Apanteles salutifer Wilkinson, 1931

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 : 149-151

Apanteles salutifer Wilkinson, 1931

( Figures 73 , 102 , 104p )

Apanteles salutifer Wilkinson, 1931: 77 . Holotype ♀ (examined)— Thailand [NHM, Fig. 104p ]. Wilkinson, 1934: 153; Wilkin- son, 1935: 269; Watanabe, 1939: 232; Beeson, 1941: 364; Nixon, 1965: 48; Rao, 1961: 37; Papp, 1980: 267; Shenefelt, 1972: 622; Chen & Song, 2004: 81.

Diagnosis. Body length 2.8 mm, fore wing length 3.4 mm. Body black, hind femur brown to black. Posterior tangent to anterior ocellus touching posterior ocelli, distance between fore and hind ocellus as long as diameter of hind ocellus. Antenna distinctly shorter body length, penultimate flagellomere 1.6× longer than wide. Interspaces between punctures on disc of mesonotum not smaller than its diameter. Areola on propodeum closed basally, V-shaped, with strong costulae. Pterostigma 2.7× as long as its widest part, vein 1-R1 1.5× longer than pterostigma, vein r 2.1× longer than vein 2-SR, weakly angled at junction. T1 nearly parallel-sided, 2.2× longer than hind width, turned-over part weakly rugose-punctate, longitudinal channel distinct with short transversal carinae; T2 shiny and polished, 3.0× wider than long in the middle; T3 2.2× longer than T2. Ovipositor sheath 1.3× longer than hind tibia.

Host. According to literature, Diaphania pyloalis Walker (Pyralidae) ( Yu et al, 2016).

Material examined. 1♀, Dazhulan , Fujian, 1991.X.6, Chen Xuexin, No. 920335 ; 1♀, Nanning , Guangxi, 195?, Li Yongxi, No. 6106.18 ; 1♀, Nanning , Guangxi, 1982.V.15, He Junhua, No. 821274 ; 1♀, Taiqinggong, Laoshan , Shandong, 1995.VIII.4, He Junhua, No. 955882 ; 1♀, Mt. Jigong , Henan, 1997.VII.12, Du Yuzhou, No. 974868 ; 1♀, Mt. Tianmu , Zhejiang, 1984.VI.25, Zhu Xiliang, No. 842111 ; 1♀, Mt. Gutian , Zhejiang, 1984.VII.20, Xu Weiliang, No. 863765 ; 1♀, Quzhou , Zhejiang, 1986.VIII.9, Qian Ying, No. 862166 ; 1♀, Dongyang , Zhejiang, 1987.VIII.10, Xu Weiliang, No. 875144 .

Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangxi, Henan, Hubei, Shandong, Yunnan, Zhejiang); India, Japan, Myanmar, South Korea, Thailand.

Remarks. Characters of the examined specimens mostly agree with the published descriptions and the type specimen except hind femur of some specimens darker.

Figures

FIGURE 73. Apanteles salutifer Wilkinson, 1931, a. habitus, lateral view; b. hind wing; c. mesonotum and scutellum, dorsal view; d. propodeum and metasoma, dorsal view; e. fore wing; f. head, dorsal view; g. head, lateral view; h. mesopleuron. Scale line = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 104. Types of ater-group of the genus Apanteles from NHM. a1–a2. A. argiope Nixon, 1965; b. A. aristaeus Nixon, 1965; c1–c2. A. bisulcata Cameron, 1909; d. A. cerberus Nixon, 1965; e. A. clita Nixon, 1965; f. A. cocotis Wilkinson, 1934; g1–g2. A. demades Nixon, 1965; h. A. diocles Nixon, 1965; i1–i2. A. florus Nixon, 1965; j. A. folia Nixon, 1965; k. A. galleriae Wilkinson, 1932; l. A. importunus Wilkinson, 1928; m. A. medon Nixon, 1965; n. A. oritias Nixon, 1965; o1–o2. A. psenes Nixon, 1965; p. A. salutifer Wilkinson, 1931; q. A. tachardiae Cameron, 1913.

FIGURE 102. 60–76: Distribution map of ater-group of the genus Apanteles Foerster, 1862. 60: A. nixoni Song & Chen, 2002; 61: A. ocellisublimus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 62: A. opacus (Ashmead, 1905); 63: A. oritias Nixon, 1965; 64: A. pachycarinatus Song & Chen, 2002; 65: A. pellucipterus Song & Chen, 2001; 66: A. plureseta Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 67: A. prominens Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 68: A. psenes Nixon, 1965; 69: A. qudra Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 70: A. radocoxa Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 71: A. raviantenna Chen & Song, 2004; 72: A. salsala Liu & Chen, sp. nov.; 73: A. salutifer Wilkinson, 1931; 74: A. saravus Nixon, 1965; 75: A. sartamus Nixon, 1965; 76: A. scrobiculatus Liu & Chen, sp. nov.