Asecodes lucens

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Taxonavigation

Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Eulophidae
Genus: Asecodes

Name

Asecodes lucens (Nees) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile

• Eulophus lucens Nees, 1834: 175. Neotype female in ZSM, designated here.
• Entedon mento Walker, 1839: 28. Neotype female in BMNH, designated here. Synonymized by Graham (1993: 227).
• Entedon chthonia Walker, 1839: 122. Lectotype female in BMNH, designated here. Synonymized by Graham (1993: 227).
• Entedon metagenes Walker, 1848: 230. Lectotype female in BMNH, designated here. Synonymized by Graham (1993: 227).
• Asecodes lucens (Nees), Graham (1993: 227).

Diagnosis

Forewing (Figs 6, 8) with speculum closed posteriorly by a setal line, setose just behind marginal vein and otherwise relatively densely setose; propodeal callus with 2 setae (Fig. 23).

Hosts and sex ratio

All Swedish specimens were reared from Galerucella sagittareae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on Lysimachia thyrsiflora, Lysimachia vulgaris, and Potentilla palustris. The sex ratio of each clutch is female biased. Ratio female/male (n = 48): 4.27±1.83/0.92±0.94.

Material examined

TYPE MATERIAL: Neotypes of Entedon lucens (ZSM) and Entedon mento (BMNH), lectotypes of Entedon chthonia (BMNH) and Entedon metagenes (BMNH), all types are females. ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: DENMARK: 4♀ 2♂(CH, LUZM). HUNGARY: Vas Co. 5♀ 2♂(ZSM). SWEDEN: Skåne 106♀ 13♂(swept) (BMNH, CH, LUZM); Uppland 205♀ 44♂(91♀ 25♂from Lysimachia, 114♀ 19♂from Potentilla palustris) (BMNH, CH, NHRS, ZSM); Öland 1♂(swept) (CH).

Taxon Treatment

• Hansson, C; Hambäck, P; 2013: Three cryptic species in Asecodes (Förster) (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) parasitizing larvae of Galerucella spp. (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae), including a new species Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 30: 51-64. doi

Images

Figures 2–9. Asecodes spp.,wings, females 2–3 Asecodes lineophagum sp. n. 2 transparent wings 3 wing interference pattern 4–5 Asecodes parviclava (Thomson) 4 transparent wings 5 wing interference pattern 6–7 Asecodes lucens (Nees) 6 transparent wings 7 wing interference pattern 8 Asecodes lucens, forewing, neotype 9 Asecodes parviclava, forewing, neotype.  Figures 10–15. Asecodes spp., antennae 10–12 females 10 Asecodes lineophagum sp. n. 11 Asecodes parviclava (Thomson) 12 Asecodes lucens (Nees) 13–15 males 13 Asecodes lineophagum 14 Asecodes parviclava 15 Asecodes lucens.  Figures 16–23. Asecodes spp. 16–21 thoracic dorsum, females 16–17 Asecodes lineophagum sp. n. 18–19 Asecodes parviclava (Thomson) 20–21 Asecodes lucens (Nees) 22–23 lateral propodeum in side view (anterior part to the left), female 22 Asecodes lineophagum 23 Asecodes lucens.  Figures 24–27. 24–25 Asecodes spp., neotypes, females 24 Asecodes lucens (Nees) 25 Asecodes parviclava (Thomson) 26–27 Asecodes lineophagum sp. n., head in frontal view 26 female 27 male.