Stantonia sauteri Watanabe, 1932

Achterberg, Cornelis van, Long, Khuat Dang & Chen, Xue-xin, 2017, Review of Stantonia Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Orgilinae) from Vietnam, China, Japan, and Russia, with descriptions of six new species, ZooKeys 723, pp. 61-119 : 90-91

Stantonia sauteri Watanabe, 1932 Figs 72, 73

Stantonia sauteri Watanabe, 1932: 188-189; Shenefelt 1970: 268; van Achterberg 1987: 24; Chen et al. 2004: 362, 532.

Type material.

Holotype, ♀ (SDEI), "Formosa [= Taiwan], Kankau (Koshun), vii.1012, H. Sauter", " Stantonia sauteri Watanabe, Type", “Holotypus”, "DEI-GYSHym 10631". Specimen examined and photographed by Mr A.D. Liston.

Diagnosis.

Antenna of ♀ largely brownish yellow, without band of white or ivory segments submedially; vertex densely punctate and interspaces smaller than width of punctures and yellowish brown; mesosoma (including tegulum and humeral plate) brownish yellow, but middle lobe of mesoscutum with dark brown patch medially; fore wing infuscated apically; hind femur rugose ventrally, 5.2 times as long as wide and apically rather dark brown; hind tarsus (except telotarsus) ivory; length of first metasomal tergite approx. 2.5 times its apical width; base and apex of first tergite and base of second tergite yellowish brown; third and fourth tergites with dark brown patch; length of ovipositor sheath approx. 0.6 times as long as fore wing; length of fore wing approx. 5.5 mm. Stantonia xiangqianensis is similar, but has vertex sparsely punctate with interspaces much wider than punctures, hind femur smooth and shiny ventrally and first tergite approx. 3.7 times longer than wide posteriorly.

Distribution.

China (Taiwan).