Eurytoma pistaciae, Rondani, 1877

Key to species of pistaciae View in CoL group

(from Zerova 2010, modified)

Hind tibia with several (more than 2) long setae, as long as or longer than tibia width. pistaciae group of species...................................................................................................1

1 Hind tibia with 2–3, rarely 4 long setae...........................................................................2

— Hind tibia with 12–15 long setae, of them, 5 longer setae on its proximal part. In galls of Liposthenes glechomae (Linnaeus) (Cynipidae) on Nepeta hederacea L. Ukraine.. ............................................................................ E. trjapitzini Zerova et Klymenko , sp. n.

2 Female 4th abdominal tergite rounded and widened (lateral view) with deep and thick punctuation; abdomen rounded. Hind tibia with two long setae. Funicle segments of female square. [Postmarginal vein 1.24 × as long as radial vein.] Reared from pods of Acacia arabica , A. seyal, Indigofera sp., but host insect unknown. Africa ( Senegal), Yemen. .................................................................................... E. arabica Risbec Risbec, 1951: 353 ; Delvare, 1988: 142; Zerova, Seryogina, Van Harten, 2008: 948; Zerova, Seryogina, 2009: 74; Zerova, 2010: 40.

— Female 4th tergite abdominal non-widened (lateral view), abdominal tergites either smooth or with fine and shallow punctuation mainly on 4th tergite. ........................ 3

3 Female antenna with all funicle segments conspicuously longer than wide. Legs except coxae yellow. [Male antenna with 5-segmented funicle........................................ 4

— Only first funicle segment of female antenna longer than wide; segments 2–5 either quadrate or transverse. Legs dark brown. [Male antenna with 4- or 5-segmented funicle]. ................................................................................................................................... 5

4 Female abdomen elongate, longer than mesosoma (lateral view). Propodeum finemeshed without medial furrow. Hind tibia with four moderately robust setae at most as long as tibia width. Male funicle 5-segmented; segments long and very light pubescent. Reared from stem of Echinops ritro , infested by eggs of stems crickets ( Oecanthus ), but association with crickets is not established. South-East of Ukraine (Donetsk Region)................................................................................ E. doganlari Zerova Zerova, Seryogina, 2009: 79 ; Zerova, 2010: 41.

— Female abdomen rounded, narrowed only to apex (lateral view), not longer than or inconspicuously longer than mesosoma. Propodeum with medial furrow. Hind tibia with 3, rarely 2 setae. Male funicle 5-segmented; segments short pubescent. Collected on xerophytic grassy associations. Reared from galls of Cecidomyiidae on Ceratoides papposa (Chenopodiaceae) in Kazakhstan. South of Palaearctic Region, Vietnam, Yemen................................................................................................. E. ochraceipes Kalina Kalina, 1970: 118 ; Zerova, 1978: 301, 1995: 235; Doğanlar & Čam, 1991: 148; Zerova, Seryogina, 2009: 74; Zerova, 2010: 41.

5 Mesonotum almost flat dorsally. Mesothoracal pleura ventrally with small denticle anterior of mid coxae. Abdomen oval (lateral view). Hind tibia with 3 long setae, of them the distal longer than two proximal. Male antenna as in E. pistaciae (fig. 1, 2). Host unknown. South East of Ukraine, Turkey. ............................................................... ........................................................ E. tokatensis DoğanlarDoğanlar & Čam, 1991: 144 ; Zerova, 1995 b: 236; Zerova, Seryogina, 2009: 74; Zerova, 2010: 41.

— Mesonotum not flattened dorsally. Other characters variable......................................6

6 Hind tibia with one long and 2–3 shorter setae. Female antenna with first funicle segment slightly longer than wide, and segments 4–5 transverse. Abdomen slightly longer than mesosoma. Host unknown. Yemen. ......................... E. tibiaspinae Zerova Zerova, Seryogina, van Harten, 2008: 958; Zerova, Seryogina, 2009: 74; Zerova, 2010: 41.