Apanteles clita 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 : 60

Apanteles clita Nixon, 1965

( Figures 26 , 99 , 104e )

Apanteles clita Nixon, 1965: 67 . Holotype ♀ (examined)— India [NHM, Fig. 104e ]. Shenefelt, 1972: 473; Song & Chen, 2004: 37.

Diagnosis. Body length 2.2 mm, fore wing length 2.3 mm. Body black, hind femur brown. Ocelli small, posterior tangent to anterior ocellus touching posterior ocelli, distance between fore and hind ocellus as long as diameter of hind ocellus. Antenna distinctly shorter than body length, penultimate flagellomere as long as wide. Pronotum strongly rugose at posterior end of notaulic courses, without longitudinal striations. Interspaces between punctures on disc of mesonotum not smaller than its diameter. Areola on propodeum smooth, open anteriorly, without costulae, posterior lateral parts with some irregular carinae. Pterostigma, 2.9× as long as its widest part, vein 1-R1 1.1× longer than pterostigma, vein r 1.3× longer than vein 2-SR, weakly angled at junction. T1 constricted towards apex, 2.4× longer than hind width, turned-over part dull, weakly rugose-punctate, longitudinal channel deep; T2 shiny and nearly polished, 3.3× wider than long in the middle; T3 1.7× longer than T2. Ovipositor sheath as long as hind tibia.

Hosts. According to the literature, Sylepta lunalis Guence and Bocchoris artificialis Lederer ( Nixon, 1965) .

Material examined. 1♀, Mt. Meihua, Shanghang , Fujian, 1988.VII.24, Huang Jian, No. 20005003 ; 1♀, Fu- zhou, Fujian, 1993.V.24, Lin Naiquan, No. 967640 ; 1♀, Liancheng , Fujian, 1988.VIII.17, ditto, No. 20005436 ; 1♀, Mt. Longxi, Jiangle , Fujian, 1991.VII.8, Liu Changming, No. 20006963 ; 1♀, Mt. Daming , Guangxi (846m), 2011.VIII.10, Liu Zhen, No. 201100964 ; 3♀♀, Wanjia, Mayanghe , Guizhou, 2007.IX.27–30, Zhu Lanlan, Nos. 200708123, 200708088, 2007080171 ; 1♀, Songyang , Zhejiang, 1989.VIII, Chen Hanlin, No. 897036 .

Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangxi, Guizhou, Zhejiang); India, Vietnam.

Remarks. Characters of the examined specimen agree with the published descriptions and type specimen.

Figures

FIGURE 26. Apanteles clita Nixon, 1965, a. habitus, lateral view; b. mesopleuron; c. head, frontal view; d. propodeum; e. head, dorsal view; f. fore and hind wings; g. metasoma, dorsal view; h. mesonotum and scutellum, 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 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.