Apsilocera bramleyi Graham, 1966

Tselikh, Ekaterina V., Lee, Jaehyeon, Haas, Michael, Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan & Ku, Deok-Seo, 2024, Review of the Palaearctic species of Apsilocera Bouček, 1956 (Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae), with descriptions of the eight new species, ZooKeys 1215, pp. 259-288 : 259-288

Apsilocera bramleyi Graham, 1966

Figs 16–23

Apsilocera bramleyi Graham, 1966: 301–304. Holotype female ( HDOU, not examined).

Additional material examined.

Japan • 1 female, “ Yokohama , Kanagawa Pref., 11.VI.2002, coll. K. Kubo ” ( EIHU) . Russia • 1 female, “ Krasnodar Reg., Sochi, Lazarevskoe , VIZR, 21.VII.1975, coll. V. Triapitzin ” ( ZISP) . Germany • 1 female ( SMNS_Hym_Pte_001795 ), “ D, Sachsen, Lkr. Bautzen, Luppa , 51.278N, 14.403183E, 164 m, Sweep net, coll. L. Krogmann, T. Kothe ”, Sample ID: SMNS_38858 ( SMNS) . Sweden • 1 female ( SMNS_Hym_Pte_006119 ), “ Sweden, Mörbylånga, Lilla Vickleby Lunds NR (# 115 / 2014), old oak forest, 27.VI–30.VII.2014, Malaise trap, 56.567331N, 16.441516E, coll. M. Jaschhof, C. Jaschhof ”, Sample ID: SMNS_48289 ( SMNS) ; • 1 female ( SMNS_Hym_Pte_005876 ), “ Sweden, Mörbylånga, Lilla Vickleby Lunds NR (# 137 / 2014), old oak forest, 31.VII–29.VIII.2014, Malaise trap, 56.567331N, 16.441516E, coll. M. Jaschhof, C. Jaschhof ”, Sample ID: SMNS_48046 ( SMNS) .

Biology.

Primary parasitoid of Cecidomyia sp. and Mycocecis ovalis Edwards, 1922 ( Diptera , Cecidomyiidae ) ( Graham 1969; Ghahari and Huang 2012).

Distribution.

France, Germany, Iran, Japan, Russia, Serbia, Sweden, United Kingdom.

Comments.

Apsilocera bramleyi belongs to a group of species that have a vertex with regular sculpture. This species is very similar to A. triapitzini sp. nov.; the differences between these species are given in the key.

Figures

Figures 16–23. Apsilocera bramleyi Graham, 1966, female, not type 16 habitus, lateral view 17 scutellum and propodeum, dorsal view 18 antenna 19 clypeus 20 head, frontal view 21 head and pronotum, dorsal view 22 fore wing 23 metasoma, dorsal view.