Puklina Graham, 1991

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Puklina Graham, 1991

( Figs 33 A–F)

The tetrastichine genus Puklina was erected for two species, P. amblyteles Graham, 1991 (type-species) and P. depilata Graham, 1991 . There is no information on the host of P. amblyteles , but P. depilata was described from specimens emerging from seeds of A.? cerasiferus (mentioned as ‘ Asphodelus “cerasifer” [probably = ramosus L. of Flora Europaea]’ ( Graham 1991: 167) containing Eurytomidae collected in France (Provence), and from seeds of A. ramosus collected in Greece (Kos). A further three species of Puklina associated with Eurytomidae in seeds of Xanthorrhoeaceae have been more recently described but two are here synonymised under P depilata .

Figures

FIGURES 33A–F. A–D. Puklina depilata Graham, ex A. ramosus from Aléria, Vaccaja, Corse, France. A–C, ♀; D, ♂. E–F. Puklina gelincika Doğanlar, paratype ♀ from Sivas, Turkey. A, habitus. B, antenna. C, head and mesosoma in dorsal view. D, genitalia. E, mesosoma in dorsal view. F, metasoma in dorsal view.