Apronopa levis, Papp, 2007

Papp, J., 2007, Braconidae (Hymenoptera) From Korea Xxii. Subfamily Alysiinae, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 53 (1), pp. 1-38 : 15-17

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5731826
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6915500
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C00E24-5650-E55B-C491-F67465E3FACF
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Apronopa levis
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Apronopa levis View in CoL sp. n. ♀

( Figs 21–32 View Figs 21–32 )

Material examined (1 ♀). – Korea, Kangwon, Kumgang-san, in the woods around Oe-Kumgang resthouse, 24 September 1978, leg. A. VOJNITS et L. ZOMBORI (loc. no. 396). – Holotype is deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum ( Department of Zoology ), Budapest, Hym. Typ. No. 10970.

Holotype is in good condition; left flagellum damaged and with nine flagellomeres, right middle leg glued separately close to first sternum, tarsus of right middle leg broken and partly merged into glue; specimen itself glued on a pointed card by its left middle and hind pair of coxae.

Etymology. – The species name “levis” refers to the entirely smooth second tergite.

Description of the female holotype. – Body 3 mm long. Antenna as long as body and with 30 antennomeres. Flagellomeres short, first flagellomere 1.7 times, second and further flagellomeres 1.2 times and ultimate 5–6 flagellomeres attenuating so that penultimate flagellomere 1.4 times as long as broad; both first flagellomeres concave (deformation of exsiccation?, Fig. 21 View Figs 21–32 ). – Head in dorsal view ( Fig. 22 View Figs 21–32 ) transverse, just twice as broad as long, eye 1.2 times as long as temple, temple deeply rounded, occiput excavated. Ocelli middle sized, elliptic, OOL 2.5 times as long as POL. Eye in lateral view nearly round, somewhat higher than wide, temple one-third less wide than eye ( Fig. 23 View Figs 21–32 , see arrows). Mandible 1.6 times as long below as broad between upper and lower teeth, middle tooth pointed, upper tooth less pointed, lower tooth widely rounded ( Fig. 24 View Figs 21–32 ), basal two-thirds of mandible rugulose.

Mesosoma in lateral view stout, as long as high, polished. Pronope missing. Notaulix present, evenly deep on fore half of mesoscutum, subcrenulate ( Fig. 25 View Figs 21–32 ). Mesoscutum anteriorly hairpunctured, here and along notaulix hairy. Precoxal suture short, crenulate, restricted to middle of mesopleuron. Propodeum: anterior quarter (or horizontal part) rugose, posterior three-quarters (or declivous) part almost smooth, above lunule with areola basalis, pair of spiracles small and close to lateral margin of propodeum ( Fig. 26 View Figs 21–32 ). – Hind femur 3.8 times as long as broad distally ( Fig. 27 View Figs 21–32 ). Hind tibia and tarsus equal in length; hind basitarsus just longer than tarsomeres 2–3 combined.

Fore wing somewhat longer than body. Pterostigma ( Fig. 28 View Figs 21–32 ) cuneiform, 12 times as long as wide basally, progressively narrowing and continueing in metacarpal (1– R 1) vein; issuing r basally. Vein r nearly twice as long as width of pterostigma; second submarginal cell fairly short: 3–SR 1.5 times length of 2–SR, SR1 2.7 times as long as 3–SR and reaching tip of wing; 1– R 1 half as long as pterostigma. Vein m–cu clearly postfurcal. First subdiscal cell closed distally, veins 3–CU1, CU1a and Cu1b as in Fig. 29 View Figs 21–32 . – Hind wing: cu–a issuing somewhat distally from middle of M + CU + 1M ( Fig. 30 View Figs 21–32 ).

First tergite broad ( Fig. 31 View Figs 21–32 ), somewhat longer than broad behind, pair of spiracles just before middle of tergite, dorsope missing, laterope narrow and deep; tergite anteriorly deepened, posteriorly rugose and dispersely hairy. Second tergite transverse, one-fourth shorter than first tergite, border between 2–3 distinct, tergites 2–3 combined 1.5 times as long as first tergite. Second and further tergites polished (i.e. second tergite not sculptured). Hypopygium retracted somewhat posteriorly from middle of metasoma ( Fig. 32 View Figs 21–32 ). Ovipositor sheath as long as hind tibia; ovipositor straight, its posterior end as in Fig. 32 View Figs 21–32 .

Body black, second and further tergites with faint brownish tint. Scape and pedicel yellow, flagellum greyish brownish. Mandible and clypeus yellow, palpi pale yellow. Tegula and parategula yellow. Legs vivid yellow. Wings hyaline, pterostigma and veins brown to brownish.

Male and host unknown.

Distribution: Korea.

The new species, Apronopa levis , is near to both species A. haeselbarthi VAN ACHTERBERG and A. ussuricola BELOKOBYLSKIJ and is differentiated from them by a few features keyed:

1 (2) Second tergite baso-medially longitudinally and finely striate ( Fig. 22 View Figs 21–32 in VAN ACHTERBERG 1980: 76; Fig. 87 View Figs 78–87 : 6 in BELOKOBYLSKIJ 1998: 218). Flagellum with long flagellomeres; first flagellomere 2.2 times, second and further flagellomeres 1.7 times as long as broad. Notaulix shallowing on fore half of mesoscutum ( Fig. 21 View Figs 21–32 in VAN ACHTERBERG l.c.). Propodeum rugo-rugulose without areola. Hypopygium clearly posteriorly on metasoma ( Fig. 10 View Figs 1–11 in VAN ACHTERBERG l.c.). Tegula brown, legs yellowish brown. ♀: 2.4–2.5 mm. – Germany, Slovakia ( A. haeselbarthi ); Asiatic Russia: Maritime Territory ( A. ussuricola) A. haeselbarthi VAN ACHTERBERG, 1980 , A. ussuricola BELOKOBYLSKIJ, 1998

2 (1) Second tergite entirely smooth ( Fig. 31 View Figs 21–32 ). Flagellum with short flagellomeres; first flagellomere 1.7 times, second and further flagellomeres 1.2 times as long as broad ( Fig. 21 View Figs 21–32 ). Notaulix evenly deep on fore half of mesoscutum ( Fig. 25 View Figs 21–32 ). Propodeum anteriorly rugose, posteriorly (or its long declivous part) almost smooth, above lunule with areola basalis ( Fig. 26 View Figs 21–32 ). Hypopygium retracted, somewhat posteriorly from middle of metasoma ( Fig. 32 View Figs 21–32 ). Tegula yellow, legs vivid yellow. ♀: 3 mm. – Korea A. levis sp. n.