Arthrolytus oezbeki Doganlar 1978
Creators: name: Doğanlar, Mikdat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Pteromalidae
Arthrolytus
Arthrolytus oezbeki

description: Arthrolytus oezbeki DOĞANLAR, 1978 (Figs 1a, 2a, 3a)
T y p e m a t e r i a l s: Holotype ♀, Burnaby, B.C. 25.01.1978, Leg. M. Doğanlar, CNC. Paratypes: 1♀, Arcata, California, 22.II.1972, Leg. J.K. Wangberg (CNC); 9♀♀, Burnaby, B.C., 01-11. IV. 1977. Leg. M. Doğanlar; 94♀♀, 180♂♂, Burnaby, B.C., 08-22.XII. 1977 - 23-27. I. 1978. Leg M. Doğanlar. Deposition of types: 5♀♀, 5♂♂ (CNC); 5♀♀, 5♂♂ (USNM); 5♀♀, 5♂♂ in the Museum of Simon Fraser University, Canada; the remainder in Insect Museum of Biological Control Station, Yüreğir, Adana, Turkey (IMBC).
D i a g n o s i s: ♀: Each mandible with 3 teeth; Forewing (Fig. 3a) with marginal ciliae; malar space more than half length of an eye; the head hardly protuberant at the level of the toruli; Antenna (Fig. 1a) with flagellum distinctly clavate; anelli almost equal in length; first funicular segment not constricted basally, almost as long as pedicel, inserted low on head, much nearer to the anterior margin of the clypeus than to the median ocellus, the lower edge of the toruli hardly above the level of the ventral edge of the eyes; combined length of pedicel plus flagellum subequal to breadth of head; flagellum 2.18x length of scape; pedicel 1.46x as long as the anelli plus first funicle; 1.7x as long as wide and 1.5x as long as F1; F4-F6 distictly transverse, 1.4x as wide as long; club 2.5x as long as F1. Forewing (Fig. 3a) with costal cell 9.87 times as long as broad; marginal vein at the average 1.16-1.29x as long as stigmal vein; submarginal vein 1.9- 2.04x as long as stigmal vein; post marginal and marginal veins subequal in length, angle between stigmal and post marginal veins 320; speculum open; Propodeum about 0.4x length of scutellum, median area punctured-reticulated; costula slightly indicated, plicae distinct posteriorly; median carina complete, broken medially; median area 2.5x as wide as long; body metallic green with golden reflection, femora testaceous; metasoma black; metasoma 1.52-1.65x as long as mesosoma, its maximum breadth 1.25x that of mesonotum.
♂♂: Similar to ♀ except as follows: Antenna (Fig. 2a) with F1 distinctly constricted basally and distinctly wider than pedicel (at least 1.7x); combined length of pedicel plus flagellum 1.4x as long as breadth of head; scape with a projection on upper half ventrally; pedicel about 1.67 times as long as broad and 0.55x as long as F1; flagellum 3.5x length of scape, F1 1.4x; F2 1.29x, F3-F5 1.15x as long as wide, F6 distinctly smaller than preceeding segments and 1.3x as long as wide; club 3x as long as width, 1.8x as long as F1; linear sensillae on F1 4; F2 5 in two rows, medially; F3-F4 4-5, in one row medially; F5-F6 5- 4 in one row apically; C1-C2 4; C3 2.
D e s c r i p t i o n:givenbyDOĞANLAR (1978).
H o s t: hyperparasite on Orthopelma californicum ASHM. (Hym. Ichneumonidae) and Eurytoma sp. nr. acuta BUGBEE (Hym. Eurytomidae) in the galls of Diastrophus kincaidii GILLETTE on Rubus parviflorus NUTT. (DOĞANLAR 1978).
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Canada: British Columbia, Burnaby; USA: California, Arcata.
description: Published as part of Doğanlar, Mikdat, 2018, World species of Arthrolytus (Hymenoptera Pteromalidae, Pteromalinae), with description of new species, pp. 255-289 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1) on pages 266-267, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3985426