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Contochorus van Achterberg 1976

  • 1. State Key Lab of Rice Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China & Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China & Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China & Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China & Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China & qylu @ zju. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9551 - 2380
  • 2. Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China & kees @ vanachterberg. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6495 - 4853
  • 3. State Key Lab of Rice Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China & Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China & Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China & Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China & Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China & ptang @ zju. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2296 - 9544
  • 4. State Key Lab of Rice Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China & Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China & Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China & Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China & Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China & xxchen @ zju. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9109 - 8853

Description

Key to world species of subgenus Contochorus van Achterberg

1 Posterior half of notauli absent (Figs 2D, 6D); antennomeres of ♀ 16; length of eye of ♀ in dorsal view 0.8 × length of temple.............................................................................................. 2

- Posterior half of notauli complete (Figs 4D, 8D); antennomeres of ♀ 17–23; length of eye of ♀ in dorsal view 1.1–2.1 × length of temple............................................................................................ 3

2 Vein r of fore wing much shorter than maximum width of pterostigma (Fig. 6I); third antennomere yellow; head longitudinal and flat in dorsal view, width of head in dorsal view 1.1 × its length; notauli present anteriorly; vein 2-CU1 of fore wing 3 × longer than vein 1-CU1 (Fig. 6I); second tergite smooth...................................... B. (C.) planus sp. nov.

- Vein r of fore wing about as long as maximum width of pterostigma (Fig. 2H); third antennomere dark brown; width of head in dorsal view 1.4 × its length; notauli absent anteriorly; vein 2-CU1 of fore wing 1.6 × longer than vein 1-CU1 (Fig. 2H); second tergite rugose.................................................................... B. (C.) capillosus sp. nov.

3 Antennomeres of ♀ 17; notauli anteriorly smooth, without transverse carinae; middle claw of ♀ with blackish bristles; medial area of propodeum quadrangular, its height subequal to its width; width of head in dorsal view 1.4 × its length; lateral carina of scutellum slightly protruding apically........................................ B. (C.) glaber van Achterberg, 1976

- Antennomeres of ♀ 21–23; notauli with two transverse carinae anteriorly; middle claw of ♀ without blackish bristles; medial area of propodeum rectangular somewhat longer than wide; head transverse and flat in dorsal view, width of head in dorsal view 1.6–1.8 × its length; lateral carina of scutellum strongly protruding apically....................................... 4

4 First discal cell of fore wing widely truncate anteriorly; length of eye of ♀ in dorsal view 1.3–1.6 × length of temple; notauli comparatively narrow (Fig. 8D); area behind prepectal carina less conspicuously crenulate..... B. (C.) turbidus Papp, 1985

- First discal cell of fore wing narrowly truncate anteriorly; length of eye of ♀ in dorsal view 1.7–2.1 × length of temple; notauli comparatively wide (Fig. 4D); conspicuously crenulate behind prepectal carina.................................... 5

5 Vein M+CU of hind wing shorter than vein 1-M; notauli widened anteriorly; eye of ♀ in dorsal view 2.0–2.1 × length of temple; hind tarsus of ♀ somewhat shorter than hind tibia; tarsi (pale) brownish-yellow....................................................................................................... B. (C.) mellitarsis van Achterberg, 1988

- Vein M+CU of hind wing subequal to vein 1-M; notauli evenly wide anteriorly and posteriorly; eye of ♀ in dorsal view approx. 1.7 × length of temple; hind tarsus of ♀ as long as hind tibia; tarsi whitish-yellow...................................................................................................... B. (C.) epomidus van Achterberg, 1988

Notes

Published as part of Lu, Qian-Yu, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Tang, Pu & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2023, The discovery of the subgenus Contochorus van Achterberg, 1976 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Brachistinae, Blacini, Blacus) in China, pp. 277-287 in Zootaxa 5306 (2) on page 278, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5306.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/8058845

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
van Achterberg
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Braconidae
Genus
Contochorus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Contochorus Achterberg, 1976 sec. Lu, Achterberg, Tang & Chen, 2023

References

  • van Achterberg, C. (1976) A revision of the tribus Blacini (Hym., Braconidae, Helconinae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 118, 159 - 322.
  • Papp, J. (1985) Three new Blacus Nees, 1818 species from India (Hym., Braconidae: Blacinae). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici, Zoology, 77, 227 - 232.
  • van Achterberg, C. (1988) Revision of the subfamily Blacinae Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden, 249, 1 - 324.