Diglyphus minoeus (Walker)

Hansson, Christer & Navone, Paolo, 2017, Review of the European species of Diglyphus Walker (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) including the description of a new species, Zootaxa 4269 (2), pp. 197-229 : 203-204

Diglyphus minoeus (Walker)

Figs 11, 12 , 38 , 61, 62 , 78 , 79

Cirrospilus minoeus Walker, 1838: 385 , lectotype male in BMNH (type no. 5.2608), examined. Cirrospilus abron Walker, 1838: 385 , lectotype male in BMNH (type no. 5.2609), examined. Synonymized by Bouček & Askew (1968: 70).

Eulophus amelon Walker, 1839: 179 , lectotype male in BMNH (type no. 5.2610), examined. Synonymized by Bouček & Askew (1968: 70).

Cirrospilus deldon Walker, 1839: 294 , type material not located (not present in BMNH June 2016). Synonymized by Bouček & Askew (1968: 70).

Cirrospilus myron Walker, 1839: 294 , lectotype male in BMNH (type no. 5.2611), examined. Synonymized by Bouček & Askew (1968: 70).

Cirrospilus smilis Walker, 1839: 317 , type material not located (not present in BMNH June 2016). Synonymized by Bouček & Askew (1968: 70).

Diglyphus minoeus ; Graham, 1959: 178.

Diagnosis. Scape completely dark ( Figs 61, 62 ); legs ( Fig. 38 ): femora dark and metallic with apical ¼ –¼ white; tibiae dark and metallic with apical ¼ –¼ white; fore wing speculum with a few scattered setae (as in Fig. 72 ); scutellum purple ( Figs 11, 12 ); male gaster completely dark and metallic ( Fig. 12 ).

Material. Greece (Crete): 1♀ ( BMNH) . France: 2♀ ( BMNH) . Ireland: 2♂ ( BMNH) . Italy: 93♀ 85♂ (PN) . Portugal (Madeira): 1♀ 1♂ ( BMNH) . Romania: 1♀ ( BMNH) . Spain: 1♀ ( BMNH) . Sweden: 69♀ 46♂ ( BMNH, MZLU) . United Kingdom: 4♀ ( BMNH) .

Distribution. Austria ( Stolz & Bluemel 1998), Bulgaria ( Boyadzhiev 1997), Croatia ( Bouček 1977), Czech Republic ( Kalina 1989), France *, Germany ( Vidal 1993), Greece *, Hungary ( Szelényi 1981), Iran (Yefremova et al. 2007), Ireland *, Italy ( Bouček & Askew 1968), Japan ( Kamijo 1978), Korea ( Kamijo 1979), Moldova ( Bouček 1961), Netherlands ( Gijswijt 2003), Norway ( Hågvar et al. 1998), Pakistan ( Bouček 1977), Peoples' Republic of China ( Zhang et al. 2007), Portugal *, Romania *, Russia ( Yefremova 2002), Slovakia ( Kalina 1989), Spain *, Sweden ( Hansson 1987), Switzerland ( Vidal 1997), Turkey ( Yefremova et al. 2011), Turkmenistan ( Durdyev et al. 1992), United Kingdom ( Walker 1838), Yemen (Yefremova 2007).

Figures

FIGURE 78. Diglyphus spp., schematic drawings of femora + tibiae from top to bottom: fore, mid and hind leg; scape + pedicel. Species are arranged according to colour of the scape, from pale to dark, and then according to colour of the legs, also from pale to dark.

FIGURES 9 – 16. Diglyphus spp., length of body, habitus in dorsal view: 9, D. isaea (Walker) female, 1.7 mm; 10, D. isaea male, 1.3 mm; 11, D. minoeus (Walker) female, 1.7 mm; 12, D. minoeus male, 1.7 mm; 13, D. poppoea Walker female, 1.4 mm; 14, D. poppoea male, 1.3 mm; 15, D. pusztensis (Erdös & Novicky) female, 1.4 mm; 16, D. pusztensis male, 1.2 mm.

FIGURES 37 – 42. Diglyphus spp., length of body, female habitus in lateral view: 37, D. isaea (Walker), 1.7 mm; 38, D. minoeus (Walker), 1.8 mm; 39, D. pachyneurus Graham, 1.9 mm; 40, D. poppoea Walker, 1.2 mm; 41, D. sabulosus Erdös, 1.7 mm; 42, D. pusztensis (Erdös & Novicky), 1.4 mm.

FIGURES 61 – 71. Diglyphus spp., head & antenna in lateral view: 61, D. minoeus (Walker) female; 62, D. minoeus male; 63, D. pachyneurus Graham female; 64, D. pachyneurus male; 65, D. poppoea Walker female; 66, D. poppoea male; 67, D. pusztensis (Erdös & Novicky) female; 68, D. pusztensis male; 69, D. sabulosus Erdös female; 70, D. sabulosus male; 71, D. subplanus (Erdös) female.

FIGURES 72 – 77. 72 – 73, Diglyphus spp., right fore wing, females: 72, D. chabrias (Walker); 73, D. isaea (Walker). 74 – 77, Diglyphus spp., right wing-pair, males: 74, D. anadolucus Doganlar; 75, D. crassinervis Erdös; 76, D. pachyneurus Graham; 77, D. clematidis sp. nov.