Gasteruption dolichoderum Schletterer, 1889

van Achterberg, Cornelis & Talebi, Ali Asghar, 2014, Review of Gasteruption Latreille (Hymenoptera, Gasteruptiidae) from Iran and Turkey, with the description of 15 new species, ZooKeys 458, pp. 1-187 : 65-66

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Gasteruptiidae

Gasteruption dolichoderum Schletterer, 1889 Figs 115-142

Gasteruption dolichoderum Schletterer, 1889: 383, 394, 404; Dalla Torre 1902: 1066; Szépligeti 1903: 369; Kieffer 1912: 270; Hedicke 1939: 9; Madl 1988b: 404, 1990a 128; Wall 1994: 153.

Gasteruption daisyi Alekseev, 1993: 152. Syn. n.

Type material.

Holotype male from Greece (Rhodes) lost ( Madl 1988b). Holotype of Gasteruption daisyi not available; synonymy based on original description.

Material.

*Iran (Tehran, Shahriar, Karaj; Kerman, Jupar, 1900 m; Kerman, Deh Bakri, Gebal Barez Mts, 1640 m); *Turkey (Capadocia, Ürgüp; Cornelek, 40 km E of Mut; Yayladagi; 60 km E of Mut, Kirobasi; Mersin, Kuzucebelen; 30 km N of Erdemli Aslanci; 20 km E of Alanya; Manavgat; SE of Elazig, Hazar Gölü; 10 km N of Konya; 10 km E of Ercis, Van Gölü; 25 km E of Malatya, Kopeksiz; Osmaneli; Antakya, Harbie; Canakkale, 8 km N of Ezine, 35 m; Mansisa, 15 km SEE of Salihli, 170 m; id., 40 km NW of Salihli, 150 m; Acigöl, near Cardak; Eskisehir, Sakri ilica, near Gumele; Kahramanmaras, Pazarcik; Denizli, 10 km NE of Denizli, 290 m; Burdur, 5 km NE of Yesilova, 1060 m; Anatolia, E of Civril; 800 m; Uzuncaburc, 30 km N of Silifke; Anatalya, Demirtas, 100 m; Nevsehir, 5 km S of Avanos, Zelve, 1000 m; id., 10 km S of Avanos, Göreme, 1000 m; Anatalya, 5 km W of Manavgat, Side, 10 m; Mardin, Mardin, 1000 m; id., Midyat, 1000 m).

Diagnosis.

Apex of ovipositor sheath blackish or slightly brownish (Fig. 120), if rather pale apically then pale part distinctly shorter than hind basitarsus (Fig. 133); ovipositor sheath 2.3-2.5 times as long as hind tibia, 0.7-0.9 times as long as metasoma and at least 1.1 times as long as hind tibia and tarsus combined; head in anterior view “fez-shaped” (Fig. 121); occipital carina variable, obsolescent or lamelliform medio-dorsally (Figs 115, 125, 137); vertex smooth; temple strongly elongate (Figs 115, 125), about as long as eye in dorsal view, but sometimes 0.7-0.8 times; genal bridge about as long as third antennal segment; vertex smooth or nearly so, at most with very superficial punctulation and with satin sheen; eyes more or less setose; face narrow (Fig. 121); temples rather weakly narrowed behind eyes in dorsal view (Fig. 122); POL 2.0-2.6 times diameter of posterior ocellus; fourth antennal segment of female about as long as third segment, and fifth antennal segment as long as third segment or slightly shorter; propleuron 1.1-1.3 times distance from tegulae to anterior border of mesoscutum and elongate (Figs 116, 126, 136, 139); anterior half of mesoscutum densely coriaceous-rugulose to largely smooth; notauli obsolescent (Figs 117, 127; of male usually shallowly impressed: Fig. 134); hind tibia with ivory subbasal ring; incision of hypopygium rather shallow (Figs 124, 132); body predominantly black or dark brown, but may be largely reddish-brown, with face and basal half of hind leg of female more or less black. Male has third antennal segment 1.3-1.6 times as long as second segment and fourth and fifth segments 1.0-1.2 and 1.3 times as long as third segment, respectively (Fig. 135).

Distribution.

Southeast Europe, *Turkey, *Jordan, *Iran, Central Asia. New for the fauna of Iran. Jordan and Turkey.

Biology.

Unknown. Collected in May-September.

Notes.

One small female from Shahriar (22-28.ix.2010; fore wing 3.0 mm and body 7.0 mm; Figs 125-133) has the head in dorsal view slightly curved laterally, the first subdiscal cell of fore wing narrow triangular (rarely found also in other specimens), the wing membrane subhyaline, the pronotal side only coriaceous ventrally and the hind tibia slightly slenderer than other specimens from Iran. Body is often more or less reddish-brown; a female from Jordan (RMNH) and Kyrgyzstan (BZL) have the body (including head) nearly entirely reddish-brown. The African Gasteruption ifan Berland, 1950, is very similar (e.g. by the shape of the head and the shortened antennal segments), but Gasteruption dolichoderum has wider hind tibia (as in Gasteruption assectator ; slenderer in Gasteruption ifan ), mesoscutum sparsely setose (densely setose) and head more narrowed posteriorly in dorsal view (less narrowed).