Papp, 1959 : 405
Nixon, 1965 : 254
Protomicroplitis claritibia
A taxonomic review of the genus Diolcogaster Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) in Iran, distribution and morphological variability
Moghaddam, Mostafa Ghafouri
Rakhshani, Ehsan
Achterberg, Cornelis Van
Mokhtari, Azizollah
Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-24
4590
1
95
124
6D7HZ
(Papp, 1959)
in Palaearctic
1959
Papp
1959
[151,585,895,922]
Insecta
Braconidae
Diolcogaster
Animalia
Hymenoptera
8
103
Arthropoda
species
claritibia
( Figs 5–6, 16D–16E)
Microgaster claritibia Papp, 1959: 405. Protomicroplitis orontes Nixon, 1965: 254. Protomicroplitis claritibia; Nixon, 1968: 69.
Diolcogaster claritibia; Fernández-Triana et al.2014b.
Material examined. 11 ♀( DPPZ): 1♀, IRAN, Sistan-o Baluchestan province, Mirjaveh county( 29°00' N; 61°27' E, 851 m), 08.vii.2011, swept from Medicago sativa, S. Seddighi; 1 ♀, Kerman province, Jiroft county, Karimabad village( 28°40’N; 57°44’E, 687 m), 06.iv.2012, pan trapamong citrus trees, N. Amirinasab; 1 ♀, same label data, 03.iv.2014, swept from Cucumis sativus, N. Amirinasab; 2 ♀, Sistan-o Baluchestan province, Zabol county, ( 31°07'15" N; 61°30'12" E, 482 m), 20.iv.2013, swept from weeds, Z. Rahmani; 4 ♀, North Khorasan province, Maneh county, ( 37°40'0.33"N; 57°11'43.08"E, 703 m), 07.v.2014, Malaise trapin natural ecosystem, Z. Rahmani; 1 ♀, same label data, but 03.v.2014, sweptfrom weeds, Z. Rahmani; 1 ♀, same label data, but 08.v.2014. Additional material. 9 ♀and 4 ♂( HNHM, all determined by J. Papp, otherwise indicated): HOLOTYPEof Microgaster claritibia, ♀, HUNGARY, Domos, on Lepidium, Apajpuszta( 47°6'N, 19°5'E), 7.v.1952, A. Moczar, Hym. Typ. No.451, Museum Budapest( Fig. 16D); 1 ♀, Paratype, same label data, Hym. Typ. No.450, Museum Budapest, Det.: G.E.J. Nixon, 1958 as Microgaster claritibia( Fig. 16E); 1 ♀, SPAIN, 5.x.1983; 1 ♀, Canary Islands, La Gomera, San Sebastian( 43°19'N, 1°58'W), 17.iii.1950, M. Lindberg; 1 ♀, TUNISIA, Tunis, Carthago( 36°51'N, 10°19'E); 1 ♀and 3 ♂, TURKEY, Adana( 36°59'N, 35°19'E), 20.vi.1979, A. Beyarslan; 2 ♀, Aetep, Oguzeli( 36°57'N, 37°30'E), 7.v.1995, A. Beyarslan; 1 ♀, UKRAINE, Sudl, Umg. Berdiansk( 47°6'N, 37°26'E), 2.v.1966, N. Gulinov; 1 ♂, Kiev, airport( 50°20'N, 30°53'E), 18.v.1975, S. Toth; 7 ♀( NHMW): “ Allotype” of Microgaster claritibia, ♀, AUSTRIA, Rechnitz Bgld( 47°18'N, 16°26'E), 2.viii.1958, M. Fischer; 1 ♀, WienIII ( 48°12'N, 16°23'E), 16.vii.1958, M. Fischer; 1 ♀, same label data, 11.vi.1958; 4 ♀, same label data, 15.vi.1958.
Redescription. FEMALE. 5 ♀( Iran), length of body 2.0– 2.3 mm( Fig. 5A), length of antenna 2.2–2.5 mm( Fig. 5B), length of fore wing 2.1–2.4 mm( Figs 6F–6G). Colour.Antenna brownish black ( Fig. 5B); medio-tergites 4–8 darker than latero-tergites and mostly dark brown or blackish brown ( Fig. 6D); all coxae black, metafemora dark brown, pro- and mesotibia entirely yellow, metatibia yellow anteriorly, brown medially and dark brown posteriorly about 0.8 ( Figs 5A, 5C). Head.Head height 4.5× temple length ( Figs 5E–5F); subapical antennal flagellomeres somewhat moniliform and longer than wide, length of second, 12th, 13th, 14th, penultimate and apical flagellomeres 2.0, 2.3, 2.2, 2.0, 2.1 and 2.4× as long as their width, respectively ( Fig. 5B); gena in lateral view slightly smaller than eye width ( Fig. 5F); malar space medium-sized ( Fig. 5D); clypeal maximum width 1.6× oculo-mandibular line ( Fig. 5D); interocular line 3.5× oculo-mandibular line ( Fig. 5D); eye height 2.6× its width, 2.1× temple length and 3.4× oculomandibular line ( Figs 5D–5E); OD and POL 0.5× and 1.1× OOL, respectively ( Figs 5E). FIGURE 5. Diolcogaster claritibia(Papp), female. A.Habitus, lateral view; B.Antennae, lateral view; C.Metafemora and metatibiae, lateral view; D.Head, frontal view; E.Head, dorsal view; F.Head, lateral view; G. Mesosoma, lateral view. FIGURE 6. Diolcogaster claritibia(Papp), female. A.Mesonotum, dorsal view; B.Metanotum and propodeum, dorsal view; C.T1 and T2, dorsal view; D.Metasoma, dorsal view; E.Metasoma, lateral view; F.Fore wing; G.Hind wing. Mesosoma.Mesoscutum finely and densely punctate, with whitish setae ( Fig. 6A); scutellum weakly and sparsely punctate ( Fig. 6A); propodeum shiny, rugose posteriorly and laterally, the rest largely smooth with an irregular medio-longitudinal carina, traces of transverse carina defined with rugose pattern, length of anterior half of propodeum 1.2× of posterior half of propodeum ( Fig. 6D). Legs.Metacoxa large, 2.8× as long as wide, not surpassing posterior margin of T2 ( Fig. 5A); metafemora 3.7× as long as wide and 1.8× length of metatibia ( Figs 5A, 5C); metatibial inner spur 0.5× as long as basitarsus ( Fig. 5C). Wings( Figs 5F–5G). Fore wing vein R1 about 0.8× pterostigma length, pterostigma 2.5× as long as wide, vein r 1.0× as long as vein 2RS, not curved, vein r-m 1.8× 3RSa, subbasal cell less than half as long as vein 1M.Hind wing evenly covered with brown setae, vein cu-a curved. Metasoma.T1 medial length 1.9× its width anteriorly, 1.5× its width posteriorly ( Fig. 6C), anterior half of T1 parallel-sided, then widening towards posterior margin, T1 with a median sulcus, anterior half smooth and shiny, sparsely punctate, posterior half with strong rugae and medium-sized setae ( Fig. 6C); T2 with a median field, well protruding, laterally weakly sloping, its width 3.5× medial length at posterior margin, T2 with weak rugae medially, smooth and shiny laterally ( Figs 6C–6D); T3 longer than T2 and completely smooth ( Fig. 6D); setose part of ovipositor sheaths 0.3× as long as metatibia ( Fig. 6E). Ecological notes.No hosts known in Iran. It was reared from Plutellidae ( Yu et al. 2016). Flight period March to October, with peak in May. Mostly collected in April and May.
Distribution in Iran. Golestan( Gadallah et al.2015); Sistan-o Baluchestan, Kermanand North Khorasanprovinces ( new records). Geographic distribution( Figs 17B–17C). Holarctic: Afghanistan, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Canada( Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario), Finland, former Yugoslavia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia(Chita, Krasnodar Krai), Spain, Tunisia( new record), Turkeyand Ukraine( new record).
Similar species.The most similar species is D. tegularia( Papp, 1959)from Hungaryand D. mayae(Shestakov, 1932), which can be easily separated by a series of diagnostic characters ( Table 3). TABLE 3.Comparison of three closely related Diolcogasterspecies, D. claritibia(Papp, 1959), D. mayae(Shestakov, 1932)and D. tegularia(Papp, 1959), based on the morphological characters. D. claritibia(Papp, 1959) D. mayae(Shestakov, 1932) D. tegularia(Papp, 1959) 1. Face densely and roughly rugose (Fig. 5D). Face densely punctate (Fig. 7D). Face densely but not roughly rugose. 2. Vertex smooth and shiny (Figs 5D–5E). Vertex smooth and shiny (Figs 7D–7E). Vertex rugose. 3. 15th and 16th flagellomeres somewhat moniliform and longer than wide (Fig. 5B). 15th and 16th flagellomeres not moniliform (Fig. 7B). 16th flagellomere somewhat shorter than 15th flagellomere. 4. Mesoscutum finely and densely punctate, scutellum weakly and sparsely punctate (Fig. 6A). Mesoscutum densely punctate and scutellum weakly punctate with very shallow punctures (Fig. 8A). Mesoscutum and scutellum densely punctate with very deep punctures. 5. T2 with a median field and well protruding, its width at posterior margin 3.5× its medial length (Figs 6C–6D). T2 with a median field and well protruding, its width at posterior margin 2.1× its medial length (Fig. 8C). Median field of T2 hardly protruding, rarely obvious. MALE.Unknown from Iran.
Remarks.Our examined specimens were similar to specimens from Cyprus, Franceand Jordan, listed in Fernandez-Triana et al.(2014) and differ from Canadian specimens by the sculpture of T1–T2, mesoscutum and scutellum, the shape of the median field of T2 and the length/width ratio of T1. Generally, the examined specimens combine morphological characteristics of both European and Canadian specimens. In addition, we observed some intraspecific variations, e.g., specimens identified by J. Papp have only fore legs light yellow and the other legs black, while the Iranian specimens have all legs tricoloured, dark brown (coxae), brown (femora and tarsi) and yellowish brown (tibiae).
2236964585
[391,545,1162,1186]
DPPZ
Iran
8
103
11
11
2236964598
2011-07-08
Iran
851
29.0
Mirjaveh county
1229
61.45
Sistan-o Baluchestan province
8
103
1
1
2236964597
2012-04-06
N. Amirinasab
Iran
687
28.666666
Karimabad village
1231
57.733334
Jiroft county
8
103
1
1
Kerman
2236979257
from Cucumis sativus
2014-04-03
swept
N. Amirinasab
8
103
1
1
2236964602
2013-04-20
Z. Rahmani
Iran
482
31.120834
Zabol county
20
61.503334
Sistan-o Baluchestan province
8
103
2
2
2236964607
2014-05-07
Z. Rahmani
Iran
703
37.66676
Maneh county
1
57.1953
8
103
4
4
Khorasan-e Shomali
2236979252
[151,914,1377,1402]
weeds
2014-05-03
swept
Z. Rahmani
8
103
1
1
2236979249
[925,1329,1377,1402]
2014-05-08
8
103
1
1
2236964618
HNHM
J. Papp
8
103
13
9
4
holotype
2236964582
[416,1297,1449,1474]
1952-05-07
Hungary
47.1
Domos
1119
19.083334
8
103
1
1
holotype
2236964592
A. Moczar & Hym. Typ. No.
Hungary
Budapest
8
103
1
Budapest
holotype
2236964580
Hym. Typ. No.
Hungary
Det. & G. E. J. Nixon
Museum
8
103
1
1
Budapest
paratype
2236964615
[1009,1274,1521,1546]
1983-10-05
Spain
SPAIN
8
103
1
1
paratype
2236979256
1950-03-17
M. Lindberg
Spain
43.316666
La Gomera
1144
-1.9666667
8
103
1
1
Canary Islands
paratype
2236964613
Tunisia
36.85
Carthago
1185
10.316667
8
103
1
1
Tunis
paratype
2236979260
[385,1288,1593,1618]
1979-06-20
A. Beyarslan
Turkey
36.983334
Adana
1184
35.316666
8
103
4
1
3
Adana
paratype
2236979250
1995-05-07
A. Beyarslan
Turkey
36.95
Oguzeli
1184
37.5
Aetep
8
103
2
2
Adana
paratype
2236979259
1966-05-02
N. Gulinov
Ukraine
47.1
Umg. Berdiansk
1119
37.433334
Sudl
8
103
1
1
paratype
2236979255
[411,1077,1665,1690]
1975-05-18
S. Toth
Ukraine
50.333332
airport
1097
30.883333
8
103
1
1
Kiev
paratype
2236964609
NHMW
Ukraine
8
103
7
7
Kyiv
allotype
2236979253
[418,1266,1701,1726]
1958-08-02
M. Fischer
Austria
47.3
Rechnitz Bgld
1117
16.433332
8
103
1
1
paratype
2236979251
1958-07-16
M. Fischer
Austria
48.2
Wien
1112
16.383333
8
103
1
1
Wien
paratype
2236979258
[678,699,1738,1761]
1958-06-11
8
103
1
1
2236979254
[1033,1399,1737,1762]
1958-06-15
8
103
4
4