Aphelinoidea (Aphelinoidea) gerlingi, Triapitsyn, 2018

Triapitsyn, Ś. Serguei V., 2018, Review of the Palearctic Aphelinoidea (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae), with focus on the species described by Ś. Nowicki, Israel Journal of Entomology 48 (2), pp. 33-81 : 50

Aphelinoidea (Aphelinoidea) gerlingi n. sp.

( Figs 27–37)

Aphelinoidea “O”: Clausen 1978: 56 (97,015 specimens released in California, USA, of Morocco origin); Trjapitzin 1995: 302 (undescribed species from semifuscipennis species group of Aphelinoidea s.str. from Algeria, Egypt, and Morocco).

Aphelinoidea anatolica Nowicki (misident.): Bayoun et al. 1998: 133–135 (introduction from Iran to California, USA), 2008: 415, 420, 423 (egg parasitoid of Neoaliturus tenellus [as Circulifer tenellus ] in California).

Aphelinoidea (Aphelinoidea) anatolica Nowicki (misident.): Walker et al. 2005: 3 (apparent establishment in California), 5 (origin of the cultures), 9–12 (key, distribution, host association, illustrations, discussion), 14 (illustration); 16 (illustration), 19–20 (illustrations); Rakitov & Triapitsyn 2013: 544 (distribution [in part]).

Aphelinoidea anatolica subsp. halepensis Nowicki : Walker et al. ­ 2005:­ 10,­ 12­ (misidentification,­ discussion).

LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:FFC50243-E222-49D8-8D3D-2A3B72BFDCC2 .

Etymology: The new species is named after the late Prof. Dan Gerling of the University of Tel Aviv, who liked to visit Riverside, California, and was always very kind to me.

Diagnosis: Aphelinoidea (A.) gerlingi belongs to the semifuscipennis species group of A. ( Aphelinoidea ) ­as­ defined­ by­Trjapitzin­(1995),­because­ it­ lacks­ a­ hyaline,­ sparsely setose path on the fore wing disc beyond the venation ( Figs 31, 32, 35). Its female differs from those of the Oriental species A. (Aphelinoidea) longiclavata Yousuf & Shafee from India and the Holarctic A. semifuscipennis by the features indicated in the key, as follows.