Townesia qinghaiensis He, 1996

Li, Tao, Sun, Shu-Ping, Sheng, Mao-Ling, Liu, Jing-Xian & Pham, Nhi Thi, 2019, Taxonomic study of the genus Townesia Ozols (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) with description of a new species from China and a key to world species, ZooKeys 878, pp. 23-32 : 29-31

Townesia qinghaiensis He, 1996 Figure 13

Diagnosis.

Female: Forewing length 6.7-11.5 mm. Ovipositor sheath length 10.0-17.0 mm. Face, gena, and vertex smooth, shiny, with very sparse, fine punctures. Malar space 0.2 times as long as basal width of mandible. Antenna with 22-23 flagellomeres. Propodeum shiny, almost without carina, without median longitudinal furrow. Tergite I 1.7 times as long as apical width, 0.7 times as long as tergite II. Tergite II 1.2 times as long as tergite III, apical smooth transverse bands of tergites II–IV 0.18 times as long as respective length. Apical portion of dorsal valve of ovipositor ( Fig. 13 ) with fine teeth. Maxillary and labial palpi gray-black.

Male: Forewing length 5.5-12.5 mm. Antenna with 22-24 flagellomeres. Fore wing with vein 1 cu-a slightly distal of or opposite to 1/M. Hind third tarsomere 0.4 times as long as first tarsomere, 0.75-0.8 times as long as fifth tarsomere. Tergite I 2.3-2.5 times as long as apical width, 0.67-0.7 times as long as tergite II. Hind coxa black to brownish black.

Host.

Cydia strobilella (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Lepidoptera , Tortricidae ).

Host plant.

Picea crassifolia Kom., P. mongolica W.D. Xu.

Material examined.

4 ♀♀, 7 ♂♂, CHINA: Qilian, Qinghai Province, 16-26 April 2004, Mao-Ling Sheng. 68 ♀♀, 26 ♂♂, CHINA: Keshiketeng, Inner Mongolia, 6-10 April 2005, Mao-Ling Sheng. 1 ♂, CHINA: Aletai, Xinjiang, 30 March 2007, Mao-Ling Sheng. 1 ♀, CHINA: Mentougou, Beijing, 13 June 2008, Tao Wang.

Distribution.

China.

Figures

Figures 10 - 14. Apical part of ovipositor, lateral view 10 Townesia sulcata Sheng & Li, sp. nov. 11 Townesia cheni Liu & He 12 Townesia exilis Gupta & Tikar 13 Townesia qinghaiensis He 14 Townesia tenuiventris (Holmgren).