Symphytopria trisulcata Kieffer, 1910

Chemyreva, Vasilisa G., 2024, Revision of the genus Symphytopria Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae, Diapriinae) with notes on its taxonomy, Zootaxa 5541 (3), pp. 375-382 : 379-380

Symphytopria trisulcata Kieffer, 1910

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Symphytopria Trisulcata Kieffer, 1910: 742 .

Symphytopria trisulcata : Kieffer, 1916: 25.

Symphytopria facialis Kieffer, 1910: 743 ; Kieffer, 1916: 25, 26. Syn. nov.

Material examined. Type material. Holotype of Symphytopria trisulcata Kieffer : female, “Nava/ VIII.902/ Solari” ( Fig. 4 G ) . Holotype of Symphytopria facialis Kieffer : female, “ S. Bisso Ceraco / M. Sacro / prov. Salerno/ Bensa 902” ( Fig. 4F ) .

Additional material. Italy: Lippiano , Prov. Arezzo [Perugia Prov.], xii.1917, A. Andreini [leg], 1♀ ; Prov. di Lucca , Bogni di L. [Lucca], 30.iii.1910, A. Andreini [leg], 1♀ ; Gran Sasso , Prati di Tivo, faggeta [beech forest] (TE [Teramo Prov.]), 17.vi.1988, R. Poggi [leg], m 1550, 1♀ . France se, Dep. Var Dint Tanneron (NW di Cannes [NW from Cannes]), 31.iii.2008, m 170, R. Poggi [leg], 1♀ .

Diagnosis. Head distinctly darker than meso- and metasoma, without a row of pits between eyes; border between scutellum and mesonotum with more or less distinct trace of sculpture ( Fig. 4C, D ); propodeum with more or less distinct median carina and with weakly arcuate posterior margin ( Fig. 4A, D ); petiole and base of T2 scanty pubescent.

Variation. Body length 2.1–2.4 mm. Metasoma dark brown to reddish, female clavomeres dark brown to brown. A4–A9 slightly to distinctly transverse, A11 and A12 as long as wide to distinctly transverse ( Fig. 4A–C ). Mesosoma in dorsal view 1.6 to 2.0 times as long as wide; shallow anterior scutellar pits visible as traces ( Fig. 4B, D ) to almost absent ( Fig. 4A, C ); median propodeal carina straight, distinct and darker than other parts of propodeum ( Fig. 4A ) to slightly curved, poorly visible and same color as other parts of propodeum ( Fig. 4D ).

Distribution. Italy and France.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Holotypes of Symphytopria facialis (A, C, F) and Symphytopria trisulcata (B, D, E, G): A, D—female body in dorsal view; C—female antennae; C, E—female body in lateral view; F, G—labels. Scale bar 0.5 mm.