Alysia incongrua Nees, 1834

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 : 22-24

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scientific name	Alysia incongrua Nees, 1834
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Alysia incongrua Nees, 1834 View in CoL

Figs 15–16

Alysia incongrua Nees, 1834: 244 View in CoL ; Curtis, 1837: 123; Haliday, 1838: 225; Marshall, 1894: 388; Shenefelt, 1974: 945; Belokobylskij, 1998: 184.

Goniarcha incongrua: Marshall, 1872: 137 .

Material. 3♀ ( ZJUH), “ [NE. China:] Heilongjiang, Dailing , 24.? 1977, He Junhua, No. 770452” ; 1♀ ( ZJUH) , “ Jilin, Mt. Changbai , 11.?.1977, He Junhua, 770917” .

Diagnosis. Body black ( Fig. 15); eye in dorsal view 1.5 × as long as temple ( Fig. 16I View FIGURE 16 ); eye in lateral view 1.3 × higher than wide ( Fig. 16K View FIGURE 16 ); frons, vertex and temple smooth ( Fig. 16I View FIGURE 16 ); face weakly punctate, 1.5 × wider than high, rather convex medially, with a short medio-longitudinal ridge and long setae near eye ( Fig. 16J View FIGURE 16 ); clypeus small and semi-elliptical, with some punctures and long setae ( Fig. 16J View FIGURE 16 ); precoxal sulcus widely crenulate, reaching anterior edge of epicnemial area and middle coxa ( Fig. 16C View FIGURE 16 ); notauli sculptured and incomplete, only present anteriorly ( Fig. 16D View FIGURE 16 ); medio-posterior depression deep and linear, with some carinae, not extending to middle of mesoscutum, middle lobe of mesoscutum densely setose ( Fig. 16D View FIGURE 16 ); surface of propodeum densely reticulaterugose, areola absent posteriorly ( Fig. 16E View FIGURE 16 ); pterostigma wide and semi-elliptical, 3.8 × longer than its maximum width ( Fig. 16A View FIGURE 16 ); hind coxa smooth ( Fig. 16N View FIGURE 16 ); length of first tergite 1.5 × as long as its apical width, its surface with finely longitudinally striate ( Fig. 16E View FIGURE 16 ); setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.5 × as long as fore wing (total visible sheath 0.5 times), and 1.4 × as long as hind tibia ( Fig. 16H View FIGURE 16 ); two basal segments of antenna and mandible reddish brown; palpi and legs yellowish brown, but apical part of hind tibia and hind tarsus dark brown; remaining antennal segments and metasoma (except black first tergite and dark reddish brwon second tergite) dark brown ( Fig. 15).

Description. ♀, Length of body 3.6 mm, of fore wing 3.9 mm.

Head. Transverse, width of head 2.0 × its lateral length, and 1.5 × wider than mesoscutum ( Fig. 16I View FIGURE 16 ); antenna incomplete, 24 antennomere remaining, third antennomere (including annellus) 1.5 × longer than fourth antennomere, length of third and fourth antennomere 5.0 and 2.8 × their width, respectively ( Fig. 16G View FIGURE 16 ); length of maxillary palp 1.6 × height of head ( Fig. 16C View FIGURE 16 ); eye in dorsal view 1.5 × as long as temple ( Fig. 16I View FIGURE 16 ); eye in lateral view 1.3 × higher than wide ( Fig. 16K View FIGURE 16 ); frons, vertex and temple smooth ( Fig. 16I View FIGURE 16 ); OOL:diameter of ocellus:POL= 13:5:5; face weakly punctate, 1.5 × wider than high, rather convex medially, with a short mediolongitudinal ridge and long setae near eye ( Fig. 16J View FIGURE 16 ); clypeus small and semi-elliptical, with some punctures and long setae ( Fig. 16J View FIGURE 16 ); mandible enlarged apically, dorsal tooth enlarged, lobe-shaped ( Fig. 16L View FIGURE 16 ), ventral tooth medium-sized and lobe-shaped ( Fig. 16M View FIGURE 16 ), middle tooth curved and acute, with little incision between first and second tooth ( Fig. 16L View FIGURE 16 ), medial length of mandible 1.4 × its maximum width.

Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.5 × its height ( Fig. 16C View FIGURE 16 ); pronope absent; medio-anteriorly pronotum widely crenulate, remainder of pronotum smooth; epicnemial area finely crenulated; precoxal sulcus widely crenulate, reaching anterior edge of epicnemial area and middle coxa ( Fig. 16C View FIGURE 16 ); pleural sulcus crenulated ( Fig. 16C View FIGURE 16 ); episternal scrobe linear and deep; metapleuron densely rugose ( Fig. 16C View FIGURE 16 ); notauli sculptured and incomplete, only present anteriorly ( Fig. 16D View FIGURE 16 ); medio-posterior depression deep and linear, with some carinae, not extending to middle of mesoscutum, middle lobe of mesoscutum densely setose ( Fig. 16D View FIGURE 16 ); scutellar sulcus deep, with three longitudinal carinae, sulcus 2.7 × wider than its maximum length ( Fig. 16D View FIGURE 16 ); scutellum smooth; surface of propodeum densely reticulate-rugose, areola absent posteriorly ( Fig. 16E View FIGURE 16 ).

Wings ( Figs. 16A–B View FIGURE 16 ). Pterostigma wide and semi-elliptical, 3.8 × longer than its maximum width; r:3-SR:SR1 = 1:4:12; 1-SR+M slightly sinuate; SR1 curved; r 0.5 × as long as width of pterostigma, vein r issuing from posterior half of pterostigma; cu-a postfurcal; 1-CU1:2-CU1 = 1:5; 3-CU1 longer than CU1b; 2-SR:3-SR:r-m = 16:15:9; m-cu weakly antefurcal, converging to 1-M posteriorly; first subdiscal cell 2.9 × as long as wide; M+CU1 sclerotized. Hind wing: M+CU: 1-M: 1r-m = 25:17:12; m-cu weakly postfurcal.

Legs. Hind coxa smooth, without ventro-basal tubercle, densely long setose ( Fig. 16N View FIGURE 16 ); tarsal claws slender, longer than arolium ( Fig. 16N View FIGURE 16 ); length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg 4.7, 8.0 and 7.5 × their width, respectively; apical appendages of hind tarsal segments absent, segments ventrally with dense bristles ( Fig. 16N View FIGURE 16 ).

Metasoma. Length of first tergite 1.5 × as long as its apical width, its surface finely longitudinally striate ( Fig. 16E View FIGURE 16 ); dorsope distinct; convexity of upper valve of ovipositor rather steep basally; setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.5 × as long as fore wing (total visible sheath 0.5 times), and 1.4 × as long as hind tibia ( Fig. 16H View FIGURE 16 ).

Colour. Black ( Fig. 15); two basal segments of antenna and mandible reddish brown; palpi and legs (except apical part of hind tibia and hind tarsus dark brown) yellowish brown; remaining antennal segments and metasoma (except black first tergite and dark reddish brown second tergite) dark brown; pterostigma and veins brown, wing membrane hyaline.

Variation. Antennal segments of female 32 (2), 35(1); body length of female 2.8–3.6 mm, and length of fore wing 3.2–3.9 mm.

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