CNCI C-279).

RUSSIA: 4 ♀♀ [Russian Far East, Primorski Krai Lazovski Zapovednik, c.170Km, E. Vladivostok, Ta-Chingousa, 43°00′42″ N, 134°07′34″ E, Om 28 Aug.–16 Sep. 2001, sandy coast, Malaise trap 494°, M. Quest coll. BMNH(E) 2009-59, Alloxysta spp-indet dwarfs and intermediates] ( BMNH 2009- 59); 15 ♀♀ [Primoskiy Kray Ussyriysk District, Gomotayozhnoye, 11–15 Aug. 2003, Malaise trap, M.V. Michailovskaya] ( USNM); 1 ♀ [Primorskiy Kray Ussyriysk District, Gomotayozhnoye, 200 m, 43.66° N, 132.25° E, 1–10 Aug. 2002, M.V. Michailovskaya, MT] ( USNM); 3 ♀♀ [Primorskiy Kray, Vladivostok environs, ??. ??.1992, A. Okulov] ( CNCI C-297).

SERBIA: 1 ♀ [Srbija Drazevac, nr. Belgrade, 27–28 Jun. 1981, M. Day and M. Fitton] ( BMNH); 1 ♀ [Srbija Drazevac, nr. Belgrade 27–28 Jun. 1981, M. Day and M. Fitton] ( BMNH).

SPAIN: 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ [Madrid, Cercedilla, 22 Oct. 1978, J.S. Noyes, B.M. 1978-488] ( BMNH).

SLOVAKIA: 1 ♀ [C.S.S.R., Koṧice, 14–17 Sep. 84, N.D. Springate] ( BMNH).

SLOVENIA: 3 ♀♀ [Radovljica, 3 Aug. 1978, L. Huggert swept on dry meadow] ( CNCI C-276); 4 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀ [Slatna, Radovljica, 6 Aug. 1978, L. Huggert, swept on open wooded (deciduous) meadow] ( CNCI C-275).

SWEDEN: 3 ♀♀ [sk. kivik, 19 Jul. 1938, d.m.s.p. and j.f.p.] ( BMNH B.M. 1938-414); 1 ♀ [Uppsala, Hogadalen, 16 Sep.–2 Oct. 1990, Malaise trap F. Ronquist] ( CNCI C-304).

SWITZERLAND: 2 ♂♂, 15 ♀♀ [Dielsdorf, 650 m, 17 Aug. 1984, L. Masner, sweep] ( CNCI C-290); 1 ♀ [Solothurn, Weissenstein, 1225 m, 47°15′10″ N, 7°30′00″ E, 17 Jun. 1999, Goulet/White, lush meadow] ( CNCI C-285).

Distribution

Eastern Palaearctic and Holartic.

Certain records: Andorra ( Ferrer-Suay et al. 2011: 350), Corsica ( Ferrer-Suay et al. 2013l: 5), England ( Müller et al. 1999: 346), India ( Ferrer-Suay et al. 2013i: 5), Iran ( Ferrer-Suay et al. 2013a: 36), Italy ( Ferrer-Suay et al. 2014e: 6), Mexico ( Ferrer-Suay et al. 2013m: 32), Serbia and Slovenia ( Ferrer-Suay et al. 2013b: 351), Sweden ( Thomson 1862: 408), Thailand ( Ferrer-Suay et al. 2013i: 5).

Uncertain records: Canada ( Andrews 1978: 68), Finland ( Hellén 1963: 22), France ( Kieffer 1902b: 602; De Gaulle 1908: 26), Germany ( Hübner et al. 2002: 507), Hawaii ( Beardsley 1985: 50), Hungary ( Fülöp et al. 2010: 54), Ireland ( O’Connor & Nash 1997), Japan ( Takada & Nakamura 2010: 269), Madeira ( Borges et al. 2008), Poland ( Barczak 1991: 87), Romania ( Ionescu 1969: 245–246; Prelipcean et al. 2004: 60; Ceballos 1941: 226; Tizado & Núñez-Pérez 1993: 97; Bertolaccini et al. 2004: 42), USA (California) ( Oatman et al. 1983: 1714; Zuparko & Dahlsten 1995: 730), USA (Florida) ( Ashmead 1887: 19; Evans & Stange 1997: 1), USA (Idaho) ( Weld 1920: 15).

New records: Czech Republic, Greece, Moravia, Morocco, Russia, Spain, Switzerland.