Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Aulacidae

Pristaulacus zhejiangensis He & Ma, 2002 Fig. 122

Pristaulacus zhejiangensis He & Ma, 2002: 150.

Pristaulacus zhejiangensis He & Ma: Turrisi et al. 2009: 59.

Material examined.

Holotype, ♀ (ZJU), CHINA: Zhejiang, Mt. Fengyang, 16.VIII.1982, De-ming Yu, No. 826802/ Pristaulacus zhejiangensis He & Ma, sp. n. Paratypes: 1 ♀ (ZJU), Zhejiang, Mt. Fengyang, 19.IV.1984, li-rong Shen, No. 843798/ Pristaulacus zhejiangensis He & Ma, sp. n. Additional material: 1 ♀ (SEMC), CHINA: Fujian, Yong’an, Xiyang, 27.IV.1960, Geng-tao Jin, 34008303; 1 ♀ (SCAU), CHINA: Hunan, 1981, Tong Xin-wang.

Diagnosis.

Metasoma black with posterior margin of first tergite dark brown; tibiae and tarsi yellowish-brown with tarsi paler, remainder of legs dark brown to black; forewing infuscate, with large dark brown spot under stigma; occipital margin straight; occipital carina 0.1 × diameter of an ocellus; pronotum with one anteroventrally projecting tooth-like process; pretarsal claw with four tooth-like processes; ovipositor 0.9 × forewing length.

Redescription.

Female. Body length 10.1 mm; forewing length 7.2 mm.

Colour. Black except: scape of antenna dark brown; mandible yellowish-brown with teeth darker; posterior margin of first tergite dark brown; tibiae and tarsi yellowish-brown with tarsi paler, remainder of legs dark brown to black; forewing infuscate, with large dark brown spot under stigma; hind wing infuscate.

Head. From above, 1.4 × wider than long, shiny; lower interocular distance 1.5 × eye height; malar space 0.3 × eye height; occipital margin straight; temple, from above, rounded, slightly longer than eye length; occipital carina 0.1 × diameter of an ocellus; POL:OOL=1.1; malar area densely and finely punctate, remainder of head largely smooth with sparse and fine punctures; A3 3.4 × longer than wide; A4 5.8 × longer than wide, and 1.8 × longer than A3; A5 5.3 × longer than wide, and 1.6 × longer than A3.

Mesosoma. Pronotum coarsely areolate-rugose, with one anterior short tooth-like process on lateroventral margin; propleuron dull, mostly finely rugose, posteroventral corner smooth with sparse fine punctures; mesoscutum transverse-carinate anteriorly, irregularly rugose posterior to notauli, anterior part slightly emarginate medially, rounded laterally; notauli deep and wide; scutellum transverse-carinate in middle, irregularly rugose on anterior and posterior margin; axillae, metanotum and propodeum coarsely areolate-rugose; mesopleuron mostly coarsely areolate-rugose with small rugose area anteriodorsally; metapleuron coarsely areolate-rugose; forewing with vein 2-rs+m short, cells SM2 and D1 slightly separated; hind wing with veins somewhat distinct, cells Cu and R1+Rs contiguous; hind coxa rugose; hind basitarsus 11.4 × longer than wide, and 1.1 × of tarsomeres 2-5; pretarsal claw with four tooth-like processes.

Metasoma. Smooth, shining, with fine white pubescence on segment 2 to apex; petiole elongate, slender, 2.9 × longer than wide; ovipositor 0.9 × forewing length.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution.

China (Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan).

Biology.

Collected in April and August. Host not known.