Apanteles aristaeus 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 : 33

Apanteles aristaeus Nixon, 1965

( Figures 11 , 98 , 104b )

Apanteles aristaeus Nixon, 1965: 95 . Holotype ♀ (examined)— India [NHM, Fig. 104b ]. Shenefelt, 1972: 446; Chou, 1979: 304; Chou, 1981: 77; Chen & Song, 2004: 27; You, 1995: 506.

Diagnosis. Body length 3.6 mm, fore wing length 3.8 mm. Body mostly black, hind femur dark brownish to black. 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 distinctly smaller than its diameter. Areola on propodeum closed with strong costulae. Pterostigma 2.6× as long as its widest part, vein 1-R1 as long as pterostigma, vein r 2.3× longer than vein 2-SR, weakly angled at junction. T1 parallel-sided, weakly narrowed posteriorly, 1.5× longer than hind width, turned-over part slightly shiny, rough, weakly rugose-punctate laterally, longitudinal channel small with short transversal carinae inside; T2 shiny and polished, 4.4× wider than long in the middle; T3 2.7× longer than T2. Ovipositor sheath 0.84 length of hind tibia.

Host. According to label, Deudorix epijarbas Moore ( Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae ). According to literature, it is the parasitoid of Cydia leucostoma Meyrick (Olethreutidae) ( You, 1995). Perilampus sp. ( Perilampidae ) is its hyperparasite (Subbiah, 1987).

Material examined. 1♀, Guangzhou , Guangdong, 1988.V, Zhou Shengzhen, No. 911094, ex Deudorix epijarbas Moore .

Distribution. China (Guangdong, Taiwan).

Remarks. Characters of the examined specimens mostly agree with the published descriptions and type specimen except turned-over part of T1 with weak wrinkles and pterostigma more yellowish ( Fig. 11a ).

Figures

FIGURE 11. Apanteles aristaeus Nixon, 1965, a. habitus, dorsal view; b. fore and hind wings; c. mesopleuron; d. head, frontal view; e. propodeum and metasoma, dorsal view; f. mesonotum and scutellum, dorsal view; g. head, 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 98. 1–16: Distribution map of ater-group of the genus Apanteles Foerster, 1862. 1: A. adoxophyesi Minamikawa, 1954; 2: A. albummacula Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 3: A. altus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 4: A. ambultor Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 5: A. amotus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 6: A. angustus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 7: A. annosus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 8: A. ansata Song & Chen, 2004; 9: A. aphanofossa Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 10: A. argiope Nixon, 1965; 11: A. aristaeus Nixon, 1965; 12: A. aspersus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 13: A. attenuator Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 14: A. bannaensis Song & Chen, 2001; 15: A. bialtus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 16: A. bisulcata Cameron, 1909.