Agathacrista cancellata (Enderlein) Sharkey & Stoelb, 2013

Sharkey, Michael J. & Stoelb, Stephanie A. C., 2013, Revision of Agathacrista new genus (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae, Agathidini), Journal of Hymenoptera Research 33, pp. 99-112 : 107

Agathacrista cancellata (Enderlein) comb. n. Fig. 4

Agathis cancellata Enderlein, 1920

Diagnosis.

This species has the northern-most distribution and appears to be restricted to Taiwan where it is the only species present. Members come in two color morphs; one with the mesosoma bicolored and the other with the mesosoma entirely melanic. Agathacrista cancellata differs from all other members of the genus by the relatively smooth surface of metasomal median tergite 1 ( Fig. 1a in the identification key above).

Material examined.

Taiwan: Female: "Kanshirei, 20 xi 1928, col. J Sonan" (HIC). "Kanshirei, 10 xi 1926, col. J Sonan" (TARI). Female: "Taichung, Wufeng, Wanfeng, 2-7-v-1979, K.C. Chou" (HIC). Female: "Puli, Taichung. 16-19 v. 1956, K.S. Lin." (HIC). Female: "Taipei, 15.v.1964 K.S. Lin" (TARI). Male: "Shantimen, Pingtung Hsien, 28.III.-1.IV.1981, C.C. Chen & C.C. Pang" (TARI). Female: "12.x.1952, Coll. S. C. Cheu" (TARI). Female: "Arisan, 5-VIII-1981, Col. T. Shiraki" (TARI). Female: "Chungho, 28.V.1963, Col. H.H. Tseng" (TARI). Female: "Suo-Suigen 24.VIII.1930, Col. J. Sonan" (HIC). For a distribution map, click here.

Figures

Figure 1. NJ tree showing 28 S distances between species of Agathacrista.

Figure 4. Agathacrista cancellata. a lateral habitus b lateral head and mesosoma.