The grandiculus- and metacarpalis - group of the genus Apanteles Foerster, 1862 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from China, with descriptions of eight new species Author Liu, Zhen Author He, Jun-Hua Author Chen, Xue-Xin text Zootaxa 2014 3765 5 435 457 journal article 46400 10.11646/zootaxa.3765.5.3 292e64f5-dd36-4db4-b4c3-0dbed6e7ec65 1175-5326 249861 01229229-CC84-424B-A293-A854D04FD10E Key to species of metacarpalis -group of Apanteles from China 1. Metacarp at most twice as long as its distance from apex of the marginal cell...................................... 2 - Metacarp at least three times as long as its distance from apex of the marginal cell.................................. 6 2. Basal field of T2+3 very small; ovipositor sheath truncate apically. China (Neimenggu); Italy , Mongolia ................................................................................................... A. pelopea Nixon, 1973 - Basal field of T2+3 larger; ovipositor sheath not truncate apically............................................... 3 3. T1 not strongly narrowed posteriorly; T2 slightly transverse; vein cu-a straight and perpendicular to vein 1-1A. China (Hebei)......................................................................... A. transtergum Liu & Chen , sp. n. - T1 strongly narrowed posteriorly; T2 triangular to subtriangular; vein cu-a more or less curved and oblique inwardly...... 4 4. Vein 1-1A short, only 1/5 of fold of vannal lobe; antenna distinctly shorter than body; ovipositor sheath hammer-like.................................................................................... A. malleus Liu & Chen , sp. n. - Vein 1-1A relatively long, about 1/3 of fold of vannal lobe; antenna almost as long as body length; ovipositor sheath not ham- mer-like............................................................................................. 5 5. Wings milky-white; penultimate antennomere only slightly longer than wide; apical margin of clypeus weakly elliptic; very black. China (Shanxi); Palaearctic Region........................................ A. metacarpalis (Thomson 1895) - Wing membrane hyaline; penultimate antennomere 1.5× as long as wide; apical margin of clypeus strongly elliptic; not that black, pruinose. China (Jilin, Liaoning)............................................ A. dumosus Liu & Chen , sp. n. 6. T1 parallel-sided at anterior half, but abruptly strongly narrowed to apex at posterior half; antenna distinctly longer than body; apical margin of clypeus emarginated. China (Zhejiang)....................... A. cosmopterygivorus Liu & Chen , sp. n. - T1 subparallel and gradually constrict posteriorly; antenna at most as long as body; apical margin of clypeus straight...... 7 7. Basal field of T2+3 very small; penultimate antennomere only slight longer than wide; spurs of hind tibia of equal size.................................................................................. A. incurvus Liu & Chen , sp. n. - Basal field of T2+3 larger; penultimate antennomere at least 1.5× as long as wide; inner spur of hind tibia very distinctly longer than outer one. China (Ningxia); Palearctic region...................................... A. corvinus Reinhard, 1880