Gasteruption lugubre Schletterer, 1889

Bogusch, Petr, 2021, The genus Gasteruption Latreille, 1796 (Hymenoptera: Gasteruptiidae) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia: distribution, checklist, ecology, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4935 (1), pp. 1-63 : 35

Gasteruption lugubre Schletterer, 1889

Figs. 131–138 .

For synonymy see van Achterberg & Talebi (2014).

Diagnosis: Usually a smaller species, the total body length of both sexes is 8–12 mm (without ovipositor). Ovipositor is 5–10 mm long, elongated, 2.8–4.1× long as the whole body, with whitish apex 1.5–1.9× as long as third basitarsus. Head matte, very finely sculptured, with only an ill-developed occipital carina (similar to G. assectator ). Antesternal carina is short and ill-developed. Mesonotum finely rugose with a satin shine.

Distribution: Paleo-montane species. Recorded in mountains, in Europe most records are from the Alps ( Austria, Germany and Switzerland), known also from Croatia, Hungary, Montenegro and Turkey ( Ferrière 1946; Madl 1989; van Achterberg & Talebi 2014; Madl & Mitroiu 2019, Özbek 2020, and personal records).

Not recorded. Nearest records are more than 100 km from the border in altitudes above 1,000 m n.m. in the Alps.

Biology: Unknown.

Conservation: None, not a member of the fauna of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Figures

FIGURES 131–138. Gasteruption lugubre Schletterer, 1889. 131—female, lateral habitus, 132—female, lateral head, 133—female, frontal head, 134—female, dorsal head, 135—female, lateral mesosoma, 136—female, dorsal mesosoma, 137—female, third leg, 138—male, third leg. Scale bars represent 1 mm.