Gasteruption schlettereri Magretti, 1890

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 : 111-113

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Gasteruptiidae

Gasteruption schlettereri Magretti, 1890 Figs 446-461

Gasteruption schlettereri Magretti, 1890: 529; Dalla Torre 1902: 1072; Szépligeti 1903: 369; Kieffer 1904a: 650, 1912: 271; Hedicke 1939: 21; Madl 1990a: 129; Wall 1994: 163.

Type material.

Holotype of Gasteruption schlettereri ♂ (MCG) "[Syria], Dint. Damasco, Febr. Mag. 1889, [legit] Medana", “Typus”, "schlettereri Magr., ♂", " Gasteruption schlettereri Magrt., ♂", "Holotypus Gasteruption schlettereri Magretti, 1890".

Additional material.

*Iran (near Persepolis; near Pasargad; Alborz, Shahrestanak, Chalous Road; id., Shahriar; id., Karaj; Qazvin, Koohin); *Turkey (Hakkari, Habur Deresi Valley, S. Beytishap, 1100 m; id., Akcali, 35 km S of Hakkari, 1700 m; 20 km W of Van; 30 km N of Erdemli Aslanli; 10 km W of Gaziantep; 40 km E of Mut, Cornelek; 60 km E of Mut, Kirobasi; 80 km SW of Malatya Erkenek; 25 km E of Malatya, Kopeksiz; 50 km S of Kars Pasli; Zelve, Mevsehir; near Izmir; 20 km NW of Igdir; Adiyaman, Kahta; Mezikiran Gecidi, 20 km E of Gurun; 40 km N of Muradiye, 2200 m; near Muradiye, 120 km NE of Van, 2000 m; Burdur, 20 km SW of Burdur, 940 m; id., 5 km NE of Yesilova, 1060 m; Muradiye; Van; Göreme; Gevas, Van Gölü; Antalya, Alanya, 50-250 m; Mansisa, 40 km NW of Salihli, 150 m; Anatolia, 10 km S of Kusadasi, W. Davutlar, 0 m; Isparta, 8 km NE of Isparta, 1020 m; id., Egirdir Gölu, 5 km N of Akkecili, 920 m; SW Anatolia, Kusadasi; Hakkari, Mt. Sat, Varegös, SW of Yüksekova, 1700 m; Anatalya, 5 km N of Manavgat, Side, 10 m; Mersin, 30 km N of Silifke, Uzuncaburc, 400 m; Denizli, 20 km NE of Denizli, Pamukkale, 1000 m; Nevsehir, 20 km S of Nevsehir, Kaymakli, 1200 m; Agri, Mt. Ararat, 1800 m; Mardin, Mardin, 1000 m; Van, Mengene Dagi, N of Baskale, 2700-3000 m; Adana, near Feke, 800 m).

Diagnosis.

Apex of ovipositor sheath with a distinct white or ivory band, 1.7-2.5 times as long as hind basitarsus (Fig. 453); head flat in front of occipital carina, without any depression; antesternal carina of female narrow lamelliform and hardly or not curved up, narrow, somewhat wider than prepectal carina and area between carinae coarsely transversely rugose, but sometimes smooth, of male moderately lamelliform; propleuron 0.8-0.9 times as long as mesoscutum in front of tegulae and rather slender (Fig. 447); occipital carina narrow lamelliform medio-dorsally, distinct (Figs 446, 452, 458); head distinctly narrowed behind eyes in dorsal view (Fig. 452); third antennal segment of female 1.6-1.9 times as long as second segment, fourth segment of female 1.5-1.8 times as long as third segment and subequal or somewhat longer than second and third segments combined; fifth antennal segment of female 1.2-1.5 times as long as third segment and penultimate segments rather short; malar space about 0.2 times as long as second antennal segment (= pedicellus); vertex punctate-coriaceous; antero-lateral teeth of pronotum small; mesoscutum moderately stout (Fig. 448), entirely coarsely reticulate-transversely rugose and shiny, without separate punctures (Figs 448, 455; at most punctate-reticulate); hind coxa finely and densely regularly transversely striate; ovipositor sheath 0.8-0.9 times as long as body, 1.0-1.4 times as long as metasoma and 3.0-4.6 times as long as hind tibia; hind coxa and pronotal side yellowish-brown, dark brown or blackish; mesosoma and coxae usually black but sometimes reddish brown, except for dark brown patch on mesoscutal lobes; hind tibia of female dark brown or black and with ivory subbasal ring; hind basitarsus of female largely ivory (except its dark basal third), but sometimes largely dark brown (Fig. 454); mandible of female orange or yellowish brown basally, in male similar or dark brown; length of body 7-12 mm. Males have fourth antennal segment 3.3 times as long as third segment; shape of third antennal segment similar to second segment, stout (Fig. 457) and about 1.1 times as long as second segment; fourth antennal segment about 1.2 times as long as second and third segments combined; hind tibia of male usually yellowish brown ventrally (Fig. 460); paramere widely ivory apically (Fig. 461).

Distribution.

SE Europe, Syria, Iran, Turkey. New for the fauna of Iran and Turkey.

Biology.

Unknown. Collected in May-September.

Notes.

Females may be confused with Gasteruption punctifrons , but Gasteruption schlettereri is a more sculptured and shinier species (e.g. mesoscutum and scutellum) with hind tibial spurs and base of hind basitarsus similarly coloured.