Apanteles masoni Song & Chen, 2004

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 : 119

Apanteles masoni Song & Chen, 2004

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Apanteles masoni Chen & Song, 2004: 71 . Holotype ♀ — Yunnan, China [FAFU].

Diagnosis. Body length 2.4 mm, fore wing length 2.4 mm. Body black, hind femur bright yellow. Ocelli small, posterior tangent to anterior ocellus hardly touching posterior ocelli, distance between fore and hind ocellus slightly larger than diameter of hind ocellus. Antenna slightly shorter than body length, penultimate flagellomere 1.9× longer than wide. Interspaces between punctures on disc of mesonotum not shorter than its diameter. Areola on propodeum closed, V-shaped apically, with strong costulae, posterio-lateral parts polished. Pterostigma 3.0× as long as its widest part, vein 1-R1 1.8× longer than pterostigma, vein r 1.9× longer than vein 2-SR, weakly angled at junction. T1 parallel-sided, 2.3× longer than hind width, turned-over part dull, rugose-punctate, longitudinal channel shallow; T2 shiny and nearly polished, except weak wrinkles laterally, 3.3× wider than long in the middle; T3 1.9× longer than T2. Ovipositor sheath slightly shorter than hind tibia.

Material examined. 1♀, Chibi, Yongqin , Fujian, 2002.IX.17 , Yu Xiaoxia, No. 20023700; 1♀, Wufeng , Zhang- zhou, Fujian, 1988.VIII.11 , Huang Jian, No. 200010053; 1♀, Shumuyuan, Shenzhou, Fujian, 1989.X, Wu Zhishan, No. 20009674 ; 2♀♀, Fuzhou , Fujian, 1985.VIII.22 , Liu Changming, Nos. 965825, 965897; 1♀, Shimentai, Yingde , Guangdong, 2003.III.29 , Wang Yiping, No. 20032528 ; 2♀♀, Linchangfangbu, Dawuling , Guangdong, 2001.X.6 , Xu Zaifu, Nos. 20021206, 20021185; 1♀, Datianding, Dawuling , Guangdong, 2001.X.5 , ditto, No. 20020927 ; 1♀, Mt. Nankun , Guangdong, 2002.VI.8 , Xu Zaifu, No. 20028844; 1♀, Pingjia, Yangshan , Guangdong, 2002.VII.25 , ditto, No. 20029234 ; 2♀♀, Jianfengling , Hainan, 2007.VI.4–7 , Weng Liqiong, Nos. 200809177, 200711202; 1♀, Mt. Diaoluo , Hainan, 2007.V.29–VI.2 , Xiao Bin, No. 200804652; 2♀♀, Yinggeling, Baisha , Hainan, 2008. XI.17–18 , Wang Manman, Nos. 200805469, 200805261; 1♀, Bawangling , Hainan, 2007.VI.9–10 , Zeng Jie, No. 200804531.

Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Yunnan).

Figures

FIGURE 57. Apanteles masoni Chen & Song, 2004, a. habitus, lateral view; b. metasoma, dorsal view; c. hind wing; d. propodeum; e. head, dorsal view; f. mesopleuron; g. mesonotum and scutellum, dorsal view; h. head, frontal view. Scale line = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 101. 48–59: Distribution map of ater-group of the genus Apanteles Foerster, 1862. 48: A. latericarinatus Song & Chen, 2001; 49: A. lateroglabris Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 50: A. latisulca Chen & Song, 2004; 51: A. Apanteles limus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 52: A. longicoxa Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 53: A. longidiscus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 54: A. longirostris Chen & Song, 2004; 55: A. lunata Song & Chen, 2004; 56: A. magastigma Liu & Chen, sp. nov; 57: A. masoni Chen & Song, 2004; 58: A. medon Nixon, 1965; 59: A. muscosalis Liu & Chen, sp. nov.