Apanteles longirostris Chen & Song, 2004

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 : 113-115

Apanteles longirostris Chen & Song, 2004

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Apanteles longirostris Chen & Song, 2004: 66 . Holotype ♀ — Fujian, China [FAFU].

Diagnosis. Body length 2.0 mm, fore wing length 2.8 mm. Body black, hind femur blackish. 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 about as long as body length, penultimate flagellomere 1.4× longer than wide. Interspaces between punctures on disc of mesonotum slightly shorter than its diameter. Areola on propodeum closed, V-shaped apically, with strong costulae, posterio-lateral parts unsculptured except some carinae. Pterostigma 2.4× as long as its widest part, vein 1-R1 1.2× longer than pterostigma, vein r 2.1× longer than vein 2-SR, curved at junction. T1 nearly parallel-sided, 3.0× longer than hind width, turned-over part slightly shiny, strongly rugose-punctate, longitudinal channel shallow; T2 shiny and nearly polished, except a few weak punctures laterally, 3.0× wider than long in the middle; T3 3.4× longer than T2. Ovipositor sheath slightly longer than hind tibia.

Material examined. 1♀, Mt. Xiaowuyi , Fujian, 1983.VII.26–29 , Ma Yun, No. 832283; 1♀, Buyun , Shang- hang, Fujian, 1988.VII.19–21 , ditto, No. 885070 ; 2♀♀, Meixian, Youxi , Fujian, 1988.X.15 , Lin Changfu, Nos. 20005255, 20005216; 1♀, Tianbaoyan, Yongan , Fujian, 2001.VII.17 , Piao Meihua, No. 20010687; 1♀, Liancheng , Fujian, 1988.VIII.17 , Huang Jian, No. 20005442; 2♀♀, Wufeng, Zhangzhou , Fujian, 1988.VIII.11 , ditto, Nos. 200010047, 200010067 ; 2♀♀, Longhai , Fujian, 1988.XI.10 , Lin Changfu, Nos. 20005320, 20005327; 2♀♀, Mt. Wuyi , Fujian, 2007.VIII.22–25 , Zeng Jie, Nos. 200806252, 200806238; 1♀, Nanling, Fuyuan , Guangdong, 2004. V.8 , Xu Zaifu, No. 20053600; 1♀, Nanling, Shanguan , Guangdong, 2006.V.10–14 , ditto, No. 200807717 ; 1♀, Nan- ling, Fuyuan , Guangdong, 2003.VII.23 , Xu Zaifu, No. 20049243; 1♀, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 1979.X, Ma Yun, No. 801210 ; 1♀, Suixi , Guangdong, 2007.VI.15–23 , Chen Huayan, No. 200807695; 4♀♀, Panlongxia, Deqing , Guangdong, 2003.X.4 , Xu Zaifu, Nos. 20054910, 20054872, 20054914, 20054918; 1♀, Datianding, Dawuling , Guangdong, 2001.X.5 , Xu Zaifu, No. 20021042; 1♀, Naqinxiang, Mt. Shiwandashan (150m), Guangxi, 2001. XII.1 , Ma Yun, No. 20021626 ; 1♀, Botanic Garden , Guangxi, 2002.X.30 , Lin Naiquan, No. 20034950; 1♀, Fangx- iangxiang (1000m), Mt. Leigong , Guizhou, 2005.VI.3 , Zhang Hongying, No. 200605696; 2♀♀, Xiaodanjiang, Mt. Leigong , Guizhou, 2005.VI.4–5 , Liu Jingxian, Nos. 200606478, 200606207; 2♀♀, Yinggeling , Hainan, 2008. XI.17 , Wang Manman, Nos. 200805461, 200805444; 1♀, Hongmaocun, Yinggeling , Hainan, 2007.V.23–25 , Zeng Jie, No. 200804432; 1♀, Jianfengling , Hainan, 2008.XI.22–23 , Wang Manman, No. 200805950; 2♀♀, Bawangling , Hainan, 2000.VIII.19 , Xu Zaifu, Nos. 200104371, 200104375; 1♀, Kaiyuan , Yunnan (coll. in wheat field), 1974. XI.11 , Li Weihua, No. 772082; 1♀, Mangkuanxiang, Baoshan , Yunnan, 2006.VII.18 , Zeng Jie, No. 200801881; 1♀, Longquan , Zhejiang, 1965.VII.20 , He Junhua, No. 65053.25; 1♀, Wenzhou , Zhejiang, 1983.VIII.8 , Shi Zuhua, No. 831970; 1♀, Dongyang , Zhejiang, 1986.VIII.10 , Xu Weiliang, No. 862440; 1♀, Huzhou , Zhejiang, 1995.IX.20 , Chen Xuexin, No. 964987; 1♀, Qingyuan , Zhejiang, 1985.VIII.1–2 , Wu Quancong, No. 851963; 1♀, Yuhang , Zhe- jiang, 1982.VI.21 , Ma Yun, No. 823919; 1♀, Qingyuan , Zhejiang, 1985.VII.26–27 , Wu Quancong, No. 851907.

Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan, Zhejiang).

Remarks. Characters of the examined specimens mostly agree with the published descriptions except scutellar sulcus at least with 10 carinae in between and hind femur yellowish brown to black.

Figures

FIGURE 54. Apanteles longirostris Chen & Song, 2004, a. habitus, lateral view; b. fore wing; c. head, dorsal view; d. propodeum and T1-3, dorsal view; e. mesopleuron; f. mesonotum and scutellum, dorsal view; g. head, frontal view; h. hind wing. Scale line = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 101. 48–59: Distribution map of ater-group of the genus Apanteles Foerster, 1862. 48: A. latericarinatus Song & Chen, 2001; 49: A. lateroglabris Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 50: A. latisulca Chen & Song, 2004; 51: A. Apanteles limus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 52: A. longicoxa Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 53: A. longidiscus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 54: A. longirostris Chen & Song, 2004; 55: A. lunata Song & Chen, 2004; 56: A. magastigma Liu & Chen, sp. nov; 57: A. masoni Chen & Song, 2004; 58: A. medon Nixon, 1965; 59: A. muscosalis Liu & Chen, sp. nov.