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Apanteles wuyiensis Song & Chen 2002

Description

Apanteles wuyiensis Song & Chen, 2002

(Figures 86, 103)

Apanteles wuyiensis Song & Chen, 2002: 117–119. Holotype ♀ — Fujian, China [FAFU].

Diagnosis. Body length 2.7 mm, fore wing length 2.8 mm. Body mostly black, hind femur yellow. Posterior tangent to anterior ocellus transecting posterior ocelli, distance between fore and hind ocellus slightly shorter than diameter of hind ocellus. Antenna slightly shorter than body length, penultimate flagellomere as long as wide. Interspaces between punctures on disc of mesonotum distinctly smaller than its diameter. Areola on propodeum closed basally, V-shaped apically, with strong costulae. Pterostigma 2.3× as long as its widest part, vein 1-R1 1.3× longer than pterostigma, vein r 2.2× longer than vein 2-SR, angled at junction. T1 nearly parallel-sided at anterior 2/3, 3.0× longer than hind width, turned-over part dull, strongly rugose, longitudinal channel indistinct; T2 shiny with weak wrinkles, 3.1× wider than long in the middle; T3 1.7× longer than T2. Ovipositor sheath about as long as hind tibia.

Material examined. 1♀, Sanchahe, Xishui, Guizhou, 2000.IX.22, Li Guiren, No. 2001023191; ♀, Mt. Gutian, Zhejiang, 2005.VII.2, Wu Qiong, No. 200616786; 2♀♀, ditto, 1986.VII.22, Lou Juxian, Nos. 863200, 863228.

Distribution. China (Fujian, Guizhou, Zhejiang).

Remarks. The colour of hind coxa can only be the distinct diagnostic character between A. wuyiensis and A. raviantenna.

Notes

Published as part of Liu, Zhen, He, Jun-Hua, Chen, Xue-Xin & Gupta, Ankita, 2020, The ater-group of the genus Apanteles Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from China with the descriptions of forty-eight new species, pp. 1-205 in Zootaxa 4807 (1) on page 174, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4807.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3927639

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
FAFU
Event date
1986-07-22 , 2000-09-22 , 2005-07-02
Verbatim event date
1986-07-22 , 2000-09-22 , 2005-07-02
Scientific name authorship
Song & Chen
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Braconidae
Genus
Apanteles
Species
wuyiensis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Apanteles wuyiensis Song, 2002 sec. Liu, He, Chen & Gupta, 2020

References

  • Song, D. B. & Chen, J. H. (2002) One new species of genus Apanteles Foerster. Journal of Jilin Agricultural University, 24 (1), 40 - 41 + 46. [in Chinese with English summary]