Zygota ruficornis
Creators: name: Hübner, Jeremy
name: Chemyreva, Vasilisa
name: Macek, Jan
name: Kolyada, Victor
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Diapriidae
Zygota
Zygota ruficornis

description: Zygota ruficornis (Curtis, 1831)
Fig. 8 A – I
Cinetus ruficornis Curtis, 1831: 380, female.
Aclista dentatipes Kieffer, 1908: 447. Synonymized by Macek (1997).
Aclista norvegica Kieffer, 1912: 20. Synonymized by Macek (1997).
Zygota reticulata Kozlov, 1978: 575, female. Syn. nov.
BOLD BINs.
BOLD: AEX 2887, BOLD: AEK 5610, BOLD: AEY 0233.
Material examined.
Holotype of Zygota reticulata: Russia: Kola Peninsula, Lake Vud’yavr basin, Khibiny Mountains, Kol’sk Mt., 18 - Jun- 1931, Fridolin leg., 1 ♀ (Fig. 8 I). Germany: BY (BOLD: AEX 2887): Mittenwald, 30 - Jul- 2021, 1 ♂. BY (BOLD: AEY 0233): Paehl, 08 - May- 2020, 1 ♂; Mittenwald, 13 - Jul- 2021, 1 ♂. BY (BOLD: AEK 5610): Mittenwald, 30 - Jul- 2021, 3 ♂; Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 18 - Jul- 2018, 02 - Aug- 2018, 4 ♂. BY (unsequenced material): Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 05 - Jul- 2018, 18 - Jul- 2018, 02 - Aug- 2018, 09 - Oct- 2018, 4 ♂; Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 13 - Aug- 2018, 1 ♀, 9 ♂; Bad Windsheim, 12 - Jul- 2020, 1 ♂; Aub, 21 - May- 2020, 1 ♂; Grettstadt, 20 - May- 2020, 1 ♀; Oberstdorf, 28 - Jun- 2016, 1 ♀, 6 ♂; Rhoen mountains, 27 - Jun- 11 – Jul- 2018, 21 ♂; Grafenreuth, 01–15 - Jul- 2019, 7 ♂; NSG Metzgergraben, 10–25 - Jun- 2016, 15 ♂; NSG Romberg, 18 - May – 09 - Jun- 2018, 3 ♂; Ketterschwang, 01–16 - Jul- 2019, 3 ♂; Siegenburg, 08–26 - May- 2017, 2 ♂; Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 02–13 - Aug- 2018, 2 ♂; NSG “ Schwarzes Moor ”, 26 - Jun – 18 - Jul- 2017, 2 ♂; Paehl, 24 - Apr – 08 - May- 2020, 2 ♂; Kehlheim, 29 - Jun – 13 - Jul- 2017, 1 ♂; Lohr a. M., 03–14 - Jun- 2018, 1 ♂; NSG Allacher Lohe, Munich, 08–23 - Jun- 2021, 1 ♂. BW (unsequenced material): Malsch, 27 - Jun – 09 - Jul- 2011, 1 ♀, 4 ♂.
Diagnosis.
Both sexes: postmarginal vein distinctly shorter than radial cell length (Fig. 8 F); occipital pit present; mesopleuron with only small bare area on it medially or entirely pubescent (Fig. 8 D); axillar depression with scattered setae and only 2 verriculate tubercles; base of T 2 with small lateral corners (Fig. 8 A). Female: T 2 finely granulate (Fig. 8 A); Т 8 without transverse or elongate carinae on it (Fig. 8 B); S 2 with a small pit in anteriorly half (as in Fig. 4 C, green arrow). Male: A 3 weakly emarginate (Fig. 8 H); fore tibia broadened, with sharp projection and a row of strong setae on the top of it, bare at the apex on its anterior surface (Fig. 8 G); S 2 with a small area of micropuncture in anteriorly half (as in Fig. 4 E, green arrow); digitus armed with 1 long curved spine; spine extending from digitus at significant angle and not pushed towards it (Fig. 8 C).
This species is very similar to Z. pubescens except as follows: female antenna stout, with A 6 ‒ A 14 distinctly transverse (A 6 ‒ A 14 subquadrate in Z. pubescens); male genitalia armed with a spine, which extends from digitus at significant angle (this spine pushed towards digitus in Z. pubescence). Both species are very common in Germany.
Distribution.
Europe: Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Russia (European part), Scotland, Slovenia.
description: Published as part of Hübner, Jeremy, Chemyreva, Vasilisa, Macek, Jan & Kolyada, Victor, 2024, A review of the genus Zygota (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae) in Germany with taxonomic notes on this genus and its distinction from Pantoclis, pp. 325-353 in ZooKeys 1207 on pages 325-353, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1207.121725