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Aspicolpus erythrogaster

Description

Aspicolpus erythrogaster (Tobias, 1967)

Aspidocolpus erythrogaster Tobias, 1967, 41: 234.

Aspicolpus erythrogaster: Shenefelt, 1970: 188; Tobias, 1986: 154; He et al., 1998, 21(2): 153.

Diagnosis. Frons punctate laterally, medially coarsely rugose-reticulate and with a distinct carina. Clypeus convex and rugose-punctate, its apical margin truncate. Precoxal sulcus long and wide, coarsely crenulate. Propodeum coarsely rugose-reticulate, anteriorly almost smooth, with a median longitudinal carina. First tergite subparallelsided, dorsal carinae distinct and complete, almost smooth between carinae, but posteriorly and laterally irregularly rugose; length of first tergite 1.2×its apical width. The whole abdomen reddish brown.

Material examined. 10♀♀ 2♂♂, China, Xinjiang Prov., Kelamayi, 4.VI.1996, Aijing Wang, No. 984640, 984625, 984623, 984627, 984628, 984630, 984626, 984635, 984639, 984638, 984631, 984624 (ZJUH).

Host. Larvae of Xylotrechus namanganensis Heydel (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) (He et al., 1998; Wang, 2001).

Distribution. China (Xinjiang); Kazakhstan.

Notes

Published as part of Yan, Cheng-Jin, Wu, Qiong, He, Jun-Hua & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2020, The genus Aspicolpus Wesmael, 1838 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Brachistinae) from China, with descriptions of four new species, pp. 391-401 in Zootaxa 4743 (3) on page 394, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4743.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/3688306

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ZJUH
Event date
1996-06-04
Verbatim event date
1996-06-04
Scientific name authorship
Tobias
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Braconidae
Genus
Aspicolpus
Species
erythrogaster
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Aspicolpus erythrogaster (Tobias, 1967) sec. Yan, Wu, He & Chen, 2020

References

  • Shenefelt, R. D. (1970) Braconidae 2. Helconinae, Calyptinae, Mimagathidinae, Triaspinae. Hymenopterorum Catalogus, Nova editio, 5, 177 - 306.
  • Tobias, V. I. (1986) Helconinae, Brachistinae. In: Medvedev, G. S. (Ed.), Opredelitel Nasekomych Evrospeiskoi Tsasti SSSR 3, Peredpontdatokrylye 4. Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR, 145, pp. 150 - 180.
  • He, J. H., Wang, A. J., Liu, H. G. & Su, J. Z. (1998) Aspidocolpus erythrogaster Tobias, a new recorded genus and species of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) from China. Journal of Xinjiang Agricultural University, 21 (2), 153 - 154. [in Chinese with English summary]
  • Wang, A. J. (2001) Studies on biological characteristics of Xylotrechus namanganensis. Forest Research, 14 (5), 560 - 565. [in Chinese] https: // doi. org / 10.13275 / j. cnki. lykxyj. 2001.05.016