Plutothrix coelius (Walker, 1839)

Tselikh, Ekaterina V., Varkonyi, Gergely & Dale-Skey, Natalie, 2022, Review of the genus Plutothrix Foerster, 1856 (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae) with a key to Palaearctic species, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 93, pp. 1-32 : 1

Plutothrix coelius (Walker, 1839)

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Anoglyphis nubilosa Förster, 1878: 49. Type female (possibly in Berlin University Museum, not examined). Synonymy by Kerrich and Graham (1957: 296).

Pteromalus britannicus Morley, 1910: 47 (n.n. pro Pteromalus coelius Walker 1848 non 1839). Lectotype female (not located in NHMUK collection). Designated by Graham (1969:105). Synonymy by Graham (1969: 105).

Pteromalus coelius Walker, 1839: 272. Lectotype female (NHMUK, not examined). Designated by Kerrich and Graham (1957: 297).

Pteromalus eleuthera Walker, 1848: 193. Lectotype female (NHMUK, not examined). Designated by Kerrich and Graham (1957: 298). Synonymy by Kerrich and Graham (1957: 296).

Material examined.

Other material: Finland (all in ZMUH): Ab, 1 female , Nystad, M. Hellén, 1841, Plutothrix coelius (Walker) det. M. Koponen 2009; 1 female , Suomi, V, Karjalohja , 16.07.1964, coll. Jonny Perkiömäki, Plutothrix coelius (Walker) det. M. Koponen 1982; 1 female , Nystad, M. Hellén, 609, Plutothrix coelius (Walker) det. Tselikh, 2021; Ka [Karelia australis], 1 female , Fennia, Virolahti , 671:53, 16- 21.07.1974, coll. V.J. Karvonen, Plutothrix coelius (Walker) det. M. Koponen; 1 female , Fennia, Vehkalahti , 01.07.1961, leg. E. Valkeila, Plutothrix scenicus (Walker) det. E. Valkeila, Plutothrix coelius (Walker) det. Tselikh 2021; St [Satakunta], 1 female , Suomi, Suoniemi , 28.06.1947, Plutothrix coelius (Walker) det. Tselikh 2021; Ta, 1 female , Tampere, Grönblom, 15.05.57, coll. Th. Grönblom, Plutothrix coelius (Walker) det. M. Koponen; 1 female , Pirkkala, Grönblom, coll. Th. Grönblom, Trigonoderus acuminatus Thomson det. Hellén, Plutothrix coelius (Walker) det. M. Koponen; 1 female , Fennia, Hämeenlinna, 67736, 26.06.1970, coll. Erkki Valkeila, Plutothrix coelius (Walker) det. M. Koponen 1982; 1 female , Fennia, Hämeenlinna, 67736, 27.06.1971, coll. Erkki Valkeila, Plutothrix coelius (Walk.) det. Valkeila; 1 female , Fennia, Pälkäne, 680:35, e.l.1976, leg. Esko Saarela, Plutothrix coelius (Walker) det. M. Koponen; Sa [Savonia australis], 1 female , Suomi, Mikkelin mlk., 6830:501, 22.06.1979, leg. M. Koponen, Plutothrix coelius (Walker) det. M. Koponen; 1 female , Suomi, Mikkelin mlk., 6830:501, 10.07.1981, leg. M. Koponen, Plutothrix coelius (Walker) det. M. Koponen; 1 female , Suomi, ES, Ristiina , 6826:502, 06.07.1947, leg. M. Koponen, Plutothrix coelius (Walker) det. M. Koponen; 1 female , Suomi, Mikkelin mlk, 6830:501, 12.07.1981, leg. M. Koponen, Plutothrix coelius (Walker) det. M. Koponen; 2 females , Finland, Sa, Mikkeli , 6835:3503, 12.06.2011, leg. M. Koponen, Plutothrix coelius (Walker) det. M. Koponen 2011; 1 female , Suomi, Mikkelin mlk, 6830:501, 17.08.1976, leg. M. Koponen, Plutothrix coelius (Walker) det. M. Koponen; 1 female , Finland, Ristiina , 6826:502, 25.07.1985, leg. M. Koponen, Plutothrix coelius (Walker) det. M. Koponen; 1 female , Suomi, Mikkelin mlk, 6830:501, 30.06.1975, leg. Koponen, Plutothrix coelius (Walker) det. M. Koponen; 1 female , Suomi, ES, Ristiina , 6826:502, 24.06.1976, leg. Koponen, Plutothrix coelius (Walker) det. M. Koponen; 2 females , Finland, 6826:502, Ristiina , 22.07.1996, leg. M. Koponen, Plutothrix coelius (Walker) det. Tselikh 2021; Oa [Ostrobottnia australis], 1 female , Helsinki, Nordman , 427, Plutothrix coelius (Walker) det. M. Koponen; Kb [Karelia borealis], 1 female , Suomi, PK, Tohmajärvi, 6908:660, 22.07.1982, leg. M. Koponen, Plutothrix coelius (Walker) det. M. Koponen, 1982 . Russia (all in ZISP): Novgorod Prov., 2 females , Tychkino , 20 km NW Pestovo Vill., 25.VI.1991, coll. V. Tobias; Altai Rep., 1 female , 20 km SE Onguday Vill. , 16.VII.2007, coll. S. Belokobylskij; Kamchatka Reg., 1 female , 8 km S Kozyrevsk Vill. , 16.VIII.1985, coll. D. Kasparyan; 1 male , Kozyrevsk Vill ., 17.VIII.1985, coll. S. Belokobylskij.

Distribution.

Belgium, Croatia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Russia (European part of Russia, Western Siberia, Russian Far East), Romania, Sweden, United Kingdom ( Noyes 2019; Tselikh 2019).

Biology.

Primary parasitoid of coleopterans Anobium punctatum (De Geer, 1774) ( Anobiidae ) Graham (1969) and Xylechinus pilosus (Ratzeburg, 1837) ( Curculionidae ) ( Herting 1973).

Figures

Figures 9 - 17. Plutothrix canariensis Hedqvist, 1974, holotype female (9 - 12), non-type male (13) 9 body, dorsal view 10 mesosoma and metasoma, lateral view 11 antenna 12 wings 13 body, lateral view. Plutothrix coelius (Walker, 1839), non-type female (14 - 17) 14 body, dorsal view 15 head and mesosoma, dorsal view 16 wings 17 mesosoma, lateral view. Scale bars: 1.05 mm (9); 0.85 mm (13); 1.3 mm (14).