Aphelopus montanus Olmi, 1991, 1989

Xu, Zaifu, Olmi, Massimo & He, Junhua, 2013, Dryinidae of the Oriental region (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 3614 (1), pp. 1-460 : 27-28

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3614.1.1

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6498304

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Aphelopus montanus Olmi, 1991
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15. Aphelopus montanus Olmi, 1991

( Plate 7G View PLATE 7 )

Aphelopus montanus Olmi 1991: 114 ; He & Xu 2002: 58.

Description of Female. Fully winged; length 2.1–2.5 mm. Head black, except mandible testaceous; occasionally clypeus testaceous; antenna black; mesosoma black; metasoma black; legs brown, except procoxa and stalks of all femora testaceous. Antenna clavate; antennal segments in following proportions: 8:6:7:7:7:8:8:8:8:13. Head dull, granulated; frontal line complete; occipital carina complete; POL = 7; OL = 3; OOL = 3.5; OPL = 3; TL = 4; occasionally OPL longer than TL (6:4). Scutum and scutellum dull, granulated. Notauli incomplete, reaching approximately 0.8 length of scutum (0.7 length of scutum in specimen from China, Baimazhai); occasionally notauli complete and posteriorly separated. Metanotum shiny, smooth, unsculptured. Propodeum reticulate rugose, with posterior surface sculptured by two longitudinal keels. Fore wing with one dark transverse band beneath pterostigma. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.

Description of Male. Fully winged; length 2.3 mm. Head black, except mandible testaceous; antenna black; mesosoma black; metasoma black; legs testaceous, except metacoxa partly black and metafemur and metatibia brown. Antenna filiform; antennal segments in following proportions: 5:4:6:8:9:10:10:10:10:12. Head dull, granulated; frontal line complete; POL = 7; OL = 3; OOL = 4; OPL = 4; TL = 5; occipital carina complete. Scutum and scutellum dull, granulated. Notauli complete, posteriorly separated; minimum distance between notauli broader than greatest breadth of posterior ocelli. Metanotum shiny, smooth, unsculptured. Propodeum with dorsal surface reticulate rugose; posterior surface reticulate rugose, with two longitudinal keels. Fore wing with one dark transverse band. Basivolsella ( Plate 7G View PLATE 7 ) with two subdistal bistles, without outer basal process; aedeagus much longer than paramere. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.

Material examined. Types: holotype ♂: CHINA: Taiwan, Nantou, Meifeng , 2150 m, 29.V.1983, H. Townes leg. ( AEIC) . Paratypes: same locality label as holotype, 2♀♀ and 1♂ ( AEIC) ; same locality label as holotype, 22.V.1983, 1♀ ( AMNH) . Other material: CHINA: Sichuan, Pingwu, Baimazhai , 14.VII.2006, Hongying Zhang leg., 1♀ ( SCAU) .

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. China ( Taiwan, Sichuan).

He, J. & Xu, Z. (2002) Hymenoptera Dryinidae. Fauna Sinica, 29. Science Press, Beijing, China, 464 pp.

Olmi, M. (1991 [ 1989 ]) Supplement to the revision of the world Dryinidae (Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea). Frustula entomologica, N. S., 12 (25), 109 - 395.

Gallery Image

PLATE 7. A–D, F, G. Male genitalia. A. Aphelopus maculiceps from China, Bawangling (from Xu et al. 1999a). B. A. maculiceps, paratype (from Xu et al. 1999a). C. A. maculiceps, holotype. D. A. malayanus, holotype. E, F. A. mangshanensis, holotype (from Xu et al. 2011d). G. A. montanus, holotype. Scale bar 0.13 mm for A and B, 0.19 mm for C, 0.16 mm for D, 0.24 mm for F, 0.21 mm for G.

AEIC

USA, Florida, Gainesville, American Entomological Institute

AMNH

USA, New York, New York, American Museum of Natural History

AEIC

American Entomological Institute

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

SuperFamily

Chrysidoidea

Family

Dryinidae

Genus

Aphelopus