Gasteruption phragmiticola Saure, 2006

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 : 102-103

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Gasteruptiidae

Gasteruption phragmiticola Saure, 2006 Figs 397-412

Gasteruption sp. Saure 2001: 30.

Gasteruption phragmiticola Saure, 2006: 126; Westrich 2008: 7-8; van Achterberg 2013: fig. 177.

Type material.

Paratypes from Germany examined.

Additional material.

*Iran (near Pasargad; near Persepolis); *Turkey (Adiyaman, Gölbasi, 900 m; Denizli, 10 km NE of Denizli, 290 m).

Diagnosis.

Apex of ovipositor sheath more or less pale apically, pale part 0.4-0.9 times as long as hind basitarsus; ovipositor sheath 0.9-1.2 times as long as body and 5.1-6.3 times as long as hind tibia; vertex hardly convex in lateral view, finely aciculate and matt; occipital carina narrow, hardly protruding (Figs 397, 404, 407); head slightly narrowed behind eyes (Figs 404, 410); temple at most moderately elongate (Fig. 407), about 0.8 times as long as eye in dorsal view; malar space short; mandible dark brown or blackish; pronotal side matt and largely sculptured (Fig. 399); mesoscutum coarsely transversely rugose and mixed with large punctures, without smooth and shiny spaces between coarse punctures and laterally black, its lateral lobe with some medium-sized punctures and rugulae; first metasomal tergite reddish-brown; incision of hypopygium deep, slit-like (Fig. 406); fore and middle coxae black. Males have third antennal segment usually rather long, significantly longer than second segment (Fig. 409) and fourth antennal segment about as long as second and third segments combined; paramere dark brown apically (Fig. 411).

Distribution.

Europe, *Turkey, *Iran.

Biology.

Reared as predator-inquiline from old Lipara galls in reed ( Phragmites australis (Cav.)) with Hierococcyx pectoralis Förster nesting inside. Reared between March and August, but collected from late May to early August.