Gasteruption amputatum Townes, 1950

Macedo, Antonio Carlos Cruz, 2011, A revision of Gasteruption Latreille (Hymenoptera: Gasteruptiidae) in the Neotropical Region 3030, Zootaxa 3030 (1), pp. 1-62 : 8

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Gasteruption amputatum Townes, 1950
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Gasteruption amputatum Townes, 1950 ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 )

Gasteruption amputatum Townes, 1950: 121 (in key), 128–129 (description); Townes, 1951: 660 (catalog); LaBerge, 1956: 518 (male paratype); Carlson, 1979: 1116 (catalog); Macedo, 2009: 7 (cladistic analysis).

Diagnosis. Differs from G. brachychaetum by the subrectangular head in dorsal view ( Fig. 2a View FIGURE 2 ); the propleuron shorter than the pronotum; the mesonotum slightly truncate in lateral view ( Fig. 2d View FIGURE 2 ); and the mesoscutum areolate rugose ( Fig. 2c View FIGURE 2 ). Differs from other Neotropical species by the shorter ovipositor sheath, shorter than 0.40 times metasoma length ( Fig. 2e View FIGURE 2 ); and by the subgenital sternun notched, V-shaped.

Redescription. Female ( Fig. 2e View FIGURE 2 ). Length: 11.9 mm (n=1); ovipositor sheath length 0.15 × body length.

Head. Subrectangular in dorsal view, as long as wide ( Fig. 2a View FIGURE 2 ), punctulate; mandible pre-apical tooth distinct; malar space short, almost separated from gena; posterior ocellus inserted at the level of upper eye margin; occipital carina narrow dorsally and laterally ( Fig. 2b View FIGURE 2 ). Head length 1.38 × eye length; eye length 8.29 × malar space; distance from posterior ocellus to occipital margin 1.06 × distance between posterior ocelli; 1 st flagellomere 1.33 × as long as scape, 1.79 × as long as pedicel, 0.85 × as long as 2 nd flagellomere. Color: black.

Mesosoma. Propleuron areolate rugulose; pronotal process short; pronotum with ventral and lateral lobes rugulose, posterior lobe imbricate, area between lobes crenulate; mesonotum slightly truncate in lateral view ( Fig. 2d View FIGURE 2 ); mesoscutum areolate rugose ( Fig. 2c View FIGURE 2 ); mesoscutelum rugose; mesepisternum imbricate dorsally and areolate ventrally; mesepimeron scrobiculate; metapleuron areolate, ventral region areolate; propodeum areolate, longitudinal carina ill-defined; metacoxa finely striate. Mesosoma (excluding propleuron) 1.42 × as long as high; propleuron 1.02 × longer than its largest wide, 0.66 × pronotum length; metacoxa 2.62 × as long as wide; metatibia 3.78 × as long as wide, 1.25 × as long as femur, 3.46 × as long as 1 st tarsomere. Fore wing discal cell subtrapezoidal; hind wing with 3 hamuli, not equidistant. Color: black, except tegula and part of lateral lobe of pronutum, which are red brown; fore and middle legs with coxa, trochanter, femur and tibia yellow brown to red brown, tibia with a yellow longitudinal stripe, tarsus yellow; hind leg with coxa, trochanter, femur and tibia dark brown, subbasal portion of tibia yellow, tarsomeres 1–2 yellow, with apex brown, tarsomeres 3–5 dark brown.

Metasoma. Imbricate, 2.77 × as long as mesosoma; subgenital sternun notched, V-shaped; ovipositor sheath 0.24 × as long as metasoma. Color: dark brown; ovipositor sheath dark brown, with apex yellow brown.

Male. Similar to female; pronotum dark brown to black; hind tibia entirely dark brown.

Geographic distribution: USA (Arizona, Colorado) ( Townes 1950), Mexico (Durango, Michoacán) .

Material examined. Holotype female examined by digital image ( AEIC): USA: Arizona: Oak Creek Canyon, Banjo Bill Camp Ground , 20.V.1947, H. & M. Townes.

Other material. MEXICO: Durango: 10 mi W El Salto , 8.VII.1964, W. R . M. Mason, 1♂ ( CNCI); El Salto , 2.VIII.1964, L.A. Kelton, 1♀ ( CNCI) ; Michoacán: 5 km W Zacapu , 13.VII.1951, H.E. Evans, 1♂ ( AEIC) .

AEIC

American Entomological Institute

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

CNCI

Canadian National Collection Insects

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Gasteruptiidae

Genus

Gasteruption

Loc

Gasteruption amputatum Townes, 1950

Macedo, Antonio Carlos Cruz 2011
2011
Loc

Gasteruption amputatum

Macedo, A. C. C. 2009: 7
Carlson, R. W. 1979: 1116
LaBerge, W. E. 1956: 518
Townes, H. K. 1951: 660
Townes, H. K. 1950: 121
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