Scorpioteleia cebes ( Nixon, 1957 )

Macek, Jan, 2006, Revision of the European species of Scorpioteleia (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 46, pp. 197-210 : 206

Scorpioteleia cebes ( Nixon, 1957)

( Figs. 5 , 9, 14, 19, 24)

Miota cebes Nixon, 1957: 104 , ♀.

Scorpioteleia cebes: MASNER (1964) : 130; JOHNSON (1992): 107.

Type locality. Sweden, Skĺne.

Type material examined. Miota cebes : HOLOTYPE: ♀, ‘ Sweden, Skåne, Höör dist. , 11.vi.1938, Perkins et Perkins lgt., Nixon det. ( BMNH).

Additional material examined. CZECH REPUBLIC: BOHEMIA centr., Přerov nad Labem (5854), 6.v.1988, 2 spec. ; Beroun dist., Vůznice (brook) (5949), 30.vi.1985, 1 spec. ; Praha – Krč (5952), 13.ix. 1984, 2 spec. ; Slaný env., Bílichov (5750), 1.ix.1984, 1 spec. BOHEMIA mer., Landštejn (6957), 30.vi.1986, 1 spec. ; Lomnice nad Lužnicí env., Kolenská obora (forest) (6954), 1.vii.1981, 1 spec. ; Hluboká nad Vltavou env., Stará obora (forest) (6952), 2.vi.1981, 1 spec. MORAVIA mer., Bulhary (7166), 10.v.1985, 1 spec. ; Podyjí NP, Braitava (forest) (7160), 14.viii.1992, 4 spec. ; Podyjí NP, Čížov (7161), 11.viii.1992, 2 spec. SLOVAKIA mer.: Silica (7489), 15.v.1985, 4 spec. ; Gombasek (7575), 17.v.1985, 6 spec. POLAND mer.: Ojcow NR., 8.vi.1989, 1 spec. POLAND centr.: Radziejowice , 29.vi.-3.vii.1977, Ekipa lgt., 1 spec. ; Klembów , Debina NR, 31.viii.1981, Ekipa lgt., 1 spec. HUNGARY bor.: Pilis Mts., Pilisszentlaszló , 28.viii.1988, 2 spec. All J. Macek lgt. (unless stated otherwise) and det. ( NMPC) .

Diagnosis. The species is similar to S. compressa but differs by the combination of the following characters: i) antennae shorter with preapical flagellomere about 1.5 times as long as wide (females); ii) pronotal shoulders sharply pointed (both sexes); iii) macrotergite at base with a fine striation between basal lateral impressions, medial furrow obsolete (both sexes); iv) macrosternite bare except for several setae on about basal third (females); v) emargination at base of F1 symmetrical (males).

Variability. No apparent variation was ascertained in the material examined.

Bionomics. Hosts unknown. Adults were bred from sporocarps of Boletales and Agaricales infested by various species of mycetophilid larvae. Flight period from May to September.

Distribution. This species is known only from Sweden ( NIXON 1957) and the Czech Republic ( MACEK 1989). It is a new species for Slovakia, Poland and Hungary.

Figures

Figs. 1-5. Habitus, dorsal view, females. 1 – Scorpioteleia longepetiolata (Thomson, 1859); 2 – S. nixoni sp. nov.; 3 – S. compressa (Kieffer, 1910); 4 – S. luteipes Kieffer, 1910; 5 – S. cebes (Nixon, 1957). Scale = 3.5 mm