Plutothrix bicolorata (Spinola, 1808)

Tselikh, Ekaterina V., Varkonyi, Gergely & Dale-Skey, Natalie, 2022, Review of the genus Plutothrix Foerster, 1856 (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae) with a key to Palaearctic species, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 93, pp. 1-32 : 1

Plutothrix bicolorata (Spinola, 1808)

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Diplolepis bicolorata Spinola, 1808: 221-222. Type specimens probably lost ( Graham 1993: 117).

Plutothrix bicolorata (Spinola, 1808) new combination in Graham 1993: 116-117.

Pteromalus invenustus Walker, 1836: 11. Lectotype male (NHMUK, not examined). Designated by Kerrich and Graham (1957: 294). Synonymy by Graham (1993: 116).

Pteromalus praepileus Walker, 1836: 12. Lectotype female (NHMUK, not examined). Designated by Kerrich and Graham (1957: 295). Synonymy by Graham (1993: 116).

Pteromalus scenicus Walker, 1836: 10. Lectotype female (NHMUK, not examined). Designated by Kerrich and Graham (1957: 294). Synonymy by Graham (1993: 116-117).

Trigonoderus apicalis Thomson, 1878: 12-13. Lectotype female (LUZN, not examined). Designated by Kerrich and Graham (1957: 294). Synonymy by Graham (1993: 116).

Trigonoderus vittiger Thomson, 1878: 12. Lectotype female (LUZN, not examined). Designated by Kerrich and Graham (1957: 294). Synonymy by Graham (1993: 116).

Material examined.

Other material: Finland (all in ZMUH): A [Alandia], 1 female, "Lemland, Nordman, 5375, coll. Nordman ", " Plutothrix scenicus (Walk.) det. Hedqvist, 1973"; Ab [Regio aboënsis], 1 female, " Finland, 669:25, Sauvo, Karuna, 23.VII-9.VIII.2000, Malaise trap, coll. R. Jussila ", " Plutothrix bicolorata (Spinola) det. Tselikh 2021"; 1 female, " Finland, 669370:323763, V, Parainen, Malaise 1A, 19.07- 02.08.2020, coll. S. Väänänen, J. Paukkunen ", " Plutothrix bicolorata (Spinola) det. Tselikh 2021"; 1 female, 1 male, “Äppelö, E. Ölund”, " Plutothrix bicolorata (Spinola) det. Tselikh 2021"; N [Nylandia], 1 female, “Borgå, Fennia, Hellén”, " P. scenicus Thom. Det. Kerrich 1956", " Plutothrix bicolorata (Spin.) det. Koponen 09" . Russia (all in ZISP): Smolensk Prov., 1 female, 1 male, near Smolensk City, 54°49'10"N, 32°05'09"E, 23.VIII.2020, coll. E. Tselikh; Belgorod Prov., 13 females, 17 males, Roven’skii Distr., Roven’ki Vill., “Roven’ki Nature Park," “Aydar,” 49°59'01"N, 38°53'23"E, 12-13.VIII.2020, coll. S. Belokobylskij, K. Fadeev and E. Tselikh; 8 females, 5 males, Novooskolskii Distr. , 10 km S of Novy Oskol City, “Belogorie” Reserve, "Stenki Izgor’ya,” 50°40'41"N, 37°48'33"E, 15.VIII.2020, coll. S. Belokobylskij and O. Kosheleva; 15 females, 32 males, Borisovskii Distr. , Borisovka Vill., “Belogorie” Reserve, "Les na Vorskle," 50°36'34"N, 35°58'55"E, 17.VIII.2020, coll. S. Belokobylskij, K. Fadeev and O. Kosheleva; 16 females, 45 males, Borisovka Vill., "Melkiy les", 55°39'20"N, 36°00.38'E, coll. S. Belokobylskij, K. Fadeev, O. Kosheleva and E. Tselikh; Voronezh Prov., 20 females, 24 males, Bogucharskii Distr. , 20 km SW of Boguchar City, "Khripunskaya Steppe," 49°35'58"N, 40°23'56"E, 8-9.VIII.2020, coll. S. Belokobylskij, O. Kosheleva, E. Tselikh; 6 females, Kantemirovskii Distr. , 20 km SW of Rossosh’ City, Zhilino Vill. , 49°49'58"N, 39°19'48"E, 10-11.VIII.2020, coll. S. Belokobylskij, O. Kosheleva and E. Tselikh; Krasnodar Reg., 4 females, Sochi City, Lazarevskoe, 27.V.1979, 18.VI.1979 coll. V. Tobias; 3 females, 1 male, Sochi City, Soloniki Vill., 20.X.1980, coll. V. Tobias; 1 female, Goryachij kluch City, Kesukh River , 44°26'19"N, 39°01'52"E, 25.VIII.2015, coll. D. Rachin and E. Tselikh; 4 females, 1 male, Sochi City, "Mamedova Shchel", 43°57'20"N, 39°18'39"E, 28.VII.2020, coll. S. Belokobylskij, K. Fadeev and E. Tselikh; 3 females, 4 males, 5 km SEE Aderbeevka Vill., 44°37'30"N, 38°09'16"E, 26.VII.2020, coll. E. Tselikh; 3 females, 1 male, Sochi City, Kalezh Vill., 44°00'25"N, 39°22'03"E, 30.VII.2020, coll. O. Kosheleva and E. Tselikh; Adygea Rep., 1 female, Guzeripl’ Vill., Kavkazsky Reserve , 21.VI.1976, coll. D. Kasparyan; Karachay-Cherkess Rep., 1 female, 1 male, Teberda, 8.VI.1976, coll. D. Kasparyan; Ingushetia Rep., 1 female, 14 km E Verkhny Alkun Vill., 10.VI.1972, coll. D. Kasparyan.

Distribution.

Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Netherlands, Romania, Russia (European part), Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom ( Noyes 2019; Tselikh 2019).

Biology.

Primary parasitoid of Anobium punctatum (De Geer, 1774) and Ernobius abietis (Fabricius, 1792) ( Coleoptera , Anobiidae ) ( Graham 1969).

Figures

Figures 1 - 8. Plutothrix acuminata (Thomson, 1878), non-type female (1 - 4) 1 body, lateral view 2 head and mesosoma, dorsal view 3 fore wing 4 head, frontal view. Plutothrix bicolorata (Spinola, 1808), non-type female (5 - 8) 5 fore wing 6 antenna 7 body, dorsal view 8 head, mesosoma and part of metasoma, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.8 mm (1); 2.1 mm (7).