Apanteles cuneiformis Song & Chen, 2004

Liu, Zhen & Chen, Xue-xin, 2023, The taeniaticornis - group of genus Apanteles Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from China with one new species, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 96, pp. 21-31 : 21

Apanteles cuneiformis Song & Chen, 2004

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Apanteles cuneiformis Song & Chen, 2004: 42.

Diagnosis.

Vertex between the eye and the posterior ocellus shiny with superficial fine punctures; ocelli big, posterior imaginary tangent to fore ocellus transecting the posterior pair; antenna slightly longer than body length, with penultimate antennomere 2 × longer than wide; interspaces of punctures on mesoscutum obviously bigger than their diameter, without striations at posterior end of the imaginary course of the notaulices; areola on propodeum closed anteriorly, V-shaped apically, with strong costulae, three posterior fields somewhat uneven; pterostigma big, 2.8 × as long as its widest part, vein 1-R1 1.3 × longer than pterostigma, 6.2 × as long as its distance from the apex of the marginal cell, r 1.7 × longer than 2-SR, angled at their meeting; T1 strongly wedged-shaped, 5 × longer than hind width, turned-over part with rugose punctures laterally and deep concavity medially, T3 2.1 × as long as T2; legs mostly yellow, hind coxa brown to black; ovipositor sheath slightly shorter than hind tibia.

Variation.

Body length 2.4-2.6 mm.

Male.

Similar to female, except for antenna distinctly longer than body length, penultimate antennomere 2.1 × longer than wide and T2 higher.

Host.

Unknown.

Material examined.

ZJUH: 3♀♀, Letu , Nanjing, Fujian, 1991.V.23, Liu Changming, Nos. 20006107, 20006047, 20006130 ; 1♀, Nanjing , Fujian, 1991.VI.6, Pan Shen, No. 969562 ; 3♀♀ 3♂♂, Mt. Baxian , Taiwan, 2011.VI.4-5, Tang Pu, Nos. 201105226, 201105239, 201105277, 201105318, 201105273, 201105254 ; 2♂♂, Gaozhonglindao , Taiwan, 2011.VI.8, Tang Pu, Nos. 201105433, 201105437 ; 1♀, Sanchahe , Xishui, Guizhou, 2000.IX.22, Li Guiren, No. 200102301 ; 1♀, Changqiangou , Xishui, Guizhou, 2000.IX.29, Ma Yun, No. 200102730 .

Distribution.

China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Taiwan, Yunnan).

Figures

Figure 2. Apanteles cuneiformis Song & Chen, 2004 a habitus, lateral view b fore wing c hind wing d head, frontal view e head, dorsal view f propodeum g mesosoma, dorsal view h abdomen, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.