Apanteles conon Nixon, 1965

Liu, Zhen & Chen, Xue-xin, 2023, The taeniaticornis - group of genus Apanteles Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from China with one new species, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 96, pp. 21-31 : 21

Apanteles conon Nixon, 1965

Fig. 1

Apanteles conon Nixon, 1965: 124. Type in Natural History Museum, London. Chen et Song 2004: 38.

Diagnosis.

Vertex between the eye and the posterior ocellus shiny with superficial fine punctures; ocelli big, posterior imaginary tangent to fore ocellus transecting the posterior pair; antenna slightly longer than body length, with penultimate antennomere 1.4 × longer than wide; punctures on mesoscutum coarse, interspaces not bigger than their diameter, punctures indistinctly confluent above the hind polished area; areola on propodeum open anteriorly, V-shaped apically, with strong costulae, three posterior fields smooth without carinae; pterostigma big, 2.3 × as long as its widest part, vein 1-R1 1.5 × longer than pterostigma, 7.5 × as long as its distance from the apex of the marginal cell, r 2.4 × longer than 2-SR, angled at their meeting; T1 strongly wedged-shaped, 4.6 × longer than hind width, turned-over part with rugose punctures laterally, T3 2 × as long as T2; legs mostly yellow, hind coxa brown; ovipositor sheath about as long as hind tibia.

Variation.

Body length 3.0-3.2 mm.

Male.

Similar to female, except for antenna distinctly longer than body length, penultimate antennomere 2 × longer than wide, and T2 higher.

Host.

Unknown.

Material examined.

ZJUH: 1♀, Shaxian, Fujian , 1980.XII, Gong Weili, No. 810003 ; 4♀♀, Mt. Wuyi, Fujian , 1988.IX.7, Lin Changfu, Nos. 20005691, 20005687, 20005692, 20005700 ; 1♀, Mt. Wuyi, Fujian , 1989.XI.1, Wang Jiashe, No. 964568 ; 1♀, Chibi, Yongqin, Fujian , 2002.IX.17, Liu Jinxian, No. 20023635 ; 2♀♀, Dazhulan, Fujian , 1991.X.6, Chen Xuexin, Nos. 920343, 920354 ; 2♀♀, Qingliu, Fujian , 1986.VI.20, Qi Shicheng, Nos. 965199, 9651200 ; 1♀, Antongmu, Fujian , 1981.IX.29, Fei Juyi, No. 20004167 ; 2♀♀, Mt. Longxi, Jiangle, Fujian , 1991.VII.16 /IX.30, Liu Changming, Nos. 20007164, 20007209 ; 3♀♀ 2♂♂, Mt. Wuyi (Tongmucun), Fujian , 2009.IV.17 /15, Wang Manman, Nos. 200900409, 200900398, 200900411, 200900408, 200900545 ; 6♂♂, Mt. Wuyi (Qili), Fujian , 2009.IV.18, Zeng Jie, Nos. 200900618, 200900650, 200900639, 200900647, 200900646, 200900642 ; 1♂, Mt. Wuyi (Sangang), Fujian , 2009.IV.17, Zeng Jie, No. 200900481 ; 1♂, Mt. Wuyi (Pikeng), Fujian , 2009.IV.21, Zeng Jie, No. 200900503 ; 1♂, Sangang, Fujian , 1981.V.6, Han Ying, No. 20003920 ; 1♂, Guanxian, Sichuan , 1980.VIII.1, He Junhua, No. 803037 ; 1♀, Hangzhou, Zhejiang , 1981, Lou Xiaoming, No. 930324 ; 1♀, Mt. Tianmu, Zhejiang , 1987.VII.21, Lou Xiaoming, No. 874572 ; 2♀♀, Mt. Fengyang, Longquan, Zhejiang , 2003.VIII.7 /10, Liu Jingxian, Nos. 20055581, 20048319 ; 1♀, Mt. Jiulong, Suichang, Zhejiang , 1994.VIII.18, Can Ping, No. 944261 ; 2♀♀, Mt. Longwang, Anji, Zhejiang , 1996.VI.26, Zhao Weichun, Nos. 963915, 963916 ; 1♀, Mt. Jiulong, Suichang, Zhejiang , 1993.VIII.31, Chen Xuexin, No. 939685 ; 1♀, Mt. Tianmu (Jinshanmen), Zhejiang , 1999.VIII.6, Zhao Mingshui, No. 20002876 ; 4♀♀, Hangzhou, Zhejiang , 1989.VI.24 /XI.10, He Junhua, Nos. 893118, 893108, 893311, 896960 ; 2♀♀, Liuheta, Hangzhou, Zhejiang , 2001.V.19, Piao Meihua, Nos. 200702186, 200702187 ; 1♀, Songyang, Zhejiang , 1992.XI.1-XII.9, Chen Hanlin, No. 934062 ; 1♀, Hangzhou, Zhejiang , 1991.V.28, He Junhua, No. 911118 ; 1♂, Mt. Tianmu (Xianrending), Zhejiang , 2011.VII.25-29, Liu Zhen, No. 201102651 ; 1♀, Mt. Tai, Taian, Shandong , 1997.VII.17, Chen Xuexin, No. 974014 ; 1♀, Yuexi, Anhui , 1981.V.16, Yang Fuan, No. 820593 ; 1♀, Shenlongjia (Honghua, 900m), Hubei , 1982.VIII.25, He Junhua, No. 825390 ; 1♀, Mengxiu, Ruili, Yunnan , 1981.V.2-6, He Junhua, No. 812956 ; 1♀, Jianfengling, Hainan , 2007.VI.7, Liu Jinxian, No. 200702381 ; 1♀, Meitan, Guizhou , 1982.VI.2, Xia Huaien, No. 824620 ; 1♀, Fengxi, Meizhou, Guangdong , 2003.VII.29, Chen Jujian, No. 20048632 ; 1♀, Mt, Yunji, Xinfeng , Guangdong , 2003.VII.20, Li Ping, No. 20053969 ; 1♀, Fengkai, Guangdong , 1992.V.16, Ma Yun, No. 921135 ; 3♀♀, Nanling, Fuyuan, Guangdong , 2004.V.8 / 2003.VII.23, Xu Zaifu, Nos. 20049641, 20049592, 20049143 ; 2♂♂, Dianba (900m), Wenxian, Gansu , 1998.VI.16, Ma Yun, Nos. 984241, 984332 ; 1♂, Yingtaogou, Xiangshan, Beijing , 1992.VII.6, Lin Naiquan, No. 20004394 ; 5♂♂, Shouka , Taiwan, 2011.V.30, Tang Pu, Nos. 201105461, 201105456, 201105455, 201105483, 201105454 ; 1♂, Mt. Dongmao, Taiwan , 2011.VI.4, Tangpu, No. 201104500 ; 1♂, Mt. Beishou, Gaoxiong, Taiwan , 2011.V.29, Tang Pu, No. 201104487 ; 2♂♂, Duonalindao, Taiwan , 2011.VI.13, Tang Pu, Nos. 201104994, 201104953 ; 9♂♂, Mt. Wugong, Gaoxiong, Taiwan , 2011.VI.15, Tang Pu, Nos. 201104826, 201104837, 201104838, 201104844, 201104846, 201104847, 201104855, 201104821, 201104827 ; 1♂, Mt. Nantou, Taiwan , 2011.VI.19, Tang Pu, No. 201104794 ;

HUAS: 1♀, Bawangling , Hainan (malaise trap), 2020.IX.30-X.30, Chen Longlong, No. 202203542 ; 1♀, Mt. Limu , Qiongzhong, Hainan (malaise trap), 2020.IX.30-X.31, Chen Longlong, No. 202201705 ; 1♀, Haizhu Wetland , Guangzhou, Guangdong (malaise trap), 2021.III.20-IV.5, Liu Jingxian, No. 202200412 ; 8♀♀, Haizhu Wetland , Guangzhou, Guangdong (malaise trap), 2021.IV.26-V.11, Liu Jingxian, Nos. 202200200, 202200204, 202200226, 202200237, 202200263, 202200269, 202200274, 202200290 .

Distribution.

China (Anhui, Beijing, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Shandong, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Indonesia; Korea; Philippines.

Notes.

Fernandez et al. (2020) examined the holotype in Natural History Museum, noting A. conon is possible a Dolichogenidea species because the punctures near the scutellar sulcus on mesoscutum do not fuse, but they kept it in Apanteles because other characters were invisible (such as setae beyond the widest part of vannal lobe). We had no opportunity to check the type, but checked the original description (Nixon, 1965), detailed examination from Chen and Song (2004) and Papp (1974) and characters from Chinese specimens (the typical wedged shaped T1). We also favor its placement in the genus Apanteles .

Figures

Figure 1. Apanteles conon Nixon, 1965 a habitus, lateral view b head, dorsal view c head, frontal view d mesosoma, dorsal view e propodeum f mesopleuron g fore wing h abdomen, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.