Psyttoma gen. n. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Opiinae) from Shandong and Hubei (China), with a key to the species Author Li, Xi-Ying College of Bio-Safety Science and Technology, Hunan Agriculture University, Changsha 410128, China Author Achterberg, Cornelis van Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Postbus 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands Author Tan, Ji-Cai text Journal of Hymenoptera Research 2012 2012-10-15 29 73 81 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.29.3123 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.29.3123 1314-2607-29-73 1AC4D606321C4EDCA7A14C5161C8B31F 635AFFF1A207FFE6E93F6C64FFAD346F 574793 Psyttoma van Achterberg & Li gen. n. Figures 1 13 Etymology. The name is a combination of the generic names Psyttalia Walker and Phaedrotoma Foerster, 1862, because it combines features of both genera. Gender: feminine. Type species. Opius latilabris Chen & Weng, 2005. Diagnosis. Hypopygium of female distinctly acute apically and about 0.3 times as long as metasoma; labrum slanted backwards, leaving a large space below clypeus ( Fig. 9 ); veins 2-SR+R and SC+R1 of hind wing of male strongly widened ( Fig. 13 ); precoxal sulcus smooth; hind femur 2-3 times as long as wide ( Fig. 11 ); hind tibia without carinula basally; scutellum convex medially and depressed medio-posteriorly, distinctly protruding above level of mesoscutum ( Fig. 5 ); propodeum without median carina or areola; second metasomal segment 1.2 times longer than third tergite ( Fig. 4 ); spiracle of second tergite distinctly removed from apex of first tergite ( Fig. 4 ). Notes. The genus will run in the key to world genera of Opiinae by Wharton (1997) to the genera Psyttalia Walker and Opius Wesmael (part with normal mandible; = Phaedrotoma ). Because of the sharp pointed hypopygium it seems closer to Psyttalia , but it does not fit in any one of the genera and differs in having a medio-posterior depression of the mesoscutum, the second metasomal tergite longer than the third tergite, the precoxal sulcus smooth, the scutellum protruding dorsally, the hind wing narrowed and vein m-cu of the hind wing present as a faintly pigmented trace. The new genus can be separated from both genera as follows:
1 Scutellum distinctly protruding above level of mesoscutum ( Fig. 5 ); hypopygium of ♀ distinctly acute apically and about 0.3 times as long as metasoma ( Fig. 7 ) and hind wing comparatively narrow ( Figs 12, 13 ); hind femur very robust, 2-3 times as long as wide ( Fig. 11 ); labrum slanted backwards, leaving a large space below clypeus ( Fig. 9 ); medio-anterior veins of hind wing of male strongly widened ( Fig. 13 ) Psyttoma gen. n.
- Scutellum at level of mesoscutum; hypopygium of ♀ variable, if distinctly acute apically and about 0.3 times as long as metasoma then hind wing moderately wide and hind femur slender, 4-5 times as long as wide; labrum normal, without large space below clypeus; medio-anterior veins of hind wing of male narrow Psyttalia Walker and Phaedrotoma Foerster