The first report of the biology of Proterops borneoensis Szépligeti (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Ichneutinae), with the description of a new species from China
Author
Achterberg, C. van
Author
Chenon, R. Desmier de
text
Journal of Natural History
2009
2009-03-31
43
11 - 12
619
633
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930802610477
journal article
10.1080/00222930802610477
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Proterops fumosus
Belokobylskij, 1993
(
Figure 5
A–F)
Proterops fumosus
Belokobylskij, 1993
, p. 58
–59; figures 89–96.
Notes
Up to now the species is only know from the
holotype
from
Vietnam
. The head of the Chinese specimens is usually largely blackish, but one female has the head largely yellowish-brown as the
holotype
. The fore and middle femora are completely yellowish or basally and apically darkened. The propodeal spiracle is medium-sized and surrounded by long setae (
Figure 3E
). The second metasomal tergite is comparatively long (
Figure 3D
)
.
Distribution
Vietnam
(
Hoa Binh
, south of
Hanoi
);
China
(
Tianjin
, east of
Beijing
).
Material
Three females plus one male from northeast
China
, ‘‘
Tientsin
[5
Tianjin
], F.M. Thomson, 1907-200’’ (BMNH, RMNH).