Apanteles

Liu, Zhen, He, Jun-Hua & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2015, The lacteus-, laspeyresiella - and mycetophilus - groups of Apanteles Foerster, 1862 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) in China, with descriptions of eight new species, Zootaxa 3949 (3), pp. 370-392 : 371

Key to world species of the lacteus- group of Apanteles

1. Propodeum, at least medially, rugose to rugulose, laterally usually smooth and shiny; pterostigma opaque yellow to light brown without pale spot basally.......................................................................... 2

- Propodeum mostly smooth and shiny, at most rugose near nucha; pterostigma brown yellow with a small pale spot basally.. 3

2. T1 subquadrate; ovipositor sheath 1.5× length of hind tibia; tegula yellow; hind femur black........ A. lacteus ( Nees, 1834)

- T1 length 1.5× its posterior width; ovipositor sheath distinctly shorter than hind tibia; tegula blackish brown; hind femur yel- low......................................................................... A. marokkanus Fahringer, 1936

3. Clypeo-facial suture nearly lying on the line joining the posterior eyes; ovipositor sheath 1.5× length of hind tibia ( Fig. 1 h); T3 1.6× as long as T2............................................................ A. basicavus Liu & Chen , sp. n.

- Clypeo-facial suture distinctly below the line joining the posterior eyes; ovipositor sheath as long as hind tibia; T3 slightly lon- ger than T2....................................................................... A. frustratus Papp, 1975

Figures

FIGURE 1. Apanteles basicavus Liu & Chen, sp. n. a head, dorsal view; b fore wing; c head, lateral view; d head, frontal view; e mesosoma, dorsal view; f habitus, lateral view; g hind wing; h propodeum and T 1 – 3, dorsal view. Scale line = 0.5 mm.