The genus Aclista Förster, 1856 (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) firstly recorded from China, with descriptions of three new species
Author
Feng, Jun
Author
Xu, Zaifu
text
Zoological Systematics
2016
41
3
273
279
journal article
10.11865/zs.201628
2095-6827
5366845
9529B45C-8F44-4DCA-BF37-9079CF55292C
Aclista capitata
sp. nov.
(
Figs 4–6
)
Material
examined.
Holotype
♀
,
China
,
Yunnan
,
Zhaotong
,
Huanghua
,
7–9.X.2012
, coll.
Shiwen Yang
,
Hua
3- 201210054 (
SCAU
).
Paratypes
.
10♀
, same data as holotype,
Hua
1-201210065,
Hua
2-2012088055,
Hua
3-201209004,
Hua
3-201210011,
Hua
3-201208100,
Hua
4-201209005,
Li
5-201210117,
Li
5-201210121,
Li
5-201210133,
Sha
3-201210014 (
SCAU
)
.
Description.
Holotype
. Female. Body length
3.2 mm
. Fore wing length
2.5 mm
.
Color. Body blackish-brown. Antennae brown. Legs and mandibles brownish-yellow.
Figures 4–6.
Aclista capitata
sp. nov.
, holotype. 4. Antenna. 5. Mesosoma and metasoma, dorsal view. 6. Fore wing.
Head. Head in dorsal view 2.20× as wide as long, wider than mesosoma (10.0: 8.5); in frontal view subtriangular, with moderately prominent antennal sockets. Toruli separated from each other, with shallow cleft between them. Mandibles sickle-shaped and overlapping. Clypeus convex, lustrous with pubescence. Face lustrous, with pubescence, without facial furrow. Antenna 15-segmented, with dense pubescence. Scape slender, cylindrical, and bowed slightly. Relative ratio of length to width of antennal segments as follows: 5.2: 1.0, 1.2: 1.0, 3.3: 0.8, 2.5: 0.8, 2.0: 0.8, 1.7: 0.8, 1.5: 0.8, 1.3: 0.8, 1.3: 0.8, 1.2: 0.8, 1.2: 0.8, 1.2: 0.8, 1.2: 0.8, 1.2: 0.8, 2.0: 0.8. Ocelli large. OOL: POL=2.0: 1.5. Eye oval, with sparse pubescence, 1.60× as long as wide. Occipital carina complete.
Mesosoma. Mesosoma with dense pubescence. Pronotal collar distinct in dorsal view. Mesoscutum convex. Notauli complete. Parapsidal line indistinct. Anterior scutellar pit large and trapezoidal. Axillar pits large and rounded, with tuft of pubescence inside. Scutellar disc with conical hump in middle. Dorsellum flat. Propodeum lustrous. Median keel of propodeum simple. Inner plicae converging and not projecting posteriorly. Outer plicae turned outwards posteriorly, ending in a sharp tooth. Fore wing with parastigma 0.65× as long as marginal vein (1.5: 2.3); radial cell closed, 2.39× as long as marginal vein (5.5: 2.3).
Metesoma. Petiole subcylindrical, with indistinct and irregular longitudinal rugosity; 2.25× as long as middle width (4.5: 2.0). Gaster fusiform, tapering at a sharp point.
T
2 smooth and lustrous, widest portion almost in middle.
T
2 with median furrow extending to 0.14 of its length. Base of
T
2 with two lateral striations on either side of median furrow.
T
2 1.41× as long as wide (10.0: 7.1). Pygidium longer than prepygium (2.5: 1.7).
Male. Unknown.
Distribution.
China
(
Yunnan
).
Biology. Unknown.
Etymology. The specific name of the new species is referred to its wide head, which is distinctly wider than mesosoma in dorsal view.
Remarks. The new species resembles
A. globosa
Rajmohana & Narendran, 2006
, but can be distinguished from the latter by following characteristics: antenna filiform (gradually enlarged towards tip in
A. globosa
); A3 0.63× scape length (0.45× in
A. globosa
); A15 0.61× A3 length (1.50× in
A. globosa
); head distinctly transverse and distinctly wider than mesosoma in dorsal view (narrower in
A. globosa
); radial cell 2.39× as long as marginal vein (1.50× in
A. globosa
); and
T
2 with median furrow extending to 0.14 of its length (
0.50 in
A. globosa
).