Gasteruption assectator (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 51-54

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Gasteruptiidae

Gasteruption assectator (Linnaeus, 1758) Figs 29-47

Ichneumon assectator Linnaeus, 1758: 566, 1761: 407, 1767: 937; Scopoli 1763: 287; Fabricius 1775: 340, 1781: 435, 1787: 268; Gmelin 1790: 2696; Villers 1789: 174; Rossi 1790: 90; Christ 1791: 375; Petagna 1792: 365; Cederhjelm 1798: 163; Schrank 1802: 263; Hentschius 1804: 112; Illiger 1807: 74; Roman 1932: 2; Hedqvist 1973: 182; Fitton 1978: 376.

Foenus assectator ; Fabricius 1798: 240; Walckenaer 1802: 75; Latreille 1805: 195; Dahlbom 1831: 77; Curtis 1832: 423; Nees 1834: 308; Stephens 1835: 121; Labram and Imhoff 1836: 24; Zetterstedt 1840: 408; Westwood 1843: 255; Taschenberg 1866: 93; Tournier 1877: ix (as affectator); Thomson 1883: 849.

Faenus affectator ; Abeille de Perrin 1879: 265, 266, 277.

Gasteruption assectator ; Schletterer 1885: 276, 316, 1889: 384, 393, 395, 397; Dalla Torre 1902: 1063; Szépligeti 1903: 370 (as affectator); Kieffer 1912: 256 (id.); Lindemans 1921: 298 (id.); Roman 1932: 2; Schmiedeknecht 1930: 380, 383 (as affectator); Hedicke 1939: 5 (id.); Ferrière 1946: 235, 238, 240 (id.); Leclercq 1948: 75; Hellén 1950: 4; Townes 1950: 123-128; Šedivý 1958: 36, 37; Györfi and Bajári 1962: 48, 51; Schmidt 1969: 293; Hedqvist 1973: 181; Fitton 1978: 376; Dolfuss 1982: 22; Oehlke 1984: 169, 171, 175; Ortega and Baez 1985: 509, 515; Madl 1987a: 401, 1987b: 21, 1988c: 37, 1989a: 159, 1989b: 41, 1990a: 127, 1990b: 480; Kozlov 1988: 245, 247; Kofler and Madl 1990: 320; Narolsky and Shcherbal 1991: 23, 24; Wall 1994: 150; Scaramozzino 1995: 3; Smith 1996: 492; Peeters 1996: 134; Neumayer et al. 1999: 220; Pagliano and Scaramozzino 2000: 11, 19; Saure 2001: 29; Yildirim et al. 2004: 1350; Turrisi 2004: 84; Westrich 2008: 7-8; van der Smissen 2010: 372; Zhao et al. 2012: 23-27; van Achterberg 2013: 82.

Gasteryption affectator ; Semenov 1892: 200.

Ichneumon annularis Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785: 398; Hedicke 1939: 7; Wall 1994: 148. Synonymized by with Gasteruption assectator (Linnaeus) by Olivier, 1792.

Foenus fumipennis Thomson, 1883: 848; Hedicke 1939: 7; Hedqvist 1973: 181, 182 (lectotype designation); Wall 1994: 148. Synonymized with Gasteruption assectator (Linnaeus) by Schletterer, 1885.

Foenus nigritarsis Thomson, 1883: 849; Schletterer 1889: 398; Hedicke 1939: 7; Hedqvist 1973: 181, 182 (lectotype designation); Wall 1994: 149. Synonymized with Gasteruption assectator (Linnaeus) by Schletterer, 1889.

Gasteruption nigritarse ; Schletterer 1885: 310.

Gasteruption brevicauda Kieffer 1904a: 648, 1904b: 18; 1912: 259; Hedicke 1939: 8; Madl 1987a: 401; Wall 1994: 148. Synonymized with Gasteruption assectator (Linnaeus) by Madl, 1987a.

Trichofoenus breviterebrae Watanabe, 1934: 285; Hedicke 1939: 45. Synonymized by Pagliano and Scaramozzino 2000: 11, 19.

Gasteruption rugulosum ; Malyshev 1965: 245.

Gasteruption affectator auct.

Note.

The Nearctic synonyms as given by Smith (1996) are not repeated here and need reconfirmation.

Type material.

Lectotype of Gasteruption assectator here designated, ♀ coll. no. 2652 in the Linnean Society London, "49, assectator", and examined by Roman (1932) and Fitton (1978). The lectotype has been studied digitally (www.linnean-online.org) by the first author; no. 2653 is damaged and is a paralectotype. Lectotype of Gasteruption nigritarsis ♀ (ZIL) from "Lund, 8/53 [= viii.1853]", “nigritarsis”, "Lectotypus Foenus nigritarsis Thoms., ♀, K.-J. Hedqvist, det. 1972". Lectotype of Gasteruption fumipenne ♀ (ZIL) without metasoma from "Olle Han [? name of collector, according to original description from Gottland and Skäne, Sweden], d.15.vii.1850", “fumipennis”, "Lectotypus Foenus fumipennis Thoms., ♀, K.-J. Hedqvist, det. 1972"; lectotype has spurious vein on vein 1-SR. Holotype of Gasteruption margotae in Zoological Museum Helsinki (from Finland, Suoniemi, 26. vi.1947) was re-examined by Madl (1990b). Holotype of Gasteruption brevicauda in MNHN, female from Algeria ( Orléansville) was examined by Madl (1987a).

Additional material.

*Iran (Alborz, Chalous Road Shahrestanak; id., Arangeh; Qazvin, Zereshk Road; Azer. e Sh., Sis, 10 km E of Shabestar, 1540 m); Turkey (Anatolia, Lycia, Kemer; Pasli, 50 km S of Kars; 10 km W of Ürgüp; Bursa, near Cagliyan; 15 km W of Refahye, W of Erzincan, 1600 m; Konya, 10 km S of Aksehir Mts.; id., 30 km S of Aksehir; Sakarya, near Karasu; near Agri; near Akyaka, 40 m; near Fethiye; 40 km N of Muradye, 2200 m; Aciöl, near Cardak; Trabzon, near Macka; Avgadi, 30 km NW of Erdemli, 1300 m; Denizli, 10 km NE of Denizli, 270 m; Mansisa, 15 km SEE of Salihli, 170 m; Van, 30 km N of Baskale, 2700 m; Hakkari, Mt. Sat, SW of Yüksekova, Varegös, 1650 m; Nevsehir, Ürgüp, 1100 m; Gümüshane, Köse Dagh Gecidi, 1700 m; Pirene).

Diagnosis.

Apex of ovipositor sheath blackish or slightly brownish; ovipositor sheath 0.8-1.3 times as long as hind tibia and 0.4-0.8 times as long as hind tibia and tarsus combined; occipital carina obsolescent medio-dorsally (Figs 29, 39) and rath er protruding ventro-posteriorly (Fig. 29); antesternal carina narrow; head, laterally mesosoma and scapus black; head in anterior view slightly protruding below lower level of eyes by less than basal width of mandible and mandibular condylus near lower level of eyes (Fig. 33); in lateral view condylar incision of malar space close to eye (Fig. 29); clypeus with small depression or depression obsolescent; eyes shortly setose; fourth and fifth antennal segment 1.2-1.3 and 1.0-1.1 (♀)-1.3 (♂) times as long as third segment, respectively (Figs 29, 38); apical antennal segment at most 1.2 times as long as third antennal segment and its colour similar to colour of medial segments; antenna of female may be partly yellowish-brown; mesoscutum and head similarly coriaceous (Fig. 30), at most mesoscutum superficially rugulose; hind coxa often transversely rugose dorsally, but sometimes mainly coriaceous; hind tibia stout, with a distinct subbasal ivory ring and swollen, resulting in a distinctly convex ventral border (Fig. 32); hind basitarsus rather long (Fig. 32); hind tibial spurs yellowish-brown or brown; hind tarsus brown, dark brown or blackish; incision of hypopygium shallow.

Distribution.

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

Biology.

Predator-inquiline of Hylaeus spp. and small Megachilinae. Collected in June–August.