Paramesius crassicornis Thomson, 1859

Chemyreva, Vasilisa G. & Kolyada, Victor A., 2018, Review of the genus Paramesius Westwood, 1832 (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae, Spilomicrini) from Russia, with description of four new species, Zootaxa 4524 (4), pp. 453-472 : 458-459

Paramesius crassicornis Thomson, 1859

( Figs 8–10, 12, 13 , 37, 39 )

Paramesius crassicornis Thomson, 1859: 371 .

Paramesius dolosus Kieffer, 1911: 755 , syn. nov.

Spilomicrus kaszabi Szabo, 1977: 57 , syn. nov.

Diagnosis. Body length 1.9–3.7 mm; pronotal cervical area poorly pubescent with a few long setae; neck bare ( Fig. 13 ); pleurostoma with semicircular blade anteriorly near base of mandibula (Fig. 24); mesoscutal suprahumeral sulcus absent or shallow and smooth at bottom ( Fig. 13 ); female A 12 in dorsal view transverse to subquadrate; A13 shorter to as long as A12 and A11 together ( Figs 37, 39 ); male petiole 0.53–0.59 times as long as T2.

Variation. Occipital flange smooth or punctured. Notauli weakly sculptured at bottom to smooth. Suprahumeral sulcus shallow to distinct in lateral half and shallow medially. Propodeum above with numerous longitudinal keels to irregular rude sculpture. Female. Body length 3.0– 3.7 mm. Wings 0.75–0.80 times as long as body. A10–A13 or A11– A13 dark brown. Petiole 0.28–0.32 times as long as T2. Anterior scutellar pit with 2–4 carinae. T5 0.83–0.59 times as long as T6 and T7 together. Male. Body length 1.9–3.2 mm. A1–A12 yellow to brown; A2–A4 same color with A1 or A1 paler; A4 with keel extending to 0.50–0.56 of A4 length. Anterior scutellar pit with 2–6 carinae.

Material examined. Syntype: ♀ ( MHNH) labelled “ Paramesius / dolosus K.”, “Croatia”, “Type”, “Muséum Paris/ Collection/ Ernest André/ 1914” . Holotype: ♀ ( HNHM) labelled “Macsek hgs./ patak partyan”, “Szuadó/ 1953. X.23. ”, “leg./ Kaszab”, “ Spilomicrus ♀ H/ kaszabi”. UKRAINE. Dnepr , vicinity of Kanev , 20–27.VII.1966, VT) 2♀, 3♂. RUSSIA. Crimea, south coast, 3–13.IX.1986, DK, 1♂; vicinity of Yalta, 20.VII.1996, VK, 1♂ .

Leningrad Prov. , 50 km NW from St Petersburg, Komarovo , VI.2007, A. Il’inskaya, 1♂ ; between Semrino and Kobralovo , 60 km S from Saint-Petersburg, 22.VII.1972, DK, 1♂ . Novgorod Prov., 20 km NW of Pestovo, Tychkino , 2–12.VII.1993, VT, 2♀ . Moscow Prov ., Moscow city, Bittsevskiy Park , 24.V.1992, 23.VI.1993, 10– 28.VII.1993, 2–15 and 16–30.IX.1993, 10.X.1993, 15–30.V.1994, 28 and 15.IX.1994, VK, 43♀, 31♂ ; Tsaritsino , park, 16.VIII.2004, K. Tomkovich, 1♂ ; Malakhovka , 10.VII.1995, M. Mostovskiy, 1♀ ; Kolomna , 9.VII.1995, M. Mostovskiy, 1♀ ; Katuary , 23.VIII.1954, B. Rodendorf, 1♂ . Tula Prov ., Tula city, 22.VIII.1998, K. Tomkovich, 1♀ . Vologda Prov., Kich-Gorodetskiy Distr., vill. Nedubrovo , 19.VII.1999, M. Mostovskiy, 1♂ . Yaroslavl’ Prov., Pereslavl’-Zalesskiy , 16. VI.1927, Gemmelman, 1♀ . Ryazan Prov., Scopinskiy Distr., Briketnaya station , 23.VIII.1973, V. Alekseev, 1♂ . Stavrapol’ Terr., Essentuki , 1–5.X.1972, V. Kislitskiy, 2♀ . Samara Prov., Kinel Distr., vicinity of Domashka , 8–9.V.2011 and 17–18.V.2011, VC, 2♀ ; Bogatoe Distr., vicinity of Vilovatoe , 11.IX.2010, K.Samartsev, 1♂ ; Stavropolskiy Distr., ”Samarskaya Luka” National Park , 26.VII.2009, VC, 1♂ .

Sverdlovsk Prov., Nizhniy Tagil , 9.VIII.1971, Vinokurov, 1♀, 1♂ .

Distribution. Ireland, England, Sweden (Nixon 1980); Czech Republic, Slovakia (Macek 2001); Croatia (as P. dolosus, Kieffer 1911 ); Ukraine ( Tymochko 2013), Russia (European part ( Kozlov 1978), *Urals).

Figures

FIGURES 8–13. P. dolosus, lectotype, ♀ (8), P. crassicornis (9–10, 12–13) and P. primorus sp. nov. (11). 9, 11, head of male, dorsal view; 10, mesosoma and petiole of female, dorsal view; 12, 13, mesosoma of female, lateral view. Scale bar: 200 µm (9–12); 500 µm (13); 1.0 mm (8).

FIGURES 32–42. 32, Apexes of female antennae in lateral (32–35, 38–41) and dorsal (36, 37, 42) views. 32, P. brachypterus; 33, P. ocampus sp. nov.; 34, 36, P. primorus sp. nov.; 35, P. belytoides; 37, 39, P. crassicornis; 38, P. rufipes; 40, 42, P. janmaceki sp. nov.; 41, P. spiracularis sp. nov. Scale bar 100 µm.