Gasteruption insidiosum Semenov, 1892

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 : 30-31

Gasteruption insidiosum Semenov, 1892

Figs. 100–108 .

For synonymy see van Achterberg & Talebi (2014).

Diagnosis: A larger species, body length of females is 14–19 mm, ovipositor length is 7.2–9.6 mm. Body length of males is 12–18 mm. This species has the following characteristics: a wide and semitransparent occipital collar, ovipositor quite long (2.2–2.6× as long as the third tibia), with only a short whitish apex 0.2–0.4× as long as third basitarsus and a coarse puncture-like sculpture on its shiny mesonotum, where the interspaces between punctures are very narrow and ill-visible. Legs are reddish laterally and the third tibia has a whitish collar subbasally.

Distribution: East-Mediterranean species. Recorded from South Europe and the Middle East—Turkey and Iran. The north border of distribution is in Hungary and Ukraine ( van Achterberg & Talebi 2014; Madl & Mitroiu 2019, Özbek 2020, and personal records).

Not recorded in both countries. There are only two very old records from Hungary, so the occurrence in the Czech Republic and Slovakia is unlikely.

Biology: Unknown.

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

Figures

FIGURES 100–108. Gasteruption insidiosum Semenov, 1892. 100—female, lateral habitus, 101—male, lateral habitus, 102— female, lateral head, 103—female, frontal head, 104—female, dorsal head, 105—female, lateral mesosoma, 106—female, dorsal mesosoma, 107—female, third leg, 108—male, third leg. Scale bars represent 1 mm.