Alloxysta brachyptera ( Hartig, 1840 )

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 : 27-28

Alloxysta brachyptera ( Hartig, 1840)

Fig. 2.8

Xystus brachypterus Hartig, 1840: 200 . Type: deposited in ZSM (examined).

Allotria brachyptera – Giraud 1860: 131.

Pezophycta brachyptera – Förster 1869: 339.

Pezophycta brachyptera brachyptera – Dalla Torre & Kieffer 1910: 292.

Alloxysta brachyptera – Hellén 1931: 5.

Diagnosis

Alloxysta brachyptera is mainly characterized as a brachypterous species with pronotal carinae absent, propodeal carinae present, and F1 shorter than pedicel (Fig. 2.8). It is similar to A. pedestris , but can be easily differentiated by the presence of propodeal carinae (present in A. brachyptera but absent in A. pedestris ).

Material examined

Lectotype

GERMANY: ♂ [210, ♂, lectotype H.H. Evenhuis (orange label)], [ Xystus brachypterus Hartig det. H.H. Evenhuis 1980], [ Alloxysta brachyptera ( Hartig, 1841) ♂ M. Ferrer-Suay det. 2011] ( ZSM).

Paralectotype

GERMANY: 1 ♂ [Paralectotype Xystus brachypterus Hartig, 1840 ♂ (red label)], [ Alloxysta brachyptera ( Hartig, 1841) ♂ M. Ferrer-Suay det. 2011] ( ZSM).

Additional specimens (6 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀)

FRANCE: 1 ♂ [Pyrénées Orientales, Arles-Corsavy Road, D AND J Clark, 19 May 1961, A. Brachyptera Det. N.D.M. Fergusson, 19] ( BMNH B.M. 1962-149).

GERMANY: 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ [Göttingen, 29 Aug. 1959, H. Prilop Ex Dorilas fabae , C.I.E., coll. no. 16782] ( BMNH).

JAPAN: 1 ♂ [Kyushu, Fukuoka, Mt. Hiko, 700 m, 9–10 May 1989, M.J. Sharkey, sweep] ( CNCI C-138).

NORWAY: 1 ♂ [VE Tonsberg, Frodeasen, 19 Jul. 82, FJELOSA (handwritten)], [ A. Brachyptera Det. N.D.M. Fergusson] ( BMNH).

SWEDEN: 1 ♀ [SK. Kivik, 19 Jul. 1938, D.M.S.P. AND J.F.P.] ( BMNH B.M. 1938-414).

SWITZERLAND: 1 ♂ [Dielsdorf, 650 m, 17 Aug. 1984, L. Masner, sweep] ( CNCI) C-290.

Distribution

Palaearctic.

Certain records: England ( Dalla Torre & Kieffer 1910: 292; Fergusson 1986: 18; Müller et al. 1999), Germany ( Hartig 1840: 200).

Uncertain records: Austria ( Giraud 1860: 131), Belgium ( Lameere 1907), Finland ( Hellén 1931: 5), France ( Dalla Torre & Kieffer 1910: 292), Ireland ( Fergusson 1986: 18), Romania ( Ionescu 1969: 236), Scotland ( Fergusson 1986: 18), Sweden ( Thomson 1862: 410).

New records: Japan, Norway and Switzerland.