Gasteruption freyi (Tournier, 1877)

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 : 69-70

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Gasteruptiidae

Gasteruption freyi (Tournier, 1877) Figs 163-173

Foenus freyi Tournier, 1877: ix.

Faenus freyi ; Abeille de Perrin 1879: 264, 267, 276.

Gasteruption freyi ; Schletterer 1885: 278; Semenov 1892: 205; Dalla Torre 1902: 1067; Szépligeti 1903: 368; Kieffer 1912: 251; Schmiedeknecht 1930: 379; Hedicke 1939: 9 (as synonym of Gasteruption erythrostomum (Dahlbom)); Ferrière 1946: 236, 239, 242; Leclercq 1948: 76; Šedivý 1958: 36, 38; Györfi and Bajári 1962: 46, 50; Oehlke 1984: 170; Madl 1987b: 22, 1988c 38, 1989b 43, 1990b 480, 482; Kozlov 1988: 244, 247; Wall 1994: 155; Scaramozzino 1995: 3 (as Gasteruption frey ); Pagliano and Scaramozzino 2000: 11, 17, 26; Saure 2001: 29; Yildirim et al. 2004: 1350; van der Smissen 2010: 372; van Achterberg 2013: 83.

Foenus nigripes Tournier 1877: ix. Synonymized with Gasteruption freyi (Tournier) by Šedivý, 1958.

Faenus nigripes ; Abeille de Perrin 1879: 264, 266, 276.

Gasteruption nigripes ; Schletterer 1885: 310, 1889: 407; Dalla Torre 1902: 1069; Kieffer 1912: 251; Schmiedeknecht 1930: 379, 381; Hedicke 1939: 17; Ferrière 1946: 242 (as form of Gasteruption freyi (Tournier)); Šedivý 1958: 39 (formalized synonymy with Gasteruption freyi (Tournier)); Wall 1994: 149.

Faenus rugulosus Abeille de Perrin, 1879: 264, 267, 275; Schmidt 1969: 294; Wall 1994: 149. Synonymized with Gasteruption freyi (Tournier) by Györfi and Bajári, 1962, Schmidt, 1969 and Oehlke, 1984.

Gasteruption rugulosum ; Schletterer 1885: 313, 1889: 384, 393, 395, 397, 401; Dalla Torre 1902: 1071; Szépligeti 1903: 369; Kieffer 1912: 258; Schmiedeknecht 1930: 380, 382; Hedicke 1939: 20; Oehlke 1984: 170; Györfi and Bajári 1962: 46, 50.

Gasteryption rugulosum ; Semenov 1892: 201.

Faenus nigripes var. annulata Abeille de Perrin 1879: 266, 276; Dalla Torre 1902: 1069; Hedicke 1939: 17.

Gasteruption nigripes var. annulatum ; Kieffer 1912: 251.

Gasteruption assectator var. nitidulum Schletterer 1885: 276; Hedicke 1939: 7. Syn. n.

Gasteruption kohlii Schletterer, 1885: 280; Madl 1988c: 38; Wall 1994: 148. Synonymized with Gasteruption rugulosum (Abeille de Perrin) by Schletterer, 1889 and with Gasteruption freyi (Tournier) by Madl, 1988c.

Gasteruption kohli ; Hedicke 1939: 20; Madl 1990b: 482, 2004 (FE website). Invalid emendation.

Type material.

Lectotype of Gasteruption freyi here designated, ♀ (MHNG) "[Switzerland], Sierre, [Wallis or Valais], Frey [= E. Frey-Gessner, 1826 –1917]”, "Cn Tournier", “Type”, Foenus Freyi Tourn., ♀", "Lectotypus des. Madl"; 1 paralectotype, ♂ (MHNG), same labels but with male sign. Lectotype of Gasteruption rugulosum from S France (Marseille) here designated, ♀ (MNHN), "Museum Paris EY 0000003934", “rugulosus”, "Museum Paris, coll. Abeille de Perrin, 1919", "Monotypus, des. Madl, 1987", " Gasteruption freyi Tourn., ♀, det. Madl, 1987"; according to original description additional type specimen (♀) from Marseille. Lectotype of Gasteruption nigripes here designated, ♀ (MHNG) "[Switzerland], P. [= Peney, near Genève], vii.[18]76", "Cn Tournier", “Type”, Foenus nigripes Tourn., ♀", "Lectotypus, des. Madl, 1987", " Gasteruption freyi Tourn., ♀, det. Madl, 1986"; paralectotypes: 4 ♀ (MHNG) from Peney, vii.1876 and 1 ♀ + 1 ♂ (MHNG) from Italy ("Turin, Gribodo"). Type specimens of Gasteruption kohlii not found in NMW; males from Italy ( Südtirol, Bozen) and collected by F. Kohl. The specimen labelled " Kohlii , Typ., det. Schletterer", (♂, NMW), and belonging to Gasteruption freyi , cannot be a type because it originates from Germany ("Thuringia, Gumperda, [O. Schmiedeknecht]"). Type series of Gasteruption annulatum from Marseille and Landes not found in MNHN. Holotype of Gasteruption nitidulum has not been identified with certainty, there is a male in NMW ("Wien, 10.vii.[18]83") that may be the holotype and belongs to Gasteruption freyi . Considered to be a full synonym; the dark hind tarsus of males is not differentiating it from the typical Gasteruption freyi .

Material.

Turkey (Isparta, Egirdir Gölu, 5 km N of Akkecili, 920 m).

Diagnosis.

Apex of ovipositor sheath blackish or slightly brownish, if rather pale apically then pale part distinctly shorter than hind basitarsus; ovipositor sheath 1.2-1.4 times as long as hind tibia and 0.6-0.9 times as long as hind tibia and tarsus combined; occipital carina narrowly lamelliform medio-dorsally (Figs 163, 164, 168); head, mesosoma laterally and scapus black; clypeus with small depression or depression obsolescent; apical antennal segment at most 1.2 times as long as third antennal segment and its colour similar to colour of medial segments; antesternal carina narrow; hind tibia stout, subbasal pale ring or subbasal ventral patch of hind tibia usually absent or obsolescent (Fig. 169), but sometimes developed; hind basitarsus rather long (Fig. 169); hind tibial spurs blackish or dark brown; incision of hypopygium shallow. Male has third antennal segment usually rather long, significantly longer than second segment (Fig. 172) and apical antennal segment 1.0-1.2 times as long as third segment.

Distribution.

Europe, Turkey.

Biology.

Predator-inquiline of Hylaeus spp. Collected in June-September.