Apanteles florus 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 : 84

Apanteles florus Nixon, 1965

( Figures 38 , 100 , 104i 1 –i 2 )

Apanteles florus Nixon, 1965: 49 . Holotype ♀ (examined)— Guangdong, China [NHM, Figs 104i 1 –i 2 ]. Shenefelt, 1972: 516; Chen & Song, 2004: 50; You, 1981: 22.

Diagnosis. Body length 2.5 mm, fore wing length 2.9 mm. Body black, hind femur bright yellow. Posterior tangent to anterior ocellus just touching posterior ocelli, distance between fore and hind ocellus slightly shorter than diameter of hind ocellus. Antenna shorter than body length, penultimate flagellomere 1.6× longer than wide. Pronotum with striate-punctation at posterior end of notaulic courses; interspaces between punctures on disc of mesonotum slightly larger than its diameter. Areola on propodeum well defined, V-shaped apically, with strong costulae. Pterostigma 3.4× as long as its widest part, vein 1-R1 1.3× longer than pterostigma, vein r 1.5× longer than vein 2-SR, weakly angled at junction. T1 nearly parallel-sided, 1.8× longer than hind width, turned-over part slightly shiny, weakly rugose-punctate, longitudinal channel broad; T2 shiny, polished, 4.3× wider than long in the middle, straight apically; T3 2.4× longer than T2. Ovipositor sheath 0.6 length of hind tibia.

Host. According to literature, Maruca testulalis Geyer (Pyralidae) (You, 1979).

Material examined. 2♀♀, Mt. Longxi, Jiangle , Fujian, 1991.IX.30, Liu Changming, Nos. 20007220, 20007240 ; 1♀, Botanic Garden , Guangxi, 2002.X.30, Lin Naiquan, No. 20034960 ; 1♀, Jianfengling ( Tianchi ), Hainan, 2007.X.22–23, Liu Jingxian, No. 200710736 ; 1♀, Yacheng, Sanya , Hainan, 2008.XI.21, Tan Jiangli, No. 200805065 ; 1♀, Mt. Diaoluo , Hainan, 2007.VI.1–2, Liu Jingxian, No. 200703858 ; 1♀, Getiaopa (960m), Neixiang , Henan, 1998.VII.12, Chen Xuexin, No. 986018 .

Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Henan, Hunan).

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 38. Apanteles florus Nixon, 1965, a. propodeum and metasoma, dorsal view; b. hind wing; c. mesonotum and scutellum, dorsal view; d. head, dorsal view; e. head, frontal view; f. mesopleuron; g. fore wing; h. 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.