Atanycolus yangi, Cao & Xie & Wang & Wang & Poland & Petrice & Yang, 2024

Cao, Liang-Ming, Xie, Ji-Yu, Wang, Xin-Geng, Wang, Xiao-Yi, Poland, Therese M., Petrice, Toby R. & Yang, Zhong-Qi, 2024, Description of a new species of the genus Atanycolus Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitizing Lamprodila nobilissima bellula (Lewis) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in China, Zootaxa 5448 (2), pp. 248-260 : 259

Key to Oriental and Palaearctic species similar to A. yangi sp. nov. in the genus Atanycolus

1 Female mesosoma totally black, male mesosoma black....................................................... 2

- Female mesosoma totally yellow to orange, male mesosoma most ( Fig. 22 ) or totally black (see Ahmed et al. 2022: Fig. 1b ) 6

2 Head red, only ocelli black (see Telenga 1936: key, redescription).......................... A. fulviceps (Kriechbaumer)

- Head totally black, or yellow to red with frons or ocellar large field black......................................... 3

3 Head black, except for eye orbits yellowish red........................................... A. denigrator (Linnaeus)

- Head yellow to red, sometimes with stemmaticum and frons black widely or narrowly.............................. 4

4 Metasoma usually totally yellow, sometimes first metasomal tergite brown (see Li et al. 2020: Fig. 8e ).................................................................................................... A. initiator (Fabricius)

- Metasoma with first tergite black (see Li et al. 2020: Figs 12j , 18j ); Triangular medio-basal area and antero-lateral areas of second tergite brown, other tergites yellow................................................................. 5

5 Head with stemmaticum and frons black, black area not extending backwards; temples weakly expanded behind eyes (see Li et al. 2020: key)..................................................................... A. setosus Li, He & Chen

- Head dorsally with a moderately large black and reverse guttiform spot around stemmaticum; temples strongly expanded behind eyes (see Li et al. 2020: key)....................................................... A. lindemani Tobias

6 Female body length 13 mm, epipleuron of first metasomal tergite and sternum yellow, second metasomal tergite totally orange (see Ahmed et al. 2022: Figs 2g, 2h )......................................... A. tangmargensis Ahmed, I. & Kazmi

- Female body length 7.5–10 mm, epipleuron of first metasomal tergite and sternum white, second metasomal tergite with marginal parts and sternum white, triangular medio-basal area and antero-lateral areas of second tergite black ( Figs 17 , 24 ).......................................................................... A. yangi Cao, Xie et Wang , sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 22–25. Male of Atanycolus yangi sp. nov. 22, Head and mesosoma in dorsal view. 23, Head and mesosoma in lateral view. 24, Metasoma in dorsal view. 25, Wings.

FIGURES 1–4. 1, Dead peach tree (Prunus persica) infested by Lamprodila nobilissima bellula and Aromia bungii. 2, Habitus of L. nobilissima bellula. 3, Trunk of P. persica damaged by L. nobilissima bellula. 4, Exterior trunk of P. persica with damage by L. nobilissima bellula (photo credit for 1–2: first author; 3–4: Yan-long Zhang, Ecology and Nature Conservation Institute, Chinese Academy of Forestry).

FIGURES 5–9. Atanycolus yangi sp. nov. adult female on trunk of P. persica. 5, Female resting on trunk of P. persica. 6, Female drilling into trunk of P. persica with ovipositor. 7, Male resting on trunk of P. persica. 8–9, Female drilling into log under laboratory rearing conditions.

FIGURES 10–12. Female of Atanycolus yangi sp. nov. 10, Habitus in dorsal view. 11, Head and mesosoma in dorsal view. 12, Habitus in lateral view.

FIGURES 16–19. Female of Atanycolus yangi sp. nov. 16, Antenna in lateral view. 17, Metasoma in dorsal view. 18, Wings. 19, Ovipositor tip in lateral view.