Gasteruption laticeps (Tournier, 1877)

van Achterberg, Cornelis & Talebi, Ali Asghar, 2014, Review of Gasteruption Latreille (Hymenoptera, Gasteruptiidae) from Iran and Turkey, with the description of 15 new species, ZooKeys 458, pp. 1-187 : 87-88

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Gasteruptiidae

Gasteruption laticeps (Tournier, 1877) Figs 272-283

Foenus laticeps Tournier, 1877: viii.

Faenus laticeps ; Abeille de Perrin 1879: 278.

Gasteruption laticeps ; Schletterer 1885: 309, 1889: 414; Dalla Torre 1902: 1068; Kieffer 1912: 263; Hedicke 1939: 16; Ferrière 1946: 237, 238, 246; Šedivý 1958: 35, 36, 40; Györfi and Bajári 1962: 45, 48, 49; Madl 1987b: 23, 1988b 406, 1989a 160, 1989b 43, 1990a 128, 1990b 480; Kofler and Madl 1990: 321; Wall 1994: 158; Scaramozzino 1995: 3; Pagliano and Scaramozzino 2000: 15, 29; Saure 1999: 16, 2001: 29; van der Smissen 2010: 372; van Achterberg 2013: fig. 181.

Gasteruption foveolatum Schletterer, 1889: 381, 387, 394, 397, 410; Semenov 1892: 204; Dalla Torre 1902: 1067; Szépligeti 1903: 368; Kieffer 1912: 246; Schmiedeknecht 1930: 378, 380; Hedicke 1939: 11; Wall 1994: 148. Synonymized with Gasteruption laticeps (Tournier) by Ferrière, 1946.

Gasteruption foveolum Szépligeti, 1903: 368, 370; Kieffer 1904a: 640, 1912: 246; Schmiedeknecht 1930: 376; Hedicke 1939: 11; Györfi and Bajári 1962: 45; Malyshev 1965: 255; Tirgari 1975: 57; Wall 1994: 148. Synonymized with Gasteruption laticeps (Tournier) by Györfi and Bajári, 1962.

Type material.

Holotype of Gasteruption laticeps ♀ (MNHG) "Italie, Huet", "Cn Tournier", “Type”, " Foenus laticeps Tourn., ♀". Lectotype of Gasteruption foveolatum here designated, ♂ (Naturhistorisches Museum, Bern), "Th. Steck", "vii. [18]86, Siders [= Sierre, Wallis, Switzerland]", "Schlettr. det.", "Lectotypus des. Madl, 1987"; paralectotype from Italy Gasteruption foveolatum in MHNG. Lectotype of Gasteruption foveolum here designated: ♀ (MTMA), "[Hungary], Budapest, Kinestári-erdö, 1895.vii.29, Szépligeti %/ teste Papp J., 1986", “Szépligeti, Kinestari / 985-7-29", " Gasteruption laticeps Tourn., det. Bajari", " Gasteruption foveolum Szépl., det. Stohl", "Lectotypus Gasteruption foveolum Szépl. %/ des. Madl, 1987", ovipositor sheath broken off; 3 ♀, 2 ♂ and one specimen without metasoma are paralectotypes from Hungary ( Pilis-Maróth, Székes, Fehérvar, Kalocsa, Duna-Örs, S.-A. Ujhely), Romania ( Nagyvárad) and Greece (Attica).

Additional material.

*Turkey (Capadocia, Ürgüp; Isparta, Egirdir Gölu, 5 km N of Akkecili, 920 m; Mansisa, 15 km SEE of Salihli, 170 m; Denizli, 35 km SSE of Denizli, 970 m; id., 10 km NE of Denizli, 290 m; id., 20 km NE of Denizli, Pamukkale, 1000 m; Burdur, 20 km SW of Burdur, 940 m; Nevsehir, 10 km S of Avanos, Göreme, 1000 m; Konya, Konya, Alaâdin Hill, 1050 m; Maras, Göksun, 1400 m; Bodrum, Salmakis; Kayseri, Göreme, 1000 m; Inner Anatolia, 8 km W of Karakaya, 230 m; Antalya, Cavusköyi, Andrasan, 50 m; id., Perge, 50 m).

Diagnosis.

Apex of ovipositor sheath with a distinct white or ivory band, 1.2-1.3 times as long as hind basitarsus; head with middle depression in front of occipital carina moderately deep and nearly round and no lateral depressions (Figs 277, 278, 283); occipital carina distinctly lamelliform and medium-sized to wide (Figs 272, 278); antesternal carina rather wide and lamelliform, distinctly elevated above mesosternum (Fig. 273); frons densely punctulate or densely very finely aciculate and without distinct interspaces; vertex more or less finely transversely aciculate and with satin sheen; head in dorsal view moderately narrowed (Figs 277, 283); propleuron with satin sheen, smooth, coriaceous or finely rugulose; ovipositor sheath 1.0-1.1 times as long as body and about 1.6 times as long as metasoma; pterostigma dark brown medially. Males have fourth antennal segment 0.8-0.9 times as long as second and third segments combined and apical antennal segment about as long as fourth segment (Fig. 282).

Distribution.

Europe, Iran, Turkey. New for the fauna of Turkey.

Biology.

Uncertain, according to Malyshev (1965) predator-inquiline of Hylaeus nests. Collected from mid-May till early September.

Notes.

Especially males may have the medio-posterior depression of the vertex shallowly impressed (Fig. 283) or nearly absent.