Stantonia tianmushana Chen, He & Ma, 2004

Achterberg, Cornelis van, Long, Khuat Dang & Chen, Xue-xin, 2017, Review of Stantonia Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Orgilinae) from Vietnam, China, Japan, and Russia, with descriptions of six new species, ZooKeys 723, pp. 61-119 : 100

Stantonia tianmushana Chen, He & Ma, 2004 Figs 95, 96, 111

Stantonia sp. C Braet & Quicke, 2004: 1522.

Stantonia tianmushana Chen, He & Ma, 2004: 364-365, 533.

Material.

1 ♀ (RMNH), N. Vietnam: Vinh Phu, Tam Dao, 700 m, Pinus forest, 14.ii.1990, S.A. Belokobylskij; 1 ♀ (ZISP), id., but 1000 m; 1 ♀ (ZISP), N. Vietnam, Ba Vi, 70 km NW Ha Noi, 400 m; 1 ♀ (RMNH), "N. Vietnam: Hai Phong, Cat Ba N.P., 95 m, 20°48'2"N, 107°0'18"E, 18-24.x.2009, Mal. tr., C. v. Achterberg & R. de Vries, RMNH’09”; 1 ♀ (IEBR), “Orgi.070”, "NC Vietnam: Ha Tinh, Vu Quang N.P., 4.x.2009, K.D. Long".

Diagnosis.

Antenna of ♀ without white or ivory segments and largely dark brown; anterior tentorial pits dorsally above lower level of eyes and malar space comparatively short; frons brownish yellow medially; clypeus convex; vertex finely to moderately punctate; middle lobe of mesoscutum brownish yellow medially; mesopleuron ventrally and mesosternum yellowish brown; propodeum with satin sheen and with coarse transverse rugae; vein r-m of fore wing partly pigmented (Fig. 111); fore wing subhyaline apically (Fig. 111); humeral plate partly brown or dark brown; ventrally hind femur densely micro-sculptured and matt, ventrally nearly entirely yellowish; hind femur slender (Fig. 111); hind coxa with satin sheen dorsally; hind basitarsus slender and rather adpressed setose (Fig. 111); first metasomal tergite of ♀ 3.0-3.6 times as long as its apical width; apex of first tergite and base of second tergite yellowish brown; second tergite of ♀ 1.6-1.7 times as long as wide; second metasomal suture straight and medial area behind suture flat or nearly so; second epipleuron entirely yellowish; length of ovipositor sheath 0.25-0.32 times fore wing, approximately half as long as metasoma; length of body 4-5 mm.

Variation.

First tergite 3.0-3.6 times as long as wide apically.

Distribution.

China (Zhejiang), *Vietnam (Vinh Phuc (Tam Dao N.P.); Ha Noi (Ba Vi N.P.); Ha Tinh (Vu Quang N.P.)). New record for Vietnam.