Apanteles medon Nixon, 1965

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 : 119-122

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.4343306

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A88789-FFFA-9907-F197-F8F8FD1AFCAA

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scientific name

Apanteles medon Nixon, 1965
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Apanteles medon Nixon, 1965 View in CoL

( Figures 58 View FIGURE 58 , 101 View FIGURE 101. 48–59 , 104m View FIGURE 104 )

Apanteles medon Nixon, 1965: 90 View in CoL . Holotype ♀ (examined)—Malaysia-Peninsular [NHM, Fig. 104m View FIGURE 104 ]. Shenefelt, 1972: 567.

Diagnosis. Hind tibia yellow like hind femur but tipped with infuscation; face somewhat dull, rather strongly and irregularly punctate; mesoscutum dull, with an even, coarse punctation, almost rugose-punctation that leaves the course of notaulices not distinct; propodeum less sharply areolated; anterior dorsal areas dull, rugose and pubescent; pterostigma narrower, r longer than 2-SR; mesopleuron with extensive, dull and discrete punctation; inner spur of hind tibia longer and stronger; hind wing broad; T1 quite strongly narrowed towards apex.

Material examined. 1♀, Chongqing, 1987.IX.3, He Junhua, No. 878447 ; 3♀♀, Mt. Longxi, Jiangle , Fujian, 1991.VII.16, Liu Changming, Nos. 20006944, 20007136, 20007049 ; 1♀, ditto, 1991.VII.8, Liu Changming, No. 969742 ; 1♀, Mt. Wuyi , Fujian, 2007.VIII.22–25, Xie Cuihong, No. 200807140 ; 1♀, ditto, 1986.VII.5, Wang Jiashe, No. 865612 ; 1♀, Tianbaoyan, Yongan , Fujian, 2001.VII.15–18, Xu Zaifu, No. 20020185 ; 1♀, Buyun, Shanghang , Fujian, 1988.VII.22–24, Ma Yun, No. 885201 ; 1♀, Letu, Nanjing , Fujian, 1989.IX.7, Liu Changming, No. 20006194 ; 2♀♀, Chebaling, Shixing , Guangdong, 2002.V.25, Xu Zaifu, No. 20051068, 20051578 ; 1♀, Xi- shui, Guizhou, 2000.IX.26, Ma Yun, No. 200102272 ; 1♀, Bawangling , Hainan, 2008.XI.26, Wang Manman, No. 200805642 ; 1♀, Mt. Baiyun, Songshan , Henan, 1996.VII.9, Cai Ping, No. 973406 ; 1♀, Dongshanfeng, Mt. Hup- ing, Shimen , Hunan, 2009.VII.14, Ma Li, No. 200902055 ; 1♀, Mengxiu, Ruili , Yunnan, 1981.V.2–6, He Junhua, No. 812984 ; 1♀, Mt. Tianmu , Zhejiang, 1984.VII.29, Wu Xiaojing, No. 844428 ; 2♀♀, Houshanmen, Mt. Tianmu , light trap, Zhejiang, 1998.VIII.25 /IX.14, Zhao Mingshui, Nos. 20000308, 995197 .

Distribution. China (Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Yunnan, Zhejiang) new record; Malaysia, Vietnam.

Remarks. Characters of the examined specimens agree with the published descriptions and the type specimen, except for the face and propodeum not that rugose.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Apanteles

Loc

Apanteles medon Nixon, 1965

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

Apanteles medon

Shenefelt, R. D. 1972: 567
Nixon, G. E. J. 1965: 90
1965
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