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Hedychridium wahisi Niehuis, 1998

Hedychridium wahisi Niehuis, 1998
Image(s) 		Chorology: Italian-continental
Chorology: Italian-continental		 Italian distribution of Hedychridium wahisi
Italian distribution







 

Help AiutoSystematic position of Hedychridium wahisi Niehuis, 1998

Subfamily & Tribe Chrysidinae (Elampini) Size (mm)
Size (mm):
 
Genus & species Hedychridium wahisi Niehuis, 1998
Species group plagiatum
Original combination Hedychridium wahisi Niehuis, 1998
Type series Holotypus ♂ (Mus.: Gembloux)
Original description Male. Size: Body length 4.8mm.
Head: Height 1.03mm, width 1.32mm, length 0.68mm. LID = 0.77mm. Head dark blue colored. Malar space 1.1 MOD long. Face (fig. 1A) flat with depressed scapal basin and with very fine hairs that are hard to recognize. Scapal basin punctate in outer one-third (PD = 0.045-0.030(-0.015)mm), transversely ridged in the middle. Transverse frontal carina absent. PD of vertex equal to that of face. Mandibles brown with two teeth on the interior edge. In dorsal view genae more or less parallel. Scapus of antenna dark brown or with weak dark blue metallic reflections. Pedicellus and flagellum non-metallic dark brown. Relative lengths of P/F-I/F-II are 2.0/2.5/1.0. F-III and the following flagellomers nearly as long as broad.
Thorax: Length 2.1mm, width 1.3mm, 1/w = 1/1.6. Pronotum (1/w = app. 1/1.8) golden colored except for the anterior margin and the lateral depression that are green or blue. Sculpture rather coarse, PD = (0.06-)0.045(-0.03)mm. Spaces between punctures varying between 0.2-1 PD, but usually under 0.5. Scutum dark blue colored. PD equal to that of pronotum but with reduced depth. Dorsal half of the mesopleuron golden colored. Other parts of mesopleuron dark blue or green. Scutellum golden colored and with a PD of 0.06-0.045mm. Spaces between punctures equal to that of the pronotum. Metanotum unmodified and black. Propodeum dark blue. Lateral propodeal tooth long drawn out (fig. 1B). Tibiae non-metallic brown, femora with weak dark blue metallic reflections.
Abdomen: Length 1.95mm, width 1.60mm, 1/w = 1/1.2. T-I golden in outer one fifth, black in the middle. Border between both parts appears green or blue. T-II golden with a big triangular spot. Broad side black and touching T-I; tip of triangular spot blue and reaching T-III. Apical margin of T-II with thin transverse blue line. PD in center of black spot 0.015mm, spaces between punctures <0.3 PD. T-III blue, apical margin with weak but conspicuous transverse swelling. T-III with very weak medial keel. S-I-II-III dark brown without metallic spots. The genital capsule is shown in fig. 1C.
Paratypes: Morphology and coloration about as in the holotype.
Distinction of the sexes: In females, the apical margin of S-III is weakly concave instead of weakly convex.
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Systematic notes  

Help AiutoGeographic distribution of Hedychridium wahisi Niehuis, 1998

World distribution
Type locality Italy (Lazio, Gallinaro)
Kimsey & Bohart  
Linsenmaier  
Other Authors  
Chorology Italian-continental
Distribution notes  
Italian distribution according to the Checklist of the species of the Italian Fauna
Macroregion North (N): FALSE South (S): TRUE Sicily (Si): FALSE Sardinia (Sa): FALSE
Endemic TRUE
Italian distribution by Administrative Region (Personal evidences, Literature records and other sources)   
Adm. Region Literature records Personal records
Piemonte|Piedmont FALSE FALSE
Valle d'Aosta|Aosta V. FALSE FALSE
Lombardia|Lombardy FALSE FALSE
Trentino Alto Adige FALSE FALSE
Veneto FALSE FALSE
Friuli V.G. FALSE FALSE
Liguria FALSE FALSE
Emilia Romagna FALSE FALSE
Toscana|Tuscany FALSE TRUE
Umbria FALSE FALSE
Marche FALSE FALSE
Lazio TRUE Niehuis, 1998; FALSE
Abruzzo FALSE FALSE
Molise FALSE FALSE
Campania FALSE FALSE
Puglia|Apulia FALSE FALSE
Basilicata FALSE FALSE
Calabria FALSE FALSE
Sicilia|Sicily FALSE FALSE
Sardegna|Sardinia FALSE FALSE
Distribution notes

Help AiutoBiology of Hedychridium wahisi Niehuis, 1998

Known Hosts
Polyphagous
FALSE
 
Tenthredinidae
FALSE
Vespidae
FALSE
Eumenidae
FALSE
Masaridae
FALSE
Sphecidae
FALSE
Apidae
FALSE
Colletidae
FALSE
Halictidae
FALSE
Megachilidae
FALSE
Anthophoridae
FALSE
Lepidoptera
FALSE
Notes on Hosts
Known Habitat
Habitat  
Plants for rest/refuge  
Parasites  
Biological notes  

For citation purposes:

Agnoli G.L. & Rosa P., 2015 : Hedychridium wahisi Niehuis, 1998 . In: Chrysis.net Database of the Italian Chrysididae, interim version 2 March 2015 . URL: http://www.chrysis.net/database/.