Cheiloneurus nankingensis Li & Xu, 2020

Wang, Haiyang, Cui, Wenyu, Xi, Chunxiang, Cao, Xinyu, Li, Weiqiong & Zu, Guohao, 2024, A taxonomic study of Cheiloneurus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) from China, ZooKeys 1198, pp. 143-172 : 143

Cheiloneurus nankingensis Li & Xu, 2020

Figs 87-89 , 99-104 , 105-106

Cheiloneurus nankingensis Li and Xu 2020: 23. Holotype ♀, ZAFU, China; digital image examined.

Material examined.

China - Guangxi • 6♀; Qinzhou, Beibu Culf University ; 21°53'53"N, 108°36'56"E; 24 m elev.; 02-17 Nov. 2019, 01-29 Dec. 2019; Wen-Quan Zhen leg.; by Malaise trapping; TJAU-GX-CHE-061 to 066 - Jiangxi • 6♀, 2♂; Jiujiang, De’an; 29°16'6"N, 115°22'38"E; 64 m elev.; 17-19 Aug. 2020, 06-07 Sep. 2020; Yan-Yan Qiao leg.; ex. Aenasius arizonensis on Phenacoccus solenopsis ; TJAU-JX-CHE-001 to 008 - Jiangsu • 2♂; Nanjing, Nanjing Agricultural University ; 32°01'10"N, 118°51'21"E; 18 m elev.; 01-31 Oct. 2019; Zhuo-Miao Li leg.; ex. Aenasius arizonensis on Phenacoccus solenopsis ; TJAU-JS-CHE-001 to 002 .

Diagnosis.

Female. Length, excluding ovipositor, 1.54-1.75 mm; head (Fig. 99 ) dark brown, with purple sheen; antennal (Fig. 100 ) scape and pedicel yellowish brown; funicle and clava dark; fore and mid legs yellowish brown, except middle part of mid tibia brown; hind femur and tibia brown, except tibial base white.

Description.

See Li et al. (2020).

Host.

Encyrtidae : Aenasius arizonensis ; Pseudococcidae : Phenacoccus solenopsis ( Li et al. 2020).

Distribution.

China (Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Guangxi).

Comments.

This species is very similar to C. compressicommis (Ashmead, 1894). After comparing with the original description and the text description and figures by Noyes (2023), it was found that C. nankingensis is only slightly different from C. compressicommis in the color of the male forewing. For this reason, we examined the paratype specimens from Nanjing and the specimens collected from Jiangxi, and reconfirmed the above differences. Therefore, we maintain the same view as Noyes, and the species is still designated as C. nankingensis here.

Figures

Figures 84 - 92. 84 - 86 Cheiloneurus hadrodorys ♀ 84 dorsal habitus 85 lateral habitus 86 ventral habitus 87 - 89 Cheiloneurus nankingensis ♀ 87 dorsal habitus 88 lateral habitus 89 ventral habitus 90 - 92 Cheiloneurus quercus ♀ 90 dorsal habitus 91 lateral habitus 92 ventral habitus.

Figures 99 - 104. Cheiloneurus nankingensis ♀ 99 head 100 antenna 101 mesosoma and metasoma 102 fore wing 103 hind wing 104 legs. Scale bars: 100 μm.

Figures 105, 106. Cheiloneurus nankingensis ♂ 105 antenna 106 fore wing. Scale bars: 100 μm.