Description of the first brachypterous Lonchidia species (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Figitinae), with a key to European species

Abstract

The male and female of a new species of Lonchidia Thomson, 1862, L. atypica Pujade-Villar & de Paz sp. nov., are described from the provinces of Salamanca and Cáceres (Western Spain). Specimens were collected with a G-Vac suction sampler and pitfall traps from traditional almond and cherry orchards. The diagnostic characters of this species are: deep but short notauli, reaching only the anterior part of the mesoscutum, and brachypterous wings. Both sexes are illustrated and an identification key is proposed herein to differentiate the European species. The possibility that the male of L. clavicornis Thomson, 1862 corresponds to a different species is also discussed.