Asaphes vulgaris Walker, 1834

Li, Qin, Zhang, Tong-You, Gibson, Gary A. P., Shan, Shi-Lei & Xiao, Hui, 2024, Review of Asaphes Walker, 1834 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Asaphesinae) from Xinjiang, China, ZooKeys 1214, pp. 35-57 : 35-57

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.1214.127982

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AA48BBD0-EC05-4E33-BDE2-FC79A0897E80

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13871801

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/63DF7A24-E843-5BFE-ACB8-49AE09F157A8

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scientific name

Asaphes vulgaris Walker, 1834
status

 

Asaphes vulgaris Walker, 1834 View in CoL

Fig. 4 View Figure 4

Asaphes vulgaris Walker, 1834: 152. View in CoL

Eurytoma aenea Nees, 1834: 42. Synonymized by Graham 1969: 80. View in CoL

Chrysolampus aeneus Ratzeburg, 1848: 2. Synonymized by Reinhard 1857: 76. View in CoL

Chrysolampus aphidophila Rondani, 1848: 21–22. Synonymized by Bouček 1974: 244. View in CoL

Asaphes vulgaris Walker; Morley 1910: 28; Gibson and Vikberg 1998: 236–239; Xiao and Huang 2000: 198; Huang and Xiao 2005: 275–276; Narendran and Harten 2007: 114–116. View in CoL

Material examined.

China, Xinjiang: Altay Prefecture, Qin Li research group • 5 ♀; Altay City ; 47 ° 40 ' 16 " N; 88 ° 01 ' 16 " E; 710 m; 12 Jul 2020 GoogleMaps 1 ♀; Fuyun County; 47 ° 01 ' 49 " N, 89 ° 53 ' 46 " E; 1360 m; 11 Jul 2020 GoogleMaps 1 ♀; Fuyun County; 47 ° 01 ' 73 " N, 89 ° 84 ' 68 " E; 1287 m; 22 Jun 2021 1 ♀; Fuyun County ; 47 ° 21 ' 60 " N, 89 ° 84 ' 43 " E; 1141 m; 23 Jun 2021 1 ♀; Qinghe County; 46 ° 43 ' 35 " N, 90 ° 04 ' 49 " E; 1121 m; 21 Jun 2021 GoogleMaps 1 ♀; Bayingol Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, Yuli County ; 41 ° 35 ' 11 " N, 86 ° 29 ' 45 " E; 892 m; 5 Aug 2010; Hongying Hu group GoogleMaps . Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Qin Li research group • 3 ♀; Gongliu County ; 43 ° 22 ' 60 " N, 82 ° 72 ' 09 " E; 1137 m; 10 Jul 2021 1 ♀; Huocheng County ; 43 ° 94 ' 47 " N, 80 ° 87 ' 04 " E; 515 m; 5 Jul 2021 .

Diagnosis.

Female. Head in dorsal view (Fig. 4 D View Figure 4 ) with comparatively deep emargination between inner orbits and straight temples; gena length (Fig. 4 C View Figure 4 ) ~ 0.3–0.4 × eye length. Antenna (Fig. 4 C, H View Figure 4 ) with each funicular subquadrate, and segments loosely joined to each other. Pronotum (Fig. 4 E View Figure 4 ) 2.3–2.8 × wider than long. Hind leg (Fig. 4 A View Figure 4 ) with trochanter and femur similarly infuscate to black; metatibia 7.7–7.8 × longer than wide. Fore wing (Fig. 4 G View Figure 4 ) with speculum distinct, broad basally and narrowed toward stigmal vein. Petiole (Fig. 4 A View Figure 4 ) at least quadrate and usually slightly longer (1.1–1.3 ×) than wide. Gaster (Fig. 4 A, F View Figure 4 ) 1.7–1.9 × as long as broad; Gt 1 L slightly longer (1.1 ×) than Gt 2 L.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution.

China (Xinjiang, Hebei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet, Ningxia, Guangxi). Worldwide ( Noyes 2019).

Hosts.

In North America, A. vulgaris is a hyperparasitoid of aphids, including Acyrthosiphon pisum Harris and Macrosiphum euphorbiae Thomas ( Hemiptera : Aphididae ) through Aphidius nigripes Ashmead ( Hymenoptera : Braconidae ) ( Gibson and Vikberg 1998).

Comments.

Leg color of A. vulgaris females is similar to that of A. californicus except for trochanter color. Females of A. vulgaris have at least the meso- and metatrochanters infuscate to black, similar in color to the respective femora, whereas at least the metatrochanter of A. californicus females is mostly yellow, paler than the femur. In our study, gena length is 0.3–0.4 × eye length, as described by Huang and Xiao (2005), which differs from the description of 0.5–0.6 × eye length given by Gibson and Vikberg (1998); however, this may reflect a somewhat different method of measurement.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Pteromalidae

Genus

Asaphes

Loc

Asaphes vulgaris Walker, 1834

Li, Qin, Zhang, Tong-You, Gibson, Gary A. P., Shan, Shi-Lei & Xiao, Hui 2024
2024
Loc

Asaphes vulgaris

Narendran TC & van Harten A 2007: 114
Huang DW & Xiao H 2005: 275 - 276
Xiao H & Huang DW 2000: 198
Gibson GAP & Vikberg V 1998: 236 - 239
Morley C 1910: 28
1910
Loc

Chrysolampus aeneus

Reinhard H 1857: 76
Ratzeburg JTC 1848: 2
1848
Loc

Chrysolampus aphidophila

Bouček Z 1974: 244
Rondani C 1848: 22
1848
Loc

Asaphes vulgaris

Walker F 1834: 152
1834
Loc

Eurytoma aenea

Graham MWRdeV 1969: 80
Nees ab Esenbeck CG 1834: 42
1834