Haltichella nipponensis Habu, 1960

Wang, Zi-Tong & Li, Cheng-De, 2021, Three new species, and new distributional data, of Haltichella (Hymenoptera, Chalcididae) from China, ZooKeys 1060, pp. 1-16 : 1

Haltichella nipponensis Habu, 1960

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Haltichella nipponensis Habu, 1960: 245; holotype ♀, NIAS, Japan, not examined.

Material.

(NEFU). 2 ♀, China: Xizang Province, Chayu County, Gadui Village , 14-16.V.2015 , YPT, Ye Chen , Chao Zhang ; 1 ♀, id., but Talin Village , 6-13.VII.2017 , Malaise trap, Sang Tuo; 3 ♀, China: Xizang Province, Linzhi City , Bomi County, Shuangyu Village , 8. VIII. 2017 , sweeping, Hui-Lin Han; 1 ♀, China: Yunnan Province, Ruili City, Nanjingli Village , 26-27.IV.2013 , YPT, Xiang-Xiang Jin , Guo-Hao Zu, Chao Zhang ; 1 ♀; id., but Huanglianshan National Nature Reserve , 27-28.VII.2018 , YPT, Jun Wu , Ming-Rui Li ; 1 ♀, China: Shanxi Province. Ningshan County, Xunyangba Village , 5-6.VIII.2015 , YPT, Ye Chen , Chao Zhang ; 2 ♀, China, Shandong Province, Qingdao City , Xiaozhushan, 20.V.2014 , sweeping, Xiang-Xiang Jin , Guo-Hao Zu, Si-Zhu Liu ; 1 ♀, id., but 22-24.V.2014; 1 ♀, China: Heilongjiang Province, Yichun City, Liangshui National Nature Reserve , 30.VI.-2.VII.2018 , YPT, Jun Wu , Jun-Jie Fan, Guang-Xin Wang ; 1 ♀, id., but 2-3.VII.2018; 1 ♀, China: Guangdong Province, Zhaoqing City, DingHu Mountain , 6-7.V.2019 , YPT, Wen-Jian Li , Jun Wu .

Diagnosis.

Female. Body length 2.7-4.3 mm, mostly black (Fig. 7A ); scape (Fig. 7E ) dark brown except brown pedicel to Fu3, eye and ocelli silvery gray (Fig. 7D ); tegula brown; fore and mid legs brown, femora slightly darker in middle; hind leg black except yellowish brown tarsus. Head (Fig. 7B, D ) 1.1 × as wide as long; eye with sparse and short setae; POL 4.9 × as long as OOL; scrobe reaching anterior ocellus. Antenna clavate (Fig. 7E ), scape a half as long as the remaining antennomeres combined; pedicel longer than Fu1; club coniform, 2 × as long as maximum width, 3 × as long as and about as broad as the preceding segment; mesoscutellum longer than broad, apex of mesoscutellum (Fig. 7I ) with two teeth, distance between outer margins of the two teeth at least 1.5 × as long as individual length of teeth. Fore wing largely hyaline (Fig. 7C ) with two brown patches; postmarginal vein shorter than stigmal vein; metafemur 2.3 × as long as broad (Fig. 7G ); metasoma oval (Fig. 7H ), 1.6 × as long as broad in dorsal view; Gt1 occupying 0.7 × length of metasoma.

Hosts.

Unknown.

Distribution.

China (Heilongjiang [new record], Shanxi [new record], Shandong [new record], Xizang [new record], Yunnan [new record], Guangdong [new record], Taiwan), Japan, India ( Narendran 1989), Vietnam ( Narendran and van Achterberg 2016).

Comments.

Our specimens agree well with the original description except for slight colour differences of the teeth of the mesoscutellum. This is the first record from continental China.

Figures

Figure 7. Haltichella nipponensis, (female) A habitus, lateral view B head, front view C forewing D head, dorsal view E antenna F propodeum G hind leg H metasoma I mesosoma, dorsal view.