Psilocera crassispina (Thomson, 1878)

Haas, Michael, Baur, Hannes, Schweizer, Tanja, Monje, Juan Carlos, Moser, Marina, Bigalk, Sonia & Krogmann, Lars, 2021, Tiny wasps, huge diversity - A review of German Pteromalidae with new generic and species records (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), Biodiversity Data Journal 9, pp. 77092-77092 : 77092

Psilocera crassispina (Thomson, 1878)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: BOLD Sample ID: SMNS_38015 ; recordedBy: T. Kothe, I. Wendt; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; preparations: dry mounted; associatedSequences: GenBank: OL538155 ; Taxon: scientificName: Psilocera crassispina (Thomson, 1878); Location : continent: Europe ; country: Germany; countryCode: DE; stateProvince: Baden-Württemberg; locality: Lkr. Ostalbkreis, Weiler i. d. B., Hornberg , Wacholderheide ; verbatimElevation: 647 m; decimalLatitude: 9.8683; decimalLongitude: 48.7478; Identification : identifiedBy: M. Haas; dateIdentified: 2020; Event : samplingProtocol: Sweep net; eventDate: 15/5/2013; Record Level: datasetID: SMNS_Hym_Pte_000952; institutionCode: SMNS Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: BOLD Sample ID: SMNS_38415 ; recordedBy: H.-J. Flügel; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; preparations: dry mounted; associatedSequences: GenBank: OL538158 ; Taxon: scientificName: Psilocera crassispina (Thomson, 1878); Location : continent: Europe ; country: Germany; countryCode: DE; stateProvince: Hessen; locality: Lkr. Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Neumorschen , Halberg , 5149a ; verbatimElevation: 196 m; decimalLatitude: 9.6022; decimalLongitude: 51.0628; Identification: identifiedBy: M. Haas; dateIdentified: 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 10/ 7 - 22/7/2012; Record Level: datasetID: SMNS_Hym_Pte_001352; institutionCode: SMNS Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: BOLD Sample ID: SMNS_38430 ; recordedBy: H.-J. Flügel; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; preparations: dry mounted; associatedSequences: GenBank: OL538070 ; Taxon: scientificName: Psilocera crassispina (Thomson, 1878); Location : continent: Europe ; country: Germany; countryCode: DE; stateProvince: Hessen; locality: Lkr. Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Neumorschen , Halberg , 5149a ; verbatimElevation: 196 m; decimalLatitude: 9.6022; decimalLongitude: 51.0628; Identification: identifiedBy: M. Haas; dateIdentified: 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 10/ 7 - 22/7/2012; Record Level: datasetID: SMNS_Hym_Pte_001367; institutionCode: SMNS Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: BOLD Sample ID: SMNS_38775 ; recordedBy: L. Krogmann, T. Kothe; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; preparations: dry mounted; associatedSequences: GenBank: OL538114 ; Taxon: scientificName: Psilocera crassispina (Thomson, 1878); Location : continent: Europe ; country: Germany; countryCode: DE; stateProvince: Baden-Württemberg; locality: Lkr. Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, NSG Badberg ; verbatimElevation: 426 m; decimalLatitude: 7.6808; decimalLongitude: 48.0964; Identification : identifiedBy: H. Baur; dateIdentified: 2016; Event : samplingProtocol: Sweep net; eventDate: 18/6/2013; Record Level: datasetID: SMNS_Hym_Pte_001712; institutionCode: SMNS Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: BOLD Sample ID: SMNS_39201 ; recordedBy: H.-J. Flügel; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; preparations: dry mounted; associatedSequences: GenBank: OL538089 ; Taxon: scientificName: Psilocera crassispina (Thomson, 1878); Location : continent: Europe ; country: Germany; countryCode: DE; stateProvince: Hessen; locality: Lkr. Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Neumorschen , Halberg , 5267g ; verbatimElevation: 196 m; decimalLatitude: 9.6022; decimalLongitude: 51.0628; Identification: identifiedBy: M. Haas; dateIdentified: 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 10/ 6 - 1/7/2013; Record Level: datasetID: SMNS_Hym_Pte_002138; institutionCode: SMNS Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: BOLD Sample ID: SMNS_39294 ; recordedBy: L. Krogmann, T. Kothe; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; preparations: dry mounted; associatedSequences: GenBank: OL538137 ; Taxon: scientificName: Psilocera crassispina (Thomson, 1878); Location : continent: Europe ; country: Germany; countryCode: DE; stateProvince: Baden-Württemberg; locality: Lkr. Main-Tauber-Kreis, Tauberbischofsheim , ex Truppenuebungsplatz ; verbatimElevation: 331 m; decimalLatitude: 9.7081; decimalLongitude: 49.6245; Identification : identifiedBy: H. Baur; dateIdentified: 2016; Event : samplingProtocol: Sweep net; eventDate: 12/6/2013; Record Level: datasetID: SMNS_Hym_Pte_002231; institutionCode: SMNS Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: BOLD Sample ID: SMNS_39401 ; recordedBy: T. Kothe, C. König, J. Reibnitz; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; preparations: dry mounted; associatedSequences: GenBank: OL538113 ; Taxon: scientificName: Psilocera crassispina (Thomson, 1878); Location : continent: Europe ; country: Germany; countryCode: DE; stateProvince: Baden-Württemberg; locality: Lkr. Ostalbkreis, Goldberg ; verbatimElevation: 480 m; decimalLatitude: 10.4232; decimalLongitude: 48.8608; Identification : identifiedBy: M. Haas; dateIdentified: 2020; Event : samplingProtocol: Sweep net; eventDate: 26/7/2013; Record Level: datasetID: SMNS_Hym_Pte_002338; institutionCode: SMNS Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: BOLD Sample ID: SMNS_39552 ; recordedBy: L. Krogmann, T. Kothe, J. Reibnitz; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; preparations: dry mounted; associatedSequences: GenBank: OL538139 ; Taxon: scientificName: Psilocera crassispina (Thomson, 1878); Location : continent: Europe ; country: Germany; countryCode: DE; stateProvince: Baden-Württemberg; locality: Alb-Donau-Kreis, NSG Kleines Lautertal ; verbatimElevation: 551 m; decimalLatitude: 9.8692; decimalLongitude: 48.4440; Identification : identifiedBy: M. Haas; dateIdentified: 2020; Event : samplingProtocol: Sweep net; eventDate: 13/6/2013; Record Level: datasetID: SMNS_Hym_Pte_002487; institutionCode: SMNS Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: BOLD Sample ID: SMNS_40120 ; recordedBy: H.-J. Flügel; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; preparations: dry mounted; associatedSequences: GenBank: OL538081 ; Taxon: scientificName: Psilocera crassispina (Thomson, 1878); Location : continent: Europe ; country: Germany; countryCode: DE; stateProvince: Hessen; locality: Lkr. Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Neumorschen , Halberg , 5248c ; verbatimElevation: 196 m; decimalLatitude: 9.6022; decimalLongitude: 51.0628; Identification: identifiedBy: M. Haas; dateIdentified: 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 1/ 6 - 10/6/2013; Record Level: datasetID: SMNS_Hym_Pte_003055; institutionCode: SMNS Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: BOLD Sample ID: SMNS_40122 ; recordedBy: H.-J. Flügel; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; preparations: dry mounted; associatedSequences: GenBank: OL538153 ; Taxon: scientificName: Psilocera crassispina (Thomson, 1878); Location : continent: Europe ; country: Germany; countryCode: DE; stateProvince: Hessen; locality: Lkr. Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Neumorschen , Halberg , 5248c ; verbatimElevation: 196 m; decimalLatitude: 9.6022; decimalLongitude: 51.0628; Identification: identifiedBy: M. Haas; dateIdentified: 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 1/ 6 - 10/6/2013; Record Level: datasetID: SMNS_Hym_Pte_003057; institutionCode: SMNS Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: BOLD Sample ID: SMNS_40126 ; recordedBy: H.-J. Flügel; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; preparations: dry mounted; associatedSequences: GenBank: OL538135 ; Taxon: scientificName: Psilocera crassispina (Thomson, 1878); Location : continent: Europe ; country: Germany; countryCode: DE; stateProvince: Hessen; locality: Lkr. Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Neumorschen , Halberg , 5248c ; verbatimElevation: 196 m; decimalLatitude: 9.6022; decimalLongitude: 51.0628; Identification: identifiedBy: M. Haas; dateIdentified: 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 1/ 6 - 10/6/2013; Record Level: datasetID: SMNS_Hym_Pte_003061; institutionCode: SMNS Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: BOLD Sample ID: SMNS_40305 ; recordedBy: H.-J. Flügel; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; preparations: dry mounted; associatedSequences: GenBank: OL538122 ; Taxon: scientificName: Psilocera crassispina (Thomson, 1878); Location : continent: Europe ; country: Germany; countryCode: DE; stateProvince: Hessen; locality: Lkr. Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Neumorschen , Halberg , 5233a ; verbatimElevation: 196 m; decimalLatitude: 9.6022; decimalLongitude: 51.0628; Identification: identifiedBy: M. Haas; dateIdentified: 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 3/ 5 - 1/6/2013; Record Level: datasetID: SMNS_Hym_Pte_003240; institutionCode: SMNS Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: BOLD Sample ID: SMNS_40311 ; recordedBy: H.-J. Flügel; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; preparations: dry mounted; associatedSequences: GenBank: OL538118 ; Taxon: scientificName: Psilocera crassispina (Thomson, 1878); Location : continent: Europe ; country: Germany; countryCode: DE; stateProvince: Hessen; locality: Lkr. Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Neumorschen , Halberg , 5233a ; verbatimElevation: 196 m; decimalLatitude: 9.6022; decimalLongitude: 51.0628; Identification: identifiedBy: M. Haas; dateIdentified: 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 3/ 5 - 1/6/2013; Record Level: datasetID: SMNS_Hym_Pte_003246; institutionCode: SMNS Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: BOLD Sample ID: SMNS_41085 ; recordedBy: T. Kothe, M. Engelhardt, C. König; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; preparations: dry mounted; associatedSequences: GenBank: OL538056 ; Taxon: scientificName: Psilocera crassispina (Thomson, 1878); Location : continent: Europe ; country: Germany; countryCode: DE; stateProvince: Baden-Württemberg; locality: Tuebingen , Hirschau , Wiesenweingaerten , Flurstuecknummer 3923, MF 9 ; verbatimElevation: 382 m; decimalLatitude: 8.9956; decimalLongitude: 48.5043; Identification : identifiedBy: M. Haas; dateIdentified: 2020; Event : samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 31/ 7 - 12/9/2014; Record Level: datasetID: SMNS_Hym_Pte_004020; institutionCode: SMNS

Ecological interactions

Parasite of

The host of the species is unknown, but is associated with Asteraceae ( Carduus pycnocephalus L.) and Poaceae ( Hordeum leporinum L.). Other members of the genus are reported from various hosts in Coleoptera and Lepidoptera.

Distribution

Widespread in Europe incl. United Kingdom and western Asia; Germany: Baden-Württemberg, Hessen

Notes

Newly-recorded species in Germany. Specimens are morphologically identifiable as Psilocera crassispina, but barcode clustering is not consistent. Psilocera grahami Ozdikmen, 2011 from Estland clusters within P. crassispina and males that are identifiable to P. crassispina cluster outside the main cluster of P. crassispina. The genus needs revision. Images: Fig. 37 .

Figures

Figure 37. Digital microscopic images of Psilocera crassispina (Thomson, 1878) (♀, Pte _ 001352: A - C; ♂, Pte _ 003246: D - F). A, D Habitus lateral B, E Habitus dorsal C, F Head frontal. Scale bars: A, B, D, E 500 µm; C, F 200 µm.