Apanteles carpatus (Say, 1836)

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 : 51-53

Apanteles carpatus (Say, 1836)

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Microgaster carpatus Cameron, 1836: 263 . Holotype ♀ — Indiana, U.S. A [lost].

Apanteles carpatus (Say) : Muesebeck, 1921: 515; Fahringer, 1936: 158; Nixon. 1965: 75; Nixon, 1976: 705; Papp, 1980: 263; Papp, 1988: 147; Watanabe, 1934: 142; Krombein et al. 1979: 244; Shenefelt, 1972: 465; Chou, 1979: 300, 304; You, 1984: 54; Austin & Dangerfield, 1992: 7; Chen & Song, 2004: 32.

Apanteles igae Watanabe, 1932: 97 ; Belokobylskij, 2003: 385; Chou, 1981: 71–88; Papp, 1980: 269; Papp, 1988: 149; Shenefelt, 1972: 466.

Apanteles edwardsii Riley, 1889 : Patton, 1892: 261.

Apanteles emarginatus (Riley, 1889) : Patton, 1892: 261.

Apanteles piceoventris Muesebeck, 1921 : Marsh, 1979: 144–313; Muesebeck, 1967: 27–60; Muesebeck, 1958: 405–461.

Apanteles sarcitorius Telenga, 1955 : Nixon, 1976: 705; Belokobylskij, 2003: 385; Papp, 1980: 269; Papp, 1988: 149.

Apanteles ultericus Telenga, 1955 : Belokobylskij, 2003: 385; Papp, 1980: 269; Papp, 1988: 149.

Microgaster clavatus (Provancher, 1881) : Muesebeck, 1926: 1–18.

Protapanteles hawaiiensis (Ashmead, 1901) : Belokobylskij, 2003: 385; Papp, 1980: 269; Papp, 1988: 149; Chou, 1981: 71–88; Shenefelt, 1972: 465; Muesebeck, 1958: 90–184; Muesebeck, 1951: 405–461.

Urogaster fuscicornis (Cameron,1910) : Belokobylskij, 2003: 385; Papp, 1980: 269; Papp, 1988: 149; Chou, 1981: 71–88; Shenefelt, 1972: 465.

Urogaster solitaries ( Ashmead,1900) : Belokobylskij, 2003: 385; Papp, 1980: 269; Papp, 1988: 149; Chou, 1981: 71–88; Shenefelt, 1972: 465.

Diagnosis. Body length 2.4 mm, fore wing length 2.7 mm. Body black, hind femur brown. Ocelli small, posterior tangent to anterior ocellus transecting posterior ocelli, distance between fore and hind ocellus slightly longer than diameter of hind ocellus. Antenna distinctly shorter body length, penultimate flagellomere about as long as wide. Interspaces between punctures on disc of mesonotum smaller than its diameter. Areola on propodeum well defined, diamond-shaped, closed with strong costulae, mostly polished posterio-laterally, with a longitudinal carina parallel to lateral margin. Pterostigma 2.3× as long as its widest part, vein 1-R1 not longer than pterostigma, vein r 1.4× longer than vein 2-SR, distinctly angled at junction. T1 weakly widened apically, short, 1.2× longer than hind width, turned-over part transverse, strongly rugose, with longitudinal striation laterally, longitudinal channel indistinct or absent; T2 transverse, 3.8× wider than long in the middle; T3 1.9× longer than T2. Ovipositor sheath about as long as hind tibia.

Hosts. According to label, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis Guenee ( Lepidoptera : Crambidae ). According to literature, Acrobasis caryivorella Ragonot , Grapholitha funebrana (Treitschke) , Dendrolimus sibiricus Tschetw , Doloessa viridis Zeller , Epanaphe carteri , Grapholita molesta (Busck) , Gypsonoma minutana , Illiberis sinensis Walk- er, Kiefferia pericarpiicola (Bremi) , Niditinea spretella (Denis & Schiffermuller) , Oecia oecophila (Staudinger) , Orgyia leucostigma (Smith) , P. gossypiella (Saunders) , Phereoeca uterella (Walsingham) , Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) , Praeacedes atomosella (Walker) , Protolychnis maculata (Walsingham) , Pyralis farinalis (L.), Sparganothis pilleriana (Denis & Schiffermuller) , Tegulifera audeoudi Joannis , Tinea columbariella Wocke, T. Pellionella (L.), Tineola bisselliella (Hummel) , Trichophaga tapetzella (L.) ( Yu et al. 2016).

Material examined. 1♀, Yingtaogou, Xiangshan , Beijing, 1992.VII.6, Lin Naiquan, No. 20004409 ; 1♀, Chongqing, 1987.IX.3, He Junhua, No. 878449 ; 1♀, Guiyang , Guizhou, 1983.X.18, He Junhua, No. 834736 ; 1♀, ditto, 1981.V.16, ditto, No. 814161 ; 1♀, Jingzhou , Hubei, 1962,?, No. 62007.17, ex C. medinalis Guenee ; 1♀, Yicheng , Hubei, 19?, Nongyeting, No. 827009, ex P. gossypiella ; 2♀♀, Changsha , Hunan, 1980, Tong Xinwang, Nos. 20044898, 20044876 ; 1♀, Jurong , Jiangsu, 1955.VII, ditto, No. 760799 ; 2♀♀, Wendeng , Shandong, 1986. VII, Hou Shaojin, Nos. 862074, 862077 ; 1♀, Mt. Emei , Sichuan, 1980.VIII.13, He Junhua, No. 802582 ; 3♀♀, Yaan, Sichuan, 19?, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences , No. 76097, ex C. medinalis Guenee ; 1♀, Weili , Xinjiang, 1990.VII.5, Zhou Nali, No. 906448 ; 1♀, 150 Tuan, Shihezi , Xinjiang, 2001.VII.12, Hu Hongying, No. 20035967 ; 1♀, Zhaotong , Yunnan, 1973.IV, He Junhua, No. 740553 ; 2♀♀, Hangzhou , Zhejiang, 1975.V.16, He Junhua, No. 750243 ; 1♀, ditto, 1990.V.9, ditto, No. 900051 ; 1♀, ditto, light trap, 1963.X.18, Hu Cui, No. 63061.1 ; 1♀, ditto, 1987.VIII, He Junhua, No. 894519 ; 1♀, ditto, 1997.VIII.16, ditto, No. 974107 ; 12♀♀, ditto, 1985.VI.7, ditto, Nos. 850507, 850457, 850468, 850455, 850454, 850458, 850464, 850472, 850492, 850494, 850495 ; 1♀, ditto, 1983.V. 8–9, ditto, No. 830228 ; 13♀♀, ditto, 1985.VI.4, ditto, No. 850407 ; 3♀♀, ditto, 1985.VI.9, ditto, Nos. 850528, 850535, 850529 ; 1♀, ditto, 1997.VIII.16, ditto, No. 974152 ; 4♀♀, ditto, 1985.VI.2, ditto, Nos. 850319, 850386, 850364, 850345 ; 1♀, ditto, 1979.V–VI, Wang Huiping, No. 790834 ; 1♀, ditto, 1991.VI. 28, Ma Yun, No. 911282 ; 1♀, ditto, 1992.X.16, He Junhua, No. 9310942 ; 1♀, Xianrending, Mt. Tianmu , Zhejiang, 1990.VI.2–4, Lou Yonggen, No. 900842 ; 1♀, Laodian, Mt. Tianmu , Zhejiang, 1998.XI.22, Zhao Mingshui, No. 20001282 ; 2♀♀, Songyang , Zhejiang, 1989.X.9 /25, Chen Hanlin, Nos. 897045, 897050 ; 1♀, Suichang , Zhejiang, 1980.VIII.10, Chen Hanlin, No. 820248 ; 1♀, Yiwu , Zhejiang, 1985.VI.7, Chen Xuexin, No. 850725 ; 1♀, Quzhou , Zhejiang, 1984. VII–VIII, Hu Zhihua, No. 845193 ; 1♀, Mt. Mogan , Zhejiang, 1992.VI. 11, Lin Wei, No. 923013 ; 1♀, Xiaoshan , Zhejiang, 1963.IX.22, Jin Dengbian, No. 63049.5 .

Distribution. China (Beijing, Chongqing, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Shandong, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang); distributed worldwide.

Figures

FIGURE 21. Apanteles carpatus (Say, 1836), a. head, frontal view; b. hind wing; c. head, dorsal view; d. propodeum; e. mesonotum and scutellum, dorsal view; f. mesopleuron; g. metasoma, dorsal view; h. habitus, dorsal view. Scale line = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 99. 17–32: Distribution map of ater-group of the genus Apanteles Foerster, 1862. 17: A. brevitempus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 18: A. brunnistigma Abdinbekova, 1969; 19: A. bulbus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 20: A. cannabis Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 21: A. carpatus (Say, 1836); 22: A. carssus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 23: A. cerberus Nixon, 1965; 24: A. changhingensis Chu, 1937; 25: A. chloris Nixon, 1965; 26: A. clita Nixon, 1965; 27: A. cocotis Wilkinson, 1934; 28: A. crassus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 29: A. cyprioides Nixon, 1965; 30: A. cypris Nixon, 1965; 31: A. demades Nixon, 1965; 32: A. diocles Nixon, 1965.