Abstract
An update of the current knowledge of Anacharis Dalman, 1823 for the Palaearctic and Indomalayan regions is given. The previously known Palaearctic species Anacharis antennata Belizin, 1951, Anacharis eucharoides (Dalman, 1818), Anacharis immunis Walker, 1835 and Anacharis parapsidalis Belizin, 1951 are redescribed. Three new species are described: Anacharis fergussoni sp. nov. from Europe, Anacharis norvegica sp. nov. from Norway and Anacharis belizini sp. nov. from Thailand, the first recorded Indomalayan species for the genus. Anacharis gracilipes Ionescu, 1969, is synonymized with A. eucharoides, while Anacharis flavidicornis Kieffer, 1910 is transferred to the genus Aegilips Haliday, 1835, resulting in Aegilips flavidicornis (Kieffer, 1910) comb. nov. Diagnostic characters and data about the biology, distribution and affinities with other species of Anacharis are discussed. An identification key for the Palaearctic and Indomalayan species of Anacharis is given.
Highlights
Anacharis Dalman, 1823 (Hymenoptera: Figitidae) is one of the nine genera included in the subfamily Anacharitinae (Mata-Casanova & Pujade-Villar 2013), the eight others being Acanthaegilips Ashmead, 1896, Acanthaegilopsis Pujade-Villar, 2013, Aegilips Haliday, 1835, Calofigites Kieffer, 1909, European Journal of Taxonomy 414: 1–25 (2018)Hexacharis Kieffer, 1907, Proanacharis Kovalev, 1996, Solenofigites Díaz, 1979, and Xyalaspis Hartig, 1843
We describe A. belizini sp. nov., A. fergussoni sp. nov., and A. norvegica sp. nov., the first one being the first Indomalayan species of the genus
We found it has characters that fit within the genus Aegilips rather than Anacharis: petiole shorter than the metacoxa and coarsely sculptured, mesopleuron anteriorly carinated and without transverse mesopleural groove
Summary
Anacharis Dalman, 1823 (Hymenoptera: Figitidae) is one of the nine genera included in the subfamily Anacharitinae (Mata-Casanova & Pujade-Villar 2013), the eight others being Acanthaegilips Ashmead, 1896, Acanthaegilopsis Pujade-Villar, 2013, Aegilips Haliday, 1835, Calofigites Kieffer, 1909, European Journal of Taxonomy 414: 1–25 (2018)Hexacharis Kieffer, 1907, Proanacharis Kovalev, 1996, Solenofigites Díaz, 1979, and Xyalaspis Hartig, 1843. Anacharitinae is one of the 12 subfamilies of the Figitidae (Paretas-Martínez et al 2011), and are identified by three synapomorphies (Ros-Farré et al 2000): (1) rounded and continuous pronotal plate; (2) broadly overlapping mandibles; and (3) triangle-shaped head in front view – it is more quadrangular shaped in genus Acanthaegilopsis, Proanacharis and some species of Xyalaspis (Mata-Casanova et al 2014a). They have been cited attacking the aphid-feeding larvae of the Neuroptera families Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae (Ronquist 1999; Buffington et al 2012), the biology of most Anacharitinae species is still unknown. Aegilips and Hexacharis are the closer ones to Anacharis (Buffington et al 2007, 2012), but can be distinguished from them by an elongated petiole (at least as long as metacoxa, usually longer) with smooth surface (Restrepo-Ortiz & Pujade-Villar 2010)
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