Apanteles demades 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 : 70

Apanteles demades Nixon, 1965

( Figures 31 , 99 , 104g 1 –g 2 )

Apanteles demades Nixon, 1965: 99 . Holotype ♀ (examined)—Malaysia-Peninsular [NHM, Figs 104g 1 –g 2 ]. Shenefelt, 1972: 488; Long & Belokobylskij, 2004: 385–398.

Diagnosis. Ovipositor sheath not or hardly longer than hind basitarsus; segment 4 of hind tarsus distinctly shorter than 5; metacarp 3.0 as long as its distance from apex of marginal cell; hind wing broad, length of 1-M much shorter than distance between its distal extremity and apex of vannal lobe. Compared with A. folia : face smoother, shiny; top of head more finely sculptured; mesoscutum more finely punctate; disc of scutellum slightly more convex, shinier and with hardly a trace of punctation; 1-CU1 angled with cu-a; areolation of propodeum poorly defined; hind coxa almost polished on outer surface; T1 slightly narrowed behind.

Host. According to literature, Selepa celtis Moore (Noctuidae) ( Nixon, 1965).

Material examined. 1♀, Tianchi, Jianfengling , Hainan, 2007.VI.4–7, Zeng Jie, No. 200711061 .

Distribution. China (Hainan) new record; Malaysia, Vietnam.

Remarks. Characters of the examined specimen agree with the published descriptions and type specimen except legs darker ( Fig. 31a ).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Apanteles adoxophyesi Minamikawa, 1954, a. habitus, dorsal view; b. metasoma, dorsal view; c. head, dorsal view; d. head, frontal view; e. mesopleuron; f. propodeum; g.mesonotum and scutellum, dorsal view. Scale line = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 2. Apanteles albummacula Liu & Chen, sp. nov. Holotype. a. habitus, lateral view; b. head, dorsal view; c. propodeum; d. mesopleuron; e. fore wing; f. head, frontal view; g. mesonotum and scutellum, dorsal view; h. hind wing; i. metasoma, dorsal view. Scale line = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 31. Apanteles demades Nixon, 1965 (new record), a. habitus, lateral view; b. fore wing; c. hind wing; d. head, dorsal view; e. propodeum; f. mesopleuron; g. antenna; h. metasoma, dorsal view; i. mesonotum and scutellum, dorsal view; j. head, frontal 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.