Dolichogenidea cerialis (Nixon, 1976)

Hoecherl, Amelie, Shaw, Mark R., Boudreault, Caroline, Rabl, Dominik, Haszprunar, Gerhard, Raupach, Michael J., Schmidt, Stefan, Baranov, Viktor & Fernandez-Triana, Jose, 2024, Scratching the tip of the iceberg: integrative taxonomy reveals 30 new species records of Microgastrinae (Braconidae) parasitoid wasps for Germany, including new Holarctic distributions, ZooKeys 1188, pp. 305-386 : 305

Dolichogenidea cerialis (Nixon, 1976)

Material examined.

Germany: Baden-Württemberg: Malsch, Hansjakobstr. 7, Urban Garden, 48.884, 8.32, 120 m, Malaise trap, 13.ix.2020, leg. D. Doczkal, ZSM-HYM-33154-A05; Malsch , Luderbusch , 48.913, 8.332, 117 m, Malaise trap, 2.viii.2020, leg. D. Doczkal, K. Grabow, ZSM-HYM-42389-A11; 26.vii.2020, leg. D. Doczkal, K. Grabow, ZSM-HYM-42388-G11; ZSM-HYM-42388-H01 ; Ukraine: [translated and transcribed from Russian] Kaniv Nature Reserve, Shlehiv island , 4.ix.1991, leg. A. Kotenko, CNCHYM 01013 .

Geographical distribution.

PAL.

PAL- Bulgaria, Germany*, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Russia (S), Spain, Ukraine*.

Molecular data.

BIN: BOLD:AAZ9570.

Host information.

Host of type unknown.

Notes.

The sequences of our German specimens match that of a specimen from Ukraine, identified by Kotenko and stored in the CNC collection (CNCHYM 01013); we studied both the German and the Ukrainian specimens and they match the morphological characters described by Nixon (1976), particularly the apical segment of the fore tarsus with a distinctive spine, the very short ovipositor sheaths (those two characters are very unusual in Dolichogenidea ) but also leg colour, weak pale basal spot on pterostigma, anteromesoscutum punctuation, scutellum sculpture, propodeum areolation, hind spurs size, shape of T1 and T2. Nixon (1976) mentioned Ascotis selenaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) as host of additional non-type specimens from Israel which he identified as Dolichogenidea cerialis , but at the same time noted that these reared specimens differed slightly in morphology from the type series. These specimens might represent a different species, so we consider this as a questionable host record for D. cerialis . This species is illustrated in Figs 20 , 21 .

Figures

Figure 20. Dolichogenidea cerialis (Nixon, 1976), female (ZSM-HYM- 42388 - G 11) A lateral view B dorsal view C mesosoma D metasoma E wing. Length of the specimen: 2.4 mm.

Figure 21. Dolichogenidea cerialis (Nixon, 1976), female (ZSM-HYM- 33154 - A 05) A lateral view B dorsal view C mesosoma D metasoma E wing. Length of the specimen: 2.4 mm.