Apanteles changhingensis Chu, 1937

Liu, Zhen, He, Jun-Hua, Chen, Xue-Xin & Gupta, Ankita, 2020, The ater-group of the genus Apanteles Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from China with the descriptions of forty-eight new species, Zootaxa 4807 (1), pp. 1-205 : 57

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4807.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7BEAE368-A259-4C88-BAF7-099DBAAB8926

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4343127

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A88789-FFB4-9946-F197-FE12FD2CFB6C

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scientific name

Apanteles changhingensis Chu, 1937
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Apanteles changhingensis Chu, 1937 View in CoL

( Figures 24 View FIGURE 24 , 99 View FIGURE 99. 17–32 )

Apanteles changhingensis Chu, 1937: 63 View in CoL . Holotype ♀ — Zhejiang, China [ZJUH]. Thompson, 1953: 55; Chu, He, Wang et al. 1978: 56; Song & Chen, 2004: 36.

Diagnosis. Body length 3.0 mm, fore wing length 3.5 mm. Body black, hind femur yellowish to reddish yellow. Ocelli not large, posterior tangent to anterior ocellus touching posterior ocelli, distance between fore and hind ocellus about as long as diameter of hind ocellus. Antenna about as long as body length, penultimate flagellomere 1.8× longer than wide. Pronotum strongly rugose at posterior end of notaulic courses, no distinct striation. Interspaces between punctures on disc of mesonotum distinctly smaller than its diameter. Areola on propodeum closed with strong costulae, a longitudinal carina present along lateral margin. Pterostigma, 3.2× as long as its widest part, vein 1-R1 1.4× longer than pterostigma, vein r 2.3× longer than vein 2-SR, weakly angled at junction. T1 nearly parallelsided, 2.5× longer than hind width, turned-over part dull, rough, with weak striation laterally, longitudinal channel deep; T2 shiny and nearly polished, 2.5× wider than long in the middle; T3 2.2× longer than T2. Ovipositor sheath 1.3× longer than hind tibia.

Host. It is the cocoon parasitoid of Dendrolimus punctatus Walker. Its cocoon is white ( Chu, 1937).

Material examined. 1♀, Jianfengling , Hainan, 2007.VI.4–7, Zeng Jie, No. 200710957 ; 1♀, Yinggeling , Hainan, 2008.XI.16, Tan Jiangli, No. 200805811 ; 1♀, Wuyun, Hangzhou , Zhejiang, 2008.X.4, Zeng Jie, Nos. 200809460, 200809461 .

Distribution. China (Fujian, Hainan, Zhejiang).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Apanteles

Loc

Apanteles changhingensis Chu, 1937

Liu, Zhen, He, Jun-Hua, Chen, Xue-Xin & Gupta, Ankita 2020
2020
Loc

Apanteles changhingensis

Chen, J. H. & Song, D. B. 2004: 36
Chu, J. T. & He, J. H. & Wang, J. & Chen, J. 1978: 56
Chu, J. T. 1937: 63
1937
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