Plutothrix Foerster , 1856

Tselikh, Ekaterina V., Varkonyi, Gergely & Dale-Skey, Natalie, 2022, Review of the genus Plutothrix Foerster, 1856 (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae) with a key to Palaearctic species, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 93, pp. 1-32 : 1

Plutothrix Foerster, 1856

Plutothrix Förster, 1856: 46. Type species by subsequent monotypy Plutothrix foersteri Mayr, 1904.

Anoglyphis Förster, 1878: 49. Type species by original designation Anoglyphis nubilosa Förster, 1878. Synonymy by Kerrich and Graham (1957: 296).

Diagnosis.

Clypeal margin with angular median tooth (e.g., Figs 4 , 37 , 43 , 75 ); tentorial pits indistinct; antennal formula 11263; male antennae with distinct adpressed setae (e.g., Figs 13 , 27 ); pronotum with collar margin carinate; notauli complete (e.g., Figs 8 , 15 , 24 , 29 , 40 , 72 ); prepectus bare and smooth or coriaceous sculpture (e.g., Figs 17 , 45 , 67 ); scutellum with distinct frenal area (e.g., Figs 8 , 15 , 24 , 29 , 40 , 72 ); fore wing with speculum reaching cubital line (e.g., Figs 3 , 5 , 12 , 16 , 22 , 31 , 34 , 39 , 50 , 58 , 66 , 73 , 76 , 82 ); petiole inconspicuous; ( Graham 1969; Bouček and Rasplus 1991).

Distribution.

Palaearctic, Nearctic.

Figures

Figures 1 - 8. Plutothrix acuminata (Thomson, 1878), non-type female (1 - 4) 1 body, lateral view 2 head and mesosoma, dorsal view 3 fore wing 4 head, frontal view. Plutothrix bicolorata (Spinola, 1808), non-type female (5 - 8) 5 fore wing 6 antenna 7 body, dorsal view 8 head, mesosoma and part of metasoma, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.8 mm (1); 2.1 mm (7).

Figures 29 - 37. Plutothrix kuboi Kamijo, 2004, paratype female (29 - 32) 29 body, dorsal view 30 body, lateral view 31 fore wing 32 antenna. Plutothrix kusigematii Kamijo, 2004, paratype female (33 - 37) 33 antenna 34 fore wing 35 metasoma, dorsal view 36 body, lateral view 37 head, frontal view. Scale bars: 1.25 mm (29); 2.5 mm (36).

Figures 38 - 46. Plutothrix longigaster sp. nov., holotype female (38 - 46) 38 body, lateral view 39 fore wing 40 body, dorsal view 41 antenna 42 metasoma, dorsal view 43 head, frontal view 44 head, dorsal view 45 mesosoma, lateral view 46 mesosoma, dorsal view. Scale bar: 1.7 mm (38).

Figures 71 - 78. Plutothrix rugosa Kamijo, 2004, holotype female (71 - 73) 71 body, dorsal view 72 mesosoma, dorsal view 73 wings. Plutothrix scrobicula Kamijo, 2004, paratype female (74 - 78) 74 mesosoma, dorsal view 75 head, frontal view 76 fore wing 77 body, lateral view 78 body, dorsal view. Scale bars: 2.7 mm (71); 1.0 mm (78).

Figures 9 - 17. Plutothrix canariensis Hedqvist, 1974, holotype female (9 - 12), non-type male (13) 9 body, dorsal view 10 mesosoma and metasoma, lateral view 11 antenna 12 wings 13 body, lateral view. Plutothrix coelius (Walker, 1839), non-type female (14 - 17) 14 body, dorsal view 15 head and mesosoma, dorsal view 16 wings 17 mesosoma, lateral view. Scale bars: 1.05 mm (9); 0.85 mm (13); 1.3 mm (14).

Figures 18 - 28. Plutothrix gribanovi sp. nov., holotype female (18 - 26), paratype male (27, 28) 18 body, dorsal view 19 body, lateral view 20 head, dorsal view 21 head, frontal view 22 wings 23 head and mesosoma, dorso-lateral view 24 mesosoma, dorsal view 25 metasoma, dorsal view 26 antenna 27 body, lateral view 28 fore wing. Scale bars: 2.1 mm (18), 1.1 mm (27).

Figures 64 - 70. Plutothrix perelegans Graham, 1993, non-type female (64 - 66) 64 body, lateral view 65 antenna 66 fore wing. Plutothrix pilicoxa Graham, 1993, holotype female (67 - 70) 67 hind coxa 68 body, lateral view 69 antennal clava 70 body, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.4 mm (64); 1.2 mm (68).

Figures 47 - 55. Plutothrix narendrani Kamijo, 2004, paratype female (47 - 51) 47 body, dorsal view 48 body, lateral view 49 antenna 50 fore wing 51 scutellum, dorsal view. Plutothrix nudicoxa Graham, 1993, holotype female (52 - 55) 52 body, lateral view 53 body, dorsal view 54 hind coxa 55 antenna. Scale bars: 1.4 mm (47); 1.8 mm (53).

Figures 56 - 63. Plutothrix obtusiclava Graham, 1993, non-type female (56 - 59) 56 body, lateral view 57 antennal clava 58 fore wing 59 antenna. Plutothrix pallidiclava Graham, 1993, holotype female (60 - 63) 60 body, dorsal view 61 mesosoma, dorsal view 62 antenna 63 body, lateral view. Scale bars: 1.9 mm (56); 1.0 mm (60).

Figures 79 - 86. Plutothrix trifasciata (Thomson, 1878), non-type female (79 - 83) 79 body, dorsal view 80 head and mesosoma, dorsal view 81 head and mesosoma, lateral view 82 fore wing 83 metasoma, dorsal view. Plutothrix zhangyieensis Yang, 1996, non-type female (84 - 86) 84 body, lateral view 85 fore wing 86 mesosoma, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.6 mm (79); 1.0 mm (84).