Asaphes californicus Girault A 1917
Creators: name: Li, Qin
name: Zhang, Tong-You
name: Gibson, Gary A. P.
name: Shan, Shi-Lei
name: Xiao, Hui
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Pteromalidae
Asaphes
Asaphes californicus

description: Asaphes californicus Girault, 1917
Fig. 1
Asaphes californicus Girault, 1917: 1; Gibson and Vikberg 1998: 219–224.
Diagnosis.
Female. Antenna (Fig. 1 G) with pedicel at most 2.0–2.4 × as long as wide; clava 2.4–2.5 × as long as wide. Head in dorsal view (Fig. 1 C) with shallow emargination between inner orbits and temple curved and rather strongly convergent; eye length 3.6–3.8 × temple length (Fig. 1 A); POL 0.3–0.6 × OOL (Fig. 1 C). Frenum smooth and shiny except finely carinate laterally (Fig. 1 E); metapleuron bare; petiole at least quadrate and usually slightly longer (1.3 ×) than wide (Fig. 1 E). Fore wing (Fig. 1 F) with broad speculum. Legs with at least metafemur in part darker than light-colored metatrochanter (Fig. 1 A). Gaster (Fig. 1 B) 1.4 × as long as wide; Gt 1 L usually shorter (0.9 ×) than Gt 2 L (Fig. 1 B).
Male. Color pattern similar to female except clava yellowish brown and legs entirely yellow (Fig. 1 I). Structure similar to female, with combined length of pedicel and flagellum 0.9 × head width; pedicel 2.1 × as long as wide; all funicle segments slightly transverse (Fig. 1 H) and with few mps; clava 2.4 × as long as wide. Petiole (Fig. 1 I) 1.4 × as long as wide. Gaster (Fig. 1 I, J) ovate, 1.8 × as long as wide; Gt 1 L almost equal to Gt 2 L.
Material examined.
China. Xinjiang • 2 ♀; Altay Prefecture, Altay City; 47 ° 40 ' 16 " N, 88 ° 01 ' 16 " E; 710 m; 12 Jul 2020; Qin Li research group • 1 ♂; Fuyun City; 46 ° 56 ' 10 " N, 89 ° 33 ' 51 " E; 848 m; 10 Jul 2020; Qin Li research group • 1 ♀; Hotan Prefecture, Yutian County; 36 ° 90 ' 02 " N, 81 ° 40 ' 58 " E; 1432 m; 3 Aug 2021; Zhulidezi Aishan research group • 2 ♀; Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Gongliu County; 43 ° 22 ' 60 " N, 82 ° 72 ' 09 " E; 1137 m; 10 Jul 2021; Qin Li research group.
Canada. Alberta • 1 ♀ 1 ♂; Waterton; 49 ° 06 ' N, 113 ° 59 ' W; 1530 m; 11 Jul 1991; H. Goulet. Yukon Territory • 1 ♀; Alaska Hwy; 60 ° 54 ' N, 137 ° 09 ' W; 664 m; 7 Jul 2006; Goulet and Boudreault • 1 ♂; Alaska Highway E. of Hines Junction; 60 ° 54.062 ' N, 137 ° 09.791 ' W; 664 m; sweeping; 7 Jul 2006; Goulet and Boudreault • 1 ♀; Whitehorse; 60 ° 43 ' N, 133 ° 03 ' W; 814 m; 11 Jul 2006; Boudreault and Goulet.
USA. Alaska • 1 ♀; Wosnesenski Island; 55 ° 12 ' N, 161 ° 21 ' W; 11 Jul 2009; Boudreault and Goulet. California • 1 ♀ 1 ♂; Siskiyou County; 2 mi. W. Bartle along McCloud river; 17 Jul. 1990; J. D. Pinto.
Distribution.
China (Xinjiang) (new country record); Nearctic and Neotropical regions (Noyes 2019).
Hosts.
Asaphes californicus is strictly a hyperparasitoid of aphids through Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and Aphelinidae (Hymenoptera) primary parasitoids (Gibson and Vikberg 1998).
Comments.
Asaphes californicus was previously reported only from the Nearctic and Neotropical regions (Gibson and Vikberg 1998). It is reported here from Xinjiang, China for the first time.
description: Published as part of Li, Qin, Zhang, Tong-You, Gibson, Gary A. P., Shan, Shi-Lei & Xiao, Hui, 2024, Review of Asaphes Walker, 1834 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Asaphesinae) from Xinjiang, China, pp. 35-57 in ZooKeys 1214 on pages 35-57, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1214.127982