Anastatus fulloi Sheng & Wang, 1997

Peng, Lingfei, Tang, Lu & Gibson, Gary A. P., 2017, Redescription of the types of species of Anastatus Motschulsky, 1859 (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae) described by J. K. Sheng and coauthors, European Journal of Taxonomy 292, pp. 1-24 : 10-13

Anastatus fulloi Sheng & Wang, 1997

Figs 19–27

Anastatus fulloi Sheng & Wang in Sheng et al., 1997: 61–62 , figs 14–15.

Original type material designated

Holotype

CHINA: ♀, Mt. Wuyi , Jiangxi Prov., 16 Jul. 1980, SHENG Jinkun leg.

Allotype

CHINA: ♂, same data as holotype.

Paratypes

CHINA: 16 ♀♀, 5 ♂♂, same data as holotype; 9 ♀♀, 1 ♂, Xinjian, Jiangxi Prov., 30 Sep. 1991, ZHAO Fengxia leg.; 3 ♀♀, Xinjian, Jiangxi Prov., WANG Guohong leg.

Redescription

Female ( Figs 19–24 )

LENGTH. About 2.2–3 mm.

COLOR. Head ( Figs 19–21 ) dark with coppery-green metallic luster on, gena, temple and occiput, and frons with metallic purple luster; ocelli light brown, maxillary and labial palpi dark brown to black. Antenna ( Figs 21–22 ) with scape brown, pedicel brownish-black with metallic bluish-green luster, flagellum brownish-black. Pronotum brown with purple luster under some angles, and posterolateral corner black anterior to spiracle. Mesoscutum ( Fig. 24 ) with anterior convex part of medial lobe metallic golden reddish-green, posterior concave part dark brown with coppery green metallic luster; lateral lobe brown with metallic purple luster. Scutellar-axillar complex ( Fig. 24 ) metallic green to purple. Tegula and prepectus brown, acropleuron dark brown with metallic purple luster. Legs mostly dark brown, tarsi, tibiae apically, and knees brown. Metanotum and propodeum dark brown. Gaster ( Fig. 23 ) black with base yellowish-brown.

HEAD. In frontal view ( Fig. 19 ) about 1.3–1.4 × wider than high; in dorsal view ( Fig. 21 ) width about 1.9–2 × length, hind margin slightly concave; in lateral view about 1.6 × higher than long. Eye height 1.44 × eye length in lateral view; distance between eyes below 2.1–2.4 × distance between eyes above; malar space about 0.4 × eye height; distance between toruli slightly greater than distance between torulus and clypeal edge, and 2 × distance between torulus and orbit; frontovertex as wide as eye. OOL: POL: LOL = 4: 10–11: 6–7. Vertex longitudinally alveolate, frons coriaceous; lower face slightly alveolate with dense white hair-like setae, medially angulate; gena longitudinally alveolate; parascrobal region strigate ventrally and coriaceous dorsally, scrobes reticulate, interantennal region ( Fig. 19 ) reticulate and with dense white lanceolate setae. Scrobal depression with scrobe ( Fig. 20 ) shallow, channel-like, with lateral margin carinate ventrally and weakly carinate dorsally; dorsal margin separated from anterior ocellus by 0.8–1.1 × diameter of ocellus. Lower orbit higher than ventral margin of torulus ( Fig. 19 ). Antennal relative length (width) of scape = 43–46(9); pedicel 12(6); anellus 3.5(6); 1 st to 7 th funiculars: 11(7): 10(8): 10–11(9): 7–9(9): 7–9(9): 7–9(9.5): 7(9–10); clava 21–24(10–13).

BODY. Pronotum in dorsal view acute-triangular, smooth to very finely coriaceous, concave posteromedially and bare at anterior margin of collar, one long seta and four short setae posteriorly anterior to each spiracle; with distinct median groove. Mesoscutum ( Fig. 24 ) with anterior convex part of medial lobe shield-like with sides subparallel basally and abruptly convergent apically, 0.75 × total length of mesoscutum, longer than broad, coarsely punctate-reticulate and bare, but posterior concave part strongly concave, smooth to reticulate, with white long setae in a radial pattern; lateral lobe inclined and imbricate. Scutellar-axillar complex ( Fig. 24 ) convex, coarsely punctate-reticulate, scutellum 1.1–1.2 × as long as broad. Acropleuron with anterior one-third finely coriaceous and with translucent short hair-like setae, posterior two-thirds finely strigose. Macropterous; fore wing ( Fig. 23 ) 1.7 mm in length, about 3 × as long as wide, with apex rounded and extending beyond gaster; basal plate with a row of five dark setae; basal cell sparsely setose with thinner setae than setae of disc; costal cell ventrally with a row of setae along length, and dorsally bare; submarginal vein with a row of seven white setae; disc with brownish infuscation basally and apically of hyaline cross-band behind MV except about apical one-fifth slightly more hyaline along wing margin, with basally infuscate region 3 × wider than hyaline cross-band; disc densely setose with comparatively thick brown setae except for white setae of hyaline cross-band; hyaline cross-band curved, not extending to junction of MV and STV; SMV: MV: PMV: STV= 32–35: 27–29: 12–15: 5–6.

LEGS. Profemur with ventral margin evenly arched, not toothed. Middle leg with spur as long as basitarsus, tibia with pegs in a patch; basal four tarsomeres with black pegs on each side. Hind leg with basitarsus as long as following three tarsomeres combined.

GASTER. Shorter than mesosoma, ovipositor sheath exserted for distance slightly shorter than length of syntergum.

Male ( Figs 25–27 )

LENGTH. About 1.7–1.9 mm.

COLOR. Body ( Figs 26, 27 ) dark with greenish-blue metallic luster except vertex, face and gena metallic purplish-green; ocellus ( Fig. 27 ) light brown; eyes black; antennae dark brown. Mesosoma similar in color to head ( Fig. 26 ). Front leg ( Fig. 26 ) brown with tibia and tarsi light brown to white; middle leg brown with apex of femur, tibia and tarsi light yellowish-brown; hind leg with femur dark brown with greenish-blue metallic luster, tibia dark brown, tarsi light yellowish-brown. Gaster black ( Fig. 26 ).

HEAD. In frontal view about 1.1–1.2 × wider than high; in dorsal view ( Fig. 27 ) about 2.0–2.3 × wider than long; in lateral view 1.6–1.7 × higher than long. Eye height about 1.3 × eye length in lateral view; distance between eyes below 1.5 × distance between eyes above; malar space 0.4 × eye height; distance between torulus and clypeal edge 1.2–1.5 × distance between toruli, and 1.8 × distance between torulus and orbit. OOL: POL: LOL = 2: 8–11: 4–5. Scrobal depression with scrobes shallow and channellike, lateral margin extending to anterior ocellus. Lower orbit slightly lower than ventral margin of torulus. Antenna ( Fig. 25 ) with scape ovoid, about 2.3 × as long as maximum width; pedicel ( Fig. 27 ) subglobular, as long as wide, flagellum densely setose; length of pedicel + flagellum about 1.7 × head width; each funicular and clava length: 15: 11–12: 11: 9: 8: 6–7: 4–5: 29; 6 th and 7 th funiculars wider than long; clava as long as apical four flagellomeres or longer. Vertex ( Fig. 27 ) coriaceous with short brown setae, frons coriaceous, lower face reticulate with short translucent hair-like setae, gena slightly angulate.

BODY. Mesosoma with mesoscutum reticulate and setose, scutellar-axillar complex with axillae alutaceous to reticulate, scutellum reticulate. Fore wing hyaline, about 1.1 mm in length, 1.8 × as long as wide, apex rounded and extending beyond gaster; basal plate with one dark setae; basal cell almost bare, but with several thinner setae scattered throughout cell; costal cell ventrally with a row of setae, and dorsally bare; submarginal vein with a row of light brown setae; disc sparsely setose with pale setae; SMV: MV: PMV: STV = 32–34: 19–20: 11–12: 7–8.

Notes

Of the original type material, 16 specimens were found that resemble the original description and illustrations provided for A. fulloi . One female labeled with “ Anastatus fulloi ”, here considered to be the holotype, has another two labels: “Meiling, Jiangxi Prov. host: Erthesina fullo (Thunberg) ”, and “ 5 July 1980, Sheng Jinkun”. One male in good condition, here considered to be the allotype, has two labels: “Mt. Wuyi, Jiangxi Prov. ” and “ 10 July 1980, SHENG Jinkun”. Other specimens considered as paratypes: 1 ♀, Mt. Wuyi, Jiangxi Prov., 10 July 1980, SHENG Jinkun; 3 ♀♀, Meiling, Jiangxi Prov., 10 July 1980, SHENG Jinkun; 5 ♀♀, 1 ♂, Meiling, Jiangxi Prov., 5 July 1980, SHENG Jinkun; 2 ♀♀, Meiling, Jiangxi Prov., 19 July 1980, SHENG Jinkun; 1 ♀, Xinjian, Jiangxi Prov., 30 September 1991, ZHAO Fengxia.

Associated with these specimens are five leaf-remnants with attached egg shells collected on 5 July 1980. All the specimens were in one box in mixed series; we did not find any specimen from Mt. Wuyi collected on 16 July 1980. The specimens from Mt. Wuyi have handwritten labels, but the specimens from Meiling have a printed locality label and a written date label. It seems Sheng incorrectly labeled the Meiling specimens because he could not be in two such widely distant places (Mt. Wuyi is more than 300 Km from Meiling) in one day (10 July 1980). We suspect that he collected the bug egg masses on 5 July 1980, and the eupelmids then emerged successively.

Remarks

Females most closely resemble A. flavipes and key out to A. formosanus using Kalina (1981), but can be differentiated by the features discussed under the latter species. Males have the clava as long as the apical four funiculars or longer ( Fig. 25 ) whereas males of A. flavipes have the clava as long as apical three funiculars but much shorter than the apical four funiculars ( Figs 15, 17 ).

Figures

Figs 19–27. Anastatus fulloi Sheng & Wang, 1997. 19–24. Holotype, ♀. 25–27. Allotype, ♂. – 19. Head, frontal view. 20. Head, frontolateral view. 21. Head, dorsal view. 22. Antennae. 23. Fore wing. 24. Mesonotum. 25. Antennae. 26. Body, lateral view. 27. Head, dorsal view.

Figs 8–18. Anastatus flavipes Sheng & Wang, 1997. 8, 12–13. Holotype, ♀. 9–11, 14. Paratype, ♀. – 8. Body, dorsal view. 9. Body, lateral view. 10. Scutellar-axillar complex and fore wing. 11. Head, dorsal view. 12. Head, frontal view. 13. Antenna. 14. Apex of mesotibia and mesotarsus. – 15–18. Allotype, ♂. 15. Body, dorsal view. 16. Mesosoma, lateral view. 17. Body, lateral view. 18. Antennae.