Miscogasteriella sulcata (Kamijo, 1962)

Tselikh, Ekaterina V., Lee, Jaehyeon & Ku, Deok-Seo, 2023, Review of the Palaearctic species of Miscogasteriella Girault, 1915 (Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae), ZooKeys 1154, pp. 33-47 : 33

Miscogasteriella sulcata (Kamijo, 1962)

Figs 18-25

Glyptosticha sulcata Kamijo, 1962: 118. Holotype female (EIHU, examined) designated by Kamijo, 1962: 118.

Type material.

Holotype: female, Japan: "Japan, Kyushu, 11.VIII.1955, K. Nohara", "Holotype Glyptosticha sulcata Kamijo ♀" (EIHU).

Additional material examined.

South Korea: 2 females, " Busan, Gijang-gun, Jeonggwanmyeon , Gijang-cheongsonyeon-suryeonwon, 35°18'52"N, 129°09'57"E, 22.V-29.VI.2008, J.W. Lee" ; 1 female, " Chungcheongbuk-do, Yeongdong-gun, Sangchon-myeon, Mulhan Valley , 35°49'53"N, 128°32'28"E, 23.V.2002, J.W. Lee" ; 1 female " Miwon-ri, Miwon-myeon, Cheongwon-gun , 15-22.VII.05, J.H. Han " ; 1 female, " Danyang-gun, Cheondong-ri, Mt. Sobaek , Temp. Bukbusa , 7.VII-2.VIII.2005, J.W. Lee " ; 3 males, " Cheongwon-gun, Miwonmyeon, Miwon-ri , 9-16.IX.2005, J.H. Han " (all in YNU) ; 1 male, " Gyeongsangbuk-do, Kyeongju-si, Hyeongok-myeon, Namsa-ri , 2-09.IX.2015, J.T. Mun " ; 1 female, " Cheongdo-gun, Unmun-myeon, Mt. Unmun , 35°38'09"N, 128°59'18"E, 23.V.2008, J.W. Lee " ; 2 females, same locality, 15-29.IX.2005, J.O. Lim ; 1 female, same locality, 23.V.2008, J.W. Lee ; 2 females, same locality, 5-15.V.2009, J.W. Lee ; 2 females, same locality, 30.V-16.VI.2009, C.J. Kim ; 2 females, " Yeongju-si, Punggieup, Jungnyeong , 35°53'43"N, 128°26'22"E, 20.VIII-5.IX.2009, J.W. Lee " ; 1 female, " Cheongdo-gun, Unmun-myeon, Haksodaepakpo , 35°38'15"N, 128°59'51"E, 2.VII-16.VIII.2013, J.W. Lee " ; 2 females, " Cheongdo-gun, Unmun-myeon, Ssalbawi , Mt. Unmun , 35°38'08"N, 129°01'27"E, 13.VII-16.VIII.2013, J.W. Lee " ; 6 males, " Chilgok-gun, Dongmyeongmyeon, Hakmyeong-ri , San , 36°01'53"N, 128°33'47"E, 15.VII-29.VIII.2014, J.W. Lee " ; 1 female, " Yeongcheon-si, Sinnyeong-myeon, Chisan-ri , San 141-4, 36°01'13"N, 128°42'26"E, 15.VII-29.VIII.2014, J.W. Lee " ; 1 female, " Yeongcheon-si, Sinnyeong-myeon, Chisan-ri , San 141-4, 36°01'13"N, 128°42'26"E, 30.VIII-25.IX.2014, J.W. Lee " ; 1 female, " Bonghwa-gun, Myeongho-myeon, Gwanchang-ri , Mt. Cheongryang , 22.V.2015, J.W. Lee " ; 1 female, " Bonghwa-gun, Jaesan-myeon, Galsan-ri , Irwolsan-gil , 36°49'22"N, 129°05'05"E, 7.VIII.2015, E.V. Tselikh, K.H. Ko " (all in YNU) ; 2 females, " Daehyeon-ri, Bukhu-myeon, Andong-si , 31.V-16.VI. 2021, 15.X-5. XI. 2021, Malaise Trap, K. Gimyeon " ; 3 males, " Daedong-ri, Mari-myeon, Geochang-gun , 15.VIII-25.VIII.2021, 8.IX-23.IX.2021, Malaise Trap, L. Jaehyeon, J. Hyojin " (all in SMNE) ; 2 males, " Gyeonggi-do, Anyang-si, Manan-gu, Gwanak Arboretum , 37°18'05"N, 127°19'02"E, 5-19.VII.2007, J.O. Lim " ; 3 females, 1 male, " Gapyeong-gun, Cheongpyeong-myeon, Mt. Homyeong , 1-26.V.2009, J.W. Lee " ; 3 females, 2 males, same locality, 37°43'16"N, 127°19'23"E, 31.VII-17.VIII.2009, 27.V-10.VI.2009, J.O. Lim ; 1 male, " Namyangju-si, Choan-myeon, Songchon-ri , Mt. Ungil , 37°34'43"N, 127°18'38"E, 26.VI-16.VII.2009, J.O. Lim " ; 1 female, 22 males, same locality, 37°34'43"N, 127°18'40"E, 18.VIII-4.IX.2009, J.O. Lim ; 2 females, 1 male, " Pocheon-si , Soheur-eup, Jikdong-ri, 51-7, Korea National Arboretum , 37°45'02"N, 127°08'34"E, 29.VIII-14.X.2013, I.G. Kim" (all in YNU) ; 3 females, 5 males, " Soheul-eup, Pocheon-si , 24.V-12.VI.2017, 30.VI-17.VII.2017, 31.VI-16.VIII.2017, 37°45'02"N, 127°08'35"E, Kim, Kim, Nam" (all in KNA) ; 5 males, " Gyeongsangnam-do, Namhae-gun, Namhae-eup, Asan-ri , 34°51'07"N, 127°51'31"E, 19.VI.2022, S. Belokobylskij, E. Tselikh " (all in ZISP) ; 1 male, " Gangwon-do, Donghae-si, Samhwa-dong , Mureunggyegok , 2-10.X.2006, J.W. Lee " ; 1 female, 1 male, " Wonju-si, Heungeop-myeon, Maeji-ri , 234, Yonsei University , 21.V-27.VI.2014, H.Y. Han " (all in YNU) ; 1 male, " Mandae-ri, Haean-myeon, Yuggu-gun , 30.VI.2014, H.T. Shin " (in KNA). Japan : 1 female, " Shikoku, Kochi Pref., Ashizuri-misaki , 23.V.1983, M. Miyatake " ; 1 female " Nagano Pref., Ueda City, Sugadaira-kougen, Tsukuba Univ. , 36-31N/138-20E (about 1300 m), 9.IX.2013, S. Shimizu " ; 1 male, " Niigata Pref., Nagaoka City, Suyoshi Town, Mt. Nokogiri-yama , (about 690 m), 21.VII.2014, S. Shimizu, R. Shimizu " (all in EUM) .

Description.

Female. Body length 6.90-8.00 mm; fore wing length 4.90-5.60 mm.

Coloration. Head dark blue, in frontal view metallic diffuse coppery green lustre. Antenna with scape, pedicel, and flagellum dark brown. Mesosoma dark blue-green, in dorsal view with a diffuse coppery lustre, propodeum dorsally metallic blue and partly with coppery lustre. Fore and hind coxae dark blue, middle coxae dark brown; all femora apically yellow, basally brown; tibiae, and tarsi yellow. Fore wing slightly infuscate, venation yellowish-brown. Metasoma dark brown, in dorsal view Mt2 and Mt3-Mt4 laterally metallic blue-green with diffuse coppery lustre.

Sculpture. Head in frontal view weakly reticulate, in dorsal view and clypeus smooth and shiny; mesosoma reticulate, but frenum finely reticulate; dorsellum shiny, with distinct upper and lower crenulate cross-line; propodeum weakly reticulate; propodeum smooth and weakly reticulate only near medial longitudinal depression; metasoma weakly alutaceous and shiny.

Head. Head in dorsal view 2.20-2.27 times as broad as long and 1.44-1.46 times as broad as mesoscutum; in frontal view 1.29-1.40 times as broad as high. POL 0.70-0.72 times as long as OOL. Eye height 1.39-1.42 times eye length and 3.40-3.60 times as long as malar space. Distance between antennal toruli and lower margin of clypeus 0.79-0.82 times distance between antennal toruli and median ocellus. Lower margin of clypeus weakly emarginate. Antenna with scape 0.69-0.74 times as long as eye height and 0.94-1.05 times as long as eye length; pedicel 1.55-1.62 times as long as broad and 0.20-0.38 times as long as F1; combined length of pedicel and flagellum 1.53-1.78 times breadth of head; F1 3.30-4.00 times as long as broad and with 5-6 rows of sensilla, F3-F6 longer than broad; clava 2.67-2.87 times as long as broad, with micropilosity area on C3 and C2.

Mesosoma. Mesosoma 1.78-2.00 times as long as broad. Scutellum 1.07-1.10 times as long as broad. Propodeum without nucha and costula; 0.83-0.85 times as long as scutellum; medial longitudinal depression strong, lateral depressions 0.55-0.60 times as long as propodeum. Fore wing 2.80-2.89 times as long as maximum width; basal cell, cubital vein, basal vein pilose; speculum absent; PST 0.76-0.83 times as long as M, M 0.50-0.56 times as long as P and 3.00-3.35 times as long as S.

Metasoma. Metasoma 3.97-4.48 times as long as broad, 1.81-1.88 times as long as mesosoma and 1.36-1.38 times as long as mesosoma and head; Mt8 1.09-1.25 times as long as broad.

Male. Body length 3.40-6.20 mm; fore wing length 3.10-4.20 mm. All coxae dark blue; fore and middle femora yellow, hind femora brown. Eye height 1.25-1.30 times eye length and 2.70-3.00 times as long as malar space. Antennal formula 11210; scape 0.52-0.60 times as long as eye height and 0.69-0.75 times as long as eye length; pedicel as long as broad; combined length of pedicel and flagellum 2.80-3.15 times breadth of head; F1 4.80-5.00 times as long as broad. Fore wing with PST 0.61-0.69 times as long as M. Metasoma 1.00-1.28 times as long as mesosoma and head. Otherwise, similar to female.

Distribution.

Korean Peninsula, Japan.

Figures

Figures 18 - 25. 18 - 24 Miscogasteriella sulcata (Kamijo, 1963), female, non-type 25 male, non-type 18 habitus, lateral view 19 head, frontal view 20 head, dorsal view 21 fore wing 22 antenna 23 metasoma, dorsal view 24 scutellum and propodeum, dorsal view 25 habitus, lateral view.