Gasteruption tournieri Schletterer, 1885

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 : 123-125

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Gasteruptiidae

Gasteruption tournieri Schletterer, 1885 Figs 522-534

Foenus jaculator ; Tournier 1877: viii.

Faenus jaculator ; Abeille de Perrin 1879: 263, 265, 270.

Gasteruption tournieri Schletterer, 1885: 287, 1889: 382, 388, 394, 395, 415; Dalla Torre 1902: 1075; Szépligeti 1903: 368; Kieffer 1912: 247; Schmiedeknecht 1930: 376, 380; Hedicke 1939: 25; Ferrière 1946: 237, 238, 246; Crosskey 1951: 292; Šedivý 1958: 35, 36, 42; Györfi and Bajári 1962: 45, 49; Schmidt 1969: 295; Dolfuss 1982: 24; Oehlke 1984: 168, 171, 181; Madl 1987a: 404, 1987b: 24, 1988c 39, 1989a 161, 1989b 45, 1990a 129, 1990b 480, 483; Kozlov 1988: 246, 247; Kofler and Madl 1990: 322; Wall 1994: 164; Scaramozzino 1995: 3; Neumayer et al. 1999: 220; Pagliano and Scaramozzino 2000: 15, 17, 33; Saure 2001: 29; Yildirim et al. 2004: 1351; Wisniowski 2004: 118; Turrisi 2004: 84; van der Smissen 2010: 373; Zhao et al. 2012: 103-108; Samin and Bagriacik 2012: 387; van Achterberg 2013: 83.

Gasteryption tournieri ; Semenov 1892: 206.

Gasteruption austriacum Schletterer, 1885: 277; Hedicke 1939: 26; Wall 1994: 148. Synonymized with Gasteruption tournieri Schletterer by Schletterer, 1889.

Gasteruption nitidum Schletterer, 1885: 281; Hedicke 1939: 26; Wall 1994: 149. Synonymized with Gasteruption tournieri Schletterer by Schletterer, 1889.

Type material.

On p. 324 Schletterer refers under "Gasteruption Tournieri Schlett. ♀", to both sexes of " Foenus jaculator ", of Tournier (1877) but also indicated that the specimens are in the Vienna museum ("Mus. caes. Vindob."). The Tournier specimens from Switzerland, France, and Italy mentioned in the original description may be included in the type series (as was done in Zhao et al. (2012)), but after reconsideration the indication by Schletterer (1885) should be accepted. The ♀ (NMW) labeled " Gasteruption tournieri Schlett., type", "tournieri det. Schlett.", “Typus”, belongs to Gasteruption jaculator and is disagreeing with the original description. There are two females from 1885 (collected by Handlirsch on 12.viii.1885 in "Tyrol Bozen", one female collected by Schletterer "b. Bozen", 1885). The paper with the original publication of G. tournieri is submitted ( “Vorgelegt”) on 4.ii.1885 and was published end of August 1885. Both specimens collected in summer 1885 cannot be syntypes and, therefore, the female syntypes of Gasteruption tournieri (at least two females without locality mentioned in the original description) are not present in NMW and are probably lost. The following specimen (identified by the author after the original publication) is here designated as neotype: ♀ (NMW), "[Italy:] St. Pauls (Tirol), Schlett., 1887", " Tournieri , Typ., det. Schletter.", “Typus”. The type series of Gasteruption austriacum (male holotype in NMW from Austria, Frankenfeld and collected by Erber) and of Gasteruption nitidum (syntype males in NMW from Italy, Calabria, collected by Erber) could not be traced and are probably lost.

Additional material.

Turkey (Biga, Cinardere; Cornelek, 40 km E of Mut; Konya, 30 km S of Aksehir; Bursa, near Caglian; Bursa, Ulu Dagi Mts., near Barakli; 15 km W of Refahye, W of Erzincan, 1600 m; Eskisehir, Sakri ilica near Gümele; Sultan Daglari, near Yalvac; Hakkari, Akcali, 35 km S of Hakkari; id., 25 km E of Gözeldere, 930 m; Antalya, east of dunes; Acigöl, near Sardak; Mersin, Kuzucubelen; Seydisehir, Teke Gec.; Burdur, 20 km SW of Burdur, 940 m; id., 5 km NE of Yesilova, 1060 m; Mansisa, 35 km SEE of Salihli, 900 m; id., 30 km SEE of Salihli, 430 m; id., 40 km NW of Salihli, 150 m; Denizli, 10 km NE of Denizli, 290 m; Maras, Göksun, 1400 m; Hakkari, Mt. Sat, SW of Yüksekova, Varegös, 1650 m; Bodrum, Salmakis, on? Bupleurum ; Burdur, 20 km N of Aglasun, Koruglubeli, 950 m; Adana, 8-15 km N of Adana, 50 m; Gaziantep, 43 km WNW of Kilis, Gözkaya, 600 m).

Diagnosis.

Apex of ovipositor sheath with a distinct white or ivory band, 1.7-3.0 times as long as hind basitarsus; head with shallow middle depression in front of occipital carina (Fig. 527), but rather frequently reduced and rarely absent; occipital carina distinctly lamelliform and medium-sized to wide, more or less concave medio-dorsally (Figs 522, 527, 533); antesternal carina narrow and non-lamelliform or nearly so, not or slightly elevated above mesosternum (Fig. 523); fourth and fifth antennal segments of female 1.5-2.1 and 1.3-2.0 times as long as third segment, respectively; frons sparsely punctulate and with distinct interspaces or very finely and densely punctulate; vertex more or less finely punctulate and distinctly shiny (Fig. 527); face moderately wide (Fig. 526); temples linearly narrowed behind eyes (Fig. 527); propleuron slightly longer than mesoscutum up to tegulae (Fig. 523); lateral lobes of mesoscutum rugulose-coriaceous; anterior half of mesoscutum moderately punctate-rugose (Fig. 524); subbasally outer side of hind tibia and apical half of hind basitarsus ivory (Fig. 525); fore and middle legs to variable extend white, ivory and brown; body slender (Fig. 523). Males have third antennal segment about as long as second segment, fourth and fifth segments 3 and 2.5 times as long as third segment, respectively; fifth antennal segment distinctly wider than third segment (Fig. 532).

Distribution.

South and Central Europe, Turkey, Iran. Gasteruption tournieri was recently reported from north-western Iran (East Azerbaijan, Arasbaran, 746 m) by Samin and Bagriacik (2012).

Biology.

Unknown. Collected from early June till late September.

Notes.

One female in NMW identified as Gasteruption tournieri by Schletterer and labelled as “Typus”, belongs to Gasteruption jaculator (Linnaeus). Males have rather frequently no depression in front of the occipital carina and the head is more or less densely finely aciculate.