Apanteles odites Nixon, 1965

Liu, Zhen, He, Jun-Hua & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2015, The lacteus-, laspeyresiella - and mycetophilus - groups of Apanteles Foerster, 1862 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) in China, with descriptions of eight new species, Zootaxa 3949 (3), pp. 370-392 : 385

Apanteles odites Nixon, 1965

Figure 8

Apanteles odites Nixon, 1965: 178 . Type in the U.S. National Museum.

Diagnosis: Metacarp almost closing the radial cell; vannal lobe beyond its widest part straight and without projecting setae; T1 distinctly, strongly narrowed to apex and very long, highly polished; propodeum, relatively dull, sculptured; temple coarsely, densely punctate; inner spur of the hind tibia not reaching middle of basal segment of tarsus; ovipositor sheath markedly falcate towards apex, about one and a third times longer than hind tibia and, seen from above, clothed with a dense, flattened pubescence; hind femur yellow; stigma dark, emitting radius more distal to middle; face somewhat flat; and disc of scutellum with large, numerous punctures.

Material examined. 1♀, Gutian Mountain, Zhejiang, 2005. VII.2, Zhang Hongying, No. 200616663; 1♀, Gutian Mountain, Zhejiang, 2005. VII.2, Chen Xuexin, No. 200616073.

Distribution. China (Province: Zhejiang) new record; Philippines-Luzon

Note. Features of the examined specimens mostly agree with the description in Nixon (1965) except that the polished occipital region without strong, sharp punctation and not very rugose around the nucha.

Figures

FIGURE 8. Apanteles odites Nixon, 1965 a head, dorsal view; b mesosoma, dorsal view; c head, frontal view; d propodeum and T 1 – 3, dorsal view; e habitus, lateral view; f fore wing; g hind wing. Scale line = 0.5 mm.