Stylops spreta Perkins, 1918

Ostrovsky, A. M. & Ivlev, K. S., 2024, NEW RECORDS OF STYLOPIDS (STREPSIPTERA: STYLOPIDAE) FROM THE EUROPEAN PART OF RUSSIA, Far Eastern Entomologist 504, pp. 26-32 : 29

Stylops spreta Perkins, 1918

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MATERIAL EXAMINED. Russia: Lipetsk Oblast, Zadonsk Dist., 40 km E of the vill. Donskoye, Galichya Gora Nature Reserve , Morozova Gora , 52.585555°N, 38.917225°E, steppe, 28.VI 1979, V. T. Kuznetsova leg. – 1♀ of Andrena (Micrandrena) nanaeformis Noskiewicz, 1924 ( V. T. Kuznetsova det.) stylopized by 1♀ of Stylops spreta (between IV and V tergites) (A.M. Ostrovsky det.) .

DISTRIBUTION. Russia (first record). Currently known from Great Britain (type locality), Spain, Germany, Austria, Netherlands ( Mandery, 2016; Cook, 2019; Smit et al., 2020).

REMARKS. Stylops spreta is a typical parasite of many Andrena (Micrandrena) species ( Hymenoptera : Andrenidae ) ( Straka et al., 2015; Mandery, 2016; Cook, 2019; Smit et al., 2020). However, A. (M.) nanaeformis is a new host of Stylops spreta . In European Russia A. (M.) nanaeformis is a common species.

Figures

Figs 1–12. Ventral view of adult female cephalothoraxes of stylopids: 1 – Halictoxenos tumulorum Perkins, 1918; 2 – Hylecthrus rubi Saunders, 1850; 3 – Kinzelbachus friesei (Hofeneder, 1949); 4, 5 – Stylops andrenaphilus Luna de Carvalho, 1974; 6 – S. spreta Perkins, 1918; 7 – S. thwaitesi Perkins, 1918; 8, 9, 10 – S. cf. aino Kifune et Maeta, 1990; 11, 12 – Stylops sp.