Polydegmon sinuatus Foerster, 1862

Yan, Cheng-Jin, He, Jun-Hua & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2013, Two genera Foersteria Szépligeti, 1896 and Polydegmon Foerster, 1862 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Brachistinae) from China, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 3683 (2), pp. 178-184 : 183

Polydegmon sinuatus Foerster, 1862

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Polydegmon sinuatus Foerster, 1862: 242 ; Szépligeti, 1896: 147; Shenefelt, 1970: 274; Tobias, 1971: 221; Tobias, 1976: 98; Papp, 1983: 316; Tobias, 1986: 167; van Achterberg, 1990: 16 –17; Papp, 1997: 111.

Pambolus pillichi Zilaki-Kiss, 1915: 27 ; Belokobylskij, 1986: 18 (synonymy with P. sinuatus ); van Achterberg, 1990: 16; Papp, 1997: 111.

Diagnosis. Clypeus usually largely punctate or with elongate depression dorsally and rather flat ( Figure 2 , b.); face usually (largely) densely punctate; malar suture distinct; length of malar space 1.3 times basal width of mandible; length of eye in dorsal view equal to temple ( Figure 2 , d.); metasoma slender, its third tergite in lateral view rather slender ( Figure 2 , i.); antennal segments 30–34; length of antenna of female 1.0–1.1 times fore wing; length of vein 1-R1 of fore wing 1.2–1.3 times length of pterostigma; length of ovipositor sheath 1.2–1.5 times fore wing.

Material examined. 4Ƥ, China, Xinjiang Prov., Hami, V–VI.2002, Hu Hongying, No. 20036486, 20036510, 20036512, 20036513.

Distribution. Xinjiang Province, China, new record; Palaearctic region ( Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia).

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FIGURE 2. Polydegmon sinuatus Foerster, 1862. a. habitus, lateral aspect; b. head, frontal aspect; c. head, lateral aspect; d. head, dorsal aspect; e. fore wing; f. mesosoma, dorsal aspect; g. 1 st- 3 rd abdominal tergites, dorsal aspect; h. mesosoma, lateral aspect; i. hind femur and tibia, lateral aspect.