Apanteles clita Nixon 1965
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(Figures 26, 99, 104e)
Apanteles clita Nixon, 1965: 67. Holotype ♀ (examined)— India [NHM, Fig. 104e]. Shenefelt, 1972: 473; Song & Chen, 2004: 37.
Diagnosis. Body length 2.2 mm, fore wing length 2.3 mm. Body black, hind femur brown. Ocelli small, posterior tangent to anterior ocellus touching posterior ocelli, distance between fore and hind ocellus as long as diameter of hind ocellus. Antenna distinctly shorter than body length, penultimate flagellomere as long as wide. Pronotum strongly rugose at posterior end of notaulic courses, without longitudinal striations. Interspaces between punctures on disc of mesonotum not smaller than its diameter. Areola on propodeum smooth, open anteriorly, without costulae, posterior lateral parts with some irregular carinae. Pterostigma, 2.9× as long as its widest part, vein 1-R1 1.1× longer than pterostigma, vein r 1.3× longer than vein 2-SR, weakly angled at junction. T1 constricted towards apex, 2.4× longer than hind width, turned-over part dull, weakly rugose-punctate, longitudinal channel deep; T2 shiny and nearly polished, 3.3× wider than long in the middle; T3 1.7× longer than T2. Ovipositor sheath as long as hind tibia.
Hosts. According to the literature, Sylepta lunalis Guence and Bocchoris artificialis Lederer (Nixon, 1965).
Material examined. 1♀, Mt. Meihua, Shanghang, Fujian, 1988.VII.24, Huang Jian, No. 20005003; 1♀, Fu- zhou, Fujian, 1993.V.24, Lin Naiquan, No. 967640; 1♀, Liancheng, Fujian, 1988.VIII.17, ditto, No. 20005436; 1♀, Mt. Longxi, Jiangle, Fujian, 1991.VII.8, Liu Changming, No. 20006963; 1♀, Mt. Daming, Guangxi (846m), 2011.VIII.10, Liu Zhen, No. 201100964; 3♀♀, Wanjia, Mayanghe, Guizhou, 2007.IX.27–30, Zhu Lanlan, Nos. 200708123, 200708088, 2007080171; 1♀, Songyang, Zhejiang, 1989.VIII, Chen Hanlin, No. 897036.
Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangxi, Guizhou, Zhejiang); India, Vietnam.
Remarks. Characters of the examined specimen agree with the published descriptions and type specimen.
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- Event date
- 1988-07-24 , 1988-08-17 , 1991-07-08 , 1993-05-24 , 2007-09-27 , 2011-08-10
- Verbatim event date
- 1988-07-24 , 1988-08-17 , 1991-07-08 , 1993-05-24 , 2007-09-27/30 , 2011-08-10
- Scientific name authorship
- Nixon
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Braconidae
- Genus
- Apanteles
- Species
- clita
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Apanteles clita Nixon, 1965 sec. Liu, He, Chen & Gupta, 2020
References
- Nixon, G. E. J. (1965) A reclassification of the tribe Microgasterini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Series, Supplement 2, 1 - 284.
- Shenefelt, R. D. (1972) Braconidae 4. Microgasterinae: Apanteles. In: Vecht J. & Shenefelt, R. D. (Eds.). Hymenopterorum Catalogus. Pars 7. Nova Editio. W. Junk, The Hague, pp. 429 - 668.
- Chen, J. H. & Song, D. B. (2004) Systematic studies on Microgastrinae of China (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Fujian Scientific Publisher, Fuzhow, 354 pp. [in Chinese with English summary]