Apanteles verticalis Song & Chen, 2004

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 : 172-174

Apanteles verticalis Song & Chen, 2004

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Apanteles verticalis Song & Chen, 2004: 93 . Holotype ♀ — Hubei, China [FAFU].

Diagnosis. Body length 2.4 mm, fore wing length 3.1 mm. Body mostly black, hind femur yellow. Ocelli large, posterior tangent to anterior ocellus transecting posterior ocelli, distance between fore and hind ocellus shorter than diameter of hind ocellus. Antenna distinctly shorter than body length, penultimate flagellomere 1.4× longer than wide. Interspaces between punctures on disc of mesonotum not smaller than its diameter. Areola on propodeum closed, V-shaped apically, with strong costulae. Pterostigma 2.8× as long as its widest part, vein 1-R1 1.3× longer than pterostigma, vein r 1.9× longer than vein 2-SR, strongly angled at junction. T1 nearly parallel-sided, 2.3× longer than hind width, turned-over part slightly shiny, strongly rugose, longitudinal channel absent; T2 shiny and polished, trapezoidal, 2.5× wider than long in the middle; T3 1.6× longer than T2. Ovipositor sheath as long as hind tibia.

Material examined. 1♀, Mt. Wuyi , Fujian, 1985.VII.29, Lin Naiquan, No. 968346 ; 4♀♀, ditto, 1986. VII.8 /12/15, Wang Jiashe, Nos. 865485, 865500, 865503, 865586 ; 1♀, Mt. Xiaowuyi , Fujian, 1983.VII.26–29, He Junhua, No. 832653 ; 1♀, Jinxixiang, Jianning , Fujian, 2002.IX.25, Ruan Desong, No. 20024275 ; 1♀, Meixian, Youxi , Fujian, 1988.X.15, Lin Changfu, No. 20005247 ; 1♀, Tianbaoyan, Yongan , Fujian, 2001.VII.17, Piao Mei- hua, No. 200106871 ; 5♀♀, Mt. Longxi, Jiangle , Fujian, 1991.VII.8 /IX.30/VII.16, Liu Changming, Nos. 969740, 20006968, 20006947, 20007218, 20007286 ; 1♀, Dianba (900m), Wen County, Gansu, 1998.VI.16, Ma Yun, No. 984388 ; 7♀♀, Mt. Nankun, Longmen , Guangdong, 2003.VII.14–15 /20, Xu Zaifu, Nos. 20050156, 20050261, 20050281, 20050284, 20053652, 20053776, 20053797 ; 2♀♀, Chebaling, Shixing , Guangdong, 2002.IV.19 /V.25, Xu Zaifu, Nos. 20050468, 20051385 ; 2♀♀, Guishan, Heyuan , Guangdong, 2002.V.18, ditto, Nos. 20028650, 20028592 ; 2♀♀, Nanling, Ruyuan , Guangdong, 2003.VII.23, ditto, Nos. 20049310, 20049015 ; 1♀, Fengxi , Mei- zhou, Guangdong, 2003.VII.29, Chen Jujian, No. 20048787 ; 1♀, Liuxihe, Conghua , Guangdong, 2003.VII.16, Zhang Zhongrun, No. 20058807 ; 1♀, Mt. Nankun, Longmen , Guangdong, 2004.V.12, Xu Zaifu, No. 20053166 ; 1♀, Yuxi, Mt. Jiuwandashan , Guangxi, 2003.VII.27, Wang Yiping, No. 20037287 ; 1♀, Ganlan Service Center, Mt. Daming , Guangxi, 2011.VIII.7, Liu Zhen, No. 201100979 ; 8♀♀, Wanjia, Mayanghe , Guizhou, 2007.IX.27–30, Liu Jingxian, Nos. 200708354, 200708365, 200708783, 200708789, 200708559, 200708600, 200708606, 200708212 ; 1♀, Tongkuanchang, Mt. Fanjing , Guizhou, 2001.VII.28, Piao Meihua, No. 200107294 ; 1♀, Changqiangou , Xi- shui, Guizhou, 2000.IX.25, Ma Yun, No. 200102530 ; 3♀♀, Linchang, Mt. Leigong , Guizhou, 2005.V.31 /VI.1, Zhang Hongying, Nos. 200605487, 200605569, 200606820 ; 5♀♀, Guiyang , Guizhou, 1983.X.20, He Junhua, Nos. 840479, 840484, 840485, 840493, 840494 ; 1♀, Qinggangtang, Kuankuoshui Nature Reserve , Guizhou, 2010.VI.8, Tang Pu, No. 201000264 ; 2♀♀, Kuankuoshui Nature Reserve (core area), Guizhou, 2010.VI.8, Tan Jiangli, Nos. 201005479, 201002609 ; 1♀, Xiangshuwan, Kuankuoshui Nature Reserve , Guizhou, 2010.VI.4, Chai Hongfei, No. 201004059 ; 1♀, Kuankuoshui Nature Reserve , Guizhou, light trap, 2010.VI.2–5, Zeng Jie, No. 201005640 ; 1♀, Baishao, Kuankuoshui Nature Reserve , Guizhou, 2010.VI.7, Tang Pu, No. 201004257 ; 2♀♀, Yinggeling , Hainan, 2007.V.28–VI.3, Weng Liqiong, Nos. 200804219, 200804226 ; 8♀♀, ditto, 2007.X.18, Liu Jingxian, Nos. 200709839, 200709798, 200709986, 200709929, 200709731, 200709792, 200709812, 200709948 ; 2♀♀, Shen- longjia, Hubei, 1982.VIII.27–28, He Junhua, No. 825799 ; 1♀, Railway Station, Lingyuan , Liaoning, 2002.VIII.8, Wang Yiping, No. 20030636 ; 1♀, Nanxi , Yunnan (coll. in peanut field), 1974.XI.19, Li Weihua, No. 772107 ; 1♀, Yuanjiang , Yunnan, 1981.IV.4, He Junhua, No. 811426 ; 2♀♀, Ruili , Yunnan, 1981.V.5, ditto, Nos. 812870, 812867 ; 1♀, Cangshan, Dali , Yunnan, 1996.V.23, Du Yuzhou, No. 977505 ; 1♀, Mt. Tianmu , Zhejiang, 1984.VII.27, Qian Ying, No. 842841 ; 2♀♀, ditto, 1993.VI.12, Ma Yun, Nos. 934176, 934419 ; 2♀♀, ditto, 1988.V.16, Lou Xiaoming, Nos. 883226, 884348 ; 1♀, ditto, 1992.VI.9, ditto, No. 922436 ; 1♀, ditto, 1984.VI.25, Chen Xuexin, No. 842582 ; 1♀, ditto, 1983.VI.17, Shi Zuhua, No. 830532 ; 3♀♀, ditto, 1982.X.9–10, Zhu Kunyan, Nos. 826010, 826065 ; 1♀, ditto, 1982.X.8, Ma Yun, No. 826181 ; 1♀, Sanmuping, Mt. Tianmu , Zhejiang, light trap, 1999.VII.26, Zhao Mingshui, No. 999464 ; 2♀♀, Changzhu, Quzhou , Zhejiang, 1984.V.24, He Junhua, Nos. 844860, 844861 ; 1♀, Bo- tanic Garden, Hangzhou , Zhejiang, 1993.VI.18, He Junhua, No. 934752 ; 1♀, Mt. Gutian, Kaihua , Zhejiang, 1993. V.26, Wu Hong, No. 949318 ; 1♀, Mt. Longwang, Anji , Zhejiang, 1993.VIII.31, Chen Xuexin, No. 939803 ; 1♀, Huangmaojian, Mt. Fengyang, Longquan , Zhejiang, 2007.VII.30, Liu Jingxian, No. 200802894 ; 1♀, Songyang , Zhejiang, 1989.VII.13, He Junhua, No. 893736 ; 1♀, Hangzhou , Zhejiang, 1983.VI.25, Zhu Kunyan, No. 831723 ; 1♀, ditto, 1991.VI.28, Chen Xuexin, No. 911328 ; 2♀♀, Baishanzu, Qingyuan , Zhejiang, 1994.X.26 /VII.19, Wu Hong, Nos. 946402, 946887 .

Distribution. China (Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan Hubei, Liaoning, Yunnan, Zhejiang).

Remarks. Characters of the examined specimens mostly agree with the published descriptions except for wider T2 sometimes.

Figures

FIGURE 85. Apanteles verticalis Song & Chen, 2004, a. habitus, dorsal view; b. fore wing; c. head, dorsal view; d. mesopleuron; e. hind wing; f. propodeum and metasoma, dorsal view; g. mesonotum and scutellum, dorsal view; h. head, frontal view. Scale line = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 103. 77–97: Distribution map of ater-group of the genus Apanteles Foerster, 1862. 77: A. semicarinatus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 78: A. sodalis (Haliday, 1834); 79: A. stigmaium Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 80: A. tachardiae Viereck, 1913; 81: A. taragamae Viereck, 1912; 82: A. tenuis Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 83: A. unguifortis Song & Chen, 2004; 84: A. usipetes Nixon, 1965; 85: A. verticalis Song & Chen, 2004; 86: A. wuyiensis Song & Chen, 2002; 87: A. alticella Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 88: A. aphanoiugum Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 89: A. cavitergita Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 90: A. heichinensis Sonan, 1942; 91: A. impunctus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 92: A. lineatella Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 93: A. longiala Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 94: A. palliditegula Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 95: A. rectala Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 96: A. rhombos Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 97: A. setosus Liu & Chen, sp.