Aphelopus spadiceus Xu & He, 1997

Xu, Zaifu, Olmi, Massimo & He, Junhua, 2013, Dryinidae of the Oriental region (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 3614 (1), pp. 1-460 : 36-37

25. Aphelopus spadiceus Xu & He, 1997

( Plate 9B )

Aphelopus spadiceus Xu & He in Xu et al. 1997b: 8; He & Xu 2002: 77; Olmi 2010: 14.

Description of Female. Fully winged; length 1.9–2.1 mm. Head black, except mandible testaceous; clypeus black; antenna brown, except segment 1 testaceous; mesosoma black; metasoma black-brown; legs yellow-testaceous, except metatibia darkened. Antenna filiform, hairy; antennal hairs about as long as breadth of antennal segments; antennal segments in following proportions: 5:4.5:7:7:7:6:5.5:5:5:8. Head dull, granulated; frontal line incomplete, not present in posterior half of face; POL = 6; OL = 3; OOL = 4; OPL = 2; TL = 4; greatest breadth of posterior ocelli about as long as OPL; occipital carina complete. Scutum dull, granulated. Notauli incomplete, reaching approximately 0.7 length of scutum. Scutellum and metanotum shiny, finely punctate, unsculptured among punctures. Mesopleuron shiny, unsculptured, except proximal third slightly granulated. Propodeum without transverse keel between dorsal and posterior surface; dorsal surface reticulate rugose; posterior surface with two complete longitudinal keels, lateral areas reticulate rugose and median area smooth and almost completely unsculptured. Fore wing hyaline, without dark transverse bands. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.

Description of Male. Fully winged; length 1.5–2.0 mm. Head black, except mandible whitish and clypeus brown or black (in specimen from Brunei, 04°34'N 115°07'E, head brown, except anterior half of face and clypeus testaceous-brown; in specimen from China, Yunnan, Jietou, head black, except mandible testaceous and clypeus whitish); antenna black-brown; mesosoma black; metasoma black-brown; foreleg grey-yellow, except coxa yellow and tarsal segments 4–5 brown; midleg grey-yellow, except tarsal segments 4–5 brown; hindleg brown, except trochanter grey-yellow and tarsal segments 1–3 grey-yellow. Antenna filiform, hairy; antennal hairs as long as breadth of antennal segments; antennal segments in following proportions: 2.0:2.0:2.7:3.2:3.2:3.7:3.7:3.8:3.8:5.8. Head dull, granulated; frontal line almost complete, not present only in front of anterior ocellus (frontal line considered complete in original description); POL = 3.0; OL = 1.8; OOL = 2.0; OPL = 1.0; TL = 1.6; greatest breadth of posterior ocelli about as long as OPL; occipital carina complete. Scutum dull, granulated. Notauli incomplete, reaching approximately 0.6–0.8 length of scutum. Scutellum and metanotum dull, granulated. Mesopleuron slightly granulated. Propodeum with transverse keel between dorsal and posterior surface; dorsal surface slightly granulated, with reticulate rugose median region; posterior surface with two weak longitudinal keels, lateral areas reticulate rugose and median area slightly smooth. Fore wing hyaline, without dark transverse bands; in specimen from Chian, Jietou, Jie Zeng leg., fore wing with one dark spot beneath pterostigma. Basivolsella ( Plate 9B ) with distal outer process and two subdistal bristles. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.

Material examined. Types: holotype ♂: CHINA: Guizhou, Mt. Fanjingshan , 12.VII.1993, Songlin Yao leg. ( ZJUC) . Paratype: same locality label as holotype, 14.VII.1993, Xuexin Chen leg., 1♂ ( ZJUC) . Other material. BRUNEI: Temburong District, Batu Apoi Forest Reserve, Kuala Belalong Field Studies Centre , 04°34'N 115°07'E, 18.V.1991, Malaise trap, N. Mawdsley leg., 1♂ ( BMNH) ; CHINA: Guangdong, Nanling National Nature Reserve , 1–6.X.2004, Zaifu Xu leg., 1♀ ( SCAU) ; Sichuan, Wolong National Nature Reserve , 21.VII.2006, J.L. Gao leg., 1♂ ( ZJUC) ; Sichuan, Luding, Moxi Town , 19.VI.2005, Jingxian Liu leg., 1♂ ( SCAU) ; Yunnan, Gejiu, Lvchun , 1900–1980 m, 25.VII.2003, Long Hu leg., 1♀ ( SCAU) ; Yunnan, Pingbian , 18.VII.2003, Zaifu Xu leg., 1♂ ( ZJUC) ; Yunnan, Baoshan, Tengchong, Jietou , 13.V.2009, Jie Zeng leg., 3♂ and 1♀ ( SCAU) ; Yunnan, Tengchong, Jietou , 12.V.2009, Manman Wang leg., 1♂ ( SCAU) ; same locality label, Jie Zeng leg., 1♂ ( SCAU) . THAILAND: Chiang Mai, Doi Inthanon National Park , 18°35.361'N 98°29.157'E, summit forest, 2500 m, Malaise trap, 19–26.X.2006, Y. Areeluck leg., 1♀ and 1♂ ( QSBG, MOLC) ; same locality label, 13–21.IX.2006, 1♂ ( MOLC) ; same locality label, 26.X–2.XI.2006, 3♂ ( QSBG, MOLC) ; same locality label, 16–24.VIII.2006, 2♂ ( QSBG, MOLC) ; same locality label, summit marsh, 19–26.X.2006, 1♂ ( MOLC) ; same locality label, summit marsh, 13–21.IX.2006, 1♂ ( QSBG) ; same locality label, summit marsh, 16–24.VIII.2006, 1♂ ( MOLC) , 2♀♀ ( QSBG) ; Phetchabun, Khao Kho National Park , office, 16°39.550'N 101°08.134'E, 1 m, Malaise trap, 26.VII–2.VIII.2006, Somchai Chachumnan & Saink Singtong leg., 1♂ ( MOLC) . Palaearctic: CHINA: Ningxia Hui Nationality Autonomous Region, Mt. Liupanshan , 21.VI–14.VII.2008, Jiemin Yao leg., 1♂ ( SCAU) ; Ningxia Hui Nationality Autonomous Region, Pengyang, Guamagou , 10.VII.2008, Jingxian Liu leg., 1♂ ( SCAU) .

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. China (Guizhou, Guangdong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Ningxia), Brunei (Temburong), Thailand (Chiang Mai, Phetchabun).

Figures

PLATE 9. Male genitalia. A. Aphelopus sabahnus from China, Taiwan. B. A. spadiceus from China, Sichuan. C. A. taiwanensis, holotype (from Olmi 1991). D. A. thai, holotype (from Olmi 2008c). E. A. wushensis, holotype (from Olmi 2010). F. A. xanthopus from China, Yunnan. G. A. zonalis sp. nov., holotype. Scale bar 0.10 mm for A, B and C, 0.17mm for D, 0.13 mm for E, 0.14 mm for Fand G.