Ademon lagarosiphonae van Achterberg, 2012

Noort, Simon van, Smith, Rosali & Coetzee, Julie A., 2021, Identity of parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae and Eulophidae) reared from aquatic leaf-mining flies (Diptera, Ephydridae) on invasive Brazilian waterweed Egeria densa in South Africa, African Invertebrates 62 (1), pp. 287-314 : 287

Ademon lagarosiphonae van Achterberg, 2012 Figs 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16

Holotype.

South Africa • female Mpumalanga, Lydenburg Fisheries, Lydenburg , 25°11'S, 30°48'E, 21.xi.2008, J.R. Baars, J.A. Coetzee, G.D. Martin, reared from leaf-miner on Lagarosiphon major ( Hydrocharitaceae ) ( SANC examined).

Paratypes.

South Africa • 1 female, 1 male; same data as for holotype ( SANC examined) .

Other material.

South Africa • 1 male; Eastern Cape, East London, Nahoon River ; 32°57'45.41"S, 27°54'41.59"E; 12 December 2018; R. Smith; Collected from Egeria densa infestation with Hydrellia egeriae pupae; SAM-HYM-P095098 ( SAMC) • 1 female: idem; except for 9 May 2019; R. Smith; Collected from Egeria densa infestation with Hydrellia egeriae pupae; reared in lab; NHN-FOR-R01; SAM-HYM-P092742 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R01; SAM-HYM-P092743 ( SAMC) • 1 female: idem; except for NHN-FOR-R02; SAM-HYM-P092744 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for NHN-FOR-R03; SAM-HYM-P092746 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for NHN-FOR-R04; SAM-HYM-P092748 ( SAMC) • 1 female: idem; except for NHN-FOR-R05; SAM-HYM-P092750 ( SAMC) • 1 female: idem; except for NHN-FOR-R06; SAM-HYM-P092752 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for July 2019; NHN-WINTER-FOR-R03; SAM-HYM-P092747 ( SAMC) • 1 female: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R04; SAM-HYM-P092749 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R05; SAM-HYM-P092751 ( SAMC) • 1 female: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R06; SAM-HYM-P092753 ( SAMC) • 1 female: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R07; SAM-HYM-P092756 ( SAMC) • 1 female: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R08; SAM-HYM-P092757 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R09; SAM-HYM-P092759 ( SAMC) • 1 female: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R10; SAM-HYM-P092760 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R11; SAM-HYM-P092761 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R12; SAM-HYM-P092764 ( SAMC) • 1 female: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R13; SAM-HYM-P092765 ( SAMC) • 1 female: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R14; SAM-HYM-P092767 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R15; SAM-HYM-P092768 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R16; SAM-HYM-P092769 ( SAMC) • 1 female: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R17; SAM-HYM-P092770 ( SAMC) • 1 female: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R18; SAM-HYM-P092771 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R19; SAM-HYM-P092772 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R20; SAM-HYM-P092773 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R21; SAM-HYM-P092774 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R22; SAM-HYM-P092775 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R23; SAM-HYM-P092776 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R24; SAM-HYM-P092777 ( SAMC) • 1 female: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R25; SAM-HYM-P092778 ( SAMC) • 1 female: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R26; SAM-HYM-P092779 ( SAMC) • 1 female: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R27; SAM-HYM-P092780 ( SAMC) • 1 female: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R28; SAM-HYM-P092781 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R30; SAM-HYM-P092782 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R31; SAM-HYM-P092783 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R32; SAM-HYM-P092784 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R33; SAM-HYM-P092785 ( SAMC) • 1 female: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R34; SAM-HYM-P092786 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R35; SAM-HYM-P092787 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R36; SAM-HYM-P092788 ( SAMC) • 1 female: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R37; SAM-HYM-P092789 ( SAMC) • 1 female: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R38; SAM-HYM-P092790 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R39; SAM-HYM-P092791 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R40; SAM-HYM-P092792 ( SAMC) • 1 female: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R41; SAM-HYM-P092793 ( SAMC) • 1 female: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R42; SAM-HYM-P092794 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R43; SAM-HYM-P092795 ( SAMC) • 1 female: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R44; SAM-HYM-P092796 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R45; SAM-HYM-P092797 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R46; SAM-HYM-P092798 ( SAMC) • 1 female: idem; except for NHN-WINTER-FOR-R47; SAM-HYM-P092799 • 1 male; KwaZulu-Natal; Midmar Dam ; 29°32'21.35"S, 30°11'40.15"E; June 2019; R. Smith; Collected from Egeria densa infestation with Hydrellia egeriae pupae; reared in lab; MDMR-FOR-R03; SAM-HYM-P092745 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for MDMR-FOR-R06; SAM-HYM-P092754 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for MDMR-FOR-R07; SAM-HYM-P092755 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for MDMR-FOR-R08; SAM-HYM-P092758 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for MDMR-FOR-R11; SAM-HYM-P092762 ( SAMC) • 1 female: idem; except for MDMR-FOR-R12; SAM-HYM-P092763 ( SAMC) • 1 male: idem; except for MDMR-FOR-R13; SAM-HYM-P092766 ( SAMC) .

Biology.

Parasitoid of aquatic leaf-mining flies ( Ephydridae ): Hydrellia lagarosiphon on Lagarosiphon major ( Hydrocharitaceae ) and Hydrellia egeriae on Egeria densa ( Hydrocharitaceae ).

Distribution.

South Africa.

Comments.

This species exhibits a disparate range of colour forms, from being completely black (Figs 14 A-F ; 15 A-F ; 16A, B ) through to being completely yellowish-orange, as in the holotype (Figs 10 A-F ; 11 A-D ; 12 A, B ) with intermediate grades present (Figs 13A, B ; 16E, F ). This extent of intra-specific colour difference is also present in the Palaearctic type species of the genus, A. descrescens (Nees, 1812 [1811]) (van Achterberg and Prinsloo 2012).

Figures

Figure 10. Ademon lagarosiphonae Holotype female TYPH 01926 (SANC) A habitus, lateral view B habitus, dorsal view C head and mesosoma, lateral view D head and mesosoma, dorsal view E head, anterior view F head, ventroanterior view.

Figure 11. Ademon lagarosiphonae Holotype female TYPH 01926 (SANC) A head and mesosoma, laterodorsal view B metasoma, lateral view C metasoma, dorsal view D metasomal terminal tergites, dorsal view.

Figure 12. Ademon lagarosiphonae Holotype female TYPH 01926 (SANC) A scutellum, metanotum and propodeum, dorsal view B metasomal tergites 1 - 2, lateral view C forewing D data labels.

Figure 13. Ademon lagarosiphonae Paratype female (A, B) and paratype male (C, D) (SANC) A habitus, lateral view B habitus, dorsal view, inset: data labels C habitus, lateral view, inset: data labels D habitus, dorsal view.

Figure 14. Ademon lagarosiphonae female SAM-HYM-P 092756 (SAMC) A habitus, lateral view B habitus, dorsal view C head and mesosoma, lateral view D head and mesosoma, dorsal view E head, anterior view F head, ventroanterior view.

Figure 15. Ademon lagarosiphonae female SAM-HYM-P 092756 (SAMC) A head and mesosoma, laterodorsal view B metasoma, lateral view C metasoma, dorsal view D metasomal terminal tergites, dorsal view.

Figure 16. Ademon lagarosiphonae females SAM-HYM-P 092756 (A-D), SAM-HYM-P 092796 (E), SAM-HYM-P 092744 (F) (SAMC) A scutellum, metanotum and propodeum, dorsal view B metasomal tergites 1 - 2, lateral view C forewing D data labels E habitus, lateral view, inset: data labels F habitus, lateral view, inset: data labels. Figures E and F illustrate intermediate colour forms.