Three new species of Zaischnopsis Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae) from Southern China, with redescription of Zaischnopsis tubatius (Walker)
Author
Peng, Lingfei
Author
Xiang, Jiawei
Author
Liu, Qifei
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-11-21
4524
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journal article
27929
10.11646/zootaxa.4524.2.4
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Key to females of
Zaischnopsis
in the Oriental region
1 Flagellum with funiculars 3‒5 brown, funicular 6 and clava white..................................
Z. cooki
(Girault)
- Flagellum entirely dark................................................................................. 2
2(1) Fore wing infuscate beyond level of parastigma, gradually lightened distally but without hyaline cross-band or spot (
Fig. 5 5
); metatibia with basal half of dorsal margin white (
Fig. 57
)......................................
Z. locustae
(Girault)
- Fore wing infuscate beyond level of parastigma and with hyaline cross-band or spot(s) behind marginal vein; metatibia sometimes without white region dorsally within basal half......................................................... 3
3(2) Fore wing with single hyaline cross-band behind marginal vein (
Figs 10
,
19
,
34
,
48, 52
)............................. 4
- Fore wing with 1‒3 hyaline spots behind marginal vein (
Figs 26
,
49, 50, 51
)...................................... 10
4(3) Hyaline cross-band of fore wing very narrow, about 1/5 to 1/6 width of basal infuscate region (
Fig. 19
)................. 5
- Hyaline cross-band of fore wing wide, usually about 1/2 to 1/3 width of basal infuscate part (
Figs 10
,
34
,
48
)............. 6
5(4) Funiculars 2‒4 equal in length........................................................
Z. magniscapus
(Girault)
- Funiculars
2‒4 in
ratio of 15: 17: 21 (
Fig. 17
).................................................
Z. fumosa
sp. nov.
6(4) Mesotibial spur yellow to milky white; scrobal depression separated from anterior ocellus by distance equal to 2× diameter of anterior ocellus.....................................................................
Z. keralensis
Narendran
- Mesotibial spur dark brown to black; distance between scrobal depression and anterior ocellus variable................. 7
7(6) Gaster about 1.8× longer than mesosoma; mesotibial spur black; scrobal depression separated from anterior ocellus by distance less than the diameter of an anterior ocellus...............................
Z. mampadicus
Narendran & Girish Kumar
- Gaster at most about 1.2× longer than mesosoma; mesotibial spur variable in color; distance between scrobal depression and anterior ocellus variable................................................................................ 8
8(7) Fore wing with MV shorter than SMV..................................................
Z. fascipennis
(Walker)
- Fore wing with MV longer than SMV..................................................................... 9
9(8) Metatibia with dorsal margin dark brown to black (
Figs 37
,
60
), though possibly superficially appearing white because of dense white setae (
Fig. 37
); propodeum with plical region medially very narrow (
Figs 39
,
47
)..........
Z. tubatius
(Walker)
- Metatibia with basal half of dorsal margin white (
Fig. 8
); propodeum with plical region comparatively wider (
Figs 2
,
44
).......................................................................................
Z. candetibia
sp. nov.
10(3) Fore wing with single hyaline spot behind marginal vein (
Figs 26
,
51
).......................................... 11
- Fore wing with 2 or 3 hyaline spots behind marginal vein (
Figs 49, 50
).......................................... 12
11(10) Fore wing with hyaline spot triangular and with a very narrow longitudinal hyaline stripe at hind margin opposite base of MV (
Fig. 51
).................................................................
Z. stom
Narendran & Girish Kumar
- Fore wing with hyaline spot round and hind margin without a longitudinal hyaline stripe (
Fig. 26
)......
Z. nivalinota
sp. nov.
12(10) Fore wing with 3 hyaline spots behind marginal vein (
Fig. 50
)...............................
Z. bathericus
Narendran
- Fore wing with 2 hyaline spots behind marginal vein (
Fig. 49
)..............................
Z. biharensis
(Narendran)