Apanteles pelopea Nixon, 1973

Liu, Zhen, He, Jun-Hua & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2014, The grandiculus- and metacarpalis - group of the genus Apanteles Foerster, 1862 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from China, with descriptions of eight new species, Zootaxa 3765 (5), pp. 435-457 : 452

Apanteles pelopea Nixon, 1973

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Apanteles pelopea Nixon, 1973 : Bergamesco, 1995:2 –29; Papp, 1984: 268; Papp, 1976: 227 –249 (Holotype and paratypes in the BMNH).

Description. Metacarp short; propodeum strongly shining; hypopygium sharply angled; mesoscutum somewhat with satin-like sheen; hind femur mainly infuscate; ovipositor sheath at most about 2/3 length of hind tibia; wings faintly brownish, stigma yellowish; the face appears slightly prominent; clypeus slightly convex from side to side and standing out slightly more prominently from face; flagellum slightly thinner; vannal lobe with distinct fringe throughout; and T2 very small, in shape approaching an equilateral triangle.

Material examined. 2♀, Xilamuren, Neimenggu, 1995. VIII.30, Cai Ping, Nos. 958809, 958749.

Distribution. China (Neimenggu) new record ( Fig. 12 ); Italy, Mongolia.

Note. The two specimens mostly agree with the description in Nixon (1973) except that: posterior width of T2 not distinctly shorter, but no longer than distance between posterior corner of triangle and lateral margin of gaster; distance between a posterior ocellus and eye margin is longer than distance between a posterior ocellus and the anterior ocellus.

Figures

FIGURE 9. Apanteles pelopea Nixon, 1973 a head, dorsal view b propodeum and T 1 – 3, dorsal view c head, frontal view d mesonotum and scutellum, dorsal view e antenna f habitus, lateral view g fore wing. Scale line = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 12. Distribution map of metacarpalis - group of Apanteles species in China. •: Apanteles corvinus Reinhard, 1880; ♦: Apanteles cosmopterygivorus Liu & Chen, sp. n.; ♥: Apanteles dumosus Liu & Chen, sp. n.; ˔: Apanteles incurvus Liu & Chen, sp. n.; ˑ: Apanteles malleus Liu & Chen, sp. n.; ■: Apanteles metacarpalis (Thomson, 1895); •: Apanteles pelopea Nixon, 1973; ★: Apanteles transtergum Liu & Chen, sp. n.