A remarkable new species of Platystethynium Ogloblin (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) with apterous females from Italy
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Based on comparative morphological and genetic evidence, a new species of fairyfly, Platystethynium (Platystethynium) apteron Triapitsyn sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), is described from a soil sample collected in the Veneto Region of Italy. The females are apterous; the males are unknown. Eggs of two species of Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera), Barbitistes vicetinus Galvagni and Fontana and Eupholidoptera schmidti (Fieber), with parasitoid exit holes were found in the soil sample, so one or both of these could be the hosts of P. apteron. The new taxon is the only known species of Platystethynium Ogloblin with wingless females. A key to females of the three currently recognised species of the rarely collected Old World P. (Platystethynium) is provided.http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:41405548-41B1-48E9-8C41-1E199CF0247A
Source: Journal of Natural History
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4404597642