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Apanteles psenes Nixon 1965

Description

Apanteles psenes Nixon, 1965

(Figures 68, 102, 104o 1 –o 2)

Apanteles psenes Nixon, 1965: 80. Holotype ♀ (examined)—Malaysia-Peninsular [NHM, Fig. 104o 1 –o 2].

Diagnosis. Ovipositor sheath slightly longer than hind tibia; propodeum completely but rather weakly areolated; T1 coarsely punctate and parallel-sided; hind tarsus very pale yellow, tarsomeres with faint apical infuscation; antenna rather thin, with flagellomeres 16–17 very slightly longer than wide; fore wing weakly brownish; hind wing rather narrow; face impunctate but with satin-like sheen; frons, vertex and temples hardly roughened but dull with a satinlike sheen.

Material examined. 1♀, Dongyang, Zhejiang, 1983.VIII, Shi Zuhua, No. 831940; 1♀, Longquan, Zhejiang, light trap, 1965.VII.20, He Junhua, No. 65054.8.

Distribution. China (Zhejiang) new record; Malaysia, Vietnam.

Remarks. Characters of the examined specimens agree with the published descriptions and the type specimen, except for penultimate flagellomere slightly longer and vein r more distinctly angled with 2-SR (Fig. 68f).

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 140, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4807.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3927639

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Biodiversity

Event date
1965-07-20
Family
Braconidae
Genus
Apanteles
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Nixon
Species
psenes
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
1965-07-20
Taxonomic concept label
Apanteles psenes 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.