Apanteles changhingensis Chu, 1937

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, Zootaxa 4807 (1), pp. 1-205 : 57

Apanteles changhingensis Chu, 1937

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Apanteles changhingensis Chu, 1937: 63 . Holotype ♀ — Zhejiang, China [ZJUH]. Thompson, 1953: 55; Chu, He, Wang et al. 1978: 56; Song & Chen, 2004: 36.

Diagnosis. Body length 3.0 mm, fore wing length 3.5 mm. Body black, hind femur yellowish to reddish yellow. Ocelli not large, posterior tangent to anterior ocellus touching posterior ocelli, distance between fore and hind ocellus about as long as diameter of hind ocellus. Antenna about as long as body length, penultimate flagellomere 1.8× longer than wide. Pronotum strongly rugose at posterior end of notaulic courses, no distinct striation. Interspaces between punctures on disc of mesonotum distinctly smaller than its diameter. Areola on propodeum closed with strong costulae, a longitudinal carina present along lateral margin. Pterostigma, 3.2× as long as its widest part, vein 1-R1 1.4× longer than pterostigma, vein r 2.3× longer than vein 2-SR, weakly angled at junction. T1 nearly parallelsided, 2.5× longer than hind width, turned-over part dull, rough, with weak striation laterally, longitudinal channel deep; T2 shiny and nearly polished, 2.5× wider than long in the middle; T3 2.2× longer than T2. Ovipositor sheath 1.3× longer than hind tibia.

Host. It is the cocoon parasitoid of Dendrolimus punctatus Walker. Its cocoon is white ( Chu, 1937).

Material examined. 1♀, Jianfengling , Hainan, 2007.VI.4–7, Zeng Jie, No. 200710957 ; 1♀, Yinggeling , Hainan, 2008.XI.16, Tan Jiangli, No. 200805811 ; 1♀, Wuyun, Hangzhou , Zhejiang, 2008.X.4, Zeng Jie, Nos. 200809460, 200809461 .

Distribution. China (Fujian, Hainan, Zhejiang).

Figures

FIGURE 24. Apanteles changhingensis Chu, 1937, a. habitus, lateral view; b. mesonotum and scutellum, dorsal view; c. mesopleuron; d. propodeum and metasoma, dorsal view; e. head, frontal view; f. fore wing; g. hind wing; h. head, dorsal view. Scale line = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 99. 17–32: Distribution map of ater-group of the genus Apanteles Foerster, 1862. 17: A. brevitempus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 18: A. brunnistigma Abdinbekova, 1969; 19: A. bulbus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 20: A. cannabis Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 21: A. carpatus (Say, 1836); 22: A. carssus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 23: A. cerberus Nixon, 1965; 24: A. changhingensis Chu, 1937; 25: A. chloris Nixon, 1965; 26: A. clita Nixon, 1965; 27: A. cocotis Wilkinson, 1934; 28: A. crassus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 29: A. cyprioides Nixon, 1965; 30: A. cypris Nixon, 1965; 31: A. demades Nixon, 1965; 32: A. diocles Nixon, 1965.