148 Z. BOUCEK 



L. biguetina. The female from the original couple was labelled 'type' by Dr 

 Ferriere and is designated as lectotype. 



L. parvicauda. I examined the type-material in 1968 and can confirm that 

 Schletterer (1890) was right when he put parvicauda in synonymy with L. biguetina. 

 On my request Professor G. Szelenyi kindly re-examined the types and designated 

 as lectotype the one mentioned above; the paralectotype comes from Jasenova, 

 now in Yugoslavia (cf. Mocsary, 1877 : 120). 



As mentioned elsewhere, L. aurantiaca Shestakov is a closely related but different 

 species, separated from L. biguetina in the past mainly by the more extensive and 

 orange markings. This might be misleading, for the colour turns orange in some 

 species. I have seen a female of L. biguetina from south-eastern Iran which might 

 be regarded as intermediate. In the latter the pale pattern is more extensive 

 than in any other specimen I have seen, for example the hind femur, except for 

 the teeth, is wholly yellow externally. The dorsum of the body in this specimen 

 is slightly orange. Some Italian specimens show an orange shade on the legs 

 again (Masi, 19346 : 218-219). The male (Text -fig. 171) was actually described 

 by Spinola (1838 : 443-444) and by Masi (1935 : 38-39). 



Biology. No host record known. Central European populations seem to 

 consist of females only, reproducing parthenogenetically. 



Distribution. Southern Europe including France, Switzerland, Austria, 

 Czechoslovakia (Boucek, 1959), S. Ukraine (Crimea, N. Caucasus), central European 

 Russia (Pochinki S. of Gorkiy (Nikolskaya, i960 : 200)), Turkmenia, Tadzhikistan, 

 Transcaucasia, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Israel, North Africa. 



Material examined. 



Type data given in synonymy. 



Spain: Godellea, i.vii.1921, 1 $ (MCZ, Cambridge); Algora N.E. of Guadalajara 

 and Nuevalos nr Calatayud, vii. 1970, 2 $ (Aigner); Majorca, Palma, 1 $ (A. H. 

 Hamm) (UM, Oxford). France: Paris, 1 $ (BMNH). Switzerland: Sierre, 

 Wallis, 1 $ (ERI, Ottawa). Italy: Susa; Limone; Coazzo in Piemonte; Ten da 

 in Alpi Maritime; Spotorno nr Albenga; Briga in Liguria; Camigliatello in Sila 

 (Masi, 19346), about 20 $ and 5 <$ (mainly MCSN, Genoa). Turkey: Amasya, 

 450 m, vi. 1959, 1 $; W. of Kirikkale, vi. i960, 1 $; Kayseri, Erciyes Dagi, 1800 m, 

 vi. 1962, 1 $ (Guichard & Harvey) (BMNH); Giirun and Orgup, vi. 1970, 4 $, 1 <$ 

 (Gusenleitner) (BMNH). Iran: Baluchestan, Kuh-e-Taftan, Khach, v-vi. 1938, 1 $ 

 (F. H. Brandt) (MCZ, Cambridge). 



The G/G^4S-Group 



Body always non-metallic, moderately sturdy, with gaster even in males relatively 

 broad basally, in females with ovipositor reaching the first tergite or further 

 forwards. Pubescence of face of medium density. Lower margin of clypeus with 

 median tooth. Pronotum fairly convex, with premarginal carina distinct, discal 

 carina absent. Dorsellum bidentate or unarmed, convex-raised or low. Hind 



