Leptochilus de Saussure, 1853

Fateryga, Alexander V., Popovich, Anton V., Podunay, Yulia A. & Fateryga, Valentina V., 2020, First data on the bionomics of Leptochilus (Euleptochilus) limbiferus (Morawitz 1867) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), with taxonomic notes and new records, Zootaxa 4851 (2), pp. 289-304 : 292

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Genus Leptochilus de Saussure, 1853 View in CoL View at ENA

Leptochilus de Saussure, 1853: 233 View in CoL . Type species: Pterochilus mauritanicus Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1841 View in CoL , by subsequent designation of Ashmead 1902: 209 (as “ Pterochilus mauritianus, Lepel. ”); Blüthgen 1961: 98–100; Parker 1966: 151–229; Giordani Soika 1970: 63–77; van der Vecht & Fischer 1972: 42–53; Kurzenko 1982: 100; Gusenleitner 1977: 163–178; 1985: 81–101; 1993: 745–769; 1995a: 169–181; 1995b: 768–771; 2013a: 43–54 View Cited Treatment ; Buck et al. 2008: 216–221; Carpenter et al. 2010: 158–159; Kumar & Carpenter 2015: 7786–7790; Antropov & Fateryga 2017: 185.

Remarks. Due to the vast literature on the genus Leptochilus , only the most important references relevant to the present study are cited above.

It is not easy to complete a definitive diagnosis of the genus due to its high variability. Usually, its representatives could be recognized by the following characters: head shorter or not much longer than its wide; proboscis not reaches mid coxae; thorax not much longer than its wide; pronotal foveae absent; pronotal carina present; tegula protruding posteriorly; second submarginal cell of forewing with obtuse basal angle; metanotum sharply edged posteriorly; propodeal valvula bilamellate, submarginal carina projecting as rounded lobe above valvula; tergum 1 hardly petiolate, without transverse carina, depressed subapically ( Parker 1966; Kurzenko 1982; Carpenter & Garcete-Barrett 2002; Buck et al. 2008; Gusenleitner 2013a; Tan et al. 2018). Old World species also have a peculiar apical lamella on tergum 2; this lamella has a basal row of small to large punctures. Representatives of the genus are usually very small wasps (except subgenera Leptochilus s. str. and Euleptochilus , which comprise rather mediumsized ones).

Subgenera included. Euleptochilus Blüthgen in Berland, 1943 (16 species); Leptochilus s. str. (1 species); Lionotulus Blüthgen, 1938 (90 species); Neoleptochilus Blüthgen, 1961 (27 species); Sarochilus Gusenleitner, 1970 (11 species); Zendalia Robertson, 1928 (55 species).

References

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Berland, L. (1943) Recoltes entomologiques faites par L. Berland a Villa-Cisneros (Rio de Oro). - Hymenopteres. Bulletin du Museium National d'Histoire Naturelle, 2 e Serie, 15 (5), 311 - 317.

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Bluthgen, P. (1961) Die Faltenwespen Mitteleuropas (Hymenoptera, Diploptera). Abhandlungen der Deutschen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Klasse fur Chemie, Geologie und Biologie, 1961 (2), 1 - 252.

Buck, M., Marshall, S. A. & Cheung, D. K. B. (2008) Identification atlas of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) of the northeastern Nearctic region. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification, 5, 1 - 492. https: // doi. org / 10.3752 / cjai. 2008.05

Carpenter, J. M. & Garcete-Barrett, B. R. (2002) A key to the Neotropical genera of Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Boletin del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural del Paraguay, 14 (1 - 2), 52 - 73.

Carpenter, J. M., Gusenleitner, J. & Madl, M. (2010) A catalogue of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of the Ethiopian Region excluding Malagasy Subregion. Part II: Genera Delta de Saussure 1885 to Zethus Fabricius 1804 and species incertae sedis. Linzer Biologische Beitrage, 42 (1), 95 - 315.

Giordani Soika, A. (1970) Contributo alla conoscenza degli Eumenidi del Medio Oriente. Missione Giordani Soika in Iran 1965, III. Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Venezia, 20 / 21, 27 - 183.

Gusenleitner, J. (1970) Notes on some new Eumenidae from Israel (Hymenoptera, Vespoidea). Israel Journal of Entomology, 5, 55 - 61.

Gusenleitner, J. (1977) Neue Leptochilus - Arten aus Anatolien und Nordafrika. Linzer Biologische Beitrage, 9 (1), 163 - 178.

Gusenleitner, J. (1985) Neue Leptochilus - Arten aus dem Mittelmeergebiet und dem Iran (Hymenoptera, Eumenidae). Entomofauna, 6, 81 - 101.

Gusenleitner, J. (1993) Bestimmungstabellen mittel- und sudeuropaischer Eumeniden (Vespoidea, Hymenoptera). Teil 1: Die Gattung Leptochilus Saussure 1852. Linzer Biologische Beitrage, 25 (2), 745 - 769.

Gusenleitner, J. (1995 a) Bemerkungen uber die Gattung Leptochilus Saussure 1852 und Beschreibung neuer Arten dieser Gattung (Hymenoptera, Vespoidea, Eumenidae). Linzer Biologische Beitrage, 27 (1), 169 - 181.

Gusenleitner, J. (1995 b) Bestimmungstabellen mittel- und sudeuropaischer Eumeniden (Vespoidea, Hymenoptera). Teil 4: Die Gattung Ancistrocerus Wesmael 1836 mit einem Nachtrag zum Teil 1: Die Gattung Leptochilus Saussure. Linzer Biologische Beitrage, 27 (2), 753 - 775.

Gusenleitner, J. (2013 a) Die Gattungen der Eumeninae im Nahen Osten, in Nordafrika und in Arabien (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Linzer Biologische Beitrage, 45 (1), 5 - 107.

Kumar, P. G. & Carpenter, J. M. (2015) Description of a new species of Leptochilus (Neoleptochilus) Bluthgen, 1961 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 7 (11), 7786 - 7790. https: // doi. org / 10.11609 / JoTT. o 4072.7786 - 90

Kurzenko, N. V. (1982 [ 1981 ]) [Review of the genera of the vespid wasps of the family Eumenidae (Hymenoptera, Vespoidea) of the fauna of the USSR]. In: Lehr, P. A. (Ed.), [Hymenoptera of the Far East]. Far East Center of the Academy of Sciences of USSR Press, Vladivostok, pp. 81 - 112. [in Russian]

Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, A. L. M. (1841) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Hymenopteres. Tome 2. Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, 680 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 10345

Parker, F. D. (1966) A revision of the North American species in the genus Leptochilus (Hymenoptera: Eumenidae). Miscellaneous Publications of the Entomological Society of America, 5, 151 - 229.

Robertson, C. (1928) Flowers and insects. Science Press Printing Company, Lancaster, 221 pp.

Tan, J. - L., Carpenter, J. M. & van Achterberg, C. (2018) An illustrated key to the genera of Eumeninae from China, with a checklist of species (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). ZooKeys, 740, 109 - 149. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 740.22654

van der Vecht, J. & Fischer, F. C. J. (1972) Hymenopterorum Catalogus. Pars 8. Palaearctic Eumenidae. Junk, ' s-Gravenhage, vi + 199 pp.