Apanteles dryas Nixon, 1965

Liu, Zhen, He, Jun-Hua, Chen, Xue-Xin & Gupta, Ankita, 2020, The ater-group of the genus Apanteles Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from China with the descriptions of forty-eight new species, Zootaxa 4807 (1), pp. 1-205 : 78-80

Apanteles dryas Nixon, 1965

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Apanteles dryas Nixon, 1965: 85 . Holotype ♀ — Beijing, China [USNM]. Shenefelt, 1972: 495; Chen & Song, 2004: 50.

Diagnosis. Body length 2.7 mm, fore wing length 2.9 mm. Body black, basal half of hind femur reddish yellow, apical half blackish. Ocelli small, posterior tangent to anterior ocellus hardly touching posterior ocelli, distance between fore and hind ocellus slightly longer than diameter of hind ocellus. Antenna slightly shorter than body length, penultimate flagellomere about as long as wide. Interspaces between punctures on disc of mesonotum shorter than its diameter. Areola on propodeum strongly defined, closed with strong costulae. Pterostigma 2.6× as long as its widest part, vein 1-R1 1.2× longer than pterostigma, vein r slightly longer than vein 2-SR, distinctly angled at junction, vannal lobe beyond its widest part with a series of hairs. T1 nearly parallel-sided, 1.7× longer than hind width, turned-over part dull, strongly rugose-punctate, longitudinal channel distinct; T2 slightly shiny, rough with wrinkles, 3.3× wider than long in the middle; T3 2.3× longer than T2. Ovipositor sheath 0.9 of longer than hind tibia.

Material examined. 1♀, Chong’an , Fujian, 1988.IX.8, Lin Changfu, Nos. 20007498 ; 3♀♀, Xianyou , Fujian, 1987.IX.28, Wu Zujian, Nos. 9610382, 9611926, 9611932 ; 2♀♀, Mt. Wuyi , Fujian, 1985.VII.29, Lin Naiquan, Nos. 968362, 968364 ; 2♀♀, Daheba, Mayanghe , Guizhou, 2007.X.1–3, Liu Jingxian, Nos. 200709535, 200709551 ; 2♀♀, Wanjia, Mayanghe , Guizhou, 2007.IX.27–30, ditto, Nos. 200708610, 200708751 ; 3♀♀, Mt. Fanjing , Gui- zhou, 2001.VII.29, Piao Meihua, Nos. 200701895, 200701944, 200701912 ; 2♀♀, Huaxi, Guiyang , Guizhou, 1992. IX.18, Yang Xiaolong, Nos. 20004738, 20004762 ; 1♀, Guiyang , Guizhou, 1982.VII, Song Xuepei, No. 835036 ; 1♀, Majiang , Guizhou, 1979, Zhou Shengzhen, No. 860493 ; 2♀♀, Nanjing , Jiangsu, 1989.IX.26, Huang Bangkan, Nos. 20004624, 20004581 ; 1♀, Tonghua , Jilin, 1994.VIII.1, Lou Juxian, No. 976604 ; 1♀, Laotuding, Shenyang , Liaoning, yellow trap, 2011.VII.18,?, No. 201103781 ; 1♂, Forest Park, Shenyang , Liaoning, 2011.VII.15, Zhang Rui, No. 201103588 ; 1♂, ditto, 2011.VII.17, Yan Chengjin, No. 201103565 ; 1♀, Liaowangta, Jinshan, Tongbi- guan, Yingjiang , Yunnan, 2009.V.19, Wang Manman, No. 200904093 ; 2♀♀, Wulinguangchang, Hangzhou , Zhejiang, 2003.VII.5, Wan Zhiwei, Nos. 20056347, 20056336 ; 1♀, Zhaohui Park, Hangzhou , Zhejiang, 2003.VIII.5, Yu Xiaoxia, No. 20056940 ; 1♀, Xixi Park, Hangzhou , Zhejiang, 2003.VIII.5, ditto, No. 20056722 ; 1♀, ditto, 2003. VII.15, ditto, No. 20056623 ; 1♀, Hangzhou , Zhejiang, 1989.VII.14, He Junhua, No. 895698 ; 1♀, Botanic Park, Hangzhou , Zhejiang, 2003.VII.5, Pan Jiadong, No. 20056088 ; 2♂♂, Mt. Tianmu , Zhejiang, 1982.X.8–10, Ma Yun, No. 826177 ; 1♀, Laodian to Xianrending, Mt. Tianmu (1250–1547m), Zhejiang, 1988.V.17–18, Chen Xuexin, No. 882422 ; 1♀, Chanyuansi, Mt. Tianmu , Zhejiang, 1988.V.16, Fan Jinjiang, No. 884364 ; 1♀, Chanyuansi to Xian- rending, Mt. Tianmu , Zhejiang, 1988.V.16–18, Guo?, No. 882948 ; 1♀, Jinshanmen, Mt. Tianmu , Zhejiang, 1998. IX.26, Zhao Mingshui, No. 20002700 ; 1♀, Sanmuping, Mt. Tianmu , Zhejiang, light trap, 1998.VII.29, ditto, No. 999192 ; 1♀, Shanzhuang, Mt. Tianmu , Zhejiang, 1998.VIII.17, ditto, No. 999955 ; 1♀, Laodian, Mt. Tianmu , Zhe- jiang, 1998.VI.13, Chen Xuexin, No. 980700 ; 1♀, Mt. Gutian, Conghua , Zhejiang, 2003.VIII.19, Liu Jingxian, No. 20055848 ; 3♀♀ 1♂, Yiwu , Zhejiang, 1986.VIII.1–3, Lou Xiaoming, Nos. 863653, 863584, 863615(♂), 863591 ; 2♀♀, Dongyang , Zhejiang, 1986.VIII.10, Xu Weiliang, Nos. 862441, 862490 ; 7♀♀ 1♂, Jinhua , Zhejiang, 1983. VIII.4, Shi Zuhua, Nos. 831952(5), 831953(3) ; 1♀, ditto (coll. in rice field), 1980.IX–X, Ma Yun, No. 803608 .

Distribution. China (Beijing, Fujian, Guizhou, Jiangsu, Jilin, Liaoning, Yunnan, Zhejiang).

Figures

FIGURE 35. Apanteles dryas Nixon, 1965, a. propodeum and metasoma, dorsal view; b. head, frontal view; c. hind wing; d. fore wing; e. mesonotum and scutellum, dorsal view; f. mesopleuron; g. head, dorsal view; h. habitus, lateral view. Scale line = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 100. 33–47: Distribution map of ater-group of the genus Apanteles Foerster, 1862. 33: A. dissimile Nixon, 1965; 34: A. distributa Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 35: A. dryas Nixon, 1965; 36: A. expansus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 37: A. flavibasalis Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 38: A. florus Nixon, 1965; 39: A. folia Nixon, 1965; 40: A. fraxinus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 41: A. fundum Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 42: A. fuscidentalis Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 43: A. galleriae Wilkinson, 1932; 44: A. gracilicorne Song & Chen, 2004; 45: A. Apanteles importunus Wilkinson, 1928; 46: A. jasmine Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 47: A. javensis Rohwer, 1919.