Apanteles saravus 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 : 151

Apanteles saravus Nixon, 1965

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Apanteles saravus Nixon, 1965: 81 . Type in the U.S. National Museum. Shenefelt, 1972: 623.

Diagnosis. Pterostigma pale brownish yellow with weak darker border; edge of vannal lobe beyond its widest point with at most a few hardly visible, slightly projecting setae; legs obscure brownish throughout; face smooth, shiny, and impunctate; notaulic course behind with striate-punctations; areola sharply defined; metacarp fully 6.0 as long as its distance from apex of marginal cell; inner spur of hind tibia hardly longer than outer spur; ovipositor sheath about as long as hind tibia, setae long, upright; wings markedly brownish with brown setae; hind wing narrow, with second submarginal cell somewhat elongate; spines along upper surface of hind tibia thick and sparse.

Material examined. 1♀, Chibi, Yongqin , Fujian, 2002.IX.17, Liu Jingxian, No. 20023529 ; 1♀, Dazhulan, Mt. Wuyi , Fujian, 1994.VII.15, Chen Xuexin, No. 942015 ; 1♀, Tongmu, Mt. Wuyi , Fujian, 1994.VII.14, ditto, No. 942347 ; 1♀, Fuzhou , Fujian, 1992.X.14, Liu Changming, No. 967105 ; 1♀, Tianbaoyan, Yongan , Fujian, 2001.VII.15–18, Xu Zaifu, No. 20020329 ; 1♀, Youxi , Fujian, 1988.X.15, Zheng Qi, No. 20005090 ; 1♀, Fengkai , Guangdong, 1992.V.18, Ma Yun, No. 921205 ; 1♀, Fengxi, Meizhou , Guangdong, 2003.VII.29, Chen Jujian, No. 20048539 ; 1♀, Mt. Guanyin, Fogang , Guangdong, 2002.VII.30, Xu Zaifu, No. 20029463 ; 4♀♀, Dawuling, Xinyi , Guangdong, 2002.V.1–6, ditto, Nos. 20025820, 20025806, 20025870, 200257470 ; 3♀♀ 3♂♂, 9km to Hanjiangq- iao, Mt. Daming , Guangxi, 2011.VIII.11, Yan Chengjin, Nos. 201101018, 201101020, 201101060, 201101024, 201101057, 201101065 ; 5♀♀ 1♂, Mt. Daming (846m), Guangxi, 2011.VIII.10, Liu Zhen, Nos. 20110059, 20110060, 201100961, 201100968, 201100971, 201100963(♂) ; 3♂♂ , Neichao, Mt. Daming , Guangxi, 2011. VIII.13, Yan Chengjin, Nos. 201100837, 201100828, 201100838 ; 2♂♂, Shuilinfeng, Mt. Daming , Guangxi, 2011. VIII.9, Liu Zhen, Nos. 201100846, 201100853 ; 1♀, Guilin , Guangxi, 1987.V.7, Wu Hong, No. 946546 ; 1♀, Xianlv- dong (644–1062m), Daozhen , Guizhou, 2004.VIII.25, Wu Qiong, No. 200617402 ; 1♀, Shilingou, Kuankuoshui Nature Reserve , Guizhou, 2010.VI.9, Tan Jiangli, No. 201005543 ; 1♀, Fangxiangxiang (1000m), Mt. Leigong , Guizhou, 2005.VI.2, Zhang Hongying, No. 200605673 ; 1♀, Mt. Jiulong, Huishui , Guizhou, 2010.VI.11, Zeng Jie, No. 201003840 ; 1♀, Hongmaocun, Yinggeling , Hainan, 2007.V.23–25, Zeng Jie, No. 200804428 ; 1♀, Ying- geling, Hainan, 2007.X.18, Liu Jingxian, No. 200709828 ; 1♀, Jianfengling , Hainan, 2008.XI.22, Tan Jiangli, No. 200805333 ; 1♀, Xiangbizigou, Mt. Huping, Shimen , Hunan, 2009.VII.8, Zeng Jie, No. 200901985 ; 1♀, Dingping, Mt. Huping (800m), Shimen , Hunan, 1987.VII.12, Lei Guangchun, No. 20044509 ; 6♀♀, Lvshui Nuclear Power Station (536m), Yunnan, 2003.VII.23, Xu Zaifu, Nos. 20055421, 20055404, 20055432, 20055339, 20055357, 20055378 ; 1♀, ditto, Li Jingting, No. 20045532 ; 1♀, Lvshuihe Rainforest, Gejiu , Yunnan, 2003.VII.23, Lu Jia, No. 20045565 ; 1♀, Mt. Tianmu , Zhejiang, 1984.VII.27, Qian Ying, No. 842860 ; 1♀, ditto, 1983.VI.17, Shi Zuhua, No. 830534 ; 1♀ 1♂, ditto, 1983.VI.17, He Junhua, Nos. 830605, 830606 ; 1♀, Baishanzu, Qingyuan , Zhejiang, 1993. V.7, Wu Hong, No. 946546 .

Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Yunnan, Zhejiang) new record; Philippines, Vietnam.

Remarks. Characters of the examined specimens mostly agree with the published descriptions, except for the second submarginal cell much longer and face with shallow punctures.

Figures

FIGURE 74. Apanteles saravus Nixon, 1965 (new record), a. habitus, lateral view; b. fore wing; c. propodeum; d. mesopleuron; e. head, frontal view; f. metasoma, dorsal view; g. hind wing; h. mesonotum and scutellum, dorsal view. Scale line = 0.5 mm

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.