Metapelma

Cao, Liang-Ming, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Tang, Yan-Long, Wang, Xiao-Yi & Yang, Zhong- Qi, 2020, Revision of parasitoids of Massicus raddei (Blessig & Solsky) (Coleoptera Cerambycidae) in China, with one new species and genus, Zootaxa 4881 (1), pp. 104-130 : 127

15. Metapelma sp.

Fig. 15

Material examined. 1♂, NE China, Liaoning Province, Kuandian County, Daxicha Forest , 20.VI.2010, N40°44′58″, E125°11′35″, 446 m altitude, Tang Yan-Long leg.

Hosts. Parasitoid of Massicus raddei (new record).

Distribution. China (Liaoning).

Remarks. Body length ♂ 6.1 mm. Only one male adult was reared from a larva of M. raddei . It is not M. beijingense Yang or M. zhangi Yang according to Cao et al. (2020); it has the scape and legs brown and the colour pattern of the mesoscutum deviates. It is possibly a third undescribed species of Metapelma in China, but given there is only a solitary male, we have refrained from describing this as a new species.

Figures

FIGURE 15. Metapelma sp. ♀ A Habitus, dorsal aspect, scale bar = 2 mm B Head and mesosoma, dorsal aspect, scale bar = 0.5 mm C Head and mesosoma, lateral view, scale bar = 1 mm D Hind left leg, scale bar = 1.5 mm.