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Synacra paupera Macek 1995

  • 1. Aartshertoginnestraat 58 / 01, B- 8400 Ostend, Belgium
  • 2. UHasselt, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Agoralaan Gebouw-D, B- 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
  • 3. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat, 29, B- 1000 Brussels, Belgium
  • 4. Zhejiang University Hangzhou, China
  • 5. Wederiklaan 10, NL- 8245, Lelystad, the Netherlands
  • 6. Wakkensteenweg 50 a, B- 8710 Sint-Baafs-Vijve, Belgium
  • 7. Krekelstraat 59, B- 9840 De Pinte, Belgium
  • 8. Frans Halsstraat 10, NL- 1816, Alkmaar, the Netherlands
  • 9. Noendreef 7, B- 8730 Beernem, Belgium
  • 10. Oude-Provenstraat 39, B- 8978 Watou, Belgium
  • 11. Dpt. Zoologia, Fac. Ciencies Biològiques - Universitat de València, C / Dr. Moliner, 50, ES- 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain

Description

Synacra paupera Macek, 1995 - Belg. sp. nov.

BELGIUM: 1 ♀; N51.184° E4.419°; viii/2020; J. Jacobs leg.; coll. FV; pitfall trap; F. Verheyde det.

Remarks:

This small genus of diapriid wasps can be recognized by the number of antennal segments in females (12) and the melanic to yellow body (KOZLOV, 1988). Determination to species used to be difficult but recently a new key appeared. S. paupera is one of the easier species to recognize by the presence of fully developed notauli and the clavate female antennae apically (A8-12 distinctly compressed) (CHEMYREVA & KOLYADA, 2019).

Interestingly, this species is a known parasitoid of the sciarid fly Bradysia impatiens (Johannsen, 1912) (= Bradysia paupera Tuomikoski, 1960); which is a known pest species in greenhouses (NOTTON, 1997).

Notes

Published as part of Verheyde, Fons, Jacobs, JEffrEY, Dekoninck, WOUTEr, Achterberg, Kees Van, Rond, JErOEn, Blanck, Tim De, Schoonvaere, KarEL, Nieuwenhuijsen, Hans, Ketelaere, Augustijn De, Minnebo, BarT & Ferrer-Suay, Mar, 2023, Remarks on Hymenoptera on urban green roofs in Belgium, pp. 1-37 in Belgian Journal of Entomology 140 on page 20, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10981934

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References

  • KOZLOV M. A., 1988. - Family Diapriidae. In G. S. MEDVEDEV, ed. - Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR: Volume III Hymenoptera Part II. Brill, Leiden, 1000 - 1110 pp.
  • CHEMYREVA V. & KOLYADA V., 2019. - Review of the genus Synacra Foerster (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae: Pantolytini) in the Palaearctic Region, with description of new species. Entomological Review 99 (9): 1339 - 1358. https: // doi. org / 10.1134 / S 0013873819090124
  • NOTTON D. G., 1997. - Synacra paupera Macek (Hym., Diapriidae) new to Britain: A parasitoid of the greenhouse pest Bradysia paupera Tuomikoski (Dipt., Sciaridae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 133: 257 - 259. https: // www. researchgate. net / publication / 259195511