Maaserphus Lin, 1988

Abe, Junta, 2024, Two new species of the genus Maaserphus Lin, 1988 (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupidae) from Japan and Taiwan, Zootaxa 5523 (4), pp. 494-500 : 494-495

Maaserphus Lin, 1988

Type species: Maaserphus basalis Lin, 1988

Diagnosis. Malar sulcus present; occipital carina weak and incomplete (separated from hypostomal carina). Lateral part of pronotum with at least one distinct longitudinal groove (pronotal groove) ( Figs 2 , 22 ); mesopleural horizontal groove complete. Vein r-rs (vertical part of radius) present, R1 (costal part of radial cell) 0.5–1.28 times as long as width of stigma. Longer hind tibial spur 0.35–0.50 times as long as hind basitarsus. Ovipositor sheath 0.59–0.96 times as long as hind tibia.

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. Palaearctic region: Japan (new record). Oriental region: central China, Taiwan ( Lin 1988; He & Xu 2015).

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Maaserphus striatus Lin, 1988 from Taiwan, female (holotype). 1–4; male (paratype), 5 and 6.1, lateral habitus; 2, lateral part of head, pronotum and mesopleuron, arrow indicate carina on antero-dorsal part of lateral pronotal area; 3, lateral part of metapleuron; 4, lateral part of ovipositor sheath; 5, dorsal part of propodeum; 6, postero-dorsal part of propodeum. Scale bars: 1, 2 mm; 2–6, 0.2 mm.

FIGURES 20–24. Maaserphus yamagishii Abe sp. nov. from Japan, female (holotype). 20, lateral habitus; 21, face; 22, lateral part of head, pronotum and mesopleuron; 23, lateral part of metapleuron; 24, lateral part of ovipositor sheath. Scale bars: 20, 1 mm; 21–24, 0.1 mm.