Entedon albifemur Kamijo, 1988

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Entedon albifemur Kamijo, 1988

Figs 3 , 4A-K

Entedon albifemur Kamijo, 1988: 334, ♀♂, holotype ♀, Japan, EIHU, not examined.

Material examined.

5♀: 3♀ [NEFU; 2 on cards, 1 on slide], China, Liaoning Province, Fushun City, Dahuofang Forestry Station , 18.VI.2012, leg. Xiang-Xiang Jin, Hui Geng and Jiang Liu, by sweep netting ; 2♀ [NEFU; 1 on card, 1 on slide], China, Liaoning Province, Huludao City, Jianchang County, Bailangshan National Nature Reserve , 26.VII.2013, leg. Guo-Hao Zu, Ye Chen and Chao Zhang, by sweep netting .

Diagnosis.

Female. Antenna mainly dark brown, with bluish green or purple reflections, only base of scape white. All femora and tibiae white, protibia with one longitudinal brown to dark brown stripe dorsally, coxae metallic bluish green (Figs 3 , 4F-H ). Head strongly reticulate, with smooth transverse area above clypeus and well-developed frontal sulcus (Fig. 4A, B ). Antennal scape slender, 5.2 × as long as wide; pedicel ~ 2.5 × as long as broad; F1 2.3-2.7 × as long as wide, 1.0-1.2 × as long as pedicel (Fig. 4C ). Median area of propodeum with dense reticulation, but callus smooth (Fig. 4D, E ). Fore wing hyaline; speculum closed; costal cell bare, with anterior margin slightly curved (Fig. 4J ). Petiole quadrate or slightly wider than long. Gaster distinctly shorter than mesosoma.

Male. Not collected from China. According to Kamijo (1988), differs distinctly from female as follows: scape swollen in median part, 2.5 × as long as wide; pedicel 2 × as long as wide; funicular segments separated by distinct petioles.

Host.

Unknown.

Distribution.

China (Liaoning Province) (new record), Japan ( Kamijo 1988), Far East Russia ( Gumovsky 1998).

Remarks.

The two specimens we collected from Bailangshan National Nature Reserve have the F1 twice as long as wide, shorter than those of the type specimens, and barely longer than the F2; other characteristics are the same as in the type.

Figures

Figure 3. Entedon albifemur Kamijo, female, habitus in lateral view. Scale bar: 200 μm.

Figure 4. Entedon albifemur Kamijo, female, on slide A, B head, frontal view C antenna D, E mesosoma F-H fore, mid and hind leg, respectively I metasoma J fore wing K hind wing. Scale bars: 100 μm.