Apanteles javensis Rohwer, 1919

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 : 100

Apanteles javensis Rohwer, 1919

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Apanteles javensis Rohwer, 1919: 567 . Holotype ♀ — Java, Indonesia [USNM]. Wilkinson, 1928: 113;, 1953: 68; Nixon, 1965: 98; Shenefelt, 1972: 541; Rao, 1961: 32–46; Chen & Song, 2004: 57; You, 1981: 24–25.

Diagnosis. Body length 2.4 mm, fore wing length 2.7 mm. Body black, hind femur black. Ocelli small, posterior tangent to anterior ocellus hardly touching posterior ocelli, distance between fore and hind ocellus about as long as diameter of hind ocellus. Antenna slightly shorter than body length, penultimate flagellomere 1.5× longer than wide. Pronotum with striation, interspaces between punctures on disc of mesonotum as long as its diameter. Areola on propodeum open anteriorly, V-shaped apically, without costulae. Pterostigma 2.9× as long as its widest part, vein 1-R1 as long as pterostigma, vein r 1.5× longer than 2-SR, weakly angled at junction. T1 nearly parallel-sided at anterior half, constricted towards apex from middle, 2.5× longer than hind width, turned-over part shiny, mostly smooth, longitudinal channel indistinct; T2 shiny and polished, 3.0× wider than long in the middle; T3 1.9× longer than T2. Ovipositor sheath 0.8 length of hind basitarsus.

Hosts. According to literature, Mycalesis perseus (Fabricius) , Parnara conjuncta Herrich-Schaffer , Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius) and Stomopteryx nerteria (Meyrick) ( Yu et al. 2016) .

Material examined. 2♀♀, Tongmu, Mt. Wuyi , Fujian, 2009.IV.15, Zeng Jie, Nos. 200900538, 200900542 ; 1♀, Mt. Longxi, Jiangle , Fujian, 1991.VII.1, Liu Changming, No. 20006603 ; 1♀, Mt. Guanyin, Fogang , Guangdong, 2007.IX.15–16, Xu Zaifu, No. 200711419 ; 1♀, Datianding, Dawuling , Guangdong, 2001.X.3, Xu Zaifu, No. 20020579 ; 1♀, Jiangling , Hubei, 1982.IX.2, He Junhua, No. 824696 ; 1♀, Bifengxia, Yaan , Sichuan, 2006. VII.17, Zhang Hongying, No. 200613725 ; 1♀, Xianrending, Mt. Tianmu , Zhejiang, 2011.VII.27, Liu Zhen, No. 201101447 ; 1♀, Laodian to Xianrending, Mt. Tianmu , Zhejiang, 1988.V.16–18, Fan Jinjiang, No. 884402 ; 1♀, Mt. Mogan , Zhejiang, 1984.VIII.9–12, Qian Ying, No. 845278 ; 1♀, Hangzhou , Zhejiang, 1985.VII.11, Liu Fuming, No. 851381 .

Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hubei, Sichuan, Zhejiang); India, Indonesia-Java, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam.

Figures

FIGURE 47. Apanteles javensis Rohwer, 1919, a. habitus, lateral view; b. wings; c. mesonotum and scutellum, dorsal view; d. propodeum and metasoma, dorsal view; e. head, frontal view; f. head, dorsal view; g. mesopleuron. Scale line = 0.5 mm.

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.