Aulacidea Ashmead 1897
Creators: name: Azmaz, Musa
name: Katilmiş, Yusuf
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Cynipidae
Aulacidea

description: Key to species of Palaearctic Aulacidea (modified after Melika 2006; host plant synonyms updated with accepted species names)
1. Forewing margin without cilia............................................................................2
– Forewing margin with moderately long cilia….............................................................. 3
2. Head and entire mesosoma always black, galls on Arnica montana (Denmark) ................................ arnicae
– Head and mesosoma laterally always reddish to light brown, only scutum black; galls in stems on Centaurea and Echinops (Tajikistan, Turkmenistan)......................................................................... discolor
3. Head higher than broad in front view.......................................................................4
– Head always slightly broader or at least as broad as high in front view........................................... 5
4. Scutellar foveae very narrow, coriaceous to smooth, indistinctly delimited posteriorly; head and mesosoma always black, galls in stems on Arctium, Cousinia, Echinops, Rhaponticum, Eryngium (Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Georgia)............. parvula
– Scutellar foveae broader, smooth and shining, deep, well-delimited around, galls in fruits on Koelpinia linearis (Asteraceae) (Turkmenistan)................................................................................ koelpiniae
5. Female antenna 12-segmented............................................................................6
– Female antenna 13-14 segmented.........................................................................9
6. Body light reddish brown, except black scutum, scutellum and partially propodeum; galls in stems on Phlomoides tuberosa .............................................................................................. phlomica
– Body predominantly black, head and mesosoma always black...................................................7
7. F1 shorter than F2; galls in stems on Silybum marianum (Asteraceae) (southern France)....................... ... freesei
– F1 equal or longer than F2............................................................................... 8
8. POL only slightly longer than OOL; F2 nearly equal F1; dorsellum medially nearly as high as height of ventral impressed area; metasomal tergite 2 without a posterior band of punctures; male antenna 14-segmented; galls in stems on Klasea erucifolia ............................................................................................... ascanica
– POL 2.0 times as long as OOL; F2 nearly 2.0 times as long as F1; dorsellum medially 3.0-4.0 times as high as height of ventral impressed area; metasomal tergite 2 with a posterior band of punctures, occupying its half-length; male antenna 13-segmented; galls in stems on Rhaponticum repens ........................................................... acroptilonica
9. Notauli incomplete in anterior 1/3, F1 much shorter than F2................................................... 10
– Notauli complete, at least slightly impressed anteriorly; F1 equal or longer than F2................................ 11
10. Scutellar foveae relatively more longer and broad, inner margins nearly reaching one another anteriorly; median mesoscutal line extending to 1/3-1/2 of scutum length; galls in Podospermum (France, Spain)............................ … laurae
– Scutellar foveae shorter and narrower; median mesoscutal line absent; galls in Sonchus asper (France, Great Britain, Spain).............................................................................................. ... follioti
11. Metasomal tergite 2 without a patch of dense white setae antero-laterally; tergite 3 with very weak, indistinct sparse punctures; galls in flower heads on Phlomoides tuberosa .................................................... diakontschukae
– Metasomal tergite 2 with a distinct patch of dense setae antero-laterally, tergite 3 with or without punctures; galls different and on other plants.......................................................................................12
12. Metasomal tergite 3 entirely without punctures; F1 of female 2.1 times as long as pedicel................. .. turcica sp. n.
– Metasomal tergite 3 with punctures; F1 of female never longer than 2.0 times length of pedicel...…................... 13
13. Metasomal tergite 3 entirely punctate.................................................................... 14
– Metasomal tergite 3 with posterior band of punctures which usually extending to at most half-length of tergite only...... 16
14. Scutellar foveae transversely ovate, always broader than high, smooth, shining; punctures on metasomal tergite 3 uniformly dense and distinct; hypopygium large; galls in Klasea, Scorzonera and Serratula .................................. 15
– Scutellar foveae elongated, longer than broad, with wrinkles; punctures on metasomal tergite 3 more sparse and weak in the anterior half; hypopygium small; galls in stems of Tragopogon ........................................ tragopogonis
15. POL 3.0 times as long as diameter of lateral ocellus; female antenna 14-segmented; notauli incomplete, anteriorly absent; scutellar foveae transversely ovate, much narrower; metasomal tergite 2 occupying nearly the half length of metasoma dorsally; galls in stems on Scorzonera ................................................................... scorzonerae
– POL at least 4.0 times as long as diameter of lateral ocellus, female antenna 13-segmented; notauli complete; scutellar foveae elongated, nearly as long as broad; metasomal tergite 2 occupying at most 1/3 of metasoma length dorsally; galls in flower heads on Klasea and Serratula .................................................................... serratulae
16. F1 of female equal or very slightly longer than F2; pronotum laterally alutaceous to very delicately coriaceous; median mesoscutal line long, in some specimens reaching to pronotum (in a form of a line which is not impressed); punctures on metasomal tergite 3 dorsally nearly reaching anterior margin of tergite; laterally band of punctures narrowing towards ventral margin of tergite..............................................................................................17
– F1 always slightly shorter than F2; pronotum laterally coriaceous; median mesoscutal line shorter, impressed, never longer than half length of scutum; punctures on metasomal tergite 3 form a band equal in width dorsally and laterally.............. 18
17. Head transversely subrectangulate; anterior margins of scutellar foveae together forming a straight line; galls on leaves of Pilosella .................................................................................... subterminalis
– Head narrowly trapezoid in front view; scutellar foveae nearly rounded; galls on leaves of Pilosella ............. pilosellae
18. Antennal toruli very closely located, diameter of torulus at least 6.0 times as large as distance between toruli; scutum distinctly longer than broad; Rs+M of forewing extending to 2/3 length of distance between areolet and basalis; lateral propodeal carinae broad, curved outwards in the middle; galls in stems on Rubus ............................................... rubi
– Antennal toruli are away from one another, diameter of torulus never more than 3.0 times as large as distance between toruli; scutum only slightly broader or equal to width; Rs+M always reaching basalis; lateral propodeal carinae narrow, straight; galls in Hieracium, flower heads on Podospermum and Scorzonera ................................................. 19
19. POL at most 2.8 times as long as diameter of lateral ocellus; lower face with distinct striae radiating from clypeus and reaching eyes and antennal sockets; median mesoscutal line in a form of short triangle; flower heads on Podospermum and Scorzonera .......................................................................................... abdominalis
– POL 5.5 times as long as diameter of lateral ocellus; malar space high, 0.8 times as long as height of eye; lower face delicately coriaceous, without distinct striae, radiating of clypeus; median mesoscutal line reach at least to half-length of scutum.... 20
20. Metasomal tergites with punctures, head and mesosoma black; galls in Hieracium ............................. hieracii
– Metasomal tergites without punctures, head and mesosoma brown to pale brown; galls in Saussurea grandifolia (Asteraceae) (Far East of Russia)................................................................................ tobiasi
description: Published as part of Azmaz, Musa & Katilmiş, Yusuf, 2020, A new species of herb gall wasp (Cynipidae, Aulacideini, Aulacidea) from Turkey, pp. 378-390 in Zootaxa 4747 (2) on pages 379-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4747.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/3694864