Apanteles galleriae Wilkinson, 1932

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 : 93-95

Apanteles galleriae Wilkinson, 1932

( Figures 43 , 100 , 104k )

Apanteles galleriae Wilkinson, 1932b: 139 . Holotype ♀ (examined)—France-main [NHM, Fig. 104k ]. Suire, 1934: 32– 45; Wilkinson, 1934: 154; Blanchard, 1936: 146; Fahringer, 1936: 177; De Saeger, 1944: 325; Thompson, 1953: 63; Telenga, 1955: 60; Williams, 1958: 110; Nixon, 1965: 75; Nixon, 1976: 707; De Santis & Esquivel, 1966: 137, 138; Muesebeck, 1967: 42; Chou, 1979: 300, 304; Papp, 1988: 149; Austin & Dangerfield, 1992: 9; You, 1995: 506; Chen & Song, 2004: 50.

Diagnosis. Body length 3.5 mm, fore wing length 3.3 mm. Body black, hind femur reddish brown. Ocelli large, posterior tangent to anterior ocellus transecting posterior ocelli, distance between fore and hind ocellus slightly shorter than diameter of hind ocellus. Antenna distinctly longer than body length, penultimate flagellomere slightly longer than wide. Interspaces between punctures on disc of mesonotum slightly larger than its diameter on pronotum. Areola on propodeum V-shaped apically, closed with weak costulae, posterio-lateral parts smooth. Pterostigma 2.3× as long as its widest part, vein 1-R1 1.3× longer than pterostigma, vein r 2.2× longer than vein 2-SR, distinctly angled at junction. T1 gradually constricted towards apex, 2.2× longer than hind width, turned-over part slightly shiny, weakly rugose-punctate laterally, longitudinal channel shallow and broad; T2 shiny and nearly polished, except a few weak punctures, 4.4× wider than long in the middle; T3 2.4× longer than T2. Ovipositor sheath not distinctly longer than hind tibia.

Hosts. According to the label, Apis cerana Fabricius. According to the literature, Achroia grisella (Fabricius) , A. grisella (Fabricius) [bees wax], Achroia innotata (Walker) , Galleria mellonella (L.), G. mellonella (L.) [bees wax] and Vitula edmandsii (Packard) ( Yu et al. 2016) .

Material examined. 1♀, Guadun, Mt. Wuyi , Fujian, 1994.VII.14, Chen Xuexin, No. 942289 ; 1♀, Heishiding, Fengkai , Guangdong, 2003.VIII.15, Chen Jujian, No. 20048914 ; 2♀♀, Neichao, Mt. Daming , Guangxi, 2011. VIII.13, Yan Chengjin, Nos. 201100835, 201100839 ; 1♀ 1♂, Guiyang , Guizhou, 1979, Mou Yangqiu, No. 801039, ex Apis cerana Fabricius ; 1♀, Fangxiang Village (1000m), Mt. Leigong , Guizhou, 2005.VI.2, Zhang Hongying, No. 200605685 ; 1♀, Jianfengling , Hainan, 2008.XI.22–23, Wang Manman, No. 200805953 ; 1♀, Tianchi, Jianfengling , Hainan, 2008.XI.24, Tan Jiangli, No. 200806064 ; 2♀♀, Xunwu , Jiangxi, 1974.VIII.20, Jiangxi Bee Institute, No. 760383, ex Apis cerana Fabricius ; 1♀, Baishanzu (1856m), Qingyuan , Zhejiang, 2003.VIII.13, Wu Qiong, No. 20058622 ; 1♀, Mt. Gutian, Kaihua , Zhejiang, 1992.VII–VIII, Ma Yun, No. 905786 ; 1♀, ditto, 1992.X.29, Wu Hong, No. 949248 .

Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang); Argentina, Armenia, Bulgaria, France, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Mauritius, New Zealand, Pakistan, Spain, Turkey, U.S. A, UK.

Remarks. Characters of the examined specimens mostly agree with the published descriptions and the type specimen except areola V-shaped, not U-shaped apically.

Figures

FIGURE 43. Apanteles galleriae Wilkinson, 1932, a. mesonotum and scutellum, dorsal view; b. fore wing; c. hind wing; d. mesopleuron; e. propodeum; f. head, dorsal view; g. metasoma, dorsal view; h. head, frontal view; i. habitus, lateral 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 100. 33–47: Distribution map of ater-group of the genus Apanteles Foerster, 1862. 33: A. dissimile Nixon, 1965; 34: A. distributa Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 35: A. dryas Nixon, 1965; 36: A. expansus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 37: A. flavibasalis Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 38: A. florus Nixon, 1965; 39: A. folia Nixon, 1965; 40: A. fraxinus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 41: A. fundum Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 42: A. fuscidentalis Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 43: A. galleriae Wilkinson, 1932; 44: A. gracilicorne Song & Chen, 2004; 45: A. Apanteles importunus Wilkinson, 1928; 46: A. jasmine Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 47: A. javensis Rohwer, 1919.