Tetrastichus ilithyia (Walker, 1839)

Hansson, Christer & Schmidt, Stefan, 2020, A revision of European species of the genus Tetrastichus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) using integrative taxonomy, Biodiversity Data Journal 8, pp. 59177-59177 : 59177

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e59177
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scientific name	Tetrastichus ilithyia (Walker, 1839)
status

Treatment

Cirrospilus Walker 1839b:355. Lectotype ♀ in NHM, designated by Graham 1961:38, examined (Fig. 69). Transferred to Tetrastichus by Walker 1846:74, to Aprostocetus by Graham 1961:38 and back to Tetrastichus by Domenichini 1966:91.

Description

See Graham (1991).

Diagnosis

Female with antennal spicule 0.5 × as long as C3 and scape longer than eye; mouth opening 1.14 × malar space in both sexes.

Distribution

(Former) Czechoslovakia, Germany, Ireland, United Kingdom ( Graham 1991), Sweden ( Hedqvist 2003) and Russia (new record).

Ecology

Host

Unknown.

Material examined

Type material: lectotype ♀ of C. Ilithyia (NHM type no. 5.1940). Additional material (10♀ 3♂): Russia 5♀ 3♂ (MZLU, ZSM), United Kingdom 5♀ (NHM).

References

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Eulophidae
Genus	Tetrastichus