Contochorus van Achterberg, 1976

Lu, Qian-Yu, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Tang, Pu & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2023, The discovery of the subgenus Contochorus van Achterberg, 1976 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Brachistinae, Blacini, Blacus) in China, Zootaxa 5306 (2), pp. 277-287 : 278

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5306.2.7

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4253D27F-4D32-4878-93FF-9202A14485B8

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8061340

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038B87BD-FFBC-FFB2-16D9-FDF457D4FAC4

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Plazi

scientific name

Contochorus van Achterberg
status

 

Key to world species of subgenus Contochorus van Achterberg

1 Posterior half of notauli absent ( Figs 2D View FIGURE 2 , 6D View FIGURE 6 ); antennomeres of ♀ 16; length of eye of ♀ in dorsal view 0.8 × length of temple.............................................................................................. 2

- Posterior half of notauli complete ( Figs 4D View FIGURE 4 , 8D View FIGURE 8 ); antennomeres of ♀ 17–23; length of eye of ♀ in dorsal view 1.1–2.1 × length of temple............................................................................................ 3

2 Vein r of fore wing much shorter than maximum width of pterostigma ( Fig. 6I View FIGURE 6 ); third antennomere yellow; head longitudinal and flat in dorsal view, width of head in dorsal view 1.1 × its length; notauli present anteriorly; vein 2-CU1 of fore wing 3 × longer than vein 1-CU1 ( Fig. 6I View FIGURE 6 ); second tergite smooth...................................... B. (C.) planus sp. nov.

- Vein r of fore wing about as long as maximum width of pterostigma ( Fig. 2H View FIGURE 2 ); third antennomere dark brown; width of head in dorsal view 1.4 × its length; notauli absent anteriorly; vein 2-CU1 of fore wing 1.6 × longer than vein 1-CU1 ( Fig. 2H View FIGURE 2 ); second tergite rugose.................................................................... B. (C.) capillosus sp. nov.

3 Antennomeres of ♀ 17; notauli anteriorly smooth, without transverse carinae; middle claw of ♀ with blackish bristles; medial area of propodeum quadrangular, its height subequal to its width; width of head in dorsal view 1.4 × its length; lateral carina of scutellum slightly protruding apically........................................ B. (C.) glaber van Achterberg, 1976 View in CoL

- Antennomeres of ♀ 21–23; notauli with two transverse carinae anteriorly; middle claw of ♀ without blackish bristles; medial area of propodeum rectangular somewhat longer than wide; head transverse and flat in dorsal view, width of head in dorsal view 1.6–1.8 × its length; lateral carina of scutellum strongly protruding apically....................................... 4

4 First discal cell of fore wing widely truncate anteriorly; length of eye of ♀ in dorsal view 1.3–1.6 × length of temple; notauli comparatively narrow ( Fig. 8D View FIGURE 8 ); area behind prepectal carina less conspicuously crenulate..... B. (C.) turbidus Papp, 1985 View in CoL

- First discal cell of fore wing narrowly truncate anteriorly; length of eye of ♀ in dorsal view 1.7–2.1 × length of temple; notauli comparatively wide ( Fig. 4D View FIGURE 4 ); conspicuously crenulate behind prepectal carina.................................... 5

5 Vein M+CU of hind wing shorter than vein 1-M; notauli widened anteriorly; eye of ♀ in dorsal view 2.0–2.1 × length of temple; hind tarsus of ♀ somewhat shorter than hind tibia; tarsi (pale) brownish-yellow....................................................................................................... B. (C.) mellitarsis van Achterberg, 1988 View in CoL

- Vein M+CU of hind wing subequal to vein 1-M; notauli evenly wide anteriorly and posteriorly; eye of ♀ in dorsal view approx. 1.7 × length of temple; hind tarsus of ♀ as long as hind tibia; tarsi whitish-yellow...................................................................................................... B. (C.) epomidus van Achterberg, 1988 View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

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