Tetrastichus telon (Graham, 1961)

Hansson, Christer & Schmidt, Stefan, 2020, A revision of European species of the genus Tetrastichus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) using integrative taxonomy, Biodiversity Data Journal 8, pp. 59177-59177 : 59177

Tetrastichus telon (Graham, 1961)

Tetrastichus telon Aprostocetus Tetrastichus telon Graham 1961 92 Tetrastichus Domenichini 1966

Description

See Graham (1991), Graham (1961).

Diagnosis

Female gaster very long, 2.9-5.0 × as long as wide with Gt7 1.6-2.5 × as long as wide. The only other species with this long gaster is T. legionarius , that differs from T. telon in having the body bright metallic bluish-green to green, antennal scape longer than eye and a longer flagellum, about 2.8 × the length of scape (about 2.6 × in T. telon ) and F1 about 4 × as long as wide (about 2.8 × in T. telon ).

Distribution

(Former) Czechoslovakia, France, United Kingdom ( Graham 1991), Germany, Italy ( Domenichini 1966) and Sweden ( Hedqvist 2003).

Ecology

Host

Agrilus viridis L. ( Coleoptera : Buprestidae ) ( Domenichini 1966).

Material examined

Type material: holotype ♀ of A. Tetrastichus telon (OUMNH). Additional material (10♀): France 1♀ (NHM), Sweden 2♀ (MZLU, NHM), United Kingdom 7♀ (NHM).