Dolichogenidea sicarius ( Marshall, 1885 )

Liu, Zhen, He, Jun-Hua & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2018, The laevigata - group of the genus Dolichogenidea Mason, 1981 from China, with descriptions of 26 new species, Zootaxa 4436 (1), pp. 1-74 : 56-59

Dolichogenidea sicarius ( Marshall, 1885)

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Apanteles sicarius Marshall, 1885: 209 . Holotype in BMNH.

Apanteles sicarius Marshall : Wilkinson, 1945: 177; Fahringer, 1935: 202; Telenga, 1955: 74; Nixon, 1972: 722; Tobias, 1986: 789; Papp, 1978: 271.

Apanteles chrysostictus Marshall, 1889 (4): 466. Syn. by Wilkinson (1945).

Apanteles crudelis Papp, 1971 : Papp, 1976: 235. Syn. by Papp (1978).

Dolichogenidea sicarius: Mason, 1981: 36 ; Papp, 1988: 148; Belokobylskij, 2003: 388.

Diagnosis. Pterostigma evenly brown throughout; wings usually milky-white; metacarp about twice as long as its distance from apex of the marginal cell; 1 st discal cell slightly wider than high; antenna not longer than mesosoma plus metasoma, with 15–17 segments distinctly longer than wide; ovipositor sheath usually as long as hind tibia; legs very dark, hind femur always blackish throughout; spines on outer side of hind tibia rather weak and not numerous; T1 distinctly a little widened towards apex; and horizontal surface of T1 about twice as wide as long, dull, with satiny sheen overlying traces of punctuation.

Host. Phalonia epilinana Linne ( Lepidoptera : Tortricidae ) (new record); Plutellidae , Tortricidae , Oecophoridae , Choreutidae , Crambidae , Elachistidae , Gelechiidae , Pyralidae , Momphidae .

Viaration. Some specimens with yellowish-brown metasoma.

Male. Wings more conspicuously milky-white than in female.

Material examined. 5♀♀, Huhehaote , Inner Mongolia, 1981 . IX.17, Plant Protection Institute, host: Phalonia epilinana Linne, Nos. 831772(4), 822281(1); 1♂, Huhehaote , Inner Mongolia, 1981 . IX.17, Plant Protection Institute, No. 822281; 1♀, Hebukesaier , Xinjiang, 1990 . VII.18, Ma Qi, No. 907449; 5♀♀, Shenyang, Liaoning, 1995. VI–VII. 4, Lou Juxian, Nos. 960362, 960674, 960611, 960564, 960370; 1♀, Mt. Fengyang, Longquan , Zhejiang, 1983 . VII.28, Zhou Shansen, No. 832047; 1♀, Mt. Tiantai, Qinling, Shannxi , 1998 . VI.10, Ma Yun, No. 984049; 1♀, Baimazhai, Pingwu , Sichuan, 2006 . VII.25, Zhang Hongying, No. 200612524; 12♀♀, Gegentala , Inner Mongolia, 2000 . VIII.16, Ma Yun, Nos. 200 100937, 200100943, 200100941, 200100956, 200100947, 200100824, 200100935, 200101130, 200100826, 200100829, 200100804, 200100917; 17♀♀, Inner Mongolia, 2000 . VIII.17, Ma Yun, Nos. 200701743, 200701767, 200701776, 200701778, 200701744, 200701749, 200701753, 200701762, 200701768, 200701755, 200701771, 200701760, 200701763, 200701779, 200701782, 200701775, 200701754; 1♀, Zhengxiangbaiqi , Inner Mongolia, 1985 . VI.23, Guo Yuanchao, host: pupa of Plutella xylostella (L.), No. 852063; 1♀, Zhengxiangbaiqi , Inner Mongolia, 2002 . VII.6, Guo Yuanchao, No. 20030112; 6♀♀, Gegentala , Inner Mongolia, 2000 . VIII.16, He Junhua, Nos. 200101081, 200101027, 200101016, 200101064, 200101074, 200101073; 14♀♀, Mt. Xiaowutai (Jinhekou), Hebei, 2000. VIII.1–3, Bu Wenjun, Nos. 2 0 0 101363, 200101364, 200101370, 200101372, 200101373, 200101365, 200101361, 200101368, 200101362, 200101344, 200101345, 200101374, 200101358, 200101360; 2♀♀, Rikaze , Tibet, 2002 . IX.4, Lin Naiquan, Nos. 20033693, 20033694.

Distribution. China (Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Shannxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Xinjiang, Zhejiang) new record; Eastern Palaearctic, Europe, Oceanic, Western Palaearctic.

Note. Features of the specimens agree with the descriptions of Wilkinson (1945), Telenga (1955), Nixon

(1972), Tobias (1986) and Papp (1978).

Figures

FIGURE 28. Dolichogenidea sicarius (Marshall, 1885) a fore wing; b head, frontal view; c mesosoma, dorsal view; d habitus, dorsal view; e propodeum and metasoma, dorsal view; f head, dorsal view; g hind wing. Scale line = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 38. Distribution map of laevigata-group of Dolichogenidea species in China. *: Dolichogenidea parametacarp Liu & Chen, sp. n.; ■: Dolichogenidea partergita Liu & Chen, sp. n.; Δ: Dolichogenidea poliobrevis Liu & Chen, sp. n.; •: Dolichogenidea polystinelliphagous Liu & Chen, sp. n.; ♥: Dolichogenidea purdus (Papp, 1977); •: Dolichogenidea sandwico Liu & Chen, sp. n.; Ŧ: Dolichogenidea sicarius (Marshall, 1885).