The ater-group of the genus Apanteles Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from China with the descriptions of forty-eight new species
Author
Liu, Zhen
Author
He, Jun-Hua
Author
Chen, Xue-Xin
Author
Gupta, Ankita
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-06-30
4807
1
1
205
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4807.1.1
1175-5326
3927639
7BEAE368-A259-4C88-BAF7-099DBAAB8926
Apanteles demades
Nixon, 1965
(
Figures 31
,
99
,
104g
1
–g
2
)
Apanteles demades
Nixon, 1965: 99
.
Holotype
♀
(examined)—Malaysia-Peninsular [NHM,
Figs
104g
1
–g
2
].
Shenefelt, 1972: 488
;
Long & Belokobylskij, 2004: 385–398
.
Diagnosis.
Ovipositor sheath not or hardly longer than hind basitarsus; segment 4 of hind tarsus distinctly shorter than 5; metacarp 3.0 as long as its distance from apex of marginal cell; hind wing broad, length of 1-M much shorter than distance between its distal extremity and apex of vannal lobe. Compared with
A. folia
: face smoother, shiny; top of head more finely sculptured; mesoscutum more finely punctate; disc of scutellum slightly more convex, shinier and with hardly a trace of punctation; 1-CU1 angled with cu-a; areolation of propodeum poorly defined; hind coxa almost polished on outer surface; T1 slightly narrowed behind.
Host.
According to literature,
Selepa celtis
Moore (Noctuidae)
(
Nixon, 1965
).
Material examined.
1♀
,
Tianchi
,
Jianfengling
,
Hainan
,
2007.VI.4–7
,
Zeng Jie, No.
200711061
.
Distribution.
China
(
Hainan
)
new record
;
Malaysia
,
Vietnam
.
Remarks.
Characters of the examined specimen agree with the published descriptions and
type
specimen except legs darker (
Fig. 31a
).