Pseudomalus pusillus
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Chrysididae
Genus: Pseudomalus
Name
Pseudomalus pusillus (Fabricius, 1804) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Chrysis pusilla Fabricius, 1804: 176.
- Pseudomalus pusillus: Kimsey and Bohart 1991[1]: 268.
Diagnosis
Length 3–5 mm. The species differs from other Pseudomalus species by having an entirely green, green-golden or green-blue body with usually golden reflections on the mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and metanotum. Dark specimens can be confused with unusually dark specimens of Pseudomalus auratus, but the apex of the metasoma protrudes more narrowly, the metascutellum is more elevated medially (Fig. 29) and the pubescence is shorter.
Distribution
Denmark, Latvia and Lithuania. Very rare. – Trans-Palearctic: from western Europe and northern Africa to Russian Far East (Kurzenko and Lelej 2007[2]).
Biology
Habitat: sparsely vegetated sandy areas, such as river banks and dunes. Adults are attracted to honeydew of aphids (Trautmann 1927[3]) and they are occasionally found on flowers of Apiaceae, Asteraceae, Euphorbiaceae and Resedaceae (Kusdas 1956[4], Rosa 2004[5]). Flight period: June to August. Host: Passaloecus eremita Kohl, Passaloecus insignis (Vander Linden) and Pemphredon lethifer (Shuckard) (Crabronidae) (Benno 1950[6], Wickl 2001[7]). We consider records mentioning other crabronids (e.g. Rhopalum coarctatum (Scopoli) and species of Trypoxylon Latreille) as hosts to be uncertain, because their biology is quite different from other hosts.
Taxon Treatment
- Paukkunen, J; Berg, A; Soon, V; Ødegaard, F; Rosa, P; 2015: An illustrated key to the cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of the Nordic and Baltic countries, with description of a new species ZooKeys, (548): 1-116. doi
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Other References
- ↑ Kimsey L, Bohart R (1991) [1990] The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford Press, New York, 652 pp.
- ↑ Kurzenko N, Lelej A (2007) Chrysididae. In: Lelej A Belokobylskiy S Kasparyan D Kupyanskaya A Proshchalkin M (Eds) Key to the insects of Russian Far East. Vol. IV. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera. Part 5. Dal’nauka, Vladivostok, 998–1006.
- ↑ Trautmann W (1927) Die Goldwespen Europas. Uschman, Weimar, 194 pp.
- ↑ Kusdas K (1956) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Goldwespenfauna (Chrysididae und Cleptidae) Oberösterreichs, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Grossraumes von Linz. 2. Nachtrag. Naturkundliches Jahrbuch der Stadt Linz 1956: 307–326.
- ↑ Rosa P (2004) Alcune osservazioni sulle relazioni tra Vegetazione e Crisidi (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) in Italia. Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 11: 79–90.
- ↑ Benno P (1950) De Nederladse Goudwespen en haar verspreiding (Hym. Chrysididae, Cleptidae). Publicaties van het Natuurhistorisch Genootschap in Limburg 3: 9–48.
- ↑ Wickl K (2001) Goldwespen der Oberpfalz (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Galathea 17: 57–72.
