Philotrypesis okinavensis Ishii, 1934

Pérez-Gómez, Álvaro, Sánchez-García, Íñigo, Royo, José Manuel, Rasplus, Jean-Yves & Robla, Jairo, 2025, Unveiling an intricate relationship: Ficus trees, their associated wasps (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) and another story of invasion in the Iberian Peninsula and Europe, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 98, pp. 667-687 : 667-687

Philotrypesis okinavensis Ishii, 1934

Material studied.

Spain: • Cádiz: Puerto Real : 2 ♂ + 1 ♀ ex., A. Pérez-Gómez leg. and AC. deposit., 10-XI-2020, 316 m a. s. l., found dissecting fallen syconia of Ficus microcarpa (36.530600, -6.211997). See in Fig. 1 E, F .

Ecological remarks.

Parasitoid of Eupristina verticillata and W. microcarpae (see Compton et al. 2018).

Distribution.

This species originates from eastern Asia, namely China, Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan ( van Noort and Rasplus 2024). This is the first record from Spain and the Iberian Peninsula.

Short description.

Female yellowish red brown in general. Antennae brown except the scape which is yellowish red brown; abdominal segments 5–6 with transverse brown band at the base; segments 7–9 with a median longitudinal brown band; ovipositor black. Mandible tridentate the lower tooth largest. Mesoscutum and scutellum with a shallow median longitudinal furrow; propodeum with three longitudinal keels, the median one only indicated in the anterior half; Wings hyaline, the veins pale brown. Legs yellowish red-brown. Abdomen almost as long as the head and thorax combined, long ovate; stalk very short; ovipositor if the abdomen, dilated in the middle.

Figures

Figure 1. Wasps cited in this work A female of Eupristina aff. verticillata Waterston, 1921 B Walkerella microcarpae Bouček, 1993 C female and D male of Pleistodontes imperialis Saunders, 1883 E female and F males of Philotrypesis okinavensis Ishii, 1934 G Eufroggattisca okinavensis (Ishii, 1934) H Josephiella microcarpae Beardsley & Rasplus, 2001.