Blacus (Tarpheion) soror van Achterberg, 1988

Lu, Qian-Yu, Chai, Hong-Fei, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Tang, Pu & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2024, Review of the subgenus Tarpheion of the genus Blacus Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Brachistinae) from China, with description of nine new species and eight new records, Zootaxa 5406 (2), pp. 297-335 : 328

Blacus (Tarpheion) soror van Achterberg, 1988

( Figs. 29–30 )

Blacus (Tarpheion) soror van Achterberg, 1988: 173

Material examined. 1♀, China, Hainan, Jianfengling, Tianchi , 12-15.VII.2006, Liu Jingxian, No. 200803706 ; 1♀, China, Yunnan, Bazhai, Yudongmen Reservoir , 2017, No. 202016634 ( ZJUH) .

Distribution. China (Hainan; Yunnan); Thailand. New record for China.

Notes. The characters are largely as described by van Achterberg, (1988), but the fore tarsal claws have developed blackish bristles.

Figures

FIGURE 29. Tarpheion soror van Achterberg, 1988 (body, lateral aspect).

FIGURE 30. Tarpheion soror van Achterberg, 1988.A. head, dorsal aspect; B. head, anterior aspect; C. antenna; D. mesosoma, dorsal aspect; E. propodeum and metasoma, dorsal aspect; F. wings; G. mesosoma, lateral aspect; H. hind leg; I. ovipositor and ovipositor sheath; J. fore claw.