Apanteles cerberus 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 : 55-57

Apanteles cerberus Nixon, 1965

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Apanteles cerberus Nixon, 1965: 69 . Holotype ♀ (examined)— India [NHM, Fig. 104d ]. Shenefelt, 1972: 467.

Diagnosis. Body length 2.5 mm, fore wing length 3.2 mm; mesoscutum duller; hind spurs longer and thicker; temples strongly sculptured; areolation of propodeum weak with costula poorly indicated; T1 very distinctly narrowed behind; hind femur dark brown; eyes not convergent; antenna hardly shorter than body, rather thick, penultimate flagellomere one and a quarter times longer than wide; mesoscutum somewhat dull, densely punctate; notaulic course showing as a dull, rugose band with hardly a trace of longitudinal striations at its posterior end; disc of scutellum rather strongly narrowed behind, polished, weakly convex and with a few punctures towards sides and front; areolation of propodeum complete; anterior part of mesopleuron coarsely rugose, towards posterior depression the surface shows simple punctures and some striation; hind wing broad, length of 1-M distinctly shorter than distance between its distal extremity and apex of vannal lobe; ovipositor sheath one and a quarter times longer than hind tibia.

Material examined. 1♀, Yingtaogou, Xiangshan , Beijing, 1992.VII.6, Lin Naiquan, No. 20004391 ; 1♀, Liux- ihe, Conghua , Guangdong, 2001.VI.15–20, Xu Zaifu, No. 200107182 ; 1♀, Mt. Fengyang, Longquan , Zhejiang, 2003.VIII.7, Liu Jingxian, No. 20055600. Host. According to the literature, Palpita ochracialis Walker ( Nixon, 1965) . Distribution. China (Beijing, Guangdong, Zhejiang) new record; India. Remarks. Characters of the examined specimen agree with the published descriptions and type specimen .

Figures

FIGURE 23. Apanteles cerberus Nixon, 1965 (new record), a. habitus, lateral view; b. hind wing; c. propodeum; d. mesonotum and scutellum, dorsal view; e. head, dorsal view; f. fore wing; g. mesopleuron; h. head, frontal view; i. 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 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.