Phanerotoma longzhouensis sp. nov.

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Fig. 16

Diagnosis

Ovipositor sheath slender (Fig. 16J); second metasomal suture curved (Fig. 16I); third metasomal tergite 1.8× as long as second tergite, in dorsal view densely granulate-rugose with wide apical emargination; malar space as long as basal width of mandible (Fig. 16E); posterior lamella of third metasomal tergite wide medially; head behind stemmaticum flattened; eyes strongly protruding in dorsal view (Fig. 16C).

Etymology

Named after the collection site of the holotype (Longzhou).

Type material

Holotype CHINA – Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu • ♀; Longzhou, Nonggang; 20 May 1982; Junhua He leg; ZJUH No. 821619a.

Paratypes (47 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂)

CHINA – Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype; ZJUH No. 821671a • 45 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; ZJUH Nos 821534a to 821534e, 821554, 821619b, 821619c, 821620, 821630a to 821630c, 821670a to 821670k, 821671b, 821718, 821720, 822153, 822204a to 822204e, 824396a to 824396m • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 17 May 1982; Fasheng Li leg.; ZJUH No. 871936 • 1 ♂; Jiuwanda Mts; 30 Jul. 2003; Yiping Wang leg.; ZJUH No. 20034901 . – Guangdong • 1 ♂; Ruyuan, Nanling; 9–18 Jul. 2005; Yali Cai leg.; ZJUH No. 200609636 . – Fujian • 1 ♀; Wuyi Mt.; 9 Oct. 1980; Jiahua Chen leg.; ZJUH No. 20003800 .

Description

Female

MEASUREMENTS. Length of body 4.3 mm, of fore wing 3.7 mm.

COLOURATION. Yellow; stemmaticum, tegula and teeth of mandible dark brown.

HEAD. Width 1.3 × median length in anterior view (Fig. 16E) and part of head above eye in lateral view 0.3× height of eye (Fig. 16D); antenna with 23 segments and 1.3 × as long as fore wing, six subapical antennal segments moniliform (Fig. 16F); area of stemmaticum mainly granulate; OOL: diameter of posterior ocellus:POL= 286: 112:70; eye 1.5× temple in dorsal view (Fig. 16C); frons with longitudinal rugae medially, rugose laterally and with weak median ridge; vertex granulate-rugose and with satin sheen; temple largely striate and with satin sheen; face granulate-rugose and without median carina; clypeus smooth, shiny and 0.8× minimum width of face, intertentorial distance 1.3× minimum width between clypeus and eye, clypeus long erect setose and with 3 small teeth medio-ventrally (Fig. 16E); eye large and in lateral view 1.7× as wide as temple (Fig. 16D), in anterior view its height 0.9× minimum width of face; upper condyle of mandible far below lower level of eyes (Fig. 16E); malar space as long as basal width of mandible; lower tooth of mandible 0.5× length of apical tooth, small and short (Fig.16L).

MESOSOMA (Fig. 16H). Length 1.7× its width in lateral view; side of pronotum mainly rugose, but dorsally nearly smooth; mesoscutum densely rugose and rather shiny, densely setose; notauli hardly indicated; scutellar sulcus wide (Fig. 16H); scutellum triangular, flat, distinctly granulate-rugose and rather shiny; metanotum with no short median carina anteriorly or small tooth; propodeum coarsely reticulate-rugose, latero-posteriorly not tuberculate, no transverse or median carinae.

WINGS. Fore wing 2.8 × as long as its maximum width; length of 1-R1 1.6× as long as pterostigma; r of fore wing 0.5 × 3-SR; distance between 1-R1 and wing apex 0.4 × 1-R1; 2-SR nearly straight (Fig. 16G); SR1 straight; 2-SR+M present; pterostigma large, parastigma medium-sized; 1-CU1 0.5× as long as vein 2-CU1, cu-a oblique and 0.7 × as long as 1-CU1; r: 3-SR: SR1 =15: 25: 97; 2-SR: 3-SR: r-m=42: 25: 16; 2-M bent (Fig. 16G).

LEGS (Fig. 16K). Hind femur moderately wide and with satin sheen, 3.7× as long as wide and rather widened submedially; hind tibia rather swollen; middle tibia with medium-sized yellow blister; hind coxa smooth and shiny.

METASOMA (Fig. 16I–J). Carapace elliptical in dorsal view, 1.7 × as long as wide and as long as mesosoma; first and second tergites coarsely and densely longitudinally rugose; second suture narrow; third tergite 1.8× as long as second tergite and laterally weakly curved, in lateral view slightly convex posteriorly, in dorsal view convex medially, densely and granulate-rugose and rounded (Fig. 16I), lateral lamella with protruding corners latero-apically, and medio-apically widely emarginated; ovipositor sheath narrow (Fig. 16J), with some long and erect setae; hypopygium apically acute, but without triangular protuberance (Fig. 16J).

VARIATION. Length of fore wing 3.5–3.7 mm; lower tooth of mandible 0.3–0.5 × as long as apical tooth; vein r 0.4–0.5× as long as vein 3-SR; third tergite 1.7–1.8× as long as second tergite; eye 1.4–1.6× as long as temple in dorsal view.

Male

Similar to female, but metasomal carapace in dorsal view 2.1× as long as wide (Fig. 16B) and slenderer antenna.

Host

Unknown.

Distribution

China (Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Guangdong, Fujian).