Authorvan Achterberg, C. & Talebi, A.A.
Year2014
TitleReview of Gasteruption Latreille (Hymenoptera, Gasteruptiidae) from Iran and Turkey, with the description of 15 new species
TypePaper
How Complete346 species: 33 from Turkey and 23 from Iran. Includes all our species except the rarely recorded G. pedmontanum.
SourceZooKeys Vol 458: 1-187.
IllustrationsColour photographs
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

Key to 39 species. Every character is illustrated with high quality photographs.

In English.

News

Our species key out as follows:

taxon female

G. minutum 8 (ovipositor 0.5–0.9 times hind tibia, tip dark)

G. assectator 9 (ovipositor 0.8-1.3 times hind tibia, tip dark)

G. caucasica 24 (ovipositor 1.8 times metasoma, tip pale)

G. laticeps 27 (ovipositor 1.6 times metasoma, tip pale)

G. jaculator 32 (ovipositor 1.5–1.7 times metasoma tip pale)

taxon male

G. minutum 48

G. assectator 52

G. caucasica 40

G. jaculator 43

G. laticeps 65

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Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentGASTERUPTIIDAEpennant waspsAnimalia: Hymenoptera
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