Lopheucoila anastrephae ( Rhower, 1919 )

Guimarães, Jorge A., Gallardo, Fabiana E., Diaz, Norma Beatriz & Zucchi, Roberto A., 2003, Eucoilinae species (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) parasitoids of fruit­infesting dipterous larvae in Brazil: identity, geographical distribution and host associations, Zootaxa 278, pp. 1-23 : 2-4

Lopheucoila anastrephae ( Rhower, 1919)

( Figs. 1–8 )

Diglyphosema anastrephae Rhower, 1919: 156 Lopheucoila anastrephae ; Weld 1951: 224 Diagnosis. Body stout. Head ( Fig. 1 ) with lateral margin of occiput well defined. Eyes without pubescence. Antennae of female ( Fig. 2 ) glabrous, widened towards apex and laterally compressed, club 9­segmented, inconspicuous. Antennae of male ( Fig. 3 ) with the first flagellomere slightly curved, distally swollen, slightly longer than second. Dorsal margin of pronotal plate ( Fig. 4 ) with three emarginations; sides of pronotum with longitudinal carinae. Mesoscutum ( Figs. 5 and 6 ) strongly convex in profile, median mesoscutal carina present. Dorsal part of scutellum ( Fig. 6 ) striate radialy; dorsoposterior part in dorsal view emarginate, four­angled posterolaterally. Scutellar plate ( Figs. 5 and 6 ) small, quite elevated, with a tooth overhanging the circular pit, which is distinctly removed from the posterior margin of the plate. Mesopleuron ( Fig. 5 ) with subalar pit. Metapleuron ( Fig. 5 ) sculptured. Forewings ( Fig. 7 ) completely hyaline, punctate, apical margin with hair fringe; marginal cell open anteriorly and partly at base; veins colourless. Metacoxa ( Fig. 8 ) with a band of hairs along the posterior margin. Third abdominal tergum of metasoma ( Fig. 5 ) with a thin hairy ring and two sulci striate at base; metasoma distally punctate.

Geographical distribution. Neotropical Region: Mexico, Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago, Panama, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru and Argentina ( Gallardo & Diaz 1999). In Brazil it is distributed throughout the States of Mato Grosso do Sul, São Paulo, Santa Catarina (Guimarães et al. 2000) and Minas Gerais (new record).

Hosts. Tephritidae : Anastrepha sp. (in Rhower 1919); A. fraterculus (in Weld 1951); A. pseudoparallela and A. amita (in Guimarães et al. 2000a). Lonchaeidae : Neosilba batesi (in Wharton et al. 1998) and Neosilba spp. (in Guimarães et al. 1999; 2000a).

The material studied was obtained mainly from puparia of lonchaeids on Passifloraceae and Rutaceae .

Remarks. Lopheucoila Weld, 1951 is represented by three neotropical species: L. mexicana Weld 1951 , L. anastrephae and L. truncicola . However, Gallardo and Diaz (1999) suggested that L. truncicola could be a synonymous of L. anastrephae .

Type material. Lopheucoila anastrephae : TRINIDAD & TOBAGO. Holotype, VII.1917, (1 female), coll. Urich. ( USNM).

Material collected. BRAZIL. Mato Grosso do Sul: Anastácio, Sítio Carandazal, 30.III.1993 (2 males), 6.IV.1993 (1 male); 27.IV.1993, (1 female); 18.V.1993, (1 male, 1 female); 24.V.1993, (3 males, 6 females); 1.VI.1993, (1 male, 1 female); 21.VI.1993, (1 male); 25.VII.1993, (1 male); 2.VIII.1993, (2 males); 17.VIII.1993, (2 males); 23.VIII.1993, (4 males, 1 female); 30.VIII.1993, (2 males); 6.IX.1993, (2 males, 1 female); 13.IX.1993, (1 male, 10 females); 27.IX.1993, (1 male, 2 females); 4.X.1993, (1 female); 1.XI.1993, (4 males, 10 females); 25.XI.1993, (1 male); 6.XII.1993, (1 male, 2 females); 4.IV.1994, (1 male); 18.IV.1994, (1 female); 2.V.1994, (1 male); 16.V.1994, (3 males); 6. VI.1994, (1 male); 22.VIII.1994, (1 male); 9.IV.1995, (1 male); 16.IV.1995, (1 female); 21.V.1995, (3 males, 3 females); Sítio Santo Antônio, 25.IV.1993, (2 males); Colônia Jamic, Terenos, 31.III.1993, (17 males, 3 females); 26.IV.1993, (2 males, 3 females); 3.V.1993, (2 males); 14.V.1993, (8 males, 8 females); 7.VI.1993, (2 males, 2 females); 22.III.1994, (8 males, 3 females); 17.V.1994, (1 female); 12.VII.1994, (1 female); 26.III.1995, (2 males, 1 female); 14.V.1995, (5 female); Aquidauana, 14.I.1994, (1 female); 24. VI.1994, (2 males, 13 females); 28.V.1996, (2 female); Ranchinho Rochedo, 24.I.1994, (1 female), coll. M.A. Uchôa F. ( ESALQ). Anastácio, Sítio Carandazal, 28.V.1995, (5 males, 3 females), coll. M.A. Uchôa F. ( MLP). Minas Gerais: Grupiara, 08.X.2000, (1 male), coll. J.A. Guimarães. ( ESALQ) São Paulo: Regente Feijó, 27.XI.1996, (3 males); São Bento do Sapucaí, 1.III.1996, (1 male); 1.III.1996, (10 males, 14 females); Campinas, 3.II.1995, (5 males); 25.VI.1997, (2 males); 20.XI.1997, (8 males, 18 females); 11.II.1998, (2 males, 2 females); 9.V.1997, (1 male); 18.I.1996, (3 males); 30.VII.1997, (5 males); Assis, 5.II.1998, (3 males); Garça, 13.VIII.1997, (1 male); Limeira, 20.IV.1998, (1 female), coll. M.F. Souza Filho. ( ESALQ).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Lopheucoila anastrephae. 1. Head, anterior view (183 x, 100 m); 2. Female antenna (58 x, 250 m); 3. Flagellomerous 1 and 2 of male (170 x, 100 m); 4. Pronotal plate (160 x, 100 m); 5. Head, mesosoma and anterior part of metasoma, lateral view (74 x, 250 m); 6. Mesosoma, dorsal view (172 x, 100 m); 7. Forewing (10 x, 0,5 mm); 8. Metacoxa (163 x, 100 m).