Description of a new species of Foenatopus Smith (Hymenoptera, Stephanidae), with a key to the species from Vietnam
Author
Ge, Si-Xun
College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
Author
Ren, Li-Li
College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
Author
Tan, Jiang-Li
Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Animal Conservation / Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, 229 North Taibai Road, Xi' an, Shaanxi 710069, China
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Journal of Hymenoptera Research
2021
2021-12-30
88
71
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.88.76421
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Foenatopus meridionalis Ge & Tan
sp. nov.
Figs 1-4
, 5-8
, 9-11
, 12-15
, 16
, 17-20
, 21-24
, 25-27
, 28-30
, 31
Material examined.
Holotype
,
♀
(BFU),
Vietnam
:
Binh Thuan
, Huyen Thuan
Bac
,
Dong Tien
,
108°2.382'E
,
11°12.912'N
,
VI.2020
, leg.
Local
collector
;
Paratypes
,
3♂
(BFU),
Vietnam
:
Binh Thuan
, Huyen Thuan
Bac
,
Dong Tien
,
108°2.382'E
,
11°12.912'N
,
VI.2020
, leg.
Local
collector
.
Figures 1-4.
Foenatopus meridionalis
Ge & Tan, sp. nov.
Holotype
♀
.
1
Head, frontal view;
2
Head, dorsal view;
3
Head, lateral view;
4
Pronotum, dorsal view.
Diagnosis.
Head transverse in dorsal view and slightly elliptical in lateral view; frons completely yellowish-brown without streaks; vertex coarsely transversely carinate rugose with three distinct carinae between ocelli; propodeum shallowly circularo-foveolate with a relatively smooth coriaceous area anteriorly (the anterior coriaceous area concave more deeply in the male than in the female); pterostigma translucent with dark brown margins, long and narrow, subparallel-sided; vein 2-CU1 extremely short; hind femur with 2 ivory large teeth venrtally and with a blackish tooth obtusely developed basally; ovipositor sheath without sub-apical band.
Figures 5-8.
Foenatopus meridionalis
Ge & Tan, sp. nov. Holotype ♀.
5
Mesoscutum and scutellum, dorsal view;
6
Propodeum, dorsal view;
7
Fore Wing;
8
Hind coxa, lateral view.
Description.
Holotype.
Female.
The length of body (except ovipositor sheath) 10.5 mm; forewing 6.4 mm long, 1.4 mm wide; the length of ovipositor sheath 9.6 mm.
Figures 9-11.
Foenatopus meridionalis
Ge & Tan, sp. nov. Holotype ♀.
9
Hind femur, lateral view;
10
Hind tibia, lateral view;
11
Hind tarsi, lateral view.
Head.
Antenna with 28 flagellomeres; frons finely and transversely rugose (Fig.
1
); three anterior coronal teeth large and lobe-shaped, while the posterior two relatively small and wide; the ocular triangular area with three coarse transverse rugae; vertex finely transversely rugose anteriorly, with coarse and slightly curved rugae reaching occipital carina; temple smooth and shiny, roundly contracts behind eyes (Fig.
2
).
Figures 12-15.
Foenatopus meridionalis
Ge & Tan, sp. nov. Holotype ♀.
12
Tergite I, dorsal view;
13
Metasoma (except tergite I), dorsal view;
14
Metasoma (except tergite I), ventral view;
15
ovipositor and sheath, lateral view.
Mesosoma.
Pronotum moderately robust and largely coriaceous; neck anteriorly deeply emarginated, with several transverse ridges (Fig.
4
), neck at about the same level of the middle part of pronotum postero-dorsally; pronotal fold absent; middle part of pronotum finely coarsely striate; posterior pronotum distinctly elevated and transversely rugose; mesoscutum with finely reticulate striate anteriorly and posterior half coarsely; scutellum smooth and with foveolae laterally (Fig.
5
); propodeum completely with shallow, circular foveolae, with a relatively smooth coriaceous area anteriorly (Fig.
6
).
Figure 16.
Foenatopus meridionalis
Ge & Tan, sp. nov. Holotype ♀, dorsal habitus.
Wings.
Fore wing: hyaline (Fig.
7
); vein 2-CU1 weakly developed, 0.25
x
as long as vein cu-a; pterostigma subparallel-sided, elongate and acute apically, 2.5
x
as long as vein r and 11.0
x
as wide as its maximum width; vein SR1 2.1
x
as long as vein r; vein SR1 and vein r obtusely angled; vein r ends 0.13
x
length of pterostigma behind level of apex of pterostigma.
Figures 17-20.
Foenatopus meridionalis
Ge & Tan, sp. nov. Paratype ♂.
17
Head, frontal view;
18
Head, dorsal view;
19
Head, lateral view;
20
Pronotum, dorsal view.
Legs.
Hind coxa transversely striate, dilated sub-apically (Fig.
8
); hind femur densely reticulate, with two ivory large ventral teeth and with a blackish tooth rather obtuse developed basally (Fig.
9
); hind tibia coriaceous, 1.25
x
as long as hind femur; basal narrow part of hind tibia 1.1
x
as long as widened part, inner side of widened part basally distinctly V-shaped depressed, apically setose (Fig.
10
); basitarsus 4.7
x
as long as wide, with dense and bristle setae ventrally (Fig.
11
).
Figures 21-24.
Foenatopus meridionalis
Ge & Tan, sp. nov. Paratype ♂.
21
Mesoscutum and scutellum, dorsal view;
22
Propodeum, dorsal view;
23
Fore Wing;
24
Hind coxa, lateral view.
Metasoma.
Tergite I (TI) finely transversely striate (Fig.
12
), ca 7.4
x
as long as its maximum width, 2.25
x
as long as TII; basal one fifth of TII striate, and the remaining tergites largely shiny, smooth or weakly aciculate (Fig.
13
); pygidial area indistinctly differentiated in color, and truncate apically (Fig.
14
); ovipositor sheath completely black, and ca 0.9
x
as long as body length (Fig.
15
).
Figures 25-27.
Foenatopus meridionalis
Ge & Tan, sp. nov. Paratype ♂.
25
Hind femur, lateral view;
26
Hind tibia, lateral view;
27
Hind tarsi, lateral view.
Colour.
Brownish to blackish; frons completely yellowish-brown without streaks (Fig.
1
), temple ventrally yellowish-brown along compound eye; wing membrane hyaline (Fig.
7
), wing veins brownish; pterostigma translucent with dark brown margins; pronotum, mesoscutum and propodeum blackish; prosternum brownish; hind femur, hind tibia and metasoma largely blackish to blackish-brown; large ventral tooth of hind femur ivory (Fig.
9
); ovipositor sheath complelely blackish without whitish subapical band (Fig.
15
).
Figures 28-30.
Foenatopus meridionalis
Ge & Tan, sp. nov. Paratype ♂.
28
Tergite I, dorsal view;
29
Metasoma (except tergite I), dorsal view;
30
Metasoma (except tergite I), ventral view.
Paratypes.
Male
. The length of body 9.5-11.4 mm; the length of forewing 4.9-5.7 mm.
Resemble to female but differs as follows: fore legs and mid legs brown; a large reddish-brown spot developed in the middle part of hind femur; the blackish tooth on the basal part of hind femur comparatively more developed; tergite I ca 3.2-3.37
x
as tergite II and 0.92-1.05
x
as remainder of metasoma; tergite III reddish-brown in dorsal view, and tergite II to tergite IV brownish to reddish-brown in ventral view; forewing 4.9-5.7 mm; vein 2-CU1 weakly developed, 0.21-0.3
x
as long as vein cu-a; pterostigma subparallel-sided, elongate and acute apically, 1.74-2.35
x
as long as vein r and 8.6-9.6
x
as wide as its maximum width; vein SR1 1.74-2.06
x
as long as vein r; vein SR1 and vein r obtusely angled; vein r ends 0.24-0.26
x
length of pterostigma behind level of apex of pterostigma.
Figure 31.
Foenatopus meridionalis
Ge & Tan, sp. nov. Paratype ♂, dorsal habitus.
Etymology.
We name the new species as "
meridionalis
" (Latin for south) for the type locality is in the southern part of Vietnam.
Distribution.
Vietnam.
Biology.
Collected in June. Host is unknown.
Note.
The new species runs to
F. flavidentatus
in the key to Chinese species by
Hong et al. (2011)
in having the base of anterior tooth of corona yellowish brown; teeth of hind femur ivory and a less developed vein r on fore wing. However, the new species differs from
F. flavidentatus
in lacking the ivory sub-apical band of ovipositor sheath; propodeum with a relatively smooth coriaceous area anteriorly and an indistinctly differentiated pygidial area (pygidial impression in
F. flavidentatus
deep and reverse V-shaped). This new species runs to
F. sudhae
(Narendran & Sureshan, 2003) in the key to Indian species by
Binoy et al. (2020)
but it differs from
F. sudhae
in having 3 carinae between ocelli of the vertex and a distinct median longitudinal grove on posterior half of mesoscutum. The new species is also similar to
F. quadridens
, a species from Luang Prabang, Laos, in having posterior half of the pronotum distinctly striate, the ovipositor sheath completely blackish and a coarsely sculptured frons, but it can be easily distinguished by the two robust and ivory teeth on the hind femur (
F. quadridens
has 4 medium to large blackish teeth) and a slightly curved vein SR1 on the fore wing (more straight in
F. quadridens
).