Gasteruption diversipes (Abeille de Perrin, 1879)

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 : 62-65

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Gasteruptiidae

Gasteruption diversipes (Abeille de Perrin, 1879) Figs 101-114

Faenus diversipes Abeille de Perrin, 1879: 264, 265, 272.

Gasteruption diversipes ; Schletterer 1885: 305, 1889: 408; Kieffer 1904a: 641, 1912: 255; Hedicke 1939: 9; Ferrière 1946: 237, 239, 245 (p.p.); Leclercq 1948: 77; Hellén 1950: 4; Šedivý 1958: 35, 36, 38; Györfi and Bajári 1962: 48, 49; Malyshev 1968: 49; Schmidt 1969: 294; Dolfuss 1982: 23; Oehlke 1984: 169, 172, 175; Madl 1987a: 402, 1987b: 21; 1988a: 13, 15, 1988b 404, 1989a 160, 1989b 41, 1990a 128, 1990b 480, 481; Kozlov 1988: 246, 247; Kofler and Madl 1990: 321; Wall 1994: 153; Scaramozzino 1995: 3; Neumayer et al. 1999: 220; Pagliano and Scaramozzino 2000: 13, 17, 21; Saure 2001: 29; Yildirim et al. 2004: 1350; Wisniowski 2004: 118; Turrisi 2004: 84; van der Smissen 2010: 372; Samin and Bagriacik 2012: 386-387; van Achterberg 2013: 82.

Gasteruption distinguendum Schletterer, 1885: 277; Kieffer 1904a: 649; Schmiedeknecht 1930: 377, 381; Hedicke 1939: 12 (as synonym of Gasteruption granulithorax (Tournier)); Schmidt 1969: 294 (as synonym of Gasteruption diversipes (Abeille de Perrin)); Hedqvist, 1973 (as synonym of Gasteruption jaculator (Linnaeus)); Wall 1994: 148. Synonymized (as Gasteruption distingendum ) with Gasteruption granulithorax Tournier by Schletterer, 1889. Synonymized with Gasteruption diversipes (Abeille de Perrin) by Schmidt, 1969 and Oehlke, 1984.

Gasteruption granulithorax ; Schletterer 1885: 279, Schletterer 1889: 389, 395, 396, 427; Šedivý 1958: 35, 36, 39.

Gasteryption granulithorax ; Semenov 1892: 213.

Gasteruption dusmeti Kieffer, 1904a: 643, 1912: 263; Hedicke 1939: 9; Wall 1994: 148. Synonymized with Gasteruption diversipes (Abeille de Perrin) by Madl, 1987a.

Gasteruption kriechbaumeri var. striaticeps Kieffer 1904b: 551, 1912: 267; Hedicke 1939: 15; Madl 1988b: 404; Wall 1994: 148. Synonymized with Gasteruption diversipes (Abeille de Perrin) by Madl, 1988b.

Type material.

Lectotype of Gasteruption diversipes here designated, ♀ (MNHN) from S France, "Museum Paris EY 0000003926", "Museum Paris, coll. Abeille de Perrin, 1919", " Gasteruption diversipes Ab., ♀, det. Madl, 1987 / lectotypus des. Madl", "Lectotypus, des. Madl, 1987"; according to the original description there are additional types from Province (rare), Marseille (common), Pyrenees, Languedoc and Gascoigne. Lectotype of Gasteruption distinguendum is here designated ♀ (NMW; in collection under Gasteruption granulithorax ) "[Austria], Piesting, Tschek, 1872"; according to the original description there should be additional paralectotypes from Italy (Bozen, Triest, Fiume, Ragusa, Livorno), France (Versailles) and “Balkan”. Holotype of Gasteruption dusmeti ♀ (MNCN) "[Spain], Alcalá, Mz. Escalera", "MNCN_Ent. Cat. No. 43293", “Holotipo”, "Gasteruption Dusmeti K.", " Gasteruption diversipes Abeille = dusmeti Kieff., n. syn., C. Rey det.", "MNCN Cat. Tipos No. 2044". Holotype of Gasteruption striaticeps ♂ (NHRS) "German. [Germany]", “Mewe”, “Type”, " Gasteruption kriechbaumeri var. striaticeps ", "Riksmuseum Stockholm", " Gasteruption diversipes Ab., det. Madl, 1986", "NHRS-HEVA 000000009"; the metasoma and the hind legs are missing.

Additional material.

Turkey (Konya, Konya, Alaâdin hill, 1050m; Urfa, Halfeti, 400 m).

Diagnosis.

Apex of ovipositor sheath with a distinct white or ivory band, 1.4-2.5 times as long as hind basitarsus; head flat in front of occipital carina, without any depression; antesternal carina lamelliform and distinctly curved up, rather wide lamelliform (Fig. 102), but wider in male (Fig. 111); propleuron normal, 0.8-0.9 times distance between tegulae and anterior border of mesoscutum or less (Fig. 102); head below eyes in frontal view short, narrowed (Fig. 105); temple in lateral view rather wide (Fig. 101); third antennal segment of female 1.9-2.1 times as long as second segment; occipital carina at most moderately lamelliform and much less than diameter of posterior ocellus (Fig. 102); frons flattened and finely transversely rugulose; vertex finely aciculate; pronotal teeth small; mesoscutum coarsely reticulate-rugose or rugose-reticulate (Figs 103, 109), its lateral lobes without separate punctures; hind coxa finely and densely striate or aciculate dorsally; hind tibia rather slender (Fig. 107); hind basitarsus largely pale (Fig. 107); ovipositor sheath 1.0-1.6 times as long as metasoma and 3.3-4.7 times as long as hind tibia. Male has third antennal segment rather short, hardly longer than second segment (Fig. 110) and fourth antennal segment about 1.2-1.4 times as long as second and third segments combined.

Distribution.

Europe, Iran, Turkey.

Biology.

Unknown. Collected in July-September.

Notes.

Gasteruption diversipes was reported by Yildirim et al. (2004) from Turkey and by Samin and Bagriacik (2012) from NW. Iran (West Azarbaijan, Ourmiech, 1426 m); but it may concern the similar and more common Gasteruption schlettereri Magretti.