Gasteruption abeillei Kieffer, 1912

van Achterberg, C., Sundukov, Yu. N., Lelej, A. S. & Belokobylskij, S. A., 2019, New data on Gasteruptiidae (Hymeno ¬ ptera) from the Russian Far East, Far Eastern Entomologist 381, pp. 1-8 : 3

Gasteruption abeillei Kieffer, 1912 , stat. resurr.

Gasteruption abeillei Kieffer, 1912: 228 , 231, 251, type licality " Frankreich ".

Gasteruption assectator: Madl, 1989: 159 .

Trichofoenus breviterebrae Watanabe, 1934: 285 , holotype: Konuma, 23.V 1931, K. Tama-

nuki leg. [= Russia, South Sakhalin, Novoaleksandrovsk]; synonymized under G. boreale

(Thomson, 1883) by Johansson & Achterberg (2016); new synonymy proposed by CvA;

syn. n.

SPECIMENS EXAMINED. Russia. Kamchatka: near Esso , 20.VII 2005, 1♂ ,

M. Proshchalykin. Kunashir Island: Cape Ivanovskii, 11–12.VII 2013, 1♀, Yu.

Sundukov & L. Sundukova; Cape Stolbchatyi, 20, 23.VII, 11.VIII 1989, 2♂, 1♀,

AL; ibid, creek valley, 9.VIII 1989, 1♂, V. Sidorenko; headwaters of Zolotaya

River, 400–500 m, 19.VIII 2013, 1♀, Yu. Sundukov. Primorskii krai: Vladivostok,

22.VII 1987, 1♀, AL; 18 km SW Krounovka , 29.VII 1990, 1♀, AL; near BarabashLevada , 8.VII 1986, 1♀, AL; 20 km SE Spassk-Dalniy, Evseevka , 17.VII 2006, 1♂,

S. Belokobylskij; Evseevka, 28.VI 1985, 1♂, AL; Vysokogorsk, 12.VI 1986, 1♀, AL;

Bolshaya Ussurka River, 40 km S Melnichnoe, 1.VIII 1986, 1♀, AL; 20 km NW

Melnichnoe, 2.VIII 1986, 2♀, AL & N. Kurzenko. Amurskaya oblast: Khingansky

Nature Reserve , 7 km E Ukrainka, 12.VI 1987, 1♂, AL. Altayskii krai: near Biysk ,

Kakosheresh, 2–4.VIII 2006, 1♀, V. Krivokhatsky .

DISTRIBUTION. Russia: Kamchatka, Magadanskaya oblast, Kuril Islands,

Sakhalin, Primorskii krai, Khabarovskii krai, Amurskaya oblast , Siberia, Ural ,

European part. – Europe.

NOTES. Gasteruption abeillei was synonymized with G. assectator (Linnaeus)

s.l. by Madl (1989) but it is considered to be a valid species, mainly characterized by the shorter ovipositor sheath and shorter yellowish subapical antennal segments of the females.