Arthrolytus muesebecki, Burks, 1969

Doğanlar, Mikdat, 2018, World species of Arthrolytus (Hymenoptera Pteromalidae, Pteromalinae), with description of new species, Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1), pp. 255-289 : 272-273

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.3985426
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4335298
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2B2B7368-FF8C-FFF4-FF66-1F38FC1CFE70
treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Arthrolytus muesebecki
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Arthrolytus muesebecki View in CoL BURKS, 1969

T y p e m a t e r i a l s: Holotype ♀. New species, USNM, United States of America, California; 4♀♀ paratypes in Davis collection in the University of California.

D i a g n o s i s: ♀: Clypeal margin obscurely bi-dentate; malar space about 0.33x eye height. Right mandible with 4 teeth, left mandible with 3 teeth; forewing without marginal ciliae. POL 1.5x OOL. Antenna with flagellum 1.72x length of scape; pedicel distinctly shorter than F1, F6 almost transverse; club almost as long as F1. Relative measurement of antenna: scape 47; pedicel 14; F1 19; F2 11; F3 10; F4 9; F5 8; F6 7; club 18. flagellum 81; Forewing with submarginal vein 2.6x as long as marginal vein; stigmal and marginal vein equal; post marginal vein slightly longer than marginal vein; propodeum without transverse costula; Body black; antenna with scape pale, flagellum dark; forewing hyaline pedicel and legs beyond coxae tan; metasoma light coloured at base; metasoma 1.66x as long and wide as mesosoma. Body 3.5-5.0 mm.

♂: Similar to ♀ except as follows: Head and mesosoma green, metasoma brown, with yellow cros-band near base, antennal scape yellow, pedicel tan; flagellum dark brown fore wing hyaline; coxae concolorous with body, legs beyond coxae tan; Antenna with pedicel 0.45x as long as F1; flagellum 2.43x length of scape, club slightly shorter than F1 Relative measurement of antenna: scape 37; pedicel 9; F1 20; F2 12; F3 10; F4 10; F5 9

F6 8; club 18. Metasoma as long as mesosoma. Body 3.0- 3.5 mm.

H o s t: Reared from gall of Andricus brunneus Fullaway on blue oak, Quercus douglasii by C. Dailey. This parasite was reared from cynipid galls, but it is not certain that it was parasitic on the gall makers. Some of galls from which specimens emerged showed evidence that lepidopterous larvae had also lived as inquilines in the galls ( BURKS, 1969).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: USA. California: Folsom Lake, Placer Co. ( BURKS, 1969).