Apanteles latisulca Chen & Song, 2004

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 : 105-107

Apanteles latisulca Chen & Song, 2004

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Apanteles latisulca Chen & Song, 2004: 60 . Holotype ♀ — Fujian, China [FAFU].

Diagnosis. Body length 2.5 mm, fore wing length 2.8 mm. Body black, hind femur yellowish. Ocelli large, posterior tangent to anterior ocellus slightly transecting posterior ocelli, distance between fore and hind ocellus slightly short- er than diameter of hind ocellus. Antenna slightly shorter than body length, penultimate flagellomere slightly longer than wide. Interspaces between punctures on disc of mesonotum smaller than its diameter on pronotum. Areola on propodeum closed basally, V-shaped apically, with strong costulae, posterio-lateral parts with numerous irregular carinae. Pterostigma 2.9× as long as its widest part, vein 1-R1 1.2× as long as pterostigma, vein r 1.8× longer than 2-SR, angled at junction. T1 nearly parallel-sided, 2.1× longer than hind width, turned-over part dull, with strong rugosity, longitudinal channel indistinct; T2 shiny and polished, 4.0× wider than long in the middle; T3 2.8× longer than T2. Ovipositor sheath 0.9 length of hind tibia.

Material examined. 1♀, Chibi, Yongqin , Fujian, 2002.IX.17, Liu Jingxian, No. 20023622 ; 5♀♀, Tianbaoyan, Yongan , Fujian, 2001.VII.15–19, Piao Meihua, Nos. 200106755, 200107055, 200106740, 200106725, 20020350 ; 1♀, Letu, Nanjing , Fujian, 1991.VII.8, Liu Changming, No. 20006175 ; 2♀♀, Mt. Longxi, Jiangle , Fujian, 1991. VII.1, ditto, Nos. 20006424, 20006458 ; 2♀♀, Mt. Wuyi , Fujian, 2007.VIII.22–25, Xie Cuihong, Nos. 200807107, 200807105 ; 3♀♀, Dazhulan, Mt. Wuyi , Fujian, 1983.VII.31, Ma Yun, Nos. 832344, 832345, 832395 ; 1♀, Chishui Village (700m), Dehua , Fujian, 2002.IX.13, Wang Yiping, No. 20025564 ; 6♀♀, Mt. Qingyun, Yongqin , Fujian, 2002.IX.18, Yu Xiaoxia, Nos. 20023492, 20023498, 20023502, 20023184, 20023212, 20023363 ; 1♀, Mt. Mei- hua, Shanghang , Fujian, 1988.VII.24, Huang Jian, No. 20005052 ; 5♀♀, Dawuding, Dawuling , Guangdong, 2001. X.4, Xu Zaifu, Nos. 20020804, 20020717, 20020769, 20020771, 20020773 ; 9♀♀, ditto, 2001.X.3 /5, ditto, Nos. 20021097, 20020986, 20021079, 20020963, 20021093, 20020474, 20020529, 20020538, 20020567 ; 1♀, Linchang- fangbu, Dawuling , Guangdong, 2001.X.6, ditto, No. 20021183 ; 2♀♀, Dawuling , Guangdong, 2002.V.1–6, ditto, Nos. 20026009, 20026021 ; 4♀♀, Chebaling, Shixing , Guangdong, 2002.V.25 /IV.19, Xu Zaifu, Nos. 20051554, 20051126, 20051257, 20050497 ; 1♀, Fengxi, Meizhou , Guangdong, 2003.VII.29, Chen Jujian, No. 20048408 ; 1♀, Mt. Guanyin, Fogang , Guangdong, 2007.IX.15–16, ditto, No. 200711541 ; 1♀, Rongshui , Guangxi, 2003.VIII.5, Wang Yiping, No. 20037965 ; 1♀, Tongzhonglinchang, Mt. Shiwandashan (300–400m), Guangxi, 2001.XII.3, Ma Yun, No. 20021725 ; 1♀, Hongqilinchang, Mt. Shiwandashan (265–450m), Guangxi, 2001.XI.30, ditto, No. 20021586 ; 2♀♀, Nonggang, Longzhou , Guangxi, 1982.V.18 /20, He Junhua, Nos. 822194, 822181 ; 1♀, Neichao, Mt. Daming , Guangxi, 2011.VIII.12, Yan Chengjin, No. 201101045 ; 1♀, Mt. Daming (846m), Guangxi, 2011. VIII.10, Liu Zhen, No. 201100962 ; 1♀, 9km to Hanjiangqiao, Mt. Daming , Guangxi, 2011.VIII.11, Yan Chengjin, No. 201101017 ; 2♀♀, Mt. Diaoluo , Hainan, 2007.V.28–VI.1, Zeng Jie, Nos. 200806674, 200806685 ; 4♀♀, Ji- anfengling, Hainan, 2007.VI.5–7, Liu Jingxian, Nos. 200703710, 200806410, 200806409, 200809175 ; 1♀, Ying- geling, Baisha , Hainan, 2008.XI.18, Tan Jiangli, No. 200805266 ; 2♀♀, ditto, 2007.V.28–VI.3, Weng Liqiong, Nos. 200804118, 200804237 ; 1♀, Bawangling , Hainan, 2007.VI.9–10, Zeng Jie, No. 200804535 ; 2♀♀, Mt. Tianmu, Lin’an , Zhejiang, 1993.VI.11, Chen Xuexin, Nos. 935123, 935338 ; 1♀, Hangzhou , Zhejiang, 1991.VI.28, Lv Zhongxian, No. 911522 ; 2♀♀, Songyang , Zhejiang, 1989.IX.7 /X.10, Chen Yinfang, Nos. 896794, 896671 .

Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan).

Remarks. Characters of the examined specimens mostly agree with the published descriptions except vein 1- CU1 slightly shorter than 2-CU1.

Figures

FIGURE 50. Apanteles latisulca Chen & Song, 2004, a. habitus, lateral view; b. fore wing; c. head, dorsal view; d. metasoma, dorsal view; e. hind wing; f. mesonotum and scutellum, dorsal view; g. propodeum; h. mesopleuron; i. head, frontal view. Scale line = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 101. 48–59: Distribution map of ater-group of the genus Apanteles Foerster, 1862. 48: A. latericarinatus Song & Chen, 2001; 49: A. lateroglabris Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 50: A. latisulca Chen & Song, 2004; 51: A. Apanteles limus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 52: A. longicoxa Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 53: A. longidiscus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 54: A. longirostris Chen & Song, 2004; 55: A. lunata Song & Chen, 2004; 56: A. magastigma Liu & Chen, sp. nov; 57: A. masoni Chen & Song, 2004; 58: A. medon Nixon, 1965; 59: A. muscosalis Liu & Chen, sp. nov.