Pseudomalus triangulifer\according to Paukkunen et al 2015
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Chrysididae
Genus: Pseudomalus
Name
Pseudomalus triangulifer (Abeille de Perrin, 1877) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Omalus triangulifer Abeille de Perrin, 1877: 65.
- Pseudomalus triangulifer: Kimsey and Bohart 1991[1]: 269.
Diagnosis
Length 6–7 mm. The species resembles closely Pseudomalus auratus, but the antennal segments are longer (Fig. 34), the body is usually larger and the shape of the apical notch of T3 is shallower and more triangular (Fig. 31). The colour of the metasoma varies from mostly red to almost green. The darkest specimens can be somewhat similar to Pseudomalus violaceus, but the apical notch is always deeper in Pseudomalus triangulifer.
Distribution
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden. Relatively rare. – Trans-Palearctic: from Europe and Turkey to China (Linsenmaier 1959[2], 1968[3], Rosa et al. 2014[4]).
Biology
Habitat: forest margins and clearings, gardens and parks. Often collected from sun-exposed leaves of trees and bushes. Adults are attracted to honeydew of aphids and occasionally also to flowers of Apiaceae and Euphorbiaceae (Linsenmaier 1997[5]). Flight period: late April to August. Host: Passaloecus insignis (Vander Linden), Pemphredon lugubris (Fabricius), Pemphredon lethifer (Shuckard), Pemphredon lugens Dahlbom, Pemphredon montana Dahlbom and Pemphredon rugifer (Dahlbom) (Crabronidae) (Alfken 1915[6], Strumia 1996[7], Wickl 2001[8], Veenendaal 2011[9], our own obs.). Females probably oviposit in aphids before they have been captured and brought to the nest by the host (Veenendaal 2011[9]).
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.
- ↑ Linsenmaier W (1959) Revision der Familie Chrysididae (Hymenoptera) mit besonderer Brücksichtigung der europäischen Spezies. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 32: 1–232.
- ↑ Linsenmaier W (1968) Revision der Familie Chrysididae (Hymenoptera), Zweiter Nachtrag. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 41: 1–144.
- ↑ Rosa P, Wei N, Xu Z (2014) An annotated checklist of the chrysidid wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) from China. ZooKeys 455: 1–128. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.455.6557
- ↑ Linsenmaier W (1997) Die Goldwespen der Schweiz. Veröffentlichungen aus dem Natur-Museum Luzern 9: 1–139.
- ↑ Alfken J (1915) Verzeichnis der Goldwespen (Chrysiden) Nordwestdeutschlands. Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlchen Verein zu Bremen 23: 291–295.
- ↑ Strumia F (1996) Un nuovo Pseudomalus d’Italia, Corsica e Grecia (Hymenoptera Chrysididae). Bollettino della Società entomologica italiana 127: 243–250.
- ↑ Wickl K (2001) Goldwespen der Oberpfalz (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Galathea 17: 57–72.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Veenendaal R (2011) Pseudomalus triangulifer, een nieuwe kogelgoudwesp voor de Nederlandse fauna (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen 35: 17–20.
