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 sodalis ( Haliday, 1834 ) ( Figures 78 , 103 ) Microgaster sodalis Haliday, 1834: 246 . Holotype ♀ —? [lost]. Reinhard, 1880: 365 ; Marshall, 1885: 200; Marshall, 1889: 459; Thomson, 1895: 2266; Ivanov, 1898: 63; Fahringer, 1935: 203. Apanteles sodalis ( Haliday, 1834 ) : Telenga, 1955: 81 ; Belokobylskij, 2003: 386 . Microgaster carbonarius Ratzeburg, 1848: 52 . Apanteles carbonarius Ratzeburg : Belokobylskij, 2003: 386 . Apanteles lindbergi Hedqvist, 1965 : Koponen, 1989: 27–31. Apanteles lugens Ratzeburg, 1852 : Papp, 1988: 149 . Microgaster ater Ratzeburg, 1852: 56 ; Belokobylskij, 2003: 386 . Apanteles ater (Ratzeburg) : Wilkinson, 1945: 197 ; Nixon, 1965: 74 ; Shenefelt, 1972: 449 ; Telenga, 1955: 49 ; You, 1984: 53–54 ; Chen & Song, 2004: 28 . Diagnosis. Body length 2.0 mm, fore wing length 2.7 mm . Body black, hind femur blackish. Ocelli small, posterior tangent to anterior ocellus just touching posterior ocelli, distance between fore and hind ocellus about as long as diameter of hind ocellus. Antenna longer than body length, penultimate flagellomere 1.6× longer than wide. Interspaces between punctures on disc of mesonotum slightly shorter than its diameter. Areola on propodeum V-shaped apically, with poorly defined costulae, posterio-lateral parts unsculptured. Pterostigma 3.0× as long as its widest part, vein 1-R1 1.2× longer than pterostigma, vein r 1.4× longer than vein 2-SR, distinctly angled at junction. T1 slightly constricted towards apex, 2.3× longer than hind width, turned-over part slightly shiny, weakly rugose, longitudinal channel distinct; T2 shiny and polished, 3.8× wider than long in the middle; T3 2.0× longer than T2. Ovipositor sheath 0.9 length of hind tibia. Hosts. According to the label, Maruba testulalis Geyer ( Lepidoptera : Pyralidae ). According to literature, Acleris fimbriana (Thunberg & Becklin) , A. orana Fischer von Roslerstamm , Aleimma loeflingiana (L.), Archips crataegana Hubner , Archips oporana (L.), Archips oporana (L.) [ Mespilus germanica ], A. rosana (L.), Archips xylosteana (L.), Biston betularia (L.), Choristoneura murinana Hubner [ Abies alba ], Choristoneura rosaceana (Harris) , Croesia bergmanniana (L.), G. funebrana (Treitschke) , Cydia janthinana (Duponchel) , Cydia pomonella (L.), Dahlica inconspicuella (Stainton) , Dichelia histrionana (Frolich) , Hedya nubiferana (Haworth) , Leucoma salicis (L.), Loxostege sticticalis (L.), Lozotaenia forsterana (Fabricius) , Notocelia uddmanniana (L.), Olethreutes hercyniana Treitschke , Operophtera brumata (L.), Pandemis cerasana (Hubner 1786) , Pandemis corylana Fabricius , Pandemis heparana Denis & Schiffermuller, Plutella xylostella (L.), Ptycholoma lecheana (L.), Spilonota ocellana (Denis & Schiffermuller) , Yponomeuta malinella Zeller ( Yu et al . 2016 ). Material examined. 1♀ , Dazhulan , Fujian , 1991.X.6 , ditto, No. 920367 ; 3♀♀ , Guiyang , Guizhou , 1983, Xiao Shenglin, No. 835232, ex Maruba testulalis Geyer ; 1♀ , Yinggeling , Hainan , 2007.V.28–VI.3 , Weng Liqiong, No. 2008041232 ; 4♀♀ 1♂ , Guan County , Sichuan , 1980.VIII.4 , He Junhua , Nos. 801999, 802021 ; 3♀♀ 1♂ , Jian- yang, Sichuan , 19?, Li Qiongfang , No. 801933 ; 2♂♂ , Mt. Emei , Sichuan , 1980.VIII.7 , He Junhua , Nos. 802090, 802089 ; 4♀♀ , Mt. Gutian , Zhejiang , 1986.VII.22 , Xu Weiliang , Nos. 863214, 863409, 863054, 863217 ; 1♀ , ditto, 1990.VII–VIII, Xu Zhihong, No. 905653 ; 1♀ , ditto, 1986.VII.22 , Lou Xiaoming , No. 863173 ; 1♀ , ditto, 2005. VIII.3 , Zhang Hongying , No. 200616169 ; 1♀ , Tiantai , Zhejiang , 1988.VIII.24 , Chen Jianming, No. 888517 ; 1♀ , Mt. Tianmu , Lin’an , Zhejiang , 1993.VI.11 , Chen Xuexin, No. 935133 ; 3♀♀ , Shanzhuang , Mt. Tianmu , Zhejiang , 1998.VIII.17 , Zhao Mingshui , Nos. 99962, 999976, 999999 ; 1♀ , Jiande , Zhejiang , 1985.VIII.6 , Chen Xuexin, No. 852768 ; 1♀ , Hangzhou , Zhejiang , 1962.VIII, Jin Dengdi, No. 62026.6 ; 1♀ , Mt. Jiulong , Suichang , Zhejiang , 1994. VIII.18 , Chen Xuexin, No. 944732 . Distribution. China ( Fujian , Guizhou , Hainan , Sichuan , Zhejiang ); East Palaearctic, European, Nearctic, and West Palaearctic Region.