Alysia lucicola Haliday, 1838

Zhu, Jia-Chen, Achterberg, Cornelis Van & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2018, Review of the genus Alysia Latreille (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae), with description of six new species from China, Zootaxa 4500 (1), pp. 1-42 : 27-30

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scientific name	Alysia lucicola Haliday, 1838
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Alysia lucicola Haliday, 1838 View in CoL

Figs 19–20

Alysia lucicola Haliday, 1838: 226 View in CoL ; Fischer, 1966: 197; Shenefelt, 1974: 946; Belokobylskij, 1998: 180.

Goniarcha lucicola: Foerster, 1863: 265 .

Material. 1♀ ( ZJUH), “ [NE. China:] Hebei, Mt. Xiaowutai, Shanxunkou , 22.?.2005, Zhang hongying, 1200m, No. 200608554 ; 2 ♀ ( ZJUH), id., but No. 200608585; Shi Min, No. 200608193 ; 1♀ ( ZJUH), Hebei, Mt. Xiaowutai , Yangjiaping, 20.?.2005, Shi Min, No. 200607805 ; 2♂ ( ZJUH), id., but No. 200608514, 200608693 ; 1♂ ( ZJUH), Hebei, Mt. Xiaowutai, Mt. Dongling , 21.?.2005, 2100m, Shi Min, No. 200607962 .

Diagnosis. Head and mesosoma black or dark brown; metasoma (except first tergite), two basal segments of antenna and mandible brownish yellow; palpi yellow ( Fig. 19); eye in dorsal view 1.8 × as long as temple ( Fig. 20I View FIGURE 20 ); eye in lateral view 1.3 × higher than wide ( Fig. 20K View FIGURE 20 ); frons smooth posteriorly, but rugose between antennal sockets ( Fig. 20I View FIGURE 20 ); vertex and temple smooth; face densely granulate, twice wider than high, rather convex medially, with a medio-longitudinal ridge ( Fig. 20J View FIGURE 20 ); clypeus small, semi-elliptical and with some punctures ( Fig. 20J View FIGURE 20 ); precoxal sulcus widely crenulate, reaching middle coxa and anterior edge of epicnemial area ( Fig. 20C View FIGURE 20 ); notauli incomplete, absent on mesoscutal disc ( Fig. 20D View FIGURE 20 ); medio-posterior depression deep and droplet-shaped, almost extending to middle of mesoscutum ( Fig. 20D View FIGURE 20 ); surface of propodeum densely reticulate-rugose, areola absent posteriorly ( Fig. 20E View FIGURE 20 ); pterostigma wide, 4.1 × longer than its maximum width; hind coxa smooth ( Fig. 20A View FIGURE 20 ); length of first tergite 2.4 × its apical width, its surface longitudinally striate, its dorsal carinae parallel, nearly connected medially ( Fig. 20E View FIGURE 20 ); setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.35 × as long as fore wing (total visible sheath 0.4 times), and almost equal to hind tibia ( Fig. 20H View FIGURE 20 ); metasoma (but first tergite black and posterior part of second to six tergite brownish) and legs (except apical part of hind femur, hind tibia and hind tarsus dark brown) yellowish ( Fig. 19).

Description. ♀, Length of body 3.3 mm, of fore wing 3.5 mm.

Head. Transverse, width of head 1.9 × its lateral length, and 1.6 × wider than mesoscutum ( Fig. 20I View FIGURE 20 ); antenna with 34 antennomere, third antennomere (including annellus) 1.7 × longer than fourth antennomere, length of third, fourth and penultimate antennomere3.8, 2.3 and 2.5 × their width, respectively ( Fig. 20G View FIGURE 20 ); length of maxillary palp twice height of head ( Fig. 20K View FIGURE 20 ); eye in dorsal view 1.8 × as long as temple ( Fig. 20I View FIGURE 20 ); eye in lateral view 1.3 × higher than wide ( Fig. 20K View FIGURE 20 ); frons smooth posteriorly, but rugose between antennal sockets ( Fig. 20I View FIGURE 20 ); vertex and temple smooth ( Fig. 20I View FIGURE 20 ); OOL:diameter of ocellus:POL= 11:3:3; face densely granulate, 2.0 × wider than high, rather convex medially and with a longitudinal ridge ( Fig. 20J View FIGURE 20 ); clypeus small, semi-elliptical and with some punctures ( Fig. 20J View FIGURE 20 ); mandible enlarged apically, dorsal tooth enlarged, lobe-shaped ( Fig. 20L View FIGURE 20 ), ventral tooth medium-sized and lobe-shaped ( Fig. 20M View FIGURE 20 ), middle tooth curved and acute, with no incision between first and second tooth ( Fig. 20L View FIGURE 20 ), medial length of mandible 1.3 × its maximum width.

Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.4 × its height ( Fig. 20C View FIGURE 20 ); pronope absent; medio-anteriorly pronotum crenulate, remainder of pronotum smooth ( Fig. 20C View FIGURE 20 ); epicnemial area crenulated; precoxal sulcus widely crenulate, reaching middle coxa and anterior edge of epicnemial area ( Fig. 20C View FIGURE 20 ); pleural sulcus narrowly crenulated ( Fig. 20C View FIGURE 20 ); episternal scrobe linear and deep; metapleuron densely reticulate-rugose ( Fig. 20C View FIGURE 20 ); notauli incomplete, absent on disc ( Fig. 20D View FIGURE 20 ); medio-posterior depression deep and droplet-shaped, almost extending to middle of mesoscutum, scutellar sulcus deep, with three longitudinal carinae, sulcus 3.0 × wider than its maximum length ( Fig. 20D View FIGURE 20 ); scutellum smooth; surface of propodeum densely reticulate-rugose, areola absent posteriorly ( Fig. 20E View FIGURE 20 ).

Wings ( Figs 20A–B View FIGURE 20 ). Pterostigma 4.1 × longer than its maximum width. r:3-SR:SR1 = 2:6:21; 1-SR+M nearly straight; SR1 straight; r 0.5 × as long as width of pterostigma; cu-a postfurcal; 1-CU1:2-CU1 = 1: 10; 3-CU1 as long as CU1b; 2-SR:3-SR:r-m = 4:3:2; m-cu interstitial, converging to 1-M posteriorly; first subdiscal cell 4.0 × as long as wide; M+CU1 largely unsclerotized. Hind wing: M+CU: 1-M: 1r-m = 20:15:13; m-cu weakly antefurcal.

Legs. Hind coxa smooth, without ventro-basal tubercle; tarsal claws slender, longer than arolium ( Fig. 20N View FIGURE 20 ); length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg 4.3, 10.0 and 6.7 × their width, respectively; apical appendages of hind tarsal segments absent, segments ventrally with dense bristles ( Fig. 20N View FIGURE 20 ).

Metasoma. Length of first tergite 2.4 × its apical width, its surface longitudinally striate, its dorsal carinae parallel, nearly connected medially ( Fig. 20E View FIGURE 20 ); dorsope distinct; convexity of upper valve of ovipositor moderately steep basally; setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.35 × as long as fore wing (total visible sheath 0.4 times), and almost equal to hind tibia ( Fig. 20H View FIGURE 20 ).

Colour. Black ( Fig. 19); two basal segments of antenna and mandible brownish yellow; palpi yellow; metasoma (except first tergite black and posterior part of second to six tergite brownish) and legs (but apical part of hind femur, hind tibia and tarsus dark brown) yellowish; pterostigma and veins brown; wing membrane hyaline.

Variation. Male paratype similar to female types, body length of ♂ 3.1–3.2 mm; of fore wing 3.2–3.3 mm; antennal segments of ♂ 36(1) or 37(1). Females have body length 3.3–3.5 mm, and length of fore wing 3.5–3.7 mm; antennal segments of ♀ 34(1).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Braconidae
Genus	Alysia