Megischus aplicatus Hong, van Achterberg & Xu, 2010

Hong, Chun-dan, van Achterberg, Cornelis & Xu, Zai-fu, 2011, A revision of the Chinese Stephanidae (Hymenoptera, Stephanoidea), ZooKeys 110, pp. 1-108 : 28-29

Megischus aplicatus Hong, van Achterberg & Xu, 2010 Figs 221-232

Megischus aplicatus Honget al. 2010: 61.

Type material.

Holotype, ♂ (ZJUH): CHINA: Hubei, Shennongjia, viii.1982, Shang-bo Shi, No. 870112.

Diagnosis.

Head largely orange brown; temple medially distinctly convex behind eye in dorsal view (Fig. 225); neck at lower level than middle pronotum postero-dorsally (Figs 221, 222); pronotal fold absent (Fig. 221); vein 1-M of fore wing about 2.2 times as long as vein 1-SR and 0.9 times vein m-cu (Fig. 228); vein cu-a of fore wing weakly reclivous or subvertical (Fig. 228); widened part of hind tibia of male nearly straight ventrally (Fig. 230); hind basitarsus 3.5 times as long as wide (Fig. 231); first tergite largely smooth and shiny dorsally (Fig. 229).

Description.

See Hong et al. (2010).

Distribution.

China (Hubei).

Notes.

The name of this species is derived from the Latin “a-” and “plicatus” which means without fold, because this species has no pronotal fold on the pronotum.