Orthocentrus orbitator , J. F. Aubert 1963
Orthocentrus orbitator Aubert, 1963 Fig. 7 Material examined. Paratype. [France] • ♀ Pampelonne, Var; 01–07 Aug. 1963; Orthocentrus orbitator, J. F. Aubert det. [handwritten] // paratype [red printed label]; MZLU -HYM 00065379; MZLU. Syntypes. [France] • 2 ♀♀ (pinned on the same pin); Pampelonne, Var; 02 Aug. 1963; Orthocentrus orbitator Type, J. F. Aubert det. [handwritten] // type [red printed label] // labelled as syntypes 27 & 28 / 52 (42) by S. Klopfstein, 2009; GBIFCH 00905806; MZL. Additional material. Israel • 1 ♀; Haifa; 21 July 2006; S. Simutnik leg.; SIZK. Italy • 1 ♀; Toscana, Is. Elba; 21 Sep. – 23 Oct. 2001; Malaise trap; FDG; • 1 ♀; Toscana, Siena; 23–26 Oct. 2012; pan trap DI 34 / 4; FDG; • 1 ♂; Sicilia, Catania, Monte Etna, Tremestieri Etneo; 25 Mar. 1993; G. Turrisi leg.; FDG. Norway • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; TRY, Senja, Storholtet; 69.18868N, 17.37885E; 07 July – 07 Aug. 2023; I. Birkeland leg; Malaise trap; SIZK; 1 ♀; Gammelsætra; 69.17051N, 17.38051E; 1–31 July 2023; I. Birkeland leg.; Malaise trap; SIZK; 1 ♀; Første Velta; 69.20305N, 17.38824E; 1–31 Aug. 2023; I. Birkeland leg; Malaise trap; SIZK. Spain • 2 ♂♂; P. N. Cabañeros (C. Real), Viñuelas; 26 Mar. – 14 Apr. 2004; CIBIO leg.; Matorral [area with shrubs], TMo 1; CEUA; • 1 ♀; idem, but 14 Apr. – 08 May 2004; CEUA; • 1 ♀; Gargantilla; 19 Mar. – 13 Apr. 2005; CIBIO leg.; Fresneda [Fraxinus forest], TM 2; CEUA. Turkey • 1 ♂; Isparta, Gelincik Dağı (IV. Bölge); 03 July 2010; Malaise trap; SIZK. Ukraine • 1 ♀; Transcarpathian Region, Svydovets, 2–3 km NW of Kvasy; 48.1447N, 24.2708E; 750 m a. s. l.; 10 Aug. – 01 Sep. 2014; O. Varga leg.; trunk trap on dead Fagus sylvatica, beech forest; SIZK. Diagnosis. Female. Face aciculate; eye glabrous (Fig. 7 D). Antenna with 24–26 flagellomeres, first flagellomere 1.6–1.7 × as long as wide (Fig. 7 C). Vertex yellow or ivory along inner orbits (Fig. 7 D, F). Mesosoma black except narrowly yellow on propleuron, and along upper and lower margins of pronotum (Fig. 7 A). Fore wing with vein 3 rs-m present, areolet petiolate; hind wing with nervellus intercepted below the middle (Fig. 7 A). First metasomal tergite 1.5–1.6 × as long as posterior width, granulate, with lateromedian carinae weak to indistinct; second tergite 1.2 × as long as posterior width, with a weak subapical transverse furrow, granulate (Fig.); third tergite weakly granulate on anterior 0.5. Male. Resembles female, but has more abundant yellow on the head, pronotum and mesoscutum; shorter antenna with 24–27 flagellomeres with the first flagellomere 3.0–3.1 × as long as wide (Fig. 7 B, E, G, I). Distribution. Western Palaearctic (Yu et al. 2016), first records for Israel, Italy, Turkey, and Ukraine.
Institutions
- I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology (UA)
- University of Palermo (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2025-10-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17295851
- Primary Topic
- Fire effects on ecosystems
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- article
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