Aneuropria foersteri ( Kieffer, 1910 )

Chemyreva, Vasilisa G., Kolyada, Victor A. & Ku, Deok-Seo, 2025, Review of the Palaearctic species of the genera Aneuropria Kieffer, 1905 and Labolips Förster, 1856 (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae) with description of a new species from South Korea and Japan, Zootaxa 5715 (1), pp. 119-136 : 128

Aneuropria foersteri ( Kieffer, 1910)

( Figs 7 C−E, 8)

Polypeza foersteri Kieffer, 1910: 718 .

Polypeza gastroi Kieffer, 1910: 719 ( Fig. 11C, D ).

Pezopria fuscicornis Kieffer, 1911: 886 . Synonymized by Masner & Sundholm (1959).

Aneuropria clavata Kieffer, 1911: 898 . Synonymized by Masner & Sundholm (1959).

Glyptonota subpilosa Kieffer, 1911: 900 . Synonymized by Masner & Sundholm (1959).

Material examined. Holotype Polypeza gastroi Kieffer, 1910 ( Fig. 12C, D ) ( MCSN) . Non-type material. Ukraine: 1♂, Kharkiv Province, Krasnokutsk, dendropark, 11.IX.1992, N. Storozheva ( ZISP). Russia: 1♂, Crimea, Kara-Dag N.P ., 4–8. VI .1990 , D. Kasparyan; 1♂, Krasnodar Territory, Sochy, Lazarevskoe Vill ., 17–20.IX.1981, V . Tobias; 1♂, Adygeya, Dakhovskaya env., Belaya River valley , 44.199°N 40.170°E, 465m , 18–31.VIII.2009, K. Tomkovich; 1♀, Chechnya, Grozny city , 25. VI .1968 , presumed from puparium Cloropidae, probably of Thaumatomyia glabra Mg. ; 1♂, Orenburg Province, Sol’-Iletsk District, Bukabay River , 7–10.IX.1996, M. Mostovski (all in ZISP). * Kazakhstan: 1♀, near Almaty city , 19. VI .1985 , M. Kozlov ( ZISP). * Turkmenistan: 1♀, Kara-Kala, El-Dere canyon, 4–7. V .1981 , G. Dlusskiy ( ZISP). * Israel: 1♀, Nort Galilee , 23. V.1966, V. Tryapitsyn & Gusev ( ZISP). * South Korea: 3♀ Jeju-si, Bonggae-dong, San 78-1, Jeolmul Natural Reservation Forest , 15–31. V.2023, MT Deokseo Ku, Muncheon Kwon legs. ( NIBR, SMNE); ♀ Gangwon-do, Mt Jeombong, Jindong-ri , Girin-meon , Inge-gun , 38°2ʹ58ʹʹN 128°28ʹ52ʹʹE , 13. V –22. VI.2017, MT, Hyung-Geun Lee leg. ( ZISP).

Diagnosis. Wingless to alate specimens; all flagellomeres of female elongate in dorsal view exept A8−A11 or A9−A11 sunquadrate and A9−A11 sometimes slightly transverse ( Fig. 7F, G ); female A12 with ventral pit medially; male antennae gradually and very slightly widened apically, all antennomeres elongate in dorsal view; ocelli absent or only tiny frontal one present ( Fig. 8B ); occipital flange foveolate to almost smooth; notauli present, complete and deep; transscutal suture and anterior scutellar pits distinct ( Fig. 8C ); mesopleuron bare under tegula ( Fig. 8D ); median carina of propodeum distinct at least at base of it ( Fig. 8C ); S2 without a bunch of setae at distal margin ( Fig. 7D ).

Variation. This species is highly variable since the presence of almost wingless, winged and intermediate forms. Here are only some aspects of its variation described: wings reaching to anterior margin of propodeum to slightly longer than meso- and metasoma measured together; male flagellomeres more or less elongate in dorsal view; occipital flange fovelae to almost smooth; head in dorsal view transverse to as long as wide, with temple receding to convex; head in frontal view from almost perfectly rounded to subtriangular but always about as high as wide; mesosoma almost as wide as head to strongly narrower; neck totally smooth or with fine and shallow foveolae posteriorly; notauli different in wide and deepness; anterior scutellar pits different in shape (from circular to oval) and separated with different distance from each other; lateral and posterior pits of scutellum different in size; median propodeal carina distinct throughout to shortly visible anteriorly; petiole as long as wide to distinctly elongate, partly bare dorsally to completely densely pubescent; T2 perfectly smooth to entirely granulate.

Biology. The recorded hosts are the Tephritidae Rhagoletis ceraci (L.) ( Masner & Sundholm 1959) and the Chloropidae Thaumatomyia glabra (Meigen, 1830) (current data).

Distribution. Europe( Masner&Sundholm 1959), * Israel, Russia (European part),* Kazakhstan, * Turkmenistan, Iran ( Izadizadeh et al. 2020), * South Korea.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Aneuropria dentata (Alekseev) (A, B) and A. foersteri (Kieffer) (C−G), males (A−D) and female (F, G); A, C— antennae in lateral view; B, D—metasoma in ventral view; E—habitus in lateral view; F, G—female antenna in dorsal (F) and lateral (G) views. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (E); 0.5 mm (A, C); 0.3 mm (B, D, F).

FIGURE 8. Aneuropria foersteri (Kieffer), female, non-type specimen: A—face; B—head and mesosoma in dorsal view; C, D—mesosoma and petiole in dorsal (C) and lateral (D) views; E—whole body in lateral view; F—head and mesosoma in lateral view; G—apex of metasoma in lateral view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (E); 0.3 mm (A−D, F, G).

FIGURE 11. Labolips storozhenkoi Chemyreva, Kolyada & Ku, sp. nov., female, holotype; A—ovipositor in dorsal view; B—apex of metasoma in lateral view; C—fore wing; D—petiole in dorso-lateral view; E—mesosoma and petiole in lateral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (C); 0.1 mm (A, B, D).

FIGURE 12. Aneuropria spp. (A, B, E) and holotype of Polypeza gastroi Kieffer (C). A, E—whole insects in dorso-lateral view; B, C—whole insect in dorsal view; D—labels. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.