Phanerotoma permixtellae Fischer, 1968

Achterberg, Cornelis van, 2021, The tribe Phanerotomini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cheloninae) of the Arabian Peninsula, with special reference to the United Arab Emirates and Yemen, ZooKeys 1014, pp. 1-118 : 1

Phanerotoma permixtellae Fischer, 1968 Figs 291-293 , 294-304

Phanerotoma permixtellae Fischer, (April) 1968a: 107-109; Shenefelt 1973: 922.

Phanerotoma olearia Fischer, (Dec.) 1968b: 331-333; Shenefelt 1973: 921 (synonymized with P. permixtellae Fischer by van Achterberg (1990)).

Phanerotoma (Bracotritoma) permixtellae ; van Achterberg, 1990: 53-54.

Type material.

Paratype of P. permixtellae , ♀, (NMW): " Phanerotoma permixtellae n. sp., ♀, det. Fischer/ Paratype" (according to the original description the type locality is Syria, Lattaquié); holotype of P. olearia , (MG): " Phanerotoma olearia n. sp., det. Fischer / Holotype", "C.I.L.B., Ex.: S/ olivier, Syrie"; 1♀, paratype of P. olearia , (NMW): "Syrien, an Ölbaum, lg Katlab", " Phanerotoma olearia n. sp., ♀, det. Fischer/Paratype".

Additional material.

From Yemen (Al Kowd; Ta’izz; Seyun; Al Kadan; Al Mukalla; Al Lahima).

Diagnosis.

Antenna of ♀ submedially widened (Figs 291 , 303 ) and antennal segments of ♀ stout and cylindrical, but six apical segments narrowed basally and moniliform (Fig. 304 ); inner tooth of mandible 0.6-0.9 × apical tooth (Fig. 302 ); clypeus rather narrow (Fig. 300 ); vein 1-M yellow; parastigma and most of pterostigma brown; vein m-cu of fore wing distinctly postfurcal; vein r of fore wing vertical (Fig. 294 ); hind femur and tibia rather swollen (Fig. 298 ); third metasomal tergite rather matt and densely sculptured, slightly convex medially (Fig. 296 ) and obtuse posteriorly in lateral view (Fig. 297 ); ovipositor sheath somewhat widened apically (Fig. 297 ); hypopygium of ♀ with short triangular protuberance (Fig. 297 ); hind femur of both sexes similar (Figs 293 , 298 ).

Distribution.

Greece, Iran, Israel, Syria, *Yemen.

Biology.

Reared from Cacochroa permixtella (H.-S.) ( Oecophoridae ) on olive.

Figures

Figures 291 - 293. Phanerotoma permixtellae Fischer. ♀ (but 292, 293 of ♂), Yemen 291 habitus lateral 292 metasoma lateral 293 hind femur and tibia lateral.

Figures 294 - 304. Phanerotoma permixtellae Fischer, ♀, Yemen 294 fore wing 295 mesosoma dorsal 296 first-third metasomal tergites dorsal 297 metasoma lateral 298 hind femur and tibia lateral 299 head dorsal 300 head anterior 301 head lateral 302 mandible ventral 303 antenna lateral 304 apical half of antenna lateral.