Ormyrus askanicus Zerova &amp; Seryogina 2014, sp. n.
Creators: name: Zerova, M. D.
name: Seryogina, L. Ya.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ormyridae
Ormyrus
Ormyrus askanicus

description: <i>Ormyrus askanicus</i> Zerova, sp. n. M a t e r i a l. Holotype &amp;female;, Ukraine, reserve “ Askania Nova ” (Kherson Region), from flower heads of <i>Serratula xeranthemoides</i> Bieb., coll. 3.07. 1981, reared 1.02.1982 (Zerova). F e m a l e (fig. 1, <i>1</i> –5). Length of body 2.1 mm. Body bright green with bluish reflection especially clear on abdomen, the fourth abdominal tergit dorsaly with a dark-yellowish spot. All coxae and hind femora bright green; all tibia brownish-green, hind tibia with metallic reflection; tarsi dark-yellow; scape bright green, funicle brown; wings hyaline, venation yellow. Head from above some broader than pronotum, twice as broad as long (50: 25), POL twice as long as OOL (12: 6). Occipital carina distinct, temple much shorter than height of eye. Head in frontal view wider than height in ratio 50: 37; eyes bare, gena shorter than longitudinal eye diameter in ratio 11: 25, external clypeus margin straight; face with very thin reticulation shining. Antenna inserted much lower the middle of face nearly on the lower level of eyes; scape thin does not reach the mid ocellus; flagellum with two very short and flat anelli, the first anellus is narrower than the second; the first funicular segment is square, the last 2–6 transverse; pubescence of flagellum very short. Mesosoma bulging, the surface of pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum with very thin reticulation, formed by numerous fine strips; the surface of thorax shining. Scutellum with a very thin brim at the apex. Propodeum in the middle shining, with some thin striation on the sides. Hind coxa with distinct punctation, mid and fore coxae without punctation, with very thin striation, hind femora with the same sculpture. Fore wing with very dense pilosity, cubital and basal hairlines weakly visible, basal and costal cells bare; postmarginal vein short and stout, marginal, postmarginal and radial veins as 25: 5: 3.2. &amp;Rcy;&amp;icy;&amp;scy;. 1. <i>Ormyrus askanicus</i> sp. n. (<i>1–5</i>) &amp;icy; <i>O. novus</i> (<i>6–9</i>): <i>1</i> — &amp;scy;&amp;acy;&amp;mcy;&amp;kcy;&amp;acy;, &amp;vcy;&amp;icy;&amp;dcy; &amp;scy;&amp;bcy;&amp;ocy;&amp;kcy;&amp;ucy;; <i>2</i> — &amp;gcy;&amp;ocy;&amp;lcy;&amp;ocy;&amp;vcy;&amp;acy; &amp;scy;&amp;pcy;&amp;iecy;&amp;rcy;&amp;iecy;&amp;dcy;&amp;icy;; <i>3</i> — &amp;ucy;&amp;scy;&amp;icy;&amp;kcy; &amp;scy;&amp;acy;&amp;mcy;&amp;kcy;&amp;icy;; <i>4</i> — &amp;zhcy;&amp;icy;&amp;lcy;&amp;kcy;&amp;ocy;&amp;vcy;&amp;acy;&amp;ncy;&amp;icy;&amp;iecy; &amp;pcy;&amp;iecy;&amp;rcy;&amp;iecy;&amp;dcy;&amp;ncy;&amp;icy;&amp;khcy; &amp;kcy;&amp;rcy;&amp;ycy;&amp;lcy;&amp;softcy;&amp;iecy;&amp;vcy;; <i>5</i> — &amp;mcy;&amp;iecy;&amp;tcy;&amp;acy;&amp;scy;&amp;ocy;&amp;mcy;&amp;acy;; <i>6</i> — &amp;scy;&amp;acy;&amp;mcy;&amp;kcy;&amp;acy;, &amp;vcy;&amp;icy;&amp;dcy; &amp;scy;&amp;bcy;&amp;ocy;&amp;kcy;&amp;ucy;; <i>7</i> — &amp;gcy;&amp;ocy;&amp;lcy;&amp;ocy;&amp;vcy;&amp;acy; &amp;scy;&amp;pcy;&amp;iecy;&amp;rcy;&amp;iecy;&amp;dcy;&amp;icy;; <i>8</i> — &amp;ucy;&amp;scy;&amp;icy;&amp;kcy; &amp;scy;&amp;acy;&amp;mcy;&amp;kcy;&amp;icy;; <i>9</i> — &amp;zhcy;&amp;icy;&amp;lcy;&amp;kcy;&amp;ocy;&amp;vcy;&amp;acy;&amp;ncy;&amp;icy;&amp;iecy; &amp;pcy;&amp;iecy;&amp;rcy;&amp;iecy;&amp;dcy;&amp;ncy;&amp;icy;&amp;khcy; &amp;kcy;&amp;rcy;&amp;ycy;&amp;lcy;&amp;softcy;&amp;iecy;&amp;vcy;. Metasoma longer than mesosoma as 60: 35 (in profile), female gaster dorsally with longitudinal median carina on T2–T5, but carina is not sharp. Apex of the gaster is short but distinct uplifted; epipygium the same length as T6; T1 with distinct punctation, T2–T5 with shallow pits and rows of foweae, T6 with thin reticulation. All gasteral tergites without distinct pubescence; T4 dorsal with large dark-yellow spot. M a l e unknown. B i o l o g y. Reared from flower heads of <i>Serratula xeranthemoides</i> Bieb. inhabited by Tephritidae larvae. D i s c u s s i o n. <i>Ormyrus askanicus</i> sp.n. belongs to <i>orientalis</i> species group (female gaster with dorsal median keel, fig. 1, <i>5</i>). In this group, the new species is close to <i>Ormyrus novus</i> Zerova, 2012 (fig. 1, <i>6</i>) from the United Arab Emirates (Zerova, Seryogina, Harten Van, 2012). The both species have oval gaster (in profile), and the apex of the gaster is short and uplifted. The peculiarities of funicular segments are also similar, but in the new species the F2–F6 are shorter. The new species can be easily distinguished from <i>O. novus</i> by structure of venation with short postmarginal vein and by colour of body — bright blue green in <i>O. askanicus</i> sp.n. and dark green in <i>O. novus</i>. Moreover the gaster by new species has a dark-yellow spot on dorsal side of T4.
description: Published as part of <i>Zerova, M. D. &amp; Seryogina, L. Ya., 2014, A New Species Of The Genus Ormyrus (Hymenoptera, Ormyridae) From The Steppe Zone Of The Ukraine, pp. 281-283 in Vestnik Zoologii 48 (3)</i> on pages 281-283, DOI: 10.2478/vzoo-2014-0032, http://zenodo.org/record/6453175