Spaniopus varicornis Boucek 1972
- Dataset
- Review of the world species of Spaniopus Walker, 1833 (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), with description of a new species from the Russian Far East
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Pteromalidae
- genus
- Spaniopus
- species
- Spaniopus varicornis
biology_ecology
Biology. Unknown. Comparative diagnosis. Spaniopus varicornis is very similar to S. hedqvisti; the differences between the species are given in the respective keys to the sexes.
description
Description. Male. Body length 1.35 – 1.60 mm; fore wing length 1.2 – 1.3 mm. Colour: head, mesosoma and metasoma metallic green with diffuse coppery lustre; antenna with scape, F 1, F 2, F 5 and F 6 yellow, pedicel, F 3, F 4 and clava brown; legs yellowish-brown, mid tibia apically brown; fore wing with dark broad spot under M and S. Head in dorsal view 1.8 – 1.9 × as broad as length and 1.35 – 1.40 × as broad as mesoscutum; in frontal view 1.25 × broader than high. POL 1.4 – 1.5 × OOL. Eye height 1.3 × eye length and 2.2 – 2.45 × as long as malar space. Distance between antennal toruli and lower margin of clypeus 0.90 – 0.95 × as long as distance between antennal toruli and median ocellus. Clypeus radially striate, its lower margin weakly subemarginate. Mandible formula 3: 4. Antenna with scape 0.9 × as long as eye height and 1.2 × as long as eye length; pedicel 1.7 – 1.8 × as long as broad and 1.4 – 1.6 × as long as F 1; combined length of pedicel and flagellum 1.36 × width of head; F 1 – F 6 subquadrate; each funicular segment with one row of dense sensilla; clava 2.9 – 3.0 × as long as broad. Mesosoma 1.95 – 2.0 × as long as broad. Pronotal collar medially 1.13 × as long as mesoscutum. Scutellum finely reticulate, with noticeable but shallow frenal line. Propodeum medially 0.7 × as long as scutellum; with median carina complete and irregular; nucha reticulate, occupying 0.45 × length of propodeum. Inner margin of mid tibia weakly concave submedially. Basal cell of fore wing pilose; speculum open; M 1.25 – 1.28 × as long as P and 1.56 – 1.60 × as long as S; P 1.25 – 1.30 × as long as S. Metasoma 1.20 – 1.45 × as long as broad and 0.7 × as long as mesosoma. Female. Body length 2.0 mm. Colour: head, mesosoma and metasoma metallic green or blush-purple often with diffuse coppery lustre; fore wing hyaline. Head in dorsal view 2.0 × as broad as length and 1.26 × as broad as mesoscutum. Combined length of pedicel and flagellum 0.9 × width of head; clava 2.0 × as long as broad. Fore wing M 1.04 × as long as P and 1.13 × as long as S; P 0.9 × as long as S. Metasoma ovate-acuminate 1.6 × as long as broad (Bouček 1972).
distribution
Distribution. Russia (Far East) *, Slovakia (Noyes 2015).
materials_examined
Material examined. SLOVAKIA: 1 ♂ (holotype), “ Slovakia, Vys. Tatry, Starý Smokovec, 29.8.58. Bouček ”, “ Holotype ”, “ HOLOTYPUS ♂ Spaniopus varicornis Bouček ”, “ Presented to BMNH 1976 Z. Bouček ”, “ B. M. TYPE HYM. 5. 2400 ”, “ BMNH (E) # 953701 ” (BMNH). RUSSIA *: 1 ♂, “ Kamchatka Territory, 80 km S Lazo, Natural Reserve “ Kronotsky ”, Ipuin; N 55 ° 06.969 E 159 ° 57.925, 18. VIII 2013, Tselikh, Rachin ” (ZISP).
Name
- Homonyms
- Spaniopus varicornis Boucek 1972