Kolopterna aymani DoĞanlar, 2013, 1800

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 : 66-68

Kolopterna aymani DoĞanlar, 2013

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Kolopterna aymani DoĞanlar, 2013: 1800 .

Diagnosis (after DoĞanlar 2013): Female. Body length 1.8–2.7 mm. POL 1.25× as long as OOL. F1 about 3.4×, F2 2.0×, clava 2.2× as long as wide. Fovea sublinear 0.50× as long as gena. Pronotum 0.4× as long as mesoscutum, mesoscutum with several setae in 3 rows on each side, scutellum without submedian lines. Forewing with apical margin, between PMV and apex of wing, bare, speculum open below, SMV with 4 setae, MV 1.3× shorter than costal cell. Gaster 2.2× as long as wide. Body yellow ( Fig. 1A, B). Male. Body length 1.3–2.0 mm. Antennal scape with ventral plaque 0.23× length of scape, F1 1.6×, F2 2.6×, F3 2.6×, clava 7.0× as long as wide, whorled setae of F1 reaching about level with about basal ⅓ of F3. Genitalia 10.4× as long as broad.

Israeli specimen. Female. Body length 1.4 mm. Malar sulcus with sublinear fovea 0.6× length of gena. Mid T1 1.6× shorter than T2 and hind T1 2.0× shorter than T2. MV 1.3× shorter than costal cell.

Holotype (not examined): Egypt: ♀, Alexandria, Alameria District, 30°59'54"N 29°49'70"E, 6.iii.2013, emerged as solitary parasites from galls of Asphondylia conglomerata on Atriplex halimus, A. Elsayed (Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey, Cat. No: 005 – 01).

Material examined: Israel: 1♀, Mizpe Shalem, 13.iv.1995, N. Dorchin, ex Asphondylia sp. ( Cecidomyiidae ) on Salsola tetrandra (SMNHTAU) .

Distribution: Egypt, * Israel.

Hosts: Asphondylia punica Marchal (recorded also by its junior synonym Asphondylia conglomerata De Stefani, 1900 ) ( Diptera : Cecidomyiidae ) on Atriplex halimus L. ( Chenopodiaceae ) ( DoĞanlar 2013). In Israel, the species was reared from Asphondylia sp. on Salsola tetrandra Forssk. ( Chenopodiaceae ).

Remark: Asphondylia punica Marchal is very common around the Mediterranean basin, including Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Israel, Syria, Greece, Italy and Spain ( Dorchin et al. 2014).