Review of German Spilomicrus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae, Spilomicrini)

Jeremy Joshua Hübner; Vasilisa Chemyreva

doi:10.3897/BDJ.12.e114515

Review of German Spilomicrus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae, Spilomicrini)

Biodivers Data J. 2024 Jan 8:12:e114515. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e114515. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Jeremy Joshua Hübner¹, Vasilisa Chemyreva²

Affiliations

¹ Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Munich, Germany Zoologische Staatssammlung München Munich Germany.
² Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences St. Petersburg Russia.

Abstract

Background: This study provides an integrative taxonomy-based review for the genus Spilomicrus Westwood in Germany using DNA barcoding and classic morphology.

New information: Spilomicrussimplex Tomsik, 1947 is placed in synonymy with S.antennatus Jurine, 1807; Spilomicrusthomsoni Kieffer, 1911 is removed from synonymy with S.hemipterus Marshall, 1868. A lectotype is designated for Spilomicrusnigripes Thomson, 1858. Newly recorded for Germany are the following species: S.thomsoni Kieffer, 1911, S.crassiclavis Marshall, 1868, S.lusitanicus Kieffer, 1910 and S.diversus Chemyreva, 2021. Three species, Spilomicrusbrevimalaris sp. nov., S.flavecorpus sp. nov. and S.politus sp. nov. are described as new to science. The 23 DNA-barcodes with species identification present a substantial addition over the previous German checklist. This study aims to update the number of nationwide known Spilomicrus species from fifteen to twenty. Furthermore, a new key to identify all European Spilomicrus species is provided.

Keywords: DNA-barcoding; checklist; integrative taxonomy; key; new records; new species; new synonymy; parasitoid wasps.

Jeremy Joshua Hübner, Vasilisa Chemyreva.

Grants and funding

This work was also partly supported by Russian State Research (project 122031100272-3). Our work is part of the GBOL III project and was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (FKZ 16LI1901B).