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Corresponding author: Hui Xiao ( xiaoh@ioz.ac.cn ) Academic editor: Norman Johnson
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Xiao H, Zhou S, Tong Y (2018) A taxonomic study of Muscidifurax Girault & Sanders from China (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae). ZooKeys 776: 91-103. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.776.25030
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Five species of Muscidifurax Girault & Sanders (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) are studied from mainland China, of which three new species, M. similadanacus Xiao & Zhou, sp. n., M. sinesensilla Xiao & Zhou, sp. n., M. neoraptorellus Xiao & Zhou, sp. n., and one newly recorded species, M. adanacus Doganlar, are reported. All species have been reared from pupae of Musca domestica Linnaeus. A key to Chinese Muscidifurax and illustrations of external features of the species are provided.
China mainland, key, Muscidifurax , new species, Pteromalidae , taxonomy
Muscidifurax was described by Girault and Sanders in 1910 to include M. raptor Girault and Sanders, parasitizing the common house fly (Musca domestica Linnaeus) from Illinois, USA. The genus can be recognized by the female antenna with one anellus and seven funicular segments (two anelli and six funicular segments in male), head protuberant at level of antennal toruli, marginal vein thickened in proximal half and progressively thinner in distal half. Since then, several researchers have studied the genus, including
All specimens were collected in the laboratory where they have been reared from pupae of house flies, and preserved in 75% ethanol. They were subsequently air-dried, point-mounted, and examined with a LEICA M10 stereomicroscope. Photographs were taken by using a Nikon Multizoom AZ100 system, and plates of illustrations were compiled using Adobe Photoshop® software. Five species have been identified, including three new species (M. similadanacus sp. n., M. sinesensilla sp. n., M. neoraptorellus sp. n.) and one newly recorded species (M. adanacus Doganlar). All type specimens are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (
Morphological terminology follows that of
Abbreviations of morphological terms used are:
Fun funicular segment number;
POL posterior ocellar distance;
OOL ocellocular distance;
Gtn gastral tergite number.
1 | Fore wing without marginal fringe and usually with reduced pilosity (Fig. |
2 |
– | Fore wing with marginal fringe well developed, or at least with marginal fringe at posterior margin (Fig. |
4 |
2 | Second funicular segment without sensilla (Fig. |
M. neoraptorellus sp. n. |
– | Second funicular segment with sensilla; gaster at least 1.9× as long as broad; Gt1 about 1/4 length of gaster; median area of propodeum with weak or strong coarse rugae | 3 |
3 | Each funicular segment longer than broad; head width 1.25× head height; Fu1 slightly longer than Fu2; propodeum with distinct costula (Fig. |
M. similadanacus sp. n. |
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Fu1-Fu5 or Fu1-Fu6 longer than broad, Fu7 quadrate; head width 1.17× head height; Fu1 shorter or as long as Fu2; propodeum without costula (Fig. |
M. adanacus Doganlar |
4 | Antennal insertion under the lower ocular line, Fu1 without sensilla (Fig. |
M. sinesensilla sp. n. |
– | Antennal insertion on the lower ocular line, Fu1 with sensilla; head 2× as broad as long in dorsal view; propodeum with coarse rugae; gaster 2× as long broad | M. raptor Girault & Sanders |
Muscidifurax Girault & Sanders, 1910: 146.
Muscidifurax
raptor
Girault & Sanders, 1910: 146; original designation and monotypy.
Smeagolia
Hedqvist, 1973: 237. Type species: Smeagolia perplexa Hedqvist. Synonymized by
Body dark green, head, and mesosoma with distinctly white hairs, eye glabrous. Head wider than mesosoma, occipital carina strong. Antennal insertion placed on lower ocular line and face distinctly protuberant at antennal insertion; lower face receding almost horizontally. Antenna slender, formula 11173 in females, 11263 in males; lower margin of clypeus more or less incised medially, without median tooth. Pronotal collar margined; notauli incomplete; scutellum flattened; propodeum with median carina and complete plicae, nucha short but distinct. Marginal vein strongly thickened in proximal half (its lower margin distinctly sinuate) and progressively thinner in distal half. Gaster flattened dorsally, hind margin of Gt1 trilobed.
Hosts include Calliphoridae (Chrysomya sp., Phormia sp.) and Muscidae (Fannia canicularis, Fannia femoralis, Musca domestica, Stomoxys sp. and Stomoxys calcitrans) (
Palaearctic, Nearctic, Afrotropics, Neotropics, and Australasian regions (Noyes, 2017). China: Beijing, Shandong (
Fore wing without marginal fringe; each funicular segment longer than broad; head width 1.25× head height; Fu1 slightly longer than Fu2; Fu1 without sensilla; median area of propodeum with distinct costula; gaster 2.1× as long as broad, Gt1 1/4 length of gaster.
Holotype. Female. 3.4 mm (Fig.
Head in frontal view 1.25× as wide as high (Fig.
Head as broad as mesosoma. Mesosoma not distinctly convex, 2.13× as long as broad. Pronotum 0.85× as broad as mesoscutum, anteriorly margined, posterior band smooth. Mesoscutum 1.74× as broad as long, anterior half weakly reticulate and posterior half with deep reticulation; notauli incomplete, only distinct basally. Scutellum 1.18× as broad as long, frenal line absent; reticulation shallow. Propodeum (Fig.
Gaster spindle-shaped (Fig.
Male. As female, with the following differences. Body length 3.0–3.5 mm (Fig.
Females: body length 2.9–3.5 mm, others same as holotype. Males: body length 2.6–3.0 mm.
This new species is similar to M. raptor and M. sinesensilla sp. n., but noticeably different by the absence of a marginal fringe on the fore wing. It is also very close with M. adanacus in having the fore wing without a fringe, but can be recognized with the characters listed in the key.
Holotype. ♀, China: Xinjiang: Urumqi, 43.45°N 87.36°E, VII.2016, ex. Pupa of Musca domestica, leg. Hao-yuan Hu, IOZ(E)1812530 (2016-WJ-066). Paratypes. 7♂, IOZ(E)1812531-1812537 (2016-WJ-062), 7♀, IOZ(E)1812538-1812544(2016-WJ-066), same data to holotype.
The name refers to the similarity of this species with M. adanacus, and is to be treated as an adjective.
Pupa of Musca domestica.
China (Xinjiang).
Fore wing with marginal fringe; inner margins of eyes angularly produced upwards (small angle shape) near the vertex; Fu1 without sensilla; head 1.82× as broad as long dorsally; propodeum without coarse rugae; gaster 1.8× as long as broad.
Holotype. Female. 2.5 mm (Fig.
Head in frontal view 1.17× as wide as high; inner margins of eyes angularly produced upwards (small angle shape) near the vertex (Fig.
Head 1.04× as broad as mesosoma. Mesosoma not distinctly convex, 1.41× as long as broad. Pronotum 0.74× as broad as mesoscutum, anteriorly margined, posterior band smooth and with a row of hairs. Mesoscutum 1.91× as broad as long; notauli incomplete, only distinct basally. Scutellum with reticulation shallow, frenal line absent. Propodeum (Fig.
Gaster sessile, spindle-shaped with apex pointed, 1.8× as long as broad, 1.45× as wide as thorax; each segment with hind margin entire except hind margin of Gt1 trilobed.
Male. As female, with the following differences. Body length 2.0 mm (Fig.
Females: body length 2.3–2.5 mm, others same as holotype. Males: body length 1.4–2.2 mm.
This new species is very similar to M. raptor having fore wing with marginal fringe and inner margins of eyes angularly produced upwards near the vertex. It differs from M. raptor in having the first funicular segment without sensilla, propodeum without coarse rugae.
Holotype. ♀, China: Xinjiang: Urumqi, 43.45°N 87.36°E, VII.2016, ex. Pupa of Musca domestica, leg. Hao-yuan Hu, IOZ(E)1812546 (2016-WJ-044). Paratypes. 7♂, IOZ(E)1812547-1812553(2016-WJ-045), 2♀, IOZ(E)1812554-1812555(2016-WJ-044), same data to holotype.
The specific name is derived from the Latin sine- and sensilla, referencing the character of Fu1 without sensilla. The name is to be treated as a noun in apposition.
Pupa of Musca domestica.
China (Xinjiang).
Muscidifurax adanacus Doganlar, 2007: 245–246. Holotype ♀, MKUT. Not examined.
Antenna with scape longer than eye height (Figs
China: 1♂ (2016-WJ-067), 4♀ (2016-WJ-004), Shandong: Jinan, 22.III.2016, reared from pupa of Musca domestica (captured on 27.II.2016), leg. Zhang-ze Hu.
Pupa of Musca domestica.
China (Shandong); Palearctic region (Turkey).
Clypeus with longitudinal striation; clypeal margin not protruded; antenna with each funicular segment longer than broad, each funicular segment with sensilla except Fu1 and Fu2; median area of propodeum without coarse rugae; fore wing without marginal fringe, usually with reduced pilosity; gaster 1.65× as long as broad, Gt1 1/3 length of gaster.
Holotype. Female. 2.2 mm (Fig.
Head in frontal view 1.13× as wide as high (Fig.
Head as broad as mesosoma. Mesosoma 1.33× as long as broad. Pronotum 0.83× as broad as mesoscutum, anteriorly margined, posterior band smooth and with a row of hairs. Mesoscutum 1.83× as broad as long; notauli only distinct basally. Scutellum with reticulation shallow, frenal line absent. Propodeum (Fig.
Gaster sessile, spindle-shaped with apex pointed, 1.65× as long as broad, 1.14× as wide as mesosoma; each segment with hind margin entire except Gt1 trilobed; Gt1 covering 1/3 length of gaster.
Male. As female, with the following differences. Body length 2.5 mm. Antennal insertion above the lower ocular line, each funicular segment longer than broad; Fu1 0.5× as long as scape, longer than other funicular segments, 2.46× as long as wide. Lateral panel of metanotum golden (Fig.
This new species is very close to M. raptorellus, but noticeably different from M. raptorellus in having the first and second funicular segments without sensilla (only Fu1 without sensilla in M. raptorellus), and the median area of propodeum without coarse rugae (with distinctly coarse rugae in M. raptorellus).
Holotype. ♀, China: Shandong: Jinan, 36.40°N 117.00°E, 22.III.2016, reared from pupa of Musca domestica (captured on 27.II.2016), leg. Zhang-ze Hu, IOZ(E)1812557 (2016-WJ-002). Paratypes. 1♂, IOZ(E)1812559 (2016-WJ-005), 1♀, IOZ(E)1812558 (2016-WJ-002), same data as holotype.
The species is intended to show similarities with M. raptorellus, hence the specific name is compound of ‘neo-’ and ‘raptorellus’. It is to be treated as an adjective.
Pupa of Musca domestica.
China (Shandong).
Muscidifurax
raptor
Girault & Sanders, 1910: 146;
Smeagolia perplexa Hedqvist, 1973: 237; Bouček, 1991: 203 (synonymy).
Body black green. Head 2× as long as broad in dorsal view. Antennal scrobes deep, extending upwards and not reaching anterior ocellus; clypeus with shallowly longitudinal striation, lower margin slightly protruded. Antenna with each funicular segment longer than broad and with sensilla. Propodeum with plicae distinct and complete, median carina raised and complete; costula distinct. Fore wing with marginal fringe; stigmal vein straight, slightly capitate. Gaster 2× as long as broad, slightly broader than mesosoma width; Gt1 covering 1/3 length of gaster.
China: 1♂, 2♀, Shandong: Jinan, 22.III.2016, reared from pupa of Musca domestica (captured on 27.II.2016), leg. Zhang-ze Hu (2016-WJ-003); 1♀, Australia, N.S.W. Sydney, 10.I.1984, leg. R. Rilansow, det. B.R. Subba Rao, 1985.
Pupa of Musca domestica.
China (Beijing, Shandong) (
We thank Dr. Hao-yuan Hu, Anhui Normal University, and Dr. Meng Sun, Institute of Plant Protection, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, for supplementing specimens. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under grant numbers 31672328, 31372238, and 31750002.