Zagrammosoma crowei (Kerrich)

Perry, Ryan K. & Heraty, John M., 2021, Read between the lineata: A revision of the tattooed wasps, Zagrammosoma Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), with descriptions of eleven new species, Zootaxa 4916 (1), pp. 1-108 : 42-45

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4916.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4467522

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scientific name

Zagrammosoma crowei (Kerrich)
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Zagrammosoma crowei (Kerrich) View in CoL

( Fig. 12 View FIGURE 12 )

Cirrospilus crowei Kerrich, 1969: 195 View in CoL . Holotype ♀ [examined]. Locality: Kenya, Ruiru, coll. T. Crowe. Depository: BMNH: NHMUK010838528.

Zagrammosoma crowei View in CoL ; combination by Yefremova, 1995: 52.

Zagrammosoma crowee View in CoL ; misspelling by Yefremova, 2002: 568.

Diagnosis. This is the only species that possesses a dark transverse stripe on the lower and upper face. It also has three transverse stripes on the gaster that are not connected by a longitudinal stripe, which is the norm in other species of Zagrammosoma (in Fig. 12D View FIGURE 12 the gaster has collapsed, and the visible brown longitudinal stripe is the ovipositor). Zagrammosoma crowei has similar body patterns to Z. americanum , Z. multilineatum , Z. occidentale , and Z. talitzkii , however the fore wing is hyaline in Z. crowei , with only the stigmal vein darkened ( Fig. 12C View FIGURE 12 ), and the other four species all have distinct dark patterns on the fore wings ( Figs 4C View FIGURE 4 , 34C View FIGURE 34 , 36C View FIGURE 36 , 40C View FIGURE 40 ).

Description. Female - body length 1.1–1.73 mm. Metallic luster on body absent. Scape yellow with black stripe dorsally. Lower face with median stripe absent. Vertex with 2 stripes above compound eye. Gena posteriorly with dark stripes below compound eye. Occiput yellow with 2 dark, vertical stripes. Pronotum with median stripe complete; laterally with 2 dark stripes. Prepectus yellow with dark stripe along dorsal margin. Mesoscutum with median stripe complete. Mesoscutellum with three dark stripes. Propodeum yellow with black median carina, and anterior and posterior margins. Procoxa and mesocoxa yellow. Metacoxa yellow, basally with dark spot. Profemur and mesofemur yellow. Metafemur with uninterrupted stripe dorsally. Fore wing: basal and cubital bands absent; parastigmal band present, at junction of parastigmal and marginal veins only; stigmal band present, extending to apex of stigma; postmarginal band absent. Hind wing hyaline. Gaster yellow, dorsally with three dark, transverse stripes.

Upper ocular sulcus present. Pedicel longer than wide. Funiculars symmetrical: first longer than wide (w:l = 0.54–0.56); second longer than wide (w:l = 0.7–0.75).

Pronotum, in dorsal view, more than twice as wide as long (w:l = 2.16–2.45); 3 pairs of setae along posterior margin. Mesoscutum reticulate; small, scattered setae absent; intermediate setae present. Mesoscutellum wider than long (w:l = 1.2–1.26); submedian grooves present. Hind tibial spur distinctly shorter than basitarsus. Hind basitarsus shorter than second tarsomere (bst:2 nd = 0.83–0.89).

Fore wing l:w = 2.35–2.66. Submarginal vein with 6 setae. Basal fold setose. Cubital fold setose. Admarginal setae present. Uncus originating on stigma by more than own length from stigmal apex.

Male - as female, except: body length 1.02–1.6 mm; occiput with vertical stripes absent; band present, extending to apex of stigma; gaster with one or two broken, transverse stripes.

Remarks. This is the only Afrotropical species, being found in East Africa and Réunion Island. The two transverse stripes across the lower and upper face, from the inner boundary of one compound eye to the other, are very similar to those found in the eulophine Paraolinx Ashmead , however the area between the stripes is white, where they are yellow in Z. crowei . This species was imported into Spain for biological control trials against citrus leaf miner, however, did not successfully reproduce in the lab ( Garcia-Marí et al. 2004).

Hosts. Reared from lepidopteran leaf miners, including coffee and citrus leaf miner. See Table 3. Lepidoptera : Gracillariidae , Lyonetiidae .

Distribution. Afrotropic: Kenya, Réunion Island, South Africa, Zimbabwe ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 ).

Type Material Examined. Paratypes: KENYA: Kiambu Co., Ruiru , 1514m, 1°08’48”S, 36°57’55”E: 23.ii.1960, T. J. Crowe, host: Leucoptera meyricki [4♁ 1♀, BMNH: NHMUK10370143 , 10370194 , 10370212 , 10370223 , 10370226 ], 5.i.1960, T. J. Crowe, host: Leucoptera meyricki [1♀, BMNH: NHMUK10370153 ], 7.ii.1966, D.E. Evans, host: Leucoptera meyricki [1♁ 3♀, BMNH: NHMUK10370127 , 10370137 , 10370185 , 10370193 ], 8.ix.1960, T. J. Crowe, host: Leucoptera meyricki [1♀, BMNH: NHMUK10370134 ] GoogleMaps .

Additional material examined. ETHIOPIA: Oromia: Koka, 1700m, 8°22’0”N, 39°13’0”E, 28.x.1980, W. M. Amde, host: Phyllocnistis citrella , host plant: Citrus sp. [2♀, ANIC: UCRCENT238221, BMNH: NHMUK10370128]. KENYA: Kiambu Co., Ruiru, 1514m, 1°08’48”S, 36°57’55”E, 14.i.1974, W. M. Mathenge, host: Leucoptera meyricki [1♁, BMNH: NHMUK10370164]. Ruiru, 1514m, 1°08’48”S, 36°57’55”E, 22.x.1965, D.E. Evans, host: leaf miner [2♀, BMNH: NHMUK10370140, 10370141]. REUNION ISLAND: Bassin Plat, 129m, 21°20’0”S, 55°29’40”E, 26.iv.1995, S. Quilici, host: Phyllocnistis citrella , host plant: Citrus sp. [1♁ 2♀, ANIC: UCRCENT238218–238220]. Bassin Plat, 141m, 21°19’58”S, 55°29’44”E, 30.iii.1995, S. Quilici, Citrus , host: Phyllocnistis citrella [1♀, SANC: SANC-HYMC00003070]. SOUTH AFRICA: Limpopo: Vhembe, Levubu, 23°05’4”S, 30°16’57”E, host: Leucoptera coffeella , host plant: Coffee [ SANC: SANC-HYMC00003123]. ZIMBABWE: Manicaland: Chipinga Dist., 1076m, 20°11’25”S, 32°37’41”E: 2.i.1975, R. Hill, Suction Trap [1♀, BMNH: NHMUK10370130], 20.vii.1990, host: Leucoptera meyricki [1♀, ANIC: UCRCENT238233], 3.i.1975, R. Hill, Suction Trap [1♀, BMNH: NHMUK10370159].

ANIC

Australian National Insect Collection

SANC

Agricultural Research Council-Plant Protection Research Institute

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Eulophidae

Genus

Zagrammosoma

Loc

Zagrammosoma crowei (Kerrich)

Perry, Ryan K. & Heraty, John M. 2021
2021
Loc

Zagrammosoma crowee

Yefremova, Z. A. 2002: 568
2002
Loc

Zagrammosoma crowei

Yefremova, Z. A. 1995: 52
1995
Loc

Cirrospilus crowei

Kerrich, G. J. 1969: 195
1969
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