Wesmaelia, Foerster, 1862

Li, Jun, Zheng, Min-Lin, Yao, Junli & Chen, Jia-Hua, 2019, A new species of Wesmaelia Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae) from China, Zootaxa 4701 (1), pp. 91-96 : 92

Key to Chinese species of genus Wesmaelia

1. Distal 1/5 of vein R1 and vein SR1+3-SR shortened and not meeting each other apically ( Fig. 7 )...................... 2

- Distal end of vein R1 and vein SR1+3-SR evenly sclerotized and meeting each other apically; Taiwan, Fujian........................................................................................ W. petiolate (Wollaston, 1895)

2. Last flagellomere not elongate in female but thickened club-form, penultimate flagellomere also somewhat thickened; first flagellomere 4.0 × longer than broad apically, further flagellomeres gradually shortening; eye 1.8 × as long as temple in dorsal view; notauli deep and narrow; ovipositor sheath in lateral view as long as third segment of hind tarsus; Taiwan..................................................................................... W. decurta Papp & Chou, 1995

- Last flagellomere elongate in female, last two flagellomeres not thickened ( Fig. 2 ); first flagellomere 5.5 × longer than broad apically, further flagellomeres not gradually shortening; eyes 1.4 × as long as temple in dorsal view ( Fig. 3 ); notauli shallow and wide ( Fig. 5 ); ovipositor sheath in lateral view 1.9 × the length of third segment of hind tarsus ( Fig. 10 ); Yunnan .......................................................................................... W. longius Li , sp. n.

Figures

FIGURES 7–10. Wesmaelia longius sp. nov., ♀. 7. wing, 8. petiole (lateral view), 9. hind leg, 10. hind third tarsus and oviposi- tor sheath. FIGURES 11–12. Wesmaelia longius sp. nov., ♂. 11. lateral habitus, 12. antenna.

FIGURES 1–6. Wesmaelia longius sp. nov., ♀, holotype. 1. lateral habitus, 2. antenna, 3. head (dorsal view), 4. head (frontal view), 5. mesosoma (dorsal view), 6. mesosoma (lateral view)