Tetrastichus hylotomarum ( Bouche , 1834)

Hansson, Christer & Schmidt, Stefan, 2020, A revision of European species of the genus Tetrastichus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) using integrative taxonomy, Biodiversity Data Journal 8, pp. 59177-59177 : 59177

Tetrastichus hylotomarum ( Bouche, 1834)

Tetrastichus hylotomarum Eulophus Tetrastichus hylotomarum Bouché 1834 Graham (1991) 28 Tetrastichus Erdös 1956 Aprostocetus Graham 1961 Tetrastichus Domenichini 1966

Description

See Graham (1991).

Diagnosis

Female antenna: F3 1.0-1.5 × as long as wide, clava 2.6-3.0 × as long as wide; male antenna: funiculars without an externo-dorsal, sub-basal compact whorl of long setae, F1 1.1-1.4 × as long as wide and about as long as pedicel, distinctly shorter than F2; both sexes with mid and hind tibiae broadly infuscate, sometimes mainly black; body bright metallic green.

Distribution

Bulgaria, (former) Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Hungary, The Netherlands, Russia, Sweden and United Kingdom ( Graham 1991); Italy and Romania (new records).

Host

Reared from Arge ochropus (Gmelin), A. pagana (Panzer) ( Hymenoptera : Argidae ), Athalia cordata Audinet-Serville, Cladius pectinicornis (Geoffroy) ( Hymenoptera : Tenthredinidae ), parasitising host larvae and pupae ( Graham 1991).

Additional material examined

11♀ 2♂: France 3♀ (NHM), Italy 1♀ (ZSM), Romania 1♀ (NHM), Sweden 6♀ 2♂ (MZLU, NHM, SMTP).