Maaserphus flavitarsis He & Xu, 2015

Abe, Junta, 2024, Two new species of the genus Maaserphus Lin, 1988 (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupidae) from Japan and Taiwan, Zootaxa 5523 (4), pp. 494-500 : 496

Maaserphus flavitarsis He & Xu, 2015 ( Figs 7–12 )

Maaserphus flavitarsis He & Xu, 2015: 177–178 . Diagnosis based on He & Xu (2015). Upper part of gena 0.57 times as long as width of compound eye laterally. Anterior part of scrobe wrinkled; pronotal corner with two pits laterally; posterior part of mesopleural horizontal groove with some oblique wrinkles ( Fig. 8 ); paired propodeal smooth area each as long as wide. Costal part of radial cell (R1) 0.56–0.65 times as long as width of stigma. Ovipositor sheath weakly curved ( Fig. 11 ), 0.84 times as long as hind tibia.

Specimen examined. Non type. Japan: [Kyushu] Fukuoka Pref., 1♀, Mt. Hikosan , 7 VII 1971, Y. Hirashima ( ELKU) .

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. Palaearctic region: Japan (new record). Oriental region: central China ( He & Xu 2015).

Remarks. The female from Japan differs from the original description in He & Xu (2015) by following characters: antero-dorsal part of scrobe with weak carina (present according original description, but no information about its characteristic); posterior part of mesodiscrimen foveolate (no information in original description); propodeal smooth area weakly wrinkled ( Fig. 9 ) (smooth according original description); latitudinal carina on posterior part of propodeum present, transverse carina almost complete ( Fig. 10 ) (some striation present according original description, but no information of detail); first thyridium short, 4.3 times as long as wide ( Fig. 12 ) (5.0 times according original description).

Figures

FIGURES 7–12. Maaserphus flavitarsis He & Xu, 2015 from Japan, female. 7, lateral habitus; 8, lateral part of head, pronotum and mesopleuron; 9, dorsal part of propodeum; 10, postero-dorsal part of propodeum; 11, lateral part of ovipositor sheath; 12, antero-dorsal part of tergite 1. Scale bars: 7, 2 mm; 8, 0.5 mm; 9–12, 0.2 mm.