Miscogaster necopina Delucchi (Pteromalidae)

Baur, Hannes, 2001, The Hymenoptera (Chalcidoidea, Ichneumonoidea, Platygastroidea) described by Vittorio Delucchi: an annotated catalogue, Journal of Natural History 35 (1), pp. 55-125 : 96

Miscogaster necopina Delucchi (Pteromalidae)

Miscogaster necopina Delucchi, 1953a: 215 . Holotype m, Germany: Bayern, MuÈnchen, Deisenhofen (VD [examined]).

Material. HOLOTYPE m (mp) labelled`553; LAMPROTATUS [sic] necopinus n. sp. V. Delucchi det.; ex Puppe Phytomyza abdominalis Zett., Anemone hepatica; DEISEHOFEN [sic] b. MuÈnchen (D). I± II.1952 LAB.; leg. F. GROSCHKE; TYPE [red]’.

PARATYPES, VD: 33 mm, 2 ll(mp). BMNH: 1m, 1 l(mp). Specimens labelled as follows: 1 l`554; L. necopinus n. sp. V. Delucchi det.’, and 20 mm, 2 lljust provided with Groschke’ s serial numbers`555’±`567’,`569’±`571’,`573’,`576’±`580’. A row of 14 mm provided with the note`L. necopinus’ in Delucchi’s handwriting and labelled`581’±`585’,`588’±`596’ could be located in another drawer. According to Delucchi (pers. comm.) all specimens can be considered as part of the type series. Five slides (sc) with right antennae of females most probably originate from paratypes numbered`591’±`593’,`595’,`596’ which all lack the right antenna. One or two of them have been illustrated ( Delucchi, 1953a: 209, ®gure 5; 1955a: 55, ®gures 74, 75).

Remarks. Delucchi described both sexes and stated` Type in meiner Sammlung.’ but did not specify the number of specimens he had. A further one female and one male (mp) in VD with data not speci®ed by Delucchi (`Pfannenstiel’) are not considered as part of the type series.

Graham (1969) did not mention this species which appears to be valid. It is very close to Miscogaster maculata Walker from which females of the type series of necopina diOEer chie¯y by the following characters (measurements for n 5 30 of each species; specimens of maculata from Germany, Hungary, and Switzerland in VD): malar space 0.34±0.4 times as long as height of eye (0.26±0.35 in maculata ), metafemora 4.05±4.75 times as long as broad (4.33±5.52 in maculata ), and lack of micropilosity on the ®rst segment of the clava (most often micropilosity present on the ®rst segment of the clava in maculata ).

Status. Miscogaster necopina Delucchi.