Review of pistaciae species group of the genus Eurytoma (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eurytomidae) with description of one new species from arid regions of Uzbekistan
The new species, Eurytoma samarkandae sp.n., is described from arid regions near Samarkand (Uzbekistan). The new species belongs to pistaciae species group and it is close to E. trjapitzinі Zerova et Klymenko, 2018. E. samarkandae sp.n. differs from E. trjapitzinі in upturned metasoma (elongate in E. trjapitzini), longer funicular segments of female, and yellow antenna, mesosoma and legs. Material was reared from small galls of Cynipidae (Hymenoptera) in flower heads of knapweed Rhaponticum sp. (Asteraceae). Review of pistaciae species group is given, as well as the key to all species of this group.