Entedonomphale carbonaria ( Erdös, 1954 ), Erdos, 1954

Triapitsyn, Serguei V., Boyadzhiev, Peter S. & Antonov, Anton K., 2008, Taxonomic notes on Entedonomphale (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), Zootaxa 1816, pp. 61-64 : 61

Entedonomphale carbonaria ( Erdös, 1954)

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Thripoctenoides carbonarius Erdös 1954: 345 + fig. 12c (p. 346). Type locality: Tompa, Hungary.

Entedonomphale carbonaria (Erdös) : Triapitsyn 2005: 285 –286 (taxonomic history, synonymy, references, diagnosis, illustrations, distribution); Boyadzhiev & Triapitsyn 2007: 736 (key to the European species of Entedonomphale ), 740–741 (record of the fully winged female from Oregon, USA).

Thripoctenoides kaulbarsi Yoshimoto 1981: 723 –725. Type locality: Riceville, Ontario, Canada. Syn. n.

Entedonomphale kaulbarsi (Yoshimoto) : Triapitsyn 2005: 277 –278 (taxonomic history, references, diagnosis, illustrations, description of the male, distribution).

Thripoctenoides albicoxis Szelényi 1982: 387 –388. Type locality: Nagyiván, Hungary. Synonymized under E. carbonaria by Triapitsyn 2005: 285.

New material examined. BULGARIA. Montana Region, Reservoir Ogosta (near Montana), 43°23’09’’N 23°12’53’’E, 175 m, 9.iv.2005, A.K. Antonov (sweeping grasslands) [1 brachypterous female and 1 fully winged female, PUPB].

Distribution. Bulgaria, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, and USA ( Triapitsyn 2005, Boyadzhiev & Triapitsyn 2007).

Comments. As previously suspected by Triapitsyn (2005) and Boyadzhiev & Triapitsyn (2007), the female of E. kaulbarsi indeed turned out to be just a brachypterous form of E. carbonaria . The antennae and other morphological features are identical among E. kaulbarsi from Canada and the specimens of E. carbonaria from Bulgaria and Hungary, hence the synonymy. Coloration of the legs seems to be quite variable in this species: the legs of the brachypterous female from near Montana, Bulgaria, are pale brown while the legs of the fully winged female from the same location are mostly brown to dark brown. To assist with recognition of E. carbonaria , which has never been properly illustrated, we provide photographs of the antenna ( Fig. 1 ) and the reduced fore- ( Fig. 2 ) and hind ( Fig. 3 ) wings of the brachypterous female, as well as the forewing and the hind wing ( Fig. 4 ) of the macropterous female.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 4. Entedonomphale carbonaria, brachypterous (Figs 1 - 3) and macropterous (Fig. 4) females (Bulgaria). 1. Antenna. 2. Reduced forewing. 3. Reduced hind wing. 4. Normal fore- and hind wings.