Asecodes sinense (Ling)

Li, Ming-Rui & Li, Cheng-De, 2021, A new species of Asecodes Foerster (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) and first record of A. reticulatum (Kamijo) from China, with a key to Chinese species, ZooKeys 1049, pp. 1-14 : 1

Asecodes sinense (Ling)

Fig. 17

Desmatocharis sinensis Ling, 2000: 260.

Material examined.

2♀ [NEFU; 1 on card, 1 on slide], China, Sichuan Province, Guangyuan City , Qingchuan County, 22.VIII.2015, Ye Chen and Chao Zhang, sweeping ; 2♀ [NEFU; 1 on card, 1 on slide], CHINA, Yunnan Province, Lvchun County, Huanglianshan Natural Reserve , 18.I.2019, Jun-Jie Fan, Jun Wu and Ting-Ting Zhao, sweeping .

Diagnosis.

Female. Scape compressed, pedicel slightly shorter than half the length of F1; mesoscutellum with anterior 2/3 reticulated, posterior 1/3 smooth and shiny; fore wing with an infuscate transverse band below MV; metasoma longer than head plus mesosoma (ratio length of: metasoma: head: mesosoma about 5.2:1:3.5); gaster oblong ovate, about 2.2 times as long as its maximum width.

Host.

Unknown.

Distribution.

China (Yunnan (new record) and Sichuan ( Ling 2000) Provinces).

Comments.

The original description of Asecodes sinense was given by Ling (2000). This species is similar to A. turcicum in having the fore wing with an infuscate transverse band below MV; mesoscutellum with anterior 2/3 reticulated, posterior 1/3 smooth and shiny. It can be separated from A. turcicum by its oblong ovate gaster, which distinctly longer than mesosoma (metasoma subequal to mesosoma in A. turcicum ).

Figures

Figure 17. Asecodes sinense (Ling), female 17 habitus in lateral view. Scale bar: 200 μm.