Apanteles bisulcata Cameron, 1909

Liu, Zhen, He, Jun-Hua, Chen, Xue-Xin & Gupta, Ankita, 2020, The ater-group of the genus Apanteles Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from China with the descriptions of forty-eight new species, Zootaxa 4807 (1), pp. 1-205 : 40

Apanteles bisulcata Cameron, 1909

( Figures 16 , 98 , 104c 1 –c 2 )

Apanteles bisulcata Cameron, 1909: 42 . Holotype ♀ (examined)— Sri Lanka [NHM, Figs 104c 1 –c 2 ]. Wilkinson, 1928: 122; Rao, 1961: 39; Chou, 1979: 304; You, 1983: 18–20; Chen & Song, 2004: 30.

Diagnosis. Body length 2.0 mm, fore wing length 2.6 mm. Body black, hind femur brownish to black. Ocelli small, posterior tangent to anterior ocellus transecting posterior ocelli, distance between fore and hind ocellus slightly shorter than diameter of hind ocellus. Antenna slightly shorter than body length, penultimate flagellomere 1.6× longer than wide. Striate-punctation at posterior end of notaulic courses rather indistinct; interspaces between punctures on disc of mesonotum slightly larger than its diameter. Areola on propodeum poorly defined, U-shaped apically, without costulae, posterio-lateral parts uneven. Pterostigma 2.9× as long as its widest part, vein 1-R1 1.1× longer than pterostigma, vein r slightly longer than vein 2-SR, angled at junction. T1 nearly parallel-sided, 1.4× longer than hind width, turned-over part slightly shiny, weakly rugose-punctate, longitudinal channel broad, shallow; T2 shiny, rough with weak wrinkles, 4.3× wider than long in the middle, strongly curved into T3 apically; T3 2.1× longer than T2. Ovipositor sheath 0.8 length of hind tibia.

Hosts. According to literature, Glyphodes pulverulentalis Hampson , Ochyrotica concurs (Wlsm) and Pterophorus niveodactylus (Pgst.) . Cocoon is black and solitary ( Chou, 1979).

Material examined. 1♀, Mt. Xiaowutai (Yangjiaping), Zhang Jiakou , Hebei, 2005.VIII.20, Zhang Hongying, No. 200611846 .

Distribution. China (Hebei, Taiwan), India, Sri Lanka.

Remarks. Characters of the examined specimen mostly agree with the published descriptions and type specimen except pterostigma more yellowish in middle ( Fig. 16a ).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Apanteles adoxophyesi Minamikawa, 1954, a. habitus, dorsal view; b. metasoma, dorsal view; c. head, dorsal view; d. head, frontal view; e. mesopleuron; f. propodeum; g.mesonotum and scutellum, dorsal view. Scale line = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 2. Apanteles albummacula Liu & Chen, sp. nov. Holotype. a. habitus, lateral view; b. head, dorsal view; c. propodeum; d. mesopleuron; e. fore wing; f. head, frontal view; g. mesonotum and scutellum, dorsal view; h. hind wing; i. metasoma, dorsal view. Scale line = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 16. Apanteles bisulcata Cameron, 1909, a. habitus, lateral view; b. propodeum; c. head, dorsal view; d. metasoma, dorsal view; e. hind wing; f. head, frontal view; g. mesopleuron; h. mesonotum and scutellum, dorsal view. Scale line = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 104. Types of ater-group of the genus Apanteles from NHM. a1–a2. A. argiope Nixon, 1965; b. A. aristaeus Nixon, 1965; c1–c2. A. bisulcata Cameron, 1909; d. A. cerberus Nixon, 1965; e. A. clita Nixon, 1965; f. A. cocotis Wilkinson, 1934; g1–g2. A. demades Nixon, 1965; h. A. diocles Nixon, 1965; i1–i2. A. florus Nixon, 1965; j. A. folia Nixon, 1965; k. A. galleriae Wilkinson, 1932; l. A. importunus Wilkinson, 1928; m. A. medon Nixon, 1965; n. A. oritias Nixon, 1965; o1–o2. A. psenes Nixon, 1965; p. A. salutifer Wilkinson, 1931; q. A. tachardiae Cameron, 1913.

FIGURE 98. 1–16: Distribution map of ater-group of the genus Apanteles Foerster, 1862. 1: A. adoxophyesi Minamikawa, 1954; 2: A. albummacula Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 3: A. altus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 4: A. ambultor Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 5: A. amotus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 6: A. angustus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 7: A. annosus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 8: A. ansata Song & Chen, 2004; 9: A. aphanofossa Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 10: A. argiope Nixon, 1965; 11: A. aristaeus Nixon, 1965; 12: A. aspersus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 13: A. attenuator Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 14: A. bannaensis Song & Chen, 2001; 15: A. bialtus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 16: A. bisulcata Cameron, 1909.