Quadrastichus anysis (Walker, 1839)

Li, Wen-Jian & Li, Cheng-De, 2023, Three new species of Quadrastichus Girault (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from China with a key to Chinese species, ZooKeys 1187, pp. 169-188 : 169

Quadrastichus anysis (Walker, 1839)

Fig. 34

Cirrospilus anysis Walker, 1839c: 203.

Tetrastichus anysis : Walker 1846: 74.

Aprostocetus anysis : Graham 1961b: 42.

Quadrastichus anysis : Graham and LaSalle 1991: 94; Zhu and Huang 2002: 598.

Material examined.

6 females: [2 females on cards], China, Jiangxi Province, Yichun City, Mt. Guan Shan, 21.VIII.2018, Xiang-Xiang Jin, Wang-Ming Li, by sweeping, deposited in YCTU; [1 female on card], China, Heilongjiang Province, Hegang City, Park Beishan, 22.VII.2020, Ming-Rui Li, by sweeping, deposited in YCTU; [2 females on slides], China, Liaoning Province, Anshan City, Mt. Qian Shan , 18.VI.2015, Hui Geng, Yan Gao, by sweeping, deposited in NEFU; [1 female on slide], China, Shaanxi Province, Ankang City , Town Guanghuojie , 3. VIII.2015, Ye Chen, Chao Zhang, by sweeping, deposited in NEFU .

Diagnosis.

Female. Face with median area but without median carina. Malar sulcus curved. Antenna with scape reaching vertex, about as long as an eye, pedicel 2.0-2.3 × as long as broad; F1-F3 equal in length, each 2.0-2.2 × as long as broad; clava 3.0-4.0 × as long as broad. Mid lobe of mesoscutum with 1 adnotaular seta on each side situated in posterior half, without median line. Propodeum with median carina. Fore wing 2.0-2.1 × as long as broad, costal cell narrow, shorter than MV; MV 3.0-4.0 × STV; SMV with 1 dorsal seta; speculum small.

Male. Unknown for Chinese material.

Hosts.

Unknown from China. Non-Chinese records include Monarthropalpus buxi ( Graham 1991) ( Diptera : Cecidomyiidae ).

Distribution.

China (Beijing, Zhejiang ( Zhu and Huang 2001), Gansu, Shaanxi, Guangxi ( Zhu and Huang 2002), Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Jiangxi [New records]), Romania, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Italy, England, Russia ( Graham 1991).

Comments.

Graham (1991) reported that this species was variable in color. The colors of the specimens we examined are also not completely consistent, mainly in the yellow area of gaster, extending from the base to basal half.

Figures

Figure 34. Quadrastichus anysis (Walker), female 34 habitus, lateral view. Scale bar: 400 μm.