Aspilota Foerster, 1863 s. s.

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Aspilota Foerster, 1863 s. s.

Aspilota Foerster, 1863: 268; Shenefelt 1974: 966; Wharton 1980: 84; van Achterberg 1988b: 9; Chen and Wu 1994: 49; Belokobylskij 1998: 218; Wharton 2002: 34. Type species: Alysia ruficornis Nees von Esenbeck, 1834 (monobasic).

Synonym.

Dipiesta Foerster, 1863; Eusynaldis Zaykov & Fischer, 1982 (retained as subgenus with Regetus Papp, 1999 (syn. n.) and Adelphenaldis Fischer, 2003 (syn. n.) and Synaldis auctt. p.p. as synonyms).

Biology.

Large genus, containing parasitoids of Phoridae and Platypezidae (in mushrooms). The host records of Anthomyiidae and Drosophilidae are probably erroneous.

Species.

Aspilota (Eusynaldis) acutidentata (Fischer, 1970a) ( Chen and Wu 1994)

Aspilota (Aspilota) elongata Chen & Wu, 1994 ( Chen and Wu 1994)

Aspilota (Eusynaldis) globipes (Fischer, 1962) ( Chen and Wu 1994)

Aspilota (Aspilota) intermediana Fischer, 1975 ( Chen and Wu 1994)

Aspilota (Aspilota) louiseae van Achterberg, 1988 ( Chen and Wu 1994)

Aspilota (Aspilota) nasica Belokobylskij, 2005 ( Belokobylskij 2005; Belokobylskij and Tobias 2007)

Aspilota (Eusynaldis) parvicornis (Thomson, 1895) ( Chen and Wu 1994)

Aspilota (Aspilota) schrenki Belokobylskij, 2007 ( Belokobylskij and Tobias 2007)

Aspilota (Aspilota) tianmushanica Belokobylskij, 2005 ( Belokobylskij 2005; Belokobylskij and Tobias 2007)

Aspilota (Aspilota) xuexini Belokobylskij, 2007 ( Belokobylskij and Tobias 2007)

Notes.

The genera Regetus Papp and Adelphenaldis Fischer share with Eusynaldis Zaykov & Fischer the derived character of the reduced vein 1-SR+M of the fore wing. The only difference between Eusynaldis and both other taxa is the shortened vein r-m of fore wing, a feature often variable within species of Aspilota Foerster and not suitable for separation of genera; the same applies to the enlarged propodeal spiracle of Regetus Papp. Eusynaldis Zaykov & Fischer is recognised as subgenus for convenience, because the recognition as genus likely renders the genus Aspilota Foerster paraphyletic, and the loss of vein 1-SR+M occurred probably more than once in the genus.