Apanteles importunus Wilkinson, 1928

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 : 97

Apanteles importunus Wilkinson, 1928

( Figures 45 , 100 , 104l )

Apanteles importunus Wilkinson, 1928: 120 . Holotype ♀ (examined)— India [NHM, Fig. 104l ]. Wilkinson, 1929:1211; Beeson & Chatterjee, 1935: 112; Thompson, 1953: 67; Nixon, 1965: 73; Rao, 1961: 39; You, 1983: 18–20; Chen & Song, 2004: 57.

Diagnosis. Body length 2.3 mm, fore wing length 2.9 mm. Body black, hind femur black. Ocelli small, posterior tangent to anterior ocellus just 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 1.4× longer than wide. Pronotum with indistinct striation, interspaces between punctures on disc of mesonotum slightly larger than its diameter. Areola on propodeum narrow, U-shaped apically, without costulae. Pterostigma 3.1× as long as its widest part, vein 1-R1 1.1× longer than pterostigma, vein r 1.3× longer than 2-SR, weakly angled at junction. T1 nearly parallel-sided at anterior half, constricted towards apex from middle, 2.3× longer than hind width, turned-over part slightly shiny, with weak wrinkles, longitudinal channel absent; T2 shiny and polished, 4.5× wider than long in the middle; T3 2.3× longer than T2. Ovipositor sheath slightly longer than hind tibia.

Hosts. According to literature, Nephopteryx sp. and N. rhodobasalis Hmps ( Nixon, 1965) .

Material examined. 1♀, Ganlan Service Center, Mt. Damingshan , Guangxi, 2011.VIII.5, Liu Zhen, No. 201101093 ; 1♀, Yinggeling , Hainan, 2007.V.24–25, Liu Jingxian, No. 200702673 ; 1♀, Sanhe Village, Mt. Hup- ing, Shimen , Hunan, 2009.VII.13, Tang Pu, No. 200901194 ; 1♀, Mt. Changbai , Jilin, 1994.VIII.4, Lou Juxian, No. 951974 .

Distribution. China (Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Jilin); India.

Remarks. Characters of the examined specimens mostly agree with the published descriptions and the type specimen except pterostigma a little darker.

Figures

FIGURE 45. Apanteles importunus Wilkinson, 1928, a. habitus, lateral view; b. metasoma, dorsal view; c. head, dorsal view; d. propodeum; e. hind wing; f. mesonotum and scutellum, dorsal view; g. head, frontal view. Scale line = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 104. Types of ater-group of the genus Apanteles from NHM. a1–a2. A. argiope Nixon, 1965; b. A. aristaeus Nixon, 1965; c1–c2. A. bisulcata Cameron, 1909; d. A. cerberus Nixon, 1965; e. A. clita Nixon, 1965; f. A. cocotis Wilkinson, 1934; g1–g2. A. demades Nixon, 1965; h. A. diocles Nixon, 1965; i1–i2. A. florus Nixon, 1965; j. A. folia Nixon, 1965; k. A. galleriae Wilkinson, 1932; l. A. importunus Wilkinson, 1928; m. A. medon Nixon, 1965; n. A. oritias Nixon, 1965; o1–o2. A. psenes Nixon, 1965; p. A. salutifer Wilkinson, 1931; q. A. tachardiae Cameron, 1913.

FIGURE 100. 33–47: Distribution map of ater-group of the genus Apanteles Foerster, 1862. 33: A. dissimile Nixon, 1965; 34: A. distributa Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 35: A. dryas Nixon, 1965; 36: A. expansus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 37: A. flavibasalis Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 38: A. florus Nixon, 1965; 39: A. folia Nixon, 1965; 40: A. fraxinus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 41: A. fundum Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 42: A. fuscidentalis Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 43: A. galleriae Wilkinson, 1932; 44: A. gracilicorne Song & Chen, 2004; 45: A. Apanteles importunus Wilkinson, 1928; 46: A. jasmine Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 47: A. javensis Rohwer, 1919.