Apanteles lunata Song & Chen, 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 : 115-117

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Apanteles lunata Song & Chen, 2004: 68 . Holotype ♀ — Jilin, China [FAFU]

Diagnosis. Body length 2.2 mm, fore wing length 2.5 mm. Body black, hind femur yellow. Posterior tangent to anterior ocellus slightly transecting posterior ocelli, distance between fore and hind ocellus as long as diameter of hind ocellus. Antenna distinctly longer than body length, penultimate flagellomere 1.7× longer than wide. Interspaces between punctures on disc of mesonotum distinctly shorter than its diameter. Areola on propodeum closed, V-shaped apically, with strong costulae, posterio-lateral parts with much carinae. Pterostigma 2.8× as long as its widest part, vein 1-R1 as long as pterostigma, vein r 1.8× longer than vein 2-SR, weakly angled at junction. T1 parallel-sided, 1.5× longer than hind width, turned-over part slightly shiny, with longitudinal striation laterally, longitudinal channel narrow and smooth; T2 shiny and nearly polished, except weak wrinkles, 3.9× wider than long in the middle; T3 2.3× longer than T2. Ovipositor sheath 0.8 length of hind tibia.

Material examined. 1♀, Mt. Longxi , Jiangle, Fujian, 1991.VII.16, Liu Changming, No. 20007133 ; 2♀♀, Jinxixiang , Jianning, Fujian, 2002.IX.25, Ruan Desong, Nos. 20024262, 20024263 ; 1♀, Tianbaoyan , Yongan, Fu- jian, 2001.VII.19, Piao Meihua, No. 200106977 ; 1♀, Chendi , Liancheng, Fujian, 1988.VIII.21, Huang Jian, No. 20005464 ; 1♀, Jinshan , Fuzhou, Fujian, 1988.VI.18, Huang Jian, No. 20009165 ; 1♀, Buyun , Shanghang, Fujian, 1988.VII.22–24, Ma Yun, No. 885283 ; 1♀, Tongmu , Mt. Wuyi, Fujian, 1983.VIII.2–6, He Junhua, No. 832880 ; 1♀, Nanling , Ruyuan, Guangdong, 2003.VII.23, Xu Zaifu, No. 20049104 ; 1♀, Pingying , Mt. Jiuwandashan, Guangxi, 2003.VII.30, Wang Yiping, No. 20037570 ; 4♀♀, Wanjia , Mayanghe, Guizhou, 2007.X.1–3, Zhu Lanlan, Nos. 200709372, 200709355, 200709337, 200709362 ; 1♀, Guiyang , Guizhou, 1983.X.16, He Junhua, No. 834625 ; 1♀, Mt. Diaoluo , Hainan, 2007.V.28–VI.1, Zeng Jie, No. 200806689 ; 1♀, Yinggeling , Hainan, 2008.XI.17, Wang Manman, No. 200805455 ; 1♀, Zhangjiajie , Hunan, 1996.X.15–21, ditto, No. 9611791 ; 1♀, Tangyu , Shaanxi, 1998.VI.1, Du Yuzhou, No. 981178 ; 1♀, Zhangjiashan Park , Yaan, Sichuan, 2006.VII.14, Zhang Hongying, No. 200613538 ; 2♀♀, Mt. Emei , Sichuan, 2006.VIII.1–2, Gao Zhilei, Nos. 200613063, 200613021 ; 2♀♀, Mingchi , Yilan, Taiwan, 2011.VI.13, Tang Pu, Nos. 201104898, 201104884 ; 1♀, Jietouxiang , Tengchong, Yunnan, 2006. VII.11–12, Zeng Jie, No. 200801704 ; 1♀, Baishanzu (1856m), Qingyuan, Zhejiang, 2003.VIII.13, Wu Qiong, No. 20058650 ; 1♀, Mt. Tianmu , Zhejiang, 1984.VI.25, Chen Xuexin, No. 842629 ; 1♀, ditto, 1984.VII.30–31, Qian Ying, No. 843123 ; 12♀♀ 5♂♂, ditto, 1982.X.8–10, Ma Yun, Nos. 826839, 826181, 826179, 826182, 826178, 826838, 826180 ; 3♀♀ 1♂, ditto, 1982.X.16, He Junhua, No. 826326 ; 4♀♀ 6♂♂, ditto, 1982.X.9, Zhu Kunyan, Nos. 826010, 826063 ; 2♀♀, ditto, 1983.VI.18–19, Ma Yun, Nos. 831436, 831287 ; 2♀♀, Mt. Mogan , Zhejiang, 1984. VIII.9–12, ditto, Nos. 845317, 845286 .

Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jilin, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang).

Remarks. Characters of the examined specimens mostly agree with the previous descriptions except T2 slightly narrower and antenna longer.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Braconidae
Genus	Apanteles