Coelopisthia areolata Askew, 1980

Jiao, Tian-Yang & Xiao, Hui, 2014, Taxonomic review of the genus Coelopisthia Förster (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) from China, with four new species, Zoological Systematics 39 (4), pp. 545-554 : 547

Coelopisthia areolata Askew, 1980 New record to China ( Figs 1–5 )

Coelopisthia areolata Askew, 1980 . Sys. Ent., 5: 4.

Coelopisthia areolata Askew : Hedqvist, 2003. Ent. Tidsk., 124 (1–2): 105.

Diagnosis. The species can be identified by the marginal vein 2.5 times as long as stigmal vein ( Fig. 5 ) and propodeum with several large areoles on nucha ( Fig. 4 ). The species is close to C. xinjiashanensis Yang , but eyes space 1.3 times as long as eye height ( Fig. 3 ) (1.18 times in C. xinjiashanensis ), first anellus 0.5 times as long as wide (0.75 times as long as wide in C. xinjiashanensis ).

Specimens examined. China: 1♀, Hebei, Xinghuai (elev. 2 110 m), 24 June 1985, coll. Hua-Fu Mi ; 2♀, Inner Mongolia, Alihe , 13 August 1981, coll. Ding-Xi Liao ; 1♀, Inner Mongolia, Alihe , 18 August 1981, coll. Ding-Xi Liao ; 1♀, Sichuan, Emei mountain (elev. 600–1100 m), 21 June 1955, coll. Le Wu ; 1♀, Shaanxi, Liuba (elev. 1470–1550 m), 2 July 1999, coll. Chao- Dong Zhu .

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. China (Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shaanxi, Sichuan); Palearctic Region ( Noyes, 2014).

Figures

Figs 1–8. Coelopisthia areolata and C. caledonia. 1–5. C. areolata Askew, female. 1. Body dorsal. 2. Head lateral. 3. Head frontal. 4. Thorax dorsal. 5. Fore wing dorsal. 6–8. C. caledonia Askew, female. 6. Body dorsal. 7. Body lateral. 8. Head frontal.