Alysia lucia Haliday, 1838

Zhu, Jia-Chen, Achterberg, Cornelis Van & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2018, Review of the genus Alysia Latreille (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae), with description of six new species from China, Zootaxa 4500 (1), pp. 1-42 : 25-27

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scientific name	Alysia lucia Haliday, 1838
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Alysia lucia Haliday, 1838 View in CoL

Figs 17–18

Alysia lucia Haliday, 1838: 226 View in CoL ; Marshall, 1894: 516; Stelfox, 1941: 12; Shenefelt, 1974: 946; Belokobylskij, 1998: 184. Goniarcha lucia: Marshall, 1872: 137 .

Alysia rudis Tobias, 1962: 86 View in CoL . Synonymized by Fischer, 1971.

Alysia diversiceps Fischer, 1967:126 View in CoL . Synonymized by Fischer, 1971.

Material. 1♀ ( ZJUH), “ [NE. China:] Hebei, Mt. Xiaowutai, Shanxunkou, 22.?.2005, Zhang hongying, 1200m, No. 200608532” ; 2♀ ( ZJUH), id., but 21.?.2005, 2100m, No. 200608028, Shi Min, No. 200608277 ; 2♂, id., but Zhang Hongying, No. 200608628, Shi Min, No. 200608354.

Diagnosis. Body black ( Fig. 17); two basal antennomere of antenna, mandible and legs (except apical part of hind tibia and hind tarsus) yellowish brown ( Fig. 17); palpi pale yellow; third antennomere (including annellus) 1.3 × longer than fourth antennomere ( Fig. 18F View FIGURE 18 ); eye in dorsal view 2.2 × as long as temple ( Fig. 18H View FIGURE 18 ); eye in lateral view 1.2 × higher than wide ( Fig. 18J View FIGURE 18 ); frons smooth; vertex and temple smooth ( Fig. 18H View FIGURE 18 ); face smooth, 1.8 × wider than high, rather convex medially and with a longitudinal ridge ( Fig. 18I View FIGURE 18 ); clypeus small, semi-elliptical and smooth ( Fig. 18I View FIGURE 18 ); precoxal sulcus crenulate, not reaching middle coxa and anterior edge of epicnemial area ( Fig. 18B View FIGURE 18 ); notauli incomplete, absent on disc ( Fig. 18C View FIGURE 18 ); medio-posterior depression deep and droplet-shaped, almost extending to middle of mesoscutum; surface of propodeum densely reticulate-rugose, areola absent posteriorly ( Fig. 18D View FIGURE 18 ); pterostigma 3.8 × longer than its maximum width ( Fig. 18A View FIGURE 18 ); hind coxa smooth ( Fig. 18G View FIGURE 18 ); length of first tergite 1.5 × its apical width, its surface longitudinally striate, its dorsal carinae connected subposteriorly ( Fig. 18D View FIGURE 18 ); setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.2 × as long as fore wing (total visible sheath 0.3 times), and 0.7 × as long as hind tibia. metasoma except first tergite reddish brown ( Fig. 18N View FIGURE 18 ).

Description. ♀, Length of body 3.2 mm, of fore wing 3.8 mm.

Head. Transverse, width of head twice its lateral length, and 1.3 × wider than mesoscutum ( Fig. 18H View FIGURE 18 ); antenna with 35 antennomere, third antennomere (including annellus) 1.3 × longer than fourth antennomere, length of third, fourth and penultimate antennomere 4.7, 3.0 and 2.6 × their width, respectively ( Fig. 18F View FIGURE 18 ); length of maxillary palp almost equal to height of head ( Fig. 18J View FIGURE 18 ); eye in dorsal view 2.2 × as long as temple ( Fig. 18H View FIGURE 18 ); eye in lateral view 1.2 × higher than wide ( Fig. 18J View FIGURE 18 ); frons smooth; vertex and temple smooth ( Fig. 18H View FIGURE 18 ); OOL:diameter of ocellus:POL= 8:3:3; face smooth, 1.8 × wider than high, rather convex medially and with a longitudinal ridge ( Fig. 18I View FIGURE 18 ); clypeus small, semi-elliptical and smooth ( Fig. 18I View FIGURE 18 ); mandible enlarged apically, dorsal tooth enlarged, lobeshaped ( Fig. 18K View FIGURE 18 ), ventral tooth medium-sized and lobe-shaped ( Fig. 18M View FIGURE 18 ), middle tooth curved and acute, with no incision between first and second tooth ( Fig. 18L View FIGURE 18 ), medial length of mandible 1.4 × its maximum width.

Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.4 × its height ( Fig. 18B View FIGURE 18 ); pronope absent; medio-anteriorly pronotum crenulate, remainder of pronotum smooth; epicnemial area crenulated ventrally ( Fig. 18B View FIGURE 18 ); precoxal sulcus crenulate, not reaching middle coxa and anterior edge of epicnemial area; pleural sulcus narrowly crenulated ventrally ( Fig. 18B View FIGURE 18 ); episternal scrobe linear and deep; metapleuron reticulate-rugose ventrally, remainder smooth ( Fig. 18B View FIGURE 18 ); mesonotum with sparsely setae present along notaulic courses and on anterior part of middle lobe of mesoscutum ( Fig. 18C View FIGURE 18 ); notauli incomplete, absent on disc ( Fig. 18C View FIGURE 18 ); medio-posterior depression deep and droplet-shaped, almost extending to middle of mesoscutum, scutellar sulcus deep, with one longitudinal carina and two small carinae, sulcus 3.0 × wider than its maximum length ( Fig. 18C View FIGURE 18 ); scutellum smooth; surface of propodeum densely reticulate-rugose, areola absent posteriorly ( Fig. 18D View FIGURE 18 ).

Wings ( Fig. 18A View FIGURE 18 ). Pterostigma wide, 3.8 × longer than its maximum width. r:3-SR:SR1 = 5:25:76; 1-SR+M nearly straight; SR1 straight; r 0.4 × as long as width of pterostigma; cu-a postfurcal; 1-CU1:2-CU1 = 3: 20; 3-CU1 as long as CU1b; 2-SR:3-SR:r-m = 25:25:13; m-cu interstitial, converging to 1-M posteriorly; first subdiscal cell 3.3 × as long as wide; M+CU1 largely unsclerotized. Hind wing: M+CU: 1-M: 1r-m = 20:15:12; m-cu interstitial.

Legs. Hind coxa smooth, without ventro-basal tubercle; tarsal claws slender, longer than arolium ( Fig. 18G View FIGURE 18 ); length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg 5.0, 7.4 and 5.0 × their width, respectively; apical appendages of hind tarsal segments absent, segments ventrally with dense bristles ( Fig. 18G View FIGURE 18 ).

Metasoma. Length of first tergite 1.5 × its apical width, its surface longitudinally striate, its dorsal carinae connected medially ( Fig. 18D View FIGURE 18 ); dorsope distinct; convexity of upper valve of ovipositor moderately steep basally ( Fig. 18N View FIGURE 18 ); setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.2 × as long as fore wing (total visible sheath 0.3 times), and 0.7 × as long as hind tibia ( Fig. 18N View FIGURE 18 ).

Colour. Black ( Fig. 17); two basal segments of antenna, mandible and legs (except apical part of hind tibia and hind tarsus) yellowish brown; palpi pale yellow; metasoma (except first tergite) reddish brown; pterostigma and veins brown; wing membrane hyaline.

Variation. Females have body length 2.9–3.2 mm, and length of fore wing 3.3–3.8 mm, antennal segments of ♀ 34 (1) or 35(1).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Braconidae
Genus	Alysia