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These ants, as general predators, prey on arboreal herbi- The first record of Myodris annulata vores and, by this, they provide valuable ecosystem services. (Fallén, 1813) representing the second On top of the ants mentioned above, some oak galls provide species of the family Periscelididae occasional shelter and even reproduction place for different hymenopteran groups (i.e. aphid wasps – Pemphredoninae). (Diptera: Schizophora) from Ukraine Based on these facts, oak gall wasps can also be considered important contributors in ecosystem services on a smaller The Ukrainian Diptera fauna is scarcely known; there are spatial scale. many recent studies reporting fly families new to the coun- try (Korneyev 1997, 1999a,b, 2003, Misiachna & Korneyev Acknowledgments. This publication was supported by the National 2015). The family Periscelididae is a small dipterous family Research, Development, and Innovation Fund (OTKA K-128008 - with 107 extant species (Periscelididae sensu lato) (Mathis & Quantifying forest health related ecosystem services in Hungarian Rung 2011). In the Palaearctic region 16 species of two sub- oak forests). families and five genera are known. Only three genera occur in Europe; Myodris Lioy, 1864, Periscelis Loew, 1857 and References Abe, Y. (1988): Trophobiosis between the gall wasp, Andricus symbioticus, and Stenomicra Coquillet, 1900 (Pape & Beuk 2013, Papp & With- the gall-attending ant, Lasius niger. Applied Entomology and Zoology 23(1): ers 2011, Roháček & Andrade 2017). Based on the differenti- 41-44. ating characteristics found between the subgenera Periscelis Abe, Y. (1992): The advantage of attending ants and gall aggregation for the gall wasp Andricus symbioticus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae). Oecologia 89: 166-167. (Persicelis) and Periscelis (Myodris), Papp & Withers (2011) Bailey, R., Schönrogge, K., Cook, J.M., Melika, G., Csóka, Gy., Thúróczy, Cs., proposed a genus status for Myodris. In this paper, we fol- Stone, G.N. (2009): Host Niches and Defensive Extended Phenotypes lowed this classification. In the Palaearctic area, Myodris con- Structure Parasitoid Wasp Communities. PLoS Biology 7(8): 1-12. tains five species: M. annulata (Fallén, 1813), M. chinensis Csóka, G., Stone, G.N., Melika, G. (2005): Biology, Ecology and Evolution of Gall-inducing Cynipidae. In: Raman, A.; Schaefer, C. W. and Withers, T. M. (Papp & Szappanos, 1997) (China), M. flinti (Malloch, 1915) 2005: Biology, Ecology and Evolution of Gall-Inducing Arthropods. Science (Nearctic), M. kabuli (Papp, 1988) (Afghanistan) and M. piri- Publishers, USA, pp. 573-642. cercus (Carles-Tolrá & Verdugo Páez, 2009) (Spain). M. annu- Espadaler, X., Nieves, J.L. (1983): Hormigas (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) pobladoras de agallas abandonadas de cinipidos (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae) lata is known from the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, sobre Quercus sp. en la Peninsula Iberica. Boletin de la Estacion Central de Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Neth- Ecologia 12(23): 89-93. erlands, Russia (European Part), Slovakia, Spain, Sweden Folgarait, P.J. (1998): Ant biodiversity and its relationship to ecosystem functioning: a review. Biodiversity & Conservation 7(9): 1221-1244. and Switzerland (Mathis & Rung 2011). Inouye, B.D., Agrawal, A.A. (2004): Ant mutualists alter the composition and attack rate of the parasitoid community for the gall wasp Disholcaspis The specimen was trapped during a field test in West Ukraine in the eldoradensis (Cynipidae). Ecological Entomology 29: 692-696. tri-border region of Hungary, Slovakia and Ukraine (Fig 1.). We Melika, G. (2006): Gall wasps of Ukraine. Cynipidae. Vestnik Zoologi, found the specimen in a Lepidoptera trap (CSALOMON VARL+, Supplement 21. pp. 644. www.csalomontraps.com) baited with semi-synthetic attractant Nicholls, J.A., Melika, G., Stone, G.N. (2017): Sweet tetra-trophic interactions: Multiple evolution of nectar secretion, a defensive extended phenotype in (mixture of iso-amyl alcohol, acetic acid and red wine) (Tóth et al. cynipid gall wasps. The American Naturalist 189: 67-77. 2015). The specimen was preserved in 70% EtOH. It was identified Schmitz, H. (1950): Formicidae quaedam a cl. A. Stärcke determinatae, qua sin using stereoscopic microscope based on keys provided by Mathis & Lusitania collegit. Separata da Revista Brotéria, Série de Ciencias Naturalis Papp (1998) and Papp & Withers (2011). The voucher specimen is 19: 12-16. deposited in the Diptera Collection of the Hungarian Natural Histo- Stone, G.N., Schönrogge, K. (2003): The adaptive significance of insect gall ry Museum, Budapest, Hungary. morphology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18(10): 512-521.
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Key words: gall wasp, oak gall, Temnothorax, Andricus hungaricus, Andricus quercustozae
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Received: 02. December 2019 / Accepted: 25. January 2020 Figure 1. European distribution of Myodris annulata with its new lo- Available online: 30. January 2020 / Printed: June 2020 cality in Transcarpathian Region, West Ukraine. Light grey: for- merly known European distribution, Dark grey: new Ukrainian da- Ágnes FÜRJES-MIKÓ1, Sándor CSŐSZ2 ta.
1 and György CSÓKA Myodris annulata (Fallén, 1813) 1. Affiliation: Department of Forest Protection, NARIC Forest Research Material examined: Ukraine, Uzhhorod Raion, Velyka Do- Institute, H-3232 Mátrafüred, Hegyalja str. 18, Hungary. 2. Affiliation: MTA-ELTE-MTM Ecology Research Group, H-1117 Budapest, bron’ (Nagydobrony), N 48.4338°, E 22.4041°, 104 m a.s.l. Pázmány Péter str. 1/C, Hungary. 07.06.2015, leg. Sz. Szanyi & A. Molnár, 1 male (Fig 1.). * Corresponding author, Á. Fürjes-Mikó, E-mail: [email protected] Remarks: The occurrence of Myodris annulata represents the first record of the genus Myodris Lioy and second species of the family Periscelididae in Ukraine. North-Western Journal of Zoology 2020, vol.16 (1) - Correspondence: Notes 99
Acknowledgements. The authors are grateful to Zsuzsanna studied genera of Scelionidae. Talamas et al. (2015, 2017) re- Petrovics, László Papp and Zoltán Soltész for the valuable help in the vised the Nearctic and, respectively, Palaearctic species of identification of the specimen and to Gábor Kardos for his Trissolcus. These works are based on the study of primary suggestions on the manuscript. Szabolcs Szanyi work was supported types and numerous additional specimens, providing in- by the Collegium Talentum 2017 Programme of Hungary. formative pictures of high quality for each species. Tortorici
References et al. (2019), based on examination of primary types, molecu- Fallén, C.F. (1813): Beskrifning öfver några i Sverige funna Vattenflugor lar analyses and mating experiments, found four cryptic (Hydromyzides). Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar (3)1: 240–57. species of Trissolcus (T. colemani (Crawford) and T. manteroi Korneyev, V.A. (1997): The first record of the family Odiniidae (Diptera, Acalyptrata) from Ukraine. Vestnik Zoologii 31(4): 88. (Kieffer) considered by Talamas (2017) as junior synonyms Korneyev. V.A. (1999a): The first record of the family Megamerinidae (Diptera, of T. semistriatus (Nees von Esenbeck), T. semistriatus and T. Acalyptrata) from Ukraine. Vestnik Zoologii 33(1–2): 34. belenus (Walker) almost a forgotten species). At this point, Korneyev, V.A. (1999b): The first record of the family Carnidae (Diptera, due to these exhaustive works, the Holarctic species of Tris- Acalyptrata) from Ukraine. Vestnik Zoologii 33(1–2): 34. Korneyev, V.A. (2003): The first record of the family Acarthophthalmidae solcus are identifiable. This fact broadens horizons for more (Diptera, Acalyptrata) in Ukraine. Vestnik Zoologii 37(5): 68. extensive studies of Trissolcus on wider territories. As a con- Mathis, W.N., Papp, L. (1998): Family Periscelididae. pp. 285–294. In: Papp, L., sequence, the major revisions of Trissolcus (Talamas et al. Darvas, B. (eds.), Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera Vol. 3. Higher Brachycera. Science Herald, Budapest. 2015, 2017), were followed by papers regarding the distribu- Mathis, W.N., Rung, A. (2011): World catalog and conspectus on the family tion, or the biology of different species of this genus (Ganjis- Periscelididae (Diptera: Schizophora). Myia 12: 341–377. affar et al. 2018; Sabbatini Peverieri et al. 2018; Tortorici et al. Misiachna, A.V., Korneyev, V.A. (2015): The first records of the skipper flies (Diptera, Piophilidae) From Ukraine. Vestnik Zoologii 49(2): 113–118. 2019). Pape, T., Beuk, P. (2013): Fauna Europaea: Periscelididae. Fauna Europaea In Europe, among the rest of Telenominae, Trissolcus is a version 2.6.
tensive treatment of the genus was thus a curious and unex- 1. University of Debrecen, Department of Evolutionary Zoology, H-4032 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, Hungary. pected finding. 2. II Rákóczi Ferenc Transcarpathian Hungarian Institute Department Trissolcus scutellaris is considered one of the most wide- of Biology and Chemistry, 90202 Beregszász, Transcarpathia, spread species, being encountered in Austria, Bulgaria, Cro- Kossuth tér 6., The Ukraine. 3. Institute of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences atia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, and Environmental Management, Debrecen, Hungary. Macedonia, Morocco, Portugal, Russia, South Korea, Spain, *Corresponding author, S. Sanyi, E-mail: [email protected] Sweden, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan (Talamas et al. 2017).
It can be identified using the following combination of char-
acters: gena narrow to moderately broad in lateral view;
compound eyes narrowly separated by hyperoccipital cari- The first case of reduced wings in Trissolcus na; posterior vertex without medial depression; conspicuous Ashmead, 1893 (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea) cells on mesoscutal suprahumeral sulcus and mesoscutal humeral sulcus; metapleuron below metapleural sulcus with Trissolcus Ashmead is a genus of egg-parasitoid wasps of ventral and posterior setation. In Europe, it is most similar to different species of bugs (Heteroptera). Some of its hosts are T. viktorovi Kozlov, which is unambiguously differentiated considered significant agricultural pests (e.g. Halyomorpha from T. scutellaris by a number of characters, including a dis- halys (Stål) and Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister)). Some species of tinctly broad gena, compound eyes with posterior and dor- Trissolcus are therefore regarded as potential candidates in sal margins separated from hyperoccipital carina by a broad the classical biological control of these pests, with some spe- furrow and the mesoscutal humeral sulcus present as a sim- cies under evaluation in quarantine facilities (e.g. T. hyalini- ple furrow (Talamas et al. 2017). pennis Rajmohana & Narendran (Ganjisaffar et al. 2018); T. Prior to this study, T. scutellaris was recorded in Romania japonicus (Ashmead) (Talamas et al. 2015)). by Fabritius (1972) from Scobâlţeni (Iaşi) as T. scutellaris; by Lately, Trissolcus has been one of the most intensely Bechet (1960) from Hunedoara and Fabritius (1972) from