TY  - JOUR
A1  - Turrisi, Giuseppe Fabrizio
A1  - Pilato, Giovanni
T1  - The Palaearctic species of Pristaulacus Kieffer, 1900 (Hymenoptera, Aulacidae) : remarks on taxonomy, systematic, and biogeography
T2  - Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Angewandte Entomologie
N2  - Taxonomic, systematic, and biogeography knowledge on the Palaearctic species of Pristaulacus Kieffer 1900 is summarized. Twenty-one valid species are recognized. The most important morphological characters taken into consideration are: shape, cuticular sculpture, and pubescence of head; index length/width of antennomeres; shape, sculpture and cuticular processes of mesosoma, especially of pronotum and mesonotum; number and shape of teeth on claw; shape and sculpture of metasoma; ovipositor length compared with wing and antenna length; and colour pattern (e.g., the dark spots on fore wing, and the colour of hind tarsus). Several characters of the genital capsule of the male were proved to be very useful for species identification, e.g., the shape of the paramere, volsella, cuspis, and digitus. Based on analysis of twenty-five morphological characters, eight species groups are recognized. The critical revision of the chorological data, including many new records, introduced relevant changes of the geographical distribution pattern of most species. Twelve species are restricted to the western part of the Palaearctic Region and eight species are restricted to its eastern part; only one species, P. gibbator, has a wider distribution, including both western and eastern parts of the Palaearctics.
KW  - taxonomy
KW  - systematic
KW  - biogeography
KW  - Pristaulacus
KW  - Palaearctic Region
Y1  - 2008
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/9655
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1108865
SN  - 0344-9084
VL  - 16
SP  - 87
EP  - 94
PB  - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Angewandte Entomologie
CY  - Gießen
ER  -