Miktat Doıanlar a & Halil Bolu b a Mustafa Kemal University, Faculty of Agriculture,

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3 A new species of Gugolzia Delucchi & Steffan (Hym., Pteromalidae) from Turkey, a parasitoid of Eurytoma amygdali Enderlein (Hym., Eurytomidae) by Miktat Do anlar and Halil Bolu Abstract. The genus Gugolzia Delucchi & Steffan, 1956 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae) is recorded for the first time from Turkey with a new species, G. bademia Do anlar, n.sp. from Sivrice, Elaz province. The species is a parasitoid of Eurytoma amygdali Enderlein, 1907 (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae), a serious pest of almonds, Amygdalus spp. (Rosaceae) in the Palaearctic. The new species is described and its diagnostic characters are illustrated. Kurzfassung. Die Gattung Gugolzia Delucchi u. Steffan, 1956 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae) wird für die Türkei erstmals nachgewiesen mit einer neuen Art, G. bademia Doganlar, n.sp. aus Sivrice, Provinz Elaz. Die Art ist ein Parasitoid von Eurytoma amygdali Enderlein, 1907 (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae), eines bedeutenden Schädlings von Mandeln, A- mygdalus spp. (Rosaceae), in der Paläarktis. Die neue Art wird beschrieben und die diagnostischen Merkmale werden aufgeführt. Key words. Gugolzia bademia, n.sp., parasitoid, almond, pest, Eurytoma amygdali, Turkey. The genus Gugolzia (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae) was described by DELUC- CHI & STEFFAN (1956) with its type species G. harmolitae Delucchi & Steffan, 1956, as a solitary ectophagous parasite of Harmolita (= Tetramesa) romana (Walker, 1873) which feeds in shoots of Arundo donax L. (Graminae) in France. Since its description, several authors have recorded Gugolzia as a monotypic genus (GRAHAM 1969, DZHANOKMEN 1978, BOU EK & RASPLUS 1991). BOU EK & RASPLUS (1991) discussed the generic characteristics in their illustrated key to the Palaearctic genera of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera), and illustrated both sexes. Recently one of us (H. BOLU) reared some specimens of Gugolzia from fruits of almond, Amygdalus communis L. (Rosaceae), which were infested by Eurytoma amygdali Enderlein (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae), and sent them to the senior author for identification. Study of the specimens collected from Elaz province revealed the presence of an undescribed species of the genus Gugolzia from Turkey. To determine infestation levels and to obtain parasitoids of E. amygdali, samples were taken by H. BOLU in Sivrice, Elaz prov. (1280 m a.s.l., N, E) and Gezin, Sivrice, Elaz prov. (1256 m a.s.l., N, E), both locations situated in eastern Anatolia. The fruits of almonds infested by E. amygdali were collected from trees, as the infested fruits shrivel and remain on the tree during the whole winter. Samples were taken from August until the end of October The collected fruits were transferred to the laboratory and kept in polyethylene jars (25 cm deep and 8 cm in diameter), each jar containing 25 fruits. After rearing adults of the parasitoids and of E. amygdali, the specimens were killed and prepared for subsequent taxo- Zoology in the Middle East 32, 2004: ISSN Kasparek Verlag, Heidelberg

4 76 Zoology in the Middle East 32, 2004 nomic studies. Infested fruits were kept separately to determine the feeding type. This information is important for future studies on the biology of these species. Photographs of diagnostic characters of the new species were taken using a stereo-microscope with a digital camera attached to it. Gugolzia bademia Do anlar, n.sp. (Figs. 1 6) Etymology. The name is derived from the Turkish name for Amygdalus communis, the fruits of which are infested by the new species. Material. Holotype female: Turkey: Sivrice, Elaz prov., 1280 m, N, E, 13.X.2003 (leg. H. BOLU), Cat. No: (Museum of Plant Protection Department, Agriculture Faculty, Mustafa Kemal University, Antakya-Hatay). Paratypes: 1 (allotype), same locality as holotype, 14.X.2003 (leg. H. BOLU), Cat. No: 165-2; 7, 2, same data as holotype, Cat. No: ; 2, 2, same locality as holotype, 14.X.2003 (leg. H. BOLU), Cat. No: ; 2, 2, same locality as holotype, 17.X.2003 (leg. H. BOLU), Cat. No: ; 3, 1, same locality as holotype, 23.X.2003 (leg. H. BOLU), Cat. No: ; 1, Sivrice, Gezin, 1256 m, N, E, 13.X.2003 (leg. H. BOLU), Cat. No: ; 1, 17.X.2003 (leg. H. BOLU), Cat. No: ; 1, 23.X (leg. H. BOLU), Cat. No: Diagnosis. Relatively large species (about 8 mm) with antennal formula as 1:1:3:5:3 in females, and 1:1:2:6:2 in males; antennae inserted far above centre of face, flagella in both sexes long, funicular segments with more sensillae, on the first one in six rows and on the last one in four rows; male antennae short, only 1.2 times as long as width of head; funicular segments about twice as long as broad and without erect hairs; scutellum with distinct crossfurrow and frenum; mesepimeron with 8-shaped smooth area on its upper part; propodeum with median carina ending posteriorly at raised transverse strip and with distinct C-shaped carinae on the sides of median carinae; without distinct plicae; female gaster longer than length of head and thorax together. Description. Female: mm (holotype 7.8 mm). Body black, head and propodeum greenish, thorax and gaster with purple reflexions except scapus, pedicel and anelli testeceous, clava yellow, tibiae and tarsi yellow, pretarsi brown. Gaster bronze, tergites II-VI green with coppery reflections, the other parts purplish; wings hyaline, submarginal and marginal veins yellow to light brown, stigmal vein dark brown to black, hind wing veins yellow with tips of marginal vein dark brown. Head in dorsal view slightly broader than thorax (8.5:8.0), almost twice as broad as long; occiput rounded and very little incurved; temple about half of eye width; in frontal view width of head 1.3 times its height; eye 1.65 times as long as broad, malar space 0.46 times length of an eye; clypeus with lower margin slightly emarginated, its surface distinctly longitudinally striated; remainder of face reticulated, distance between lateral ocellus and eye margin twice the diameter of an ocellus and 0.8 times the distance between lateral ocelli. Right mandible with 4 teeth, the left with 3. Antennae (Figs 5, 6) inserted distinctly above middle of face, closer to median ocellus than to lower margin of clypeus, tip of scapus reaching upper level of the vertex. Antennae with combined length of pedicellus and flagellum 1.12 times the width of head; scapus 0.7 times as long as the length of an eye and 3.75 times the length of pedicellus, the latter two times longer than broad; proportions of antennal segments as follows (length:width): 30:6; 8:4; 1:4; 2:4; 3:4; 16:6; 14:6; 13:6; 11:6; 8:6;

5 Insecta Figs Gugolzia bademia n.sp.: 1. thorax ( ), lateral view (scale 0.5 mm); 2. propodeum ( ) (scale 1 mm); 3. forewing ( ) (scale 1 mm); 4. antenna ( ) (scale 0.25 mm); 5. apical half of antenna ( ) (scale 0.25 mm); 6. basal half of antenna ( ) (scale 0.25 mm) (7:5:5):6. First and second anellus very transverse; third anellus hardly broader than long (3:4); first segment of funicular 2.66 times longer than broad, about half as long as length of scapus, other segments gradually shortening towards apex, last segment slightly longer than broad, almost equal in length to first claval segment (8:7), clava almost as long as first funicular segment. Sensillae arranged in 6 regular rows on the four proximal segments of the funiculus, in three rows on the last. Mesosoma (Figs. 1 2) only one and half times longer than broad; pronotum medially 5 times as wide as long; parapsidal furrows distinct. Scutellum almost flat, slightly broader than long (14: 13) with a weakly developed cross-furrow, frenum reticulated, length of fre-

6 78 Zoology in the Middle East 32, 2004 num 1/3 the length of scutellum, the latter distinctly margined posteriorly. Upper part of the mesepimeron (Fig. 1) with an ovoid, 8-shaped smooth area not prolonged to corner along the pleural suture. Propodeum (Fig. 2) with distinct median carina and raised transverse strip; area between median carina and spiracles with 3-4 distinct carinae of which the posterior parts are C-shaped and directed towards spiracles at the joining point to the transverse strip; nucha developed, with distinct small foveae on its whole surface; propodeal callus and supracoxal flanges covered with dense white hairs; posterior margin of nucha sharply margined; plicae absent; surface of propodeum slightly reticulated. Fore wing (Fig. 3) with ratio of postmarginal:marginal:stigmal veins as 18:22:11; stigmal vein forming an angle with the postmarginal vein at about 45 degrees, stigma large; speculum very wide, basal half of forewing without hairs; costal cell on lower wing surface with a line of setae on its apical half. Gaster slightly narrower than mesosoma, elongated, pointed, its higher length 1.66 times head plus thorax (5: 3) and 3.33 times as long as broad (50: 15). First tergum distinctly shorter than scutellum, smooth only basally; other parts and other terga with minute transverse reticulations on whole surface; last tergite almost two times longer than broad at its base (35:18); ovipositor hardly projecting. Male: Length (5.0) mm. Similar to female except the following: antennae (Fig. 4) with two anelli, 6 funicular and two claval segments; ratios of segments as follows (length: width): 20:5; 7:4; 1.5:3; 1.5:3; 12:6; 13:6; 11:6; 11:6; 11:6; 9:6; 15(6:9):6. Combined length of pedicel and flagellum almost 1.2 times width of head; gaster short, as long as combined length of head and mesosoma and almost 3 times as long as broad. Affinities. The new species is similar to the other species of the genus, Gugolzia harmolitae, but differs in having antennae with the first funicular segment 2.4 times longer than broad (in harmolitae the first segment is 4 times longer than broad); male antennae shorter than in harmolitae, funicular segments about two times longer than broad and without erect setae (in harmolitae male with funicular segments about 5 times longer than broad, and with distinct erect setae). Biology. According to our observations, G. bademia is a solitary ectoparasitoid on the larva of Eurytoma amygdali Enderlein (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) which is phytophagous in fruits of Amygdalus spp. (Rosaceae). References BOU EK, Z. & J. Y. RASPLUS (1991): Illustrated key to West-Palearctic genera of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). INRA, Paris, 140 pp. DELUCCHI, V. & J. H. STEFFAN (1956): Gugolzia harmolitae, nouveau genre et nouvelle espèce, parasite de Harmolita romana (Walk.) (Hym. Pteromalidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 61: 30 34, Paris. DZHANOKMEN, K. A. (1978): Hymenoptera. II. Chalcidoidea 7., Pteromalidae. Opredelitel Nasekomykh Evropeyskoy Chasti SSSR 3: , Moskov. GRAHAM, M. W. R. de V. (1969): The Pteromalidae of North-Western Europe (Hym., Chalcidoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Supplement 16: 1 908, London. Authors addresses: Prof. Dr. Miktat Do anlar, Mustafa Kemal University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, 31034, Serinyol, Antakya, Hatay, Turkey. Assist. Prof. R. Halil Bolu, Dicle University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, Diyarbak r, Turkey. Corresponding Author: M. Do anlar, doganlar@mku.edu.tr.