Gammabracon wangi sp. nov. Figures 15, 16

Material examined.

Holotype: ♀, China, Fujian Prov., Kangshang, 9.IX.1993, Wang Jiashe, No. 854314 (ZJUH).

Diagnosis.

This new species is very similar to Gammabracon uniformis sp. nov., but can be separated from the latter by the following characters: basal third of pterostigma yellow, and apical 2/3 dark brown (uniformly yellow in G. uniformis); hind leg yellow, tarsus infuscate (blackish brown); hind wing vein SC+R1 2.2 × longer than vein 1r-m (1.7 × vein 1r-m); hind femur 3.9 × as long as its maximum width (4.8 ×); fore wing vein cu-a slightly postfurcal (interstitial); medio-basal area of T II relatively large (small).

Description.

Holotype, ♀, length of body 10.5 mm, of fore wing 9.7 mm, of ovipositor sheath 17.1 mm.

Head. Antenna with 61 antennomeres; apical antennomere strongly acute, 1.9 × longer than its maximum width (Fig. 16k); penultimate antennomere 1.3 × longer than its maximum width, and 0.7 × as long as apical antennomere; median antennomeres 1.2 × longer than wide; third antennomere 1.3 and 1.4 × longer than fourth and fifth, respectively; third and fourth antennomeres 1.8 and 1.4 × longer than wide, respectively; length of maxillary palp 0.9 × height of head; malar suture with dense short setae (Fig. 16i); clypeus height: inter-tentorial distance: tentorio-ocular distance = 6: 11: 10; clypeus coarsely rugose, with sparse long setae; eye weakly emarginate (Fig. 16g); face coarsely sculptured, with some sparse and long setae (Fig. 16g); frons smooth, distinctly depressed behind antennal sockets, with a median groove (Fig. 16h); vertex smooth, with a few short setae; minimum distance between posterior ocelli: minimum diameter of elliptical posterior ocellus: minimum distance between posterior ocellus and eye = 5: 7: 18; temples largely smooth except for a few weak punctures, and with sparse long setae laterally, subparallel immediately behind eyes (Fig. 16h); in dorsal view length of eye 1.6 × temple.

Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.8 × its height (Fig. 16c); notauli distinctly impressed (Fig. 16d); scutellar sulcus wide and deep, with crenulae (Fig. 16d); scutellum with a weak emargination medio-anteriorly, and with some short setae posteriorly; metanotum convex medially, but without median carina anteriorly; propodeum largely smooth except for a few crenulae posteriorly, with sparse setae medially, and with dense long setae laterally (Fig. 16d).

Wings. Fore wing (Fig. 16a): SR1: 3-SR: r = 47: 31: 8; 2-SR: 3-SR: r-m = 19: 31: 10; m-cu 1.4 × longer than 3-CU1; cu-a weakly postfurcal. Hind wing (Fig. 16b): SC+R1 2.2 × longer than 1r-m; anterior margin weakly concave beyond the subbasal cell.

Legs. Length of fore femur: tibia: tarsus = 34: 38: 52; length of hind femur: tibia: basitarsus = 45: 77: 28; length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg 3.9, 11.8 and 9.3 × their maximum width, respectively (Fig. 16f); hind tibial spurs 0.3 and 0.2 × as long as hind basitarsus.

Metasoma. Length of T I 1.1 × its apical width, median area convex and coarsely sculptured but posteriorly smooth, with a medio-longitudinal carina posteriorly (Fig. 16j); lateral grooves of T I smooth (Fig. 16j); T II largely smooth, but with some oblique carinae besides medio-longitudinal carina (Fig. 16e); T II medio-basal area connected to medio-longitudinal carina apically, but absent near posterior margin of T; antero-lateral areas of T II small, strongly acute apically, anterior grooves wide, with some strong crenulae (Fig. 16e); second suture deep and wide, with crenulae, more or less straight medially (Fig. 16e); T III largely smooth, median area strongly raised and posteriorly defined by a deep sinuate transverse crenulate groove, median area with a few weak punctures laterally; T IV with transverse depression medially; T III and T IV with antero-lateral areas and grooves (of T V weak); T IV-VII smooth; hypopygium rather acute apically, protruding just beyond level of apex of metasoma; ovipositor sheath 1.8 × longer than fore wing.

Colour. Largely yellow (Fig. 15); antenna black (scapus yellow, with black stripe outer side) apical antennomeres (except for first-third antennomeres black) reddish yellow (Fig. 16i, k); eye, mandible apically, claws, part of dorsal carina and dorso-lateral carinae of T I, medio-longitudinal carina and lateral margins of medio-basal area of T II, ovipositor sheath black (Figs 15, 16e, g, j); hind tarsus infuscate (Fig. 16f); wing membrane yellow, pterostigma dark brown but basally yellow, veins largely brown, but fore wing vein 1-SR+M yellow (basally narrowly yellowish brown) (Fig. 16a, b).

Biology.

Unknown.

Distribution.

China (Fujian).

Etymology.

Named after the name of the collector of holotype.