Ecrizotes longicornis (Walker, 1848)

Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan, Andriescu, Ionel & Manic, Gheorghe, 2024, The Afrotropical and West-Palaearctic species of Ecrizotes Förster (Hymenoptera: Pirenidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 970, pp. 1-37 : 23

Ecrizotes longicornis (Walker, 1848)

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Gastrancistrus longicornis Walker, 1848: 155 ; lectotype ♀, designated by Graham 1956: 263, NHMUK, examined.

Ecrizotes longicornis – Graham 1956: 263; new combination.

Diagnosis

Female

All funiculars distinctly longer than wide, Fu1 length about twice width, Fu3 not smaller than either Fu2 or Fu4 ( Fig. 8C ); ventral margin of clypeus weakly convex ( Fig. 8D ); head in frontal view with gena evenly rounded ( Fig. 8B ); hind tibia length about 7.5 × width; gaster longer than combined length of head and mesosoma and strongly compressed laterally ( Fig. 8A ); tip of hypopygium incised (cf. Figs 3G , 6F ); ovipositor sheath length about 0.3–0.4 × length of hind tibia (about 0.3× in the lectotype).

Male

Unknown.

Material examined

CZECH REPUBLIC • 1 ♀; “ Dĕčín. Snĕžník / 27.7.56, Bohemia / Bouček // Ecrizotes longicornis (Walk. 48) ♀ / Det. Z. Bouček 1958”; NMPC .

UNITED KINGDOM • 1 ♀; “ Lectotype // Gastrancistrus longicornis // Gastrancistrus longicornis Walker [Waterhouse label] // Type C.F. // Ecrizotes longicornis (Walk.) ♀ / det. M.W.R. de V. Graham 1956 // B. M. Type Hym. 5.1817”; NHMUK • 1 ♀; “ New Forest, Hants. England / Bouček 17.6.76 // ♀ Ecrizotes longicornis (Walk.) / det. Z. Bouček, 1980”; NMPC .

Distribution

Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, Sweden, United Kingdom ( UCD Community 2023).

Hosts

Unknown.

Taxonomic comments

See E. filicornis .

Figures

Fig. 8. Ecrizotes longicornis (Walker, 1848), ♀ (NMPC). A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Head, frontal view. C. Antenna (arrow indicates Fu3). D. Clypeus. E. Mesosoma, dorsal view. F. Fore wing, dorsal view.

Fig. 3. Ecrizotes caudatus (Thomson, 1876). A–G. ♀ (NMPC). A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Head, frontal view. C. Fore wing, dorsal view. D. Clypeus. E. Antenna (arrow indicates Fu3). F. Mesosoma, dorsal view. G. Gaster, lateral view (arrow indicates hypopygium). H–I. Female specimen (NMPC), compared by Z. Bouček with the lectotype of H. caudatus (see text; arrow indicates Fu3).

Fig. 6. Ecrizotes incisus Mitroiu sp. nov., holotype, ♀ (NHMUK). A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Head, frontal view. C. Antennae (arrow indicates Fu3). D. Mesosoma, dorsal view. E. Fore wing, dorsal view. F. Gaster, lateral view (arrow indicates hypopygium).