Pantolyta sciarivora ( Kieffer, 1907 ), 2021

Pantolyta sciarivora ( Kieffer, 1907) ,

comb. nov.

( Figs 5G, 6H, 7E, 8C, 9B, 12E, 14J, 15D, 16A)

Zelotypa sciarivora Kieffer, 1907: 264 .

Acropiesta sciarivora : Kieffer, 1909: 589.

Acropiesta filicornis Kieffer, 1909: 590 . Synonymised by Macek (1998).

Acropiesta flavipes Kieffer, 1909: 590 . Synonymised by Macek (1998).

Material examined. Estonia: Torma Distr., 17. VI.1989, G. Dlusskiy leg., 2 males; Vorbuse, 58°25′31.8″N 26°38′4.6″E, 16. VI.2017, V. Soon leg., 1 male ( TUZ; no. 102123). Ukraine: Kyiv Prov., Irpin, 27. V.1984, A. Kotenko leg., 1 male; Kharkiv Prov., Krasnokutsk, 17.VII.1992, Storozheva leg., 1 female. Russia: Leningrad Prov., Kamenka, 1.VIII.1972, D. Kasparyan leg., 1 male; Moscow: Krylatskoe, Rublevskiy forest, 1–15. VI.2004, V. Kolyada leg., 8 females ( ZMUM); same locality, 15– 30. VI.2004, V. Kolyada leg., 4 females ( ZMUM); Bitsa Park, 11.VIII.1993 and 17. VI.1994, V. Kolyada leg., 2 males ( ZMUM); vicinity of Luzhniki, 15. VI.1947, D. Panfilov leg., 2 males ( ZMUM); Moscow Prov., Malakhovka, 10. VI and 26–30.VII.1994, M. Mostovski leg., 5 males ( ZMUM); Ryazan’ Prov., Oka Nature Reserve, 17. VI.1965 [collector unknown], 1 male; Vladimir Prov., 26.VII.1977 [collector V.G. Chemyreva & V.A. Kolyada. Taxonomy of Acropiesta , Anommatium , Erasikea and Pantolyta

Fig. 14. Pantolyta . Venation of fore wing. A, P. dichromia sp.nov.; B, P. nigrocincta ; C, P. melniki sp.nov.; D, P. macrocera ; E, P. flexinervis ; F, P. simplicior sp. nov.; G, P. nitida ; H, P. pseudosciarivora ; I, P. radialis ; J, P. sciarivora .

unknown], 1 male; Stavropol’ Prov. , Bol’shaya Laba River, 26. VI.1972, D. Kasparyan leg., 1 male ; Kirov Prov. , Bol’sheromanovo, 4–15.VIII.1994, V. Kolyada leg., 1 female, 13 males ( ZMUM) ; Chelyabinsk Prov. , Il’men’ Nature Reserve, near Il’men’ Lake, 13– 18.VII.1958, V. Tobias leg., 2 males ; Sverdlovsk Prov. , Nizhniy Tagil, VI.1971, Lebedkina leg., 1 female ; Sakhalin Prov. : Sakhalin I., Schmidt Peninsula, 30 km N of Okha Mt., 11.VIII.2003, A. Lelej leg., 1 female ; Shikotan I., Malokuril’skoe, 20–21.VIII.1973, D. Kasparyan leg., 1 male ; Primorskiy Terr. : Partizansk Distr., Molchanovka, 1.VII.1972, V. Kuslitzky leg., 1 male ; Khasan Distr. , vicinity of Nezhino, 6. VI.1972, V. Zherikhin leg., 1 female ( ZMUM) . Azerbaijan, Lenkoran’ , 3–7. V.1971, V. Tobias leg., 1 female .

Variation. Female with antenna stout to relatively slender (1.25–1.45 times as long as head, mesosoma and petiole combined); petiole subquadrate to distinctly elongate. Both sexes with median propodeal keel very variable, from simple to bifurcate or duplicate, branches close to distant from each other; radial cell 1.5–2.2 times as long as marginal vein; marginal vein 0.9–1.3 times as long as distance from it to basal vein.

Distribution. Western, northern and eastern Europe, Azerbaijan, * Russia (European part, West and East Siberia, Far East); Canada, USA.

Hosts. Sciara sp. ( Diptera : Sciaridae ) ( Kieffer, 1907).

Fig. 15. Pantolyta . A–C, P. flaviventris (A, lateral view, female; B, lateral view, male; C, metasoma, dorsal view, male); D, P. sciarivora (metasoma, dorsal view, male). E, F, P. macrocera (E, lateral view, female; F, antenna, lateral view, male). Scale bars: 1 mm.