Aphelinoidea (Lathromeroides) bischoffi ( Novicky, 1946 )

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 : 45-47

Aphelinoidea (Lathromeroides) bischoffi ( Novicky, 1946)

( Figs 17–19)

Lathromeroides (Lengerkeniola) bischoffi Novicky, 1946: 45–46 . Type locality: Kalvarienberg [park, ca.­ 47°56'40"N­ 16°51'56"E],­ Neusiedl­am­See,­ Burgenland,­ Austria.­Holotype­ ♀ ­[DEZA],­ not examined.

Aphelinoidea bischoffi (Novicky [as Nowicki]): Doutt & Viggiani 1968: 529 (list).

Aphelinoidea (Lathromeroides) bischoffi (Novicky) : Trjapitzin 1995: 304 (key [as A. bischoffi (Nowicki) ], distribution).

Aphelinoidea bischoffi (Novicky) [as Nowicki]: Fursov 2007: 966 (key, distribution, illustrations); Viggiani 2011: 104–106 (list, synonymy, taxonomic history, diagnosis, distribution, type information, illustrations).

Aphelinoidea cultrocaudata Wang, He, Zhang & Hu in Wang et al., 2009: 316–319. Type locality: Akeqizhen (near Kaba) [as “Akesi Town”], 48°03.156'N 86°26.354'E, Habahe County, Xinjiang­Uyghur­Autonomous­Region,­ China.­Holotype­ ♀ ­[ICXU],­examined­during­myvisits there. Synonymy under A. bischoffi by Viggiani (2011: 105).

Diagnosis: This distinct species is easily recognizable by its very long (occupying

the entire length of the gaster and at least 3.8× length of the metatibia), scimitar-

shaped ovipositor ( Fig. 18) which is markedly exserted beyond the gastral apex

(best observed in lateral view). Also see the detailed original description, as well as the nice drawings in Fursov (2007) and Viggiani (2011). Illustrated here, to facilitate its recognition, are its female antenna ( Fig. 17) (clava 2.8–2.9× as long as wide) and fore and hind wings ( Fig. 19). The fore wing is 2.4–2.9× as long as wide and its disc has a narrow, distinct hyaline path just beyond the venation.

Material examined: Kyrgyzstan: ­ 1♀,­ Osh,­ Karakuldzha,­ Lajsu­Ravine ,­ 40°31'20"N­ 73°37'10"E,­ 1815 m, 25.vi.1999, C.H. Dietrich [ UCRC] .

Distribution: Austria, China (Xinjiang), Croatia, Moldova, Spain, Ukraine ( Novicky 1946; Trjapitzin 1995; Fursov 2007; Wang et al. 2009; Viggiani 2011), and Kyrgyzstan (new record). Its listings from Germany (e.g., Viggiani 2011) are incorrect, as both localities of the type series are in Burgenland, Austria, the other one­(of­the­unspecified­number­of­paratypes)­being­Jungerberg­(near­[W­of]­Jois,­ 47°57'38"N­ 16°46'44'E)­between­Jois­and­Winden­am­See­(Novicky­1946:­46,­as­ “Jungenberg”).

Hosts: Unknown.