Apanteles oritias Nixon, 1965

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 : 131-133

Apanteles oritias Nixon, 1965

( Figures 63 , 102 , 104n )

Apanteles oritias Nixon, 1965: 68 . Holotype ♀ (examined)— India [NHM. Fig. 104n ]. Chen & Song, 2004: 76.

Diagnosis. Body length 2.0 mm, fore wing length 2.5 mm. Body black, hind femur bright yellow. Ocelli small, posterior tangent to anterior ocellus touching posterior ocelli, distance between fore and hind ocellus slightly longer than diameter of hind ocellus. Antenna slightly longer than body length, penultimate flagellomere 2.0× longer than wide. Interspaces between punctures on disc of mesonotum slightly smaller than its diameter. Areola on propodeum poorly-defined, without costulae, posterio-lateral parts with some carinae. Pterostigma 3.3× as long as its widest part, vein 1-R1 1.5× longer than pterostigma, vein r as long as vein 2-SR, weakly angled at junction. T1 strongly constricted from base towards apex, 3.0× longer than hind width, turned-over part slightly shiny, with fine wrinkles laterally, longitudinal channel indistinct with strong rugosity; T2 shiny, 5.0× wider than long in the middle; T3 2.2× longer than T2. Ovipositor sheath 1.2× longer than hind tibia.

Host. According to literature, Ficus is the host plant ( Nixon, 1965).

Material examined. 1♀, Chongqing, 1987.IX.3, ditto, No. 878452 ; 1♀, Mt. Qingyun, Yongqin , Fujian, 2002.IX.18, Li Fangfang, No. 20023195 ; 1♀, Guangzhou , Guangdong, 1988, Liang Weiguang, No. 888978 ; 1♀, Nanjing , Jiangsu, 1989.X.5, Sun Yuzhen, No. 20004711 ; 1♀, Menghai , Yunnan, 1981.IV.17, He Junhua, No. 811756 ; 1♀, Yun County, Yunnan, 1981.IV.23, ditto, No. 812679 ; 1♀, Ruili , Yunnan, 1981.V.5, ditto, No. 812863 ; 1♀, Hangzhou , Zhejiang, 1981.VIII.8, Wang Rongwei, No. 815168 ; 2♀♀, ditto, 1989.IX.1, He Junhua, Nos. 895950, 895953 ; 2♀♀, ditto, 1989.VIII.18 /25, ditto, Nos. 895902, 895874 ; 2♀♀, ditto, 1989.IX.15 /29, ditto, Nos. 896139, 896022 ; 1♀, ditto, 1983.VI.28, Shi Zuhua, No. 831617 ; 1♀, ditto, 1989.XI.3, He Junhua, No. 896941 ; 1♀, ditto, 1987.VI.4, Xu Zhihong, No. 870819 ; 3♀♀, Wenzhou , Zhejiang, 1983.VIII.8, Shi Zuhua, No. 831971 ; 1♀, Mt. Gutian , Zhejiang, 1986.VII.20, Xu Weiliang, No. 863041 ; 1♀, Dongyang , Zhejiang, 1987.VIII.10, Xu Weiliang, No. 875213 ; 1♀, Tiantai , Zhejiang, 1987.VIII, Chen Jianming, No. 878374 ; 1♀, Quzhou , Zhejiang, 1984.VIII, Chen Jingrong, No. 845779 ; 1♀, Haiyan , Zhejiang, 1985.X.19, Wang Hongxiang, No. 853479 ; 1♀, Yiwu , Zhejiang, 1986.VIII.1–3, Lou Xiaoming, No. 863587 ; 1♀, Mt. Longwang, Anji , Zhejiang, 1993.VIII.31, Chen Xuexin, No. 939725 ; 1♀, Mt. Tianmu , Zhejiang, 1982.X.8–10, Ma Yun, No. 826179 .

Distribution. China (Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); India.

Remarks. Characters of the examined specimens mostly agree with the published descriptions and type specimen except pterostigma a little yellowish ( Fig. 63b ).

Figures

FIGURE 63. Apanteles oritias Nixon, 1965, a. habitus, lateral view; b. wings; c. propodeum; d. mesonotum and scutellum, dorsal view; e. head, dorsal view; f. head, frontal view; g. mesopleuron; h. metasoma, dorsal view. Scale line = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 104. Types of ater-group of the genus Apanteles from NHM. a1–a2. A. argiope Nixon, 1965; b. A. aristaeus Nixon, 1965; c1–c2. A. bisulcata Cameron, 1909; d. A. cerberus Nixon, 1965; e. A. clita Nixon, 1965; f. A. cocotis Wilkinson, 1934; g1–g2. A. demades Nixon, 1965; h. A. diocles Nixon, 1965; i1–i2. A. florus Nixon, 1965; j. A. folia Nixon, 1965; k. A. galleriae Wilkinson, 1932; l. A. importunus Wilkinson, 1928; m. A. medon Nixon, 1965; n. A. oritias Nixon, 1965; o1–o2. A. psenes Nixon, 1965; p. A. salutifer Wilkinson, 1931; q. A. tachardiae Cameron, 1913.

FIGURE 102. 60–76: Distribution map of ater-group of the genus Apanteles Foerster, 1862. 60: A. nixoni Song & Chen, 2002; 61: A. ocellisublimus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 62: A. opacus (Ashmead, 1905); 63: A. oritias Nixon, 1965; 64: A. pachycarinatus Song & Chen, 2002; 65: A. pellucipterus Song & Chen, 2001; 66: A. plureseta Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 67: A. prominens Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 68: A. psenes Nixon, 1965; 69: A. qudra Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 70: A. radocoxa Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 71: A. raviantenna Chen & Song, 2004; 72: A. salsala Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 73: A. salutifer Wilkinson, 1931; 74: A. saravus Nixon, 1965; 75: A. sartamus Nixon, 1965; 76: A. scrobiculatus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.