Diplazon laetatorius Fabricius, 1781
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https://doi.org/ 10.55730/1300-0179.3128 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6D1FDB30-FF80-6208-F457-FF4DFDB32ACD |
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Felipe |
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Diplazon laetatorius Fabricius, 1781 |
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* Diplazon laetatorius Fabricius, 1781 View in CoL
Diagnosis.
This species can be easily distinguished by the combination of the following characters: mesoscutum and mesopleuron black; coxae and trochanters entirely orange or yellow; hind tibia tricolored black, white, black, and orange, the orange band covering at least the apical quarter of the tibia; petiolar area of propodeum always fully enclosed; tergite I strongly arched and metasoma bright orange at least on most of tergites II and III.
Material examined.
Algeria: Ain Naga , 2 m, 28/II/2017, 2♀♀; 26/III/2017, 4♀♀, Pitfall trap; Tolga, 152 m, 24/IV/2018, 1♀, Pitfall trap .
General distribution.
Worldwide ( Yu et al., 2016).
Subfamily Ichneumoninae Latreille, 1802
Tribe Ichneumonini Latreille, 1802
Ctenochares bicolorus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Diagnosis.
This species can be distinguished by the combination of the following characters: flagellum with whitish band, lateral carinae of scutellum strong, reaching posterior part; lateral longitudinal, lateromedian longitudinal and posterior transverse carina of propodeum absent; forewing pale yellow with dark spots at the apex; tarsal claws pectinate and hind coxa and femur black.
Material examined.
Algeria: Ain Naga , 2 m, 28/II/2017, 1♀, Malaise trap; El Outaya, 200 m, 25/IV/2017, 1♀, Sweep net .
General distribution.
Afrotropical: Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe; Australasian: Australia, New Zealand; Palaearctic: Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia ( Yu et al., 2016).
Distribution in Algeria: Alger, as Ichneumon xanthomelas (Brullé) by Lucas (1849) and as Ctenochares instructor (Fabicius) by Habermehl (1916); Blidah, as Celmis apicalis (Brullé) by Tosquinet (1896), Oran as Ichneumon xanthomelas (Brullé) by Lucas (1849). Reported from Algeria without locality data by Berthoumieu (1894), as Joppites xanthomelas (Brullé) ; Dalla Torre (1902), as Joppites instructor (Fabricius) ; Meyer (1933), as Ctenochares instructor (Fabricius 1793) and by Tosquinet (1896), as Ichneumon xanthomelas (Brullé) .
Subfamily Mesochorinae Förster, 1869
Material examined.
Algeria: Sidi Okba , 2m, 01/I/2017, 1♀, Pitfall trap ,
Subfamily Ophioninae Shuckard, 1840
Tribe Enicospilini Stephens, 1835
* Enicospilus tournieri (Vollenhoven, 1879)
Diagnosis.
This species can be distinguished by the combination of the following characters: head strongly narrowed posteriorly to eyes; hind ocelli adjacent to the eyes; eyes convergent ventrally in frontal view; propodeum granulate and central scleroma of fenestra absent.
Material examined.
Algeria: Sidi Okba, 2 m, 28/II/2017, 3♀♀; 26/III/2017, 1♂ , Pitfall trap.
General distribution.
Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan ( Yu et al., 2016).
Tribe Ophionini Fabricius, 1798
* Ophion obscuratus Fabricius, 1798
Diagnosis.
This species can be distinguished by the combination of the following characters: head narrowed posteriorly to eyes; occipital carina uniformly curved ventrally; mesoscutum with pale yellowish longitudinal marks; mesopleuron smooth, without striations; propodeum with lateral longitudinal carinae; fore wing hyaline, with vein 2r& RS barely swollen proximally and forming an angle with the pterostigma of less than 45° and posterior margin of sternite I at the same level of spiracle.
Material examined.
Algeria: Ain Naga , 2 m, 24/IX/2017, 1♀, Malaise trap; Sidi Okba, 2 m, 26/III/2017, 1♂, Pitfall trap .
General distribution.
Neotropical: Argentina; Oriental: Myanmar, Nepal, India; Palaearctic: Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Former Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Luxembourg, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Tajikistan, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Kingdom ( Yu et al., 2016).
Subfamily Phygadeuontinae Förster, 1869
* Dichrogaster longicaudata (Thomson, 1884)
Diagnosis.
This species can be distinguished by the combination of the following characters: mandible width, at base of teeth, 2.5 times the width of the second flagellomere; mesoscutum entirely shiny, with medium-sized punctures; mesosoma black.
Material examined.
Algeria: Sidi Okba , 2m, 20/IV/2017, 2♀♀, Pitfall trap .
General distribution.
Nearctic: Canada, United States; Palaearctic: Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Former Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Madeira Islands ( Portugal), Malta, Moldova, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Former Yugoslavia, Türkiye ( Yu et al., 2016).
Dichrogaster saharator (Aubert, 1964)
Diagnosis.
This species can be distinguished by the combination of the following characters: second flagellomere 2.5 times as long as wide; mesoscutum entirely shiny, with medium-sized punctures; mesosoma orange and tergites III-VII blackish.
Material examined.
Algeria: Sidi Okba , 2 m, 28/I/2017, 1♀, 28/II/2017, 2♀♀, Pitfall trap .
General distribution.
Palaearctic: Algeria, Bulgaria, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Türkiye ( Yu et al., 2016).
Distribution in Algeria: Reported from Nahia, Mt. Ougarta as Otacustes aestivalis saharator by Aubert (1964) = Dichrogaster sharator (Aubert) ( Townes, 1983) .
* Dichrogaster schimitscheki (Fahringer, 1935)
Diagnosis.
This species can be distinguished by the combination of the following characters: mandible short, width at base of teeth, 1.1 times the width of the second flagellomere; second flagellomere 2.5 times longer than wide; mesoscutum entirely shiny, with medium-sized punctures, the majority of punctures separated by 1.5 to 2.5 times their diameter.
Material examined.
Algeria: Ain Naga , 2 m, 24/II/2017, 2♀♀, Pitfall trap .
General distribution.
Nearctic: Canada, United States; Palaearctic: Austria, Bulgaria, Former Czechoslovakia, Finland, Germany, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Türkiye, United Kingdom ( Yu et al., 2016).
* Gelis imitatus Schwarz, 2016
Diagnosis.
This species can be distinguished by the combination of the following characters: head in dorsal view strongly narrowed posteriorly to eyes, granulate and mat; ocelli small; malar space longer than basal width of mandible; antenna with 22 flagellomeres, the third 4.6 times as long as wide; fore wing darkened, vein 2m-cu nearly straight with two distinct bullae, areolet open.
Material examined.
Algeria: Ain Naga , 2 m, 26/III/2017, 1♀, Pitfall trap .
General distribution.
Palaearctic: Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, Syria, Türkiye ( Yu et al., 2016).
Material examined.
Algeria: Ain Naga , 2 m, 26/III/2017, 1♂, Pitfall trap .
Material examined.
Algeria: Ain Naga , 2 m, 26/III/2017, 2♂♂, 20/IV/2017, 1 ♀, Pitfall trap .
* Lysibia nana (Gravenhorst, 1829)
Diagnosis.
This species can be distinguished by the combination of the following characters: first flagellomere 2.3 times as long as wide; area superomedia matt with fine rugae and tergite II finely wrinkled. In males, apical part of parameres long and upcurved and flagellum with tyloids in the form of a longitudinal ridge.
Material examined.
Algeria: Ain Naga , 2 m, 26/III/2017, 1♂, Pitfall trap .
General distribution.
This species is widespread throughout the Holarctic, Oriental and Oceanic regions ( Yu et al., 2016).
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