Kolopterna Graham, 1987

Yegorenkova, Ekaterina N. & Yefremova, Zoya A., 2024, Revision of the genus Kolopterna Graham (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), with description of three new species, Israel Journal of Entomology (Oxford, England) 53 (17), pp. 63-91 : 64-65

Genus Kolopterna Graham, 1987

Type species: Kolopterna salina Graham, 1987: 80 .

Diagnosis: The genus Kolopterna was first diagnosed by Graham (1987): “First segment of mid and hind tarsi much shorter than second segment. Forewing with marginal vein shorter than or at most as long as costal cell. Antenna of ♀ with 3 anelli, the first two discoid, the third large … funicle and clava each with 3 segments. Antenna of ♂ with ventral plaque of scape placed in upper half; with 2 anelli, 4 funical segments and 3 claval segments. … Malar sulcus with oblong or sublinear fovea below eye. Genitalia of ♂ very elongate, as in Sigmophora .”

Identification: The first key to species of Kolopterna was published by Graham (1987). More than 30 years later, Kostyukov and Kosheleva (2018) produced a key for 13 Palearctic species, without illustrations. Our illustrated key includes 14 species from the Palearctic and Oriental regions; females are known for all species, while males are known for seven species only.

Hosts: Asphondylia punica Marchal, 1897 ( Diptera , Cecidomyiidae ) on Atriplex halimus L. ( DoĞanlar & Elsayed 2013,). New host record for Kolopterna is Baldratia arida Dorchin, 2019 ( Cecidomyiidae ).

Distribution: Palearctic: Europe ( Greece, Spain, Italy, Russia (European part), East Mediterranean (* Cyprus, Egypt, * Israel, * Jordan), Middle Asia ( Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan), and Oriental: Pakistan, * Laos.