Blacus (Blacus) longipennis ( Gravenhorst, 1807 )

Lu, Qian-Yu, Chai, Hong-Fei, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Tang, Pu & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2024, The first report of subgenus Blacus Nees, 1819 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Brachistinae) from China, Zootaxa 5471 (5), pp. 501-535 : 518-519

Blacus (Blacus) longipennis ( Gravenhorst, 1807)

( Figs 15–16 )

Ophion longipennis Gravenhorst, 1807: 268 .

Blacus longipenni s: Haeselbarth, 1973: 130; 1975: 30; Hellén, 1974: 16.

Blacus (Blacus) longipennis : van Achterberg, 1976: 386; 1988: 69.

Material examined. 3♀♀, China, Taiwan, Xue Mtn , 3.VIII.2010, Nos. 201300911, 201301050, 201302059 ; 1♀, China, Yunnan, Bao Mtn, Lujiangba, Gaoligong Mtn Nature Park , 11.V.2009, Wang Manman, No. 200904559 ( ZJUH) .

Biology. Reported as parasitoid of Anobium sp. ( Coleoptera : Anobiidae ) and Molorchus umbellatarum in Malus domestica L. ( Coleoptera : Cerambycidae ) ( Yu et al., 2016).

Distribution. China ( Taiwan, Yunnan); Kazakhstan; Russia; Europe. New record for China.

Note. Length of first tergite varies from 2.1 to 2.6 × its apical width.

Figures

FIGURE 15. Blacus longipennis (Gravenhorst, 1807) (body, lateral aspect).

FIGURE 16. Blacus longipennis (Gravenhorst, 1807).A. head, dorsal aspect; B. head, anterior aspect; C. antenna; D. mesosoma, lateral aspect; E. mesosoma, dorsal aspect; F. propodeum, dorsal aspect; G. propodeum and metasoma, dorsal aspect; H. hind leg; I. fore wing; J. ovipositor and ovipositor sheath.