Paralipsis enervis
Creators: name: Kaliuzhna, M. O.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Paralipsis
Paralipsis enervis

description: <i>Paralipsis enervis</i> (Nees, 1834) M a t e r i a l. 1 &amp;female;, Kyiv, Muromets Island [50°30'53.36'' N, 30°32'44.97'' E], oaks, 31.05.201 2 (S. Simutnik) (SIZK). &amp;Scy; o m m e n t. The only species of the genus <i>Paralipsis</i> in the Palearctic Region (Yu et al., 2012). &amp;Scy; o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s. <i>P. enervis</i> (fig. 6, <i>1–7</i>) may be confused in habitus with <i>Protaphidius wissmannii</i> Ratzeburg (fig. 6, <i>8–14</i>) (particularly with males): both species share long and apically dilated scapus, filiform near to moniliform antenna, strongly sclerotized stigma, heavyset body, oval apex of the abdomen (<i>Pr. wissmannii</i> males), <i>P. enervis</i> differs from <i>Pr. wissmannii</i> by: 1) smaller eyes; 2) very long scapus, that is notably longer than F1; 3) antenna with only 15–16 segments; 4) another type of forewing venation: no central cell and almost no metacarpus, radial vein is very short, and looks like a point; 5) propodeum without areolae or carinae; 6) short petiole; 7) abdomen with normally developed tergites; 8) ovipositor sheath thinned to the apex. H o s t s. <i>Anoecia corni</i>, <i>Anoecia</i> sp.; <i>Anuraphis catonii, A. farfarae, A. subterranea</i>; <i>Aphis lambersi</i>, <i>A. roepkei, A. sambuci</i>; <i>Brachycaudus ballotae, B. cardui, B. mordvilkoi,</i> <i>Brachycaudus</i> sp.; <i>Chromaphis</i>; <i>Dysaphis crataegi, D. lappae, D. pyri</i>; <i>Forda formicaria, F. marginata</i>; <i>Geoica utricularia</i>; <i>Tetraneura ulmi</i> (Tobias, Chiriac, 1986; Starý, 2006; Davidian, 2007; Starý, Lukáš, 2009; Yu et al., 2012). H a b i t a t s. Steppe, field verge, ruderal and waste places, meadows, parks, botanical gardens, gravel-pit (Starý, 2006; Starý, Lukáš, 2009). Myrmecophilous species, that may occur in ants (genus <i>Lasius</i>) nests (Starý, 1958). D i s t r i b u t i o n. Ukraine (Kyiv Region, first record). Europe; Middle Ural; Near East (Georgia); Central Asia (Kazakhstan) (Yu et al., 2012; Starý, 1958; Tobias, Chiriac, 1986).
description: Published as part of <i>Kaliuzhna, M. O., 2014, First Records And Comparative Notes Of Twelve Aphidiid Species (Hymenoptera, Aphidiidae) From The Fauna Of Ukraine, pp. 387-400 in Vestnik Zoologii 48 (5)</i> on pages 394-395, DOI: 10.2478/vzoo-2014-0047, http://zenodo.org/record/6449131
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