Pediobius narangae Sheng & Wang, 1994

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14. Pediobius narangae Sheng & Wang, 1994

( Figs 13 , 33 e)

Pediobius narangae Sheng & Wang, 1994: 102 –103; ♀♂. Holotype ♀, IZCAS, examined.

Diagnosis. Antennal flagellum brownish yellow ( Fig. 13 a). Scape, pedicel and coxae concolorous with body, metallic blue green. Frontofacial sutures strongly obtuse, about 140° ( Fig. 33 e). Scutellum broader than long. Female femora dark brown with dark blue reflections basally but male femora more vividly green; tibiae dark brown basally and merging to pale brown or brownish yellow apically. Female gaster slender, and narrower than mesosoma; large Gt1 occupying about 2/3 length of gaster, with very slightly elongate reticulation posteromedially.

Material examined. Holotype ♀, CHINA, Jiangxi, Nanchang, Meiling , VIII.1973, coll. Jin-Kun Sheng ( IZCAS), ex. the pupae of Naranga aenescens (Moore) . Paratypes: 3♀ 1♂, same data as the holotype .

Biology. The type specimens of P. narangae were reared from the pupae of Naranga aenescens (Moore) ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ).

Distribution in China. Jiangxi.

Remarks. Until now, P. narangae has only been known from its type specimens. In the original description, Sheng & Wang (1994) stated that P. narangae was similar to P. inexpectatus . Although P. inexpectatus is not assigned to a specie group because of the limited number of species treated in this study, we refer both species as belonging to different species groups and we include P. narangae in the facialis -group based on its morphological similarities with P. narangae and P. tortricida . Pediobius inexpectatus can be distinguished from the facialis -group by distinct notauli and reduced dorsellum (see also remarks under P. inexpectatus ). The antennae of P. narangae and P. tortricida are stouter than that of P. facialis . Both P. narangae and P. tortricida have antennal flagellum and tibia light-colored ( Figs 13 b, 14c). Compared with P. tortricida , female femora of P. narangae is dark brown only with dark blue reflections basally ( Fig. 13 b). Besides characters given in the key, females of P. narangae has scutellum broader than long. Pediobius narangae can be easily separated from P. facialis and P. tortricida by the strongly obtuse-angled frontofacial sutures (see couplet 28 of the key).

Figures

FIGURE 13. Pediobius narangae Sheng & Wang, 1994. a: female, body in dorsal view; b: female, body in ventral view; c: male, body in dorsal view; d: male, body in lateral view. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 33. Pediobius spp., head in front view. a: Pediobius bisulcatus Cao & Zhu, sp. n., female; b: Pediobius elongatus Cao & Zhu, sp. n., female; c: Pediobius petiolapilus Cao & Zhu, sp. n., female; d: Pediobius prominentis Cao & Zhu, sp. n., female; e: Pediobius narangae Sheng & Wang, 1994, female; f: Pediobius tortricida Cao & Zhu, sp. n., female; g: Pediobius saulius (Walker, 1839), female; h: Pediobius saulius (Walker, 1839), male. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.