Synaldis vestigata PAPP, 1994

Papp, J., 2007, Braconidae (Hymenoptera) From Korea Xxii. Subfamily Alysiinae, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 53 (1), pp. 1-38 : 7

Synaldis vestigata PAPP, 1994

– 1 ♀ + 3 ♂: KU 7. 1 ♀: KU 9. 1 ♀: KU 11. 2 ♂: KU 13. 2 ♂: KU 16. 1 ♂: KU 19. 1 ♀: KU 20. 1 ♀ + 4 ♂: KU 22. 1 ♂: KU 23 (10 IX 1997). 1 ♀: KU 31. 1 ♂: KU 32. 2 ♂: KU 40. 3 ♀ + 5 ♂: KU 41 (11 V–13 VII 1994 taken with Malaise trap). 1 ♂: KU 42. 11 ♀ + 12 ♂: KU 45 (14 V–30 VIII 1993 taken with Malaise trap). 1 ♀: KU 47.

– Described from Korea ( PAPP 1994: 152), reported from Asiatic Russia (Primorski Krai, Kamchatka, Kuril Islands) and Japan ( BELOKOBYLSKIJ 2004a: 237). It seems to be a widely distributed and frequent species in the eastern Palaearctic Region.

– Four females served for the original description. The present series (2l females + 34 males) shows variability in features: (1) antenna somewhat shorter (♀) to as long as (♂) body, with 16–19 (♀) and 18–23 (♂) antennomeres (16: 4 ♀, 17: 2 ♀, 18: 3 ♀ + 1 ♂, 19: 1 ♀ + 3 ♂, 20: 4 ♂, 21: 5 ♂, 22: 4 ♂, 23: 4 ♂); (2) head in dorsal view 1.8–1.85(–1.9) times as broad as long (♀♂); (3) first tergite 2–2.1 times (♀) and 2–2.2 times (♂) as long as broad behind; (4) hind femur 3.8–4 times as long as broad distally (♀♂); (5) ground colour of body brownish black to yellowish brown (♀♂).