Coelopisthia caledonica 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 caledonica Askew, 1980 New record to China ( Figs 6–8 )

Coelopisthia caledonica Askew, 1980 . Sys. Ent., 5: 3. Hedqvist, 2003, Ent. Tids., 124(1–2): 105.

Coelopisthia caledonica Askew : Sureshan, 2006. Zoos' Print Journal, 21(3): 2 187–2 188.

Diagnosis. Postmarginal vein distinctly shorter than stigmal vein ( Fig. 6 ); propodeum with plica complete and middle area not depressed; gaster ovate, as long as mesosoma ( Fig. 6 ), antennal insertion strongly protuberance ( Fig. 7 ); stigmal vein 1.14 times as long as postmarginal vein; Gt 1 about 2/5 length of gaster. The species is close to C. condensus sp. nov., but the stigmal vein relatively longer than postmarginal vein and Gt 1 about 1/3 length of gaster in C. condensus sp. nov.

Specimens examined. China: 1♀, Yunnan, Fengyi (elev. 2 000 m), 1 June 1955, coll. B. Bobof ; 1♀, Yunnan, Xiaguang (elev. 2 050 m), 3 May 1955, coll. B. Bobof ; 1♀, 1♂, Shaanxi, Zhouzhi (elev. 1 350–1 400 m), 24 June 1999, coll. Chao-Dong Zhu ; 1♀, 1♂, Gansu, Wenxian (elev. 2 150 m), 25 July 1999, coll. Chao-Dong Zhu ; 1♀, Gansu, Kangxiang (elev. 1 350 m), 7 June 1999, coll. Chao-Dong Zhu.

Biology. The species was reared from pupae of Xestia alpicola (Zetterstedt) ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ) and Melitaea cinxia (L.) ( Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae ) ( Askew, 1980; Askew & Shaw, 1997).

Distribution. China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Yunnan); 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.