Apanteles corvinus Reinhard, 1880

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 : 443

Apanteles corvinus Reinhard, 1880

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Apanteles corvinus Reinhard, 1881: 46 ; Wilkinson, 1945: 146; Nixon, 1973: 204; Papp, 1984: 272. Apanteles aptus Papp, 1977 : Belokobylskij, 2003: 341 –435; Papp, 1983: 315–337; Papp, 1984: 157–168. Syn. by Papp (1984) Apanteles lucidus Szépligeti, 1986 : Belokobylskij, 2003: 341 –435; Papp, 1983: 315–337; Papp, 1984: 157–168. Shenefelt

(1972)

Apanteles rasterata Fahringer, 1936 : Belokobylskij, 2003: 341 –435. Syn. by Shenefelt (1972)

Description: metacarp four to six times longer than its distance from apex of radial cell; antenna almost as long as body, two preapical antennomeres about one-and-a-half longer (or more) than wide; head distinctly transverse; vein r almost as long as vein 2-SR; T1 polished with punctures in apical half; T2 more transverse; ovipositor sheath shorter than hind femur; thicker spines on outer side of hind tibia very numerous, almost overlapping; and inner spur of hind tibia very distinctly longer than outer one.

Material examined: 2♀, Hongxialinchang, Jingyuan, Ningxia, 2008. VII.1–7, Yao Jiemin, Nos. 200808800, 200808771; 1♀, Xixialinchang, Jingyuan, Ningxia, 2008. VII.11–12, Yao Jiemin, No. 200808616; 1♀, Mt. Liupan, Ningxia, 2008. VI. 21–VII.14, Yao Jiemin, No. 200808000.

Distribution: China (Ningxia) new record ( Fig. 12 ); Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan.

Note: Features of these specimens mostly agree with the description in Nixon (1973), Wilkinson (1945) and Papp (1984) except for: the ovipositor sheath much shorter, nearly half of hind tibia, and the ovipositor as long as hind tibia but not equal to hind tibia plus hind basitarsus (described in Wilkinson 1945).

Figures

FIGURE 4. Apanteles corvinus Reinhard, 1880 a mesonotum and scutellum, dorsal view b head, frontal view c head, dorsal view d habitus, lateral view e fore wing f hind wing g propodeum and T 1 – 3, dorsal view. 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.