Apanteles cyprioides 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 : 65-67

Apanteles cyprioides Nixon, 1965

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Apanteles cypris Nixon, 1965: 48 . Holotype ♀ —Luzon, Philippines [USNM]. You, Xiong & Zhou, 1982: 204; You, 1983: 18; Shenefelt, 1972: 486; Chen & Song, 2004: 43.

Diagnosis. Body length 2.7 mm, fore wing length 2.8 mm. Body black, hind femur brownish. Ocelli small, posterior tangent to anterior ocellus hardly touching posterior ocelli, distance between fore and hind ocellus as long as diameter of hind ocellus. Antenna distinctly longer than body length, penultimate flagellomere 1.8× longer than wide. Interspaces between punctures on disc of mesonotum not smaller than its diameter. Areola on propodeum strongly defined, diamond-shaped, closed with strong costulae. Pterostigma 2.8× as long as its widest part, vein 1-R1 1.4× longer than pterostigma, vein r 1.7× longer than vein 2-SR, weakly angled at junction. T1 nearly parallel-sided, short, 1.3× longer than hind width, turned-over part slightly transverse, shiny with wrinkles, longitudinal channel indistinct or absent; T2 shiny and nearly polished, 4.3× wider than long in the middle; T3 2.3× longer than T2. Ovipositor sheath 0.8 of hind tibia.

Host. According to literature, Helcystogramma macroscopum Meyrick. Cocoon is solitary and white with length 3.8 mm ( You et al, 1983).

Material examined. 1♀, Zhangzhou , Fujian, 1985.VII.31, Liu Bo, No. 784759 ; 11♀♀, Fu’an , Fujian (coll. in rice field), 1985.IX.9, Zhan Tinghu, Nos. 981045, 981044, 981043, 98098, 980994, 980998, 980999, 981002, 981004, 981013, 981021 ; 2♀♀, Puxia , Fujian, 1985.VII.28, Zhan Tingqing, Nos. 9611333, 9611336 ; 1♀, Shu- muyuan, Shenzhou , Fujian, 1989.X, Wu Zhishan, No. 20009665 ; 4♀♀, Xiamen , Fujian, 1988.VII.26–27, Ma Yun, Nos. 883849, 883852, 883857, 883861 ; 6♀♀, Buyun, Shanghang , Fujian, 1988.VII.19–21, Ma Yun, Nos. 885088, 885079, 885096, 885099, 885353, 885366 ; 1♀, Sangang , Fujian, 1991.X.7, Chen Xuexin, No. 920464 ; 6♀♀, Mt. Wuyi , Fujian, 2007.VIII.22–25, Xie Cuihong, Nos. 200807134, 200807132, 200807124, 200807123, 200807109, 200807106 ; 5♀♀, Mt. Qingyun, Yongqin , Fujian, 2002.IX.18, Wang Yiping, Nos. 20023373, 20023297, 20023295, 20023294, 20023284 ; 3♀♀, Zhangye , Gansu, 1986.V, ditto, No. 864482 ; 3♀♀, Nanling, Fuyuan , Guangdong, 2003.VII.23, Xu Zaifu, Nos. 20049249, 20049270, 20049023 ; 4♀♀, Xiliuhe, Conghua , Guangdong, 2003.VII.16, Zhang Zhongrun, Nos. 20058783, 20058790, 20058818, 20058824 ; 22♀♀, Mt. Longkun, Nanmen , Guangdong, 2003.VII.14–15, Xu Zaifu, Nos. 20050146, 20050117, 20050162, 20050169, 20050181, 20050193, 20050216, 20050241, 20050257, 20050278, 20050292, 20050295, 20050301, 20050306, 20050307, 20053719, 20053733, 20053801, 20053833, 20053867, 20053908, 20053917 ; 3♀♀, Mt. Yunji, Xinfeng , Guangdong, 2003.VII.20, Li Ping, Nos. 20053933, 20053941, 20053949 ; 4♀♀, Mt. Tongledashan, Yunan , Guangdong, 2003.VIII.12–13, Xu Zaifu, Nos. 20054273, 20054335, 20054670, 20054785 ; 1♀, Panlongxia, Deqing , Guangdong, 2003.X.4, ditto, No. 20054891 ; 1♀, Dawuding, Dawuling , Guangdong, 2001.X.4, ditto, No. 20020786 ; 2♀♀, ditto, 2001.X.5, ditto, Nos. 20020980, 20021026 ; 1♀, Heishiding, Fengkai , Guangdong, 2003.VIII.15, Chen Jujian, No. 20048940 ; 1♀, Feng- kai, Guangdong, 1992.V.16, ditto, No. 921595 ; 1♀, Beiliu , Guangxi, 1981.IV.10, Zhong Qingzai, No. 824478 ; 1♀, Botanic Garden , Guangxi, 2002.X.30, Lin Naiquan, No. 20034959 ; 2♀♀, Nanning , Guangxi, 1987.IX.13, He Jun- hua, Nos. 878528, 878529 ; 9♀♀ 1♂, Wuming , Guangxi, 1981.VI.26, Su Guixian, Nos. 824491, 824492, 824496 ; 1♀, Rongshui , Guangxi, 2003.VIII.5, Wang Yiping, No. 20037971 ; 5♀♀, Yangjiaping, Mt. Xiaowutaishan , Hebei, 2005.VIII.20, Shi Min, Nos. 200611703, 200611686, 200611693, 200611694, 200611685 ; 2♀♀, Tongcheng , Hubei, 1978.VII.6, Luo Qigui, No. 800058, 800059 ; 1♀, Shiqiao , Hubei, 1978.IX.15, Zhu Changqing, No. 803354 ; 3♀♀, Nanjing , Jiangsu, 19?, Peng Quxian, No. 824942 ; 1♀, Wangting , Jiangsu, 1981. V–X, Lou Guanqing, No. 815823 ; 3♀♀, Nanjing , Jiangsu, 1989.IX.26, Huang Bangkan, Nos. 20004621, 20004595, 20004590 ; 1♀, Lushan , Jiangxi, 1982.VII.10–12, ditto, No. 825226 ; 1♀, Suichang , Zhejiang, 1974.VII, He Junhua, No. 740447 ; 1♀, Baisha, Lanxi , Zhejiang, 1985.VIII.8, Chen Xuexin, No. 852347 ; 1♀, Jiande , Zhejiang, 1985.VIII.6, Chen Xuexin, No. 852892 ; 1♀, Mt. Tianmu , Zhejiang, 1987.IX.4, Fan Jinjiang, No. 875017 ; 3♀♀, ditto, 1982.X.2, Zhu Kunyan, No. 825963 ; 1♀, ditto, 1990.VI.2–4, He Junhua, No. 904236 ; 10♀♀, Mt. West Tianmu , Zhejiang, 1987.IX.2–4, Chen Xuexin, Nos. 876701, 877208, 877481, 877486, 877498, 877506, 877514, 877523, 877525, 877539 ; 1♀, Chanyuansi, Mt. West Tianmu , Zhejiang, 350m, 1989.V.16, Fan Jinjiang, No. 884357 ; 1♀, Mt. West Tianmu , 1987. IX.4, ditto, No. 876019 ; 1♀, Mt. Gutian, Kaihua , Zhejiang, 1994.IX.27, He Junhua, No. 948700 ; 3♀♀, Baishanzu, Qingyuan , Zhejiang, 1993.IX.20, Wu Hong, Nos. 949365, 949399, 949405 ; 3♀♀, Mt. Longwang, Anji , Zhejiang, 1993.VIII.31, He Junhua, Nos. 9310708, 9310617, 9310588 ; 6♀♀, Jinxian , Zhejiang, 1980.IX–X, Wei Zhongmin, No. 803703 ; 7♀♀ 2♂♂, Dongyang , Zhejiang, 1983.VIII, Shi Zuhua, No. 831937 ; 2♀♀, ditto, 1987.VIII.10, Xu Weiliang, Nos. 875096, 875098 ; 8♀♀, Hangzhou , Zhejiang, 1983.VII.21, Zhou Caie, Nos. 831894, 831895 ; 1♀, ditto, 1979, He Junhua, No. 800583 ; 2♀♀, ditto, 1981.X.15 /1, Sun Guoliang, Nos. 815728, 815533 ; 3♀♀, ditto, 1980.IX.10, He Junhua, Nos. 803320, 803321, 803322 ; 2♀♀, ditto, 1981.VIII.8, ditto, Nos. 815237, 815252 ; 1♀, Mt. Meihua (Guihe to Mawu , 1100m), Zhejiang, 1988.VII.20, Fan Jinjiang, No. 886153 ; 2♀♀, Mt. Jiulong , Zheji- ang, 1991.VIII.24, Qian Ying, Nos. 930155, 930160 ; 4♀♀, ditto, 1978.VIII, Zhou Wenbao, Nos. 930184, 930185, 930198, 930202 ; 1♀ 1♂, Wenzhou , Zhejiang, 1981.V–X, Liu Shaohua, No. 825096 ; 2♀♀ 6♂♂, Jinhua , Zhejiang, 1980.IX–X, Ma Yun, No. 803600 ; 6♀♀, ditto, 1983.VIII, ditto, No. 831949 ; 21♀♀ 1♂, Lishui, Zhejiang, 1981. VIII–X, Zhu Kunyan, Nos. 815587, 815589, 815597, 815775, 815776, 815777, 815778, 815779, 815781, 815823, 815472, 815578, 815573, 815565, 815559, 815558 .

Distribution. China (Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hebei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang); Philippines, Singapore, South Africa.

Figures

FIGURE 29. Apanteles cyprioides Nixon, 1965, a. head, dorsal view; b. mesonotum and scutellum, dorsal view; c. metasoma, dorsal view; d. head, frontal view; e. hind wing; f. mesopleuron; g. propodeum; h. fore wing; i. habitus, lateral view. Scale line = 0.5 mm.

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.