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2462002BB04B7C57A289C635668DFA3E.text	2462002BB04B7C57A289C635668DFA3E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blacus (Tarpheion) van Achterberg 1976	<div><p>Key to Chinese species of subgenus Tarpheion van Achterberg</p><p>1 Occipital carina completely absent, precoxal sulcus reduced, usually only medially (partly) shallowly impressed, striae less (except B. (T.) sculptilis); vein 1-CU1: 2-CU1 of fore wing ≈ 1:10; notauli usually narrow (except B. (T.) frontalis)....... 2</p><p>- Occipital carina present at least up to level of ventral half of eye, precoxal sulcus complete and impressed, striae more; vein 1-CU1: 2-CU1 of fore wing ≤ 1:5 (except B. (T.) apicalis = 1:7); notauli usually wide (except B. (T.) reticulatus, bicolor and artomandibularis).................................................................................... 6</p><p>2 Length of first metasomal tergite of female 2.75–2.95 × its apical width (Figs 18G, 28E)............................. 3</p><p>- Length of first tergite of female 2.3–2.5 × its apical width (Figs 2F, 4E, 22G)...................................... 4</p><p>3 Antenna of ♀ with 20 antennomeres; posterior half of notauli narrow and finely crenulate; mesosoma dark brown; posterior half of pronotal side and precoxal area largely sculptured; length of malar space equal to basal width of mandible; length of eye in dorsal view 1.6 × length of temple (Fig. 28A)............................................ B. (T.) sculptilis sp. nov.</p><p>- Antenna of ♀ with 19 antennomeres; posterior half of notauli comparatively wide and coarsely crenulate; mesosoma yellowish-brown; posterior half of pronotal side and precoxal area largely smooth; length of malar space 0.7 × basal width of mandible; length of ♀ in dorsal view 2.2 × length of temple (Fig. 18A)................................. B. (T.) frontalis sp. nov.</p><p>4 Notauli moderately wide and distinctly crenulate; head and mesosoma completely yellow or yellowish-brown; length of ovipositor sheath 0.23 × length of fore wing; body yellow................................ B. (T.) hainanensis sp. nov.</p><p>- Notauli narrow and at most finely crenulate; head and mesosoma completely dark reddish-brown or brownish-black; length of ovipositor sheath 0.23–0.28 × length of fore wing; body brown or dark brown..................................... 5</p><p>5 First tergite parallel-sided and its basal third partly sculptured; length of ovipositor sheath 0.27–0.28 × length of fore wing; antenna of ♀ with 19 antennomeres; vein 3-CU1 of fore wing slightly curved; hind femur parallel-sided; pronotal side with less striae ventrally.......................................................... B. (T.) achterbergi Haeselbarth,1976</p><p>- First tergite slightly widened posteriorly and its basal third largely smooth (except for dorsal carinae); length of ovipositor sheath about 0.23 × length of fore wing; antenna of ♀ with 20 antennomeres; vein 3-CU1 of fore wing distinctly curved; hind femur widened apically; pronotal side with more striae ventrally............................. B. (T.) adelphius sp. nov.</p><p>6 Lamelliform carina of middle lobe of mesoscutum subvertical and very strong (Fig. 16E); occipital carina widely interrupted medio-dorsally; vein r of fore wing strongly oblique (Fig. 16F); length of ovipositor sheath 0.3–0.4 × length of fore wing (Fig. 15).................................................................... B. (T.) bicolor van Achterberg, 1988</p><p>- Antero-lateral carinae or rugae of middle lobe of mesoscutum absent to moderately oblique and comparatively weak (Figs 6D, 8D, 10F, 14F, 20E, 24D, 30G, 34D), resulting in a reticulate (Fig. 26E), rugose or smooth area; occipital carina complete medio-dorsally, but interrupted in B. (T.) angichorus, wuyishanensis and soror; vein r of fore wing vertical to moderately oblique (Figs 6F, 8H, 10G, 12F, 14G, 20I, 24H, 26H, 30F, 32F, 34G); length of ovipositor sheath 0.13–0.39 × length of fore wing (Figs 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 19, 23, 25, 29, 31, 33).......................................................................... 7</p><p>7 Vein 3-SR+SR1 of fore wing continuous with vein 2-SR (Fig. 376 in van Achterberg, 1988); vein 2-1A of fore wing intermediate; vein 3-CU1 of fore wing subhorizontal (Fig. 376 in van Achterberg, 1988); second metasomal tergite largely costate; length of third antennomere of ♀ 5.8 × its width; length of ovipositor sheath 0.13 × length of fore wing..... B. (T.) votrus Papp, 1985</p><p>- Vein 3-SR+SR1 of fore wing normal, discontinuous with vein 2-SR (Figs 6F, 8H, 10G, 12H, 14G, 20I, 24H, 26H, 30F, 32F, 34G); vein 2-1A of fore wing distinct and at least its basal half sclerotised (Figs 6F, 8H, 10G, 12H, 14G, 20I, 24H, 26H, 30F, 32F, 34G); vein 3-CU1 of fore wing usually distinctly curved (Figs 6F, 8H, 10G, 12H, 14G, 20I, 24H, 26H, 30F, 34G), except B. (T.) tanae (Fig. 32F); second tergite frequently distinctly sculptured (Fig. 32E); length of third antennomeres of ♀ 5.8–7.2 × its width; length of ovipositor sheath 0.14–0.39 × length of fore wing............................................ 8</p><p>8 Length of ovipositor sheath 0.13–0.18 × fore wing and 0.6–1.0 × as long as first metasomal tergite; first discal cell of fore wing widely truncate anteriorly (but narrowly in B. (T.) apicalis); first tergite 2.6–3.1 × longer than its apical width (but 2.1–2.3 × in B. (T.) apicalis) and slightly widened posteriorly (but nearly parallel-sided in B. (T.) reticulatus)....................... 9</p><p>- Length of ovipositor sheath 0.22–0.37 × fore wing and 1.1–1.8 × longer than first tergite; if intermediate then first discal cell of fore wing narrowly truncate or acute anteriorly; first tergite 2.0–2.6 × longer than its apical width and widened posteriorly.. 12</p><p>9 Fore tarsal claw of ♀ with short blackish bristles; first metasomal tergite 2.6–3.1 × longer than its apical width and nearly parallel-sided posteriorly; antenna of ♀ with 6 apical antennomeres brown; length of fore wing 1.9–2.4 mm ............ 10</p><p>- Fore tarsal claw of ♀ simple, yellowish setose; first tergite 2.1–2.5 × longer than its apical width and widened posteriorly; antenna of ♀ with 6 apical antennomeres yellowish white or dark brown; length of fore wing 1.5–2.2 mm .............. 11</p><p>10 Antero-lateral area of middle mesoscutal lobe reticulate-rugose; head and mesosoma similarly dark brown; notauli narrow and spaced crenulate; apical half of antenna of ♀ brown, including apical antennomere............. B. (T.) reticulatus sp. nov .</p><p>- Antero-lateral area of middle mesoscutal lobe largely smooth, except some short fine carinae; head paler than mesosoma; notauli moderately wide and densely crenulate; apical half of antenna of ♀ pale brown or yellow, except for dark brown apical antennomere......................................................................... B. (T.) tanae sp. nov .</p><p>11 Antenna of ♀ tricoloured (6 apical antennomeres yellowish white, 10 middle antennomeres more or less brown and 4 basal antennomeres yellowish); length of fore wing 1.5–1.7 mm ....................... B. (T.) apicalis van Achterberg, 1976</p><p>- Antenna of ♀ bicoloured (mainly dark brown, but basal antennomeres yellow); length of fore wing 1.7–2.3 mm .............................................................................. B. (T.) albiventris van Achterberg, 1988</p><p>12 First discal cell of fore wing wide anteriorly, distinctly truncate (Fig. 30F) and middle lobe of mesoscutum antero-laterally with some carinae or rugae; occipital carina absent medio-dorsally; clypeus and face medially similarly coloured; vein r of fore wing oblique................................................................. B. (T.) soror van Achterberg, 1988</p><p>- First discal cell of fore wing comparatively narrow anteriorly (Figs 8H, 10G, 14G, 20I, 24H, 34G); if intermediate then middle lobe of mesoscutum antero-laterally without carinae or rugae, occipital carina complete, clypeus paler than face medially and/or vein r of fore wing vertical............................................................................. 13</p><p>13 Fore claw of ♀ with rather conspicuous blackish bristles (Fig. 1152 in van Achterberg, 1988) and mesosoma and first metasomal tergite reddish brown, contrasting with dark brown or blackish dorsal part of head................................................................................................... B. (T.) nigrocephalus van Achterberg, 1988</p><p>- Fore claw of ♀ with less conspicuous dark brownish or dark yellow bristles or only with setae (but blackish in B. (T.) gilvus and wuyishanensis); mesosoma and first tergite darker or similarly coloured as head dorsally............................ 14</p><p>14 Pterostigma dark brown and 13th–17th antennal antennomeres of ♀ paler than 5th–12th antennomeres; length of fore wing 2.1–2.3 mm; antenna of ♀ somewhat longer than fore wing and antennomeres comparatively slender (Fig. 10C); face yellowish and similarly coloured as clypeus......................................... B. (T.) antennalis van Achterberg, 1988</p><p>- Pterostigma brown or yellowish, if dark brown ( B. (T.) wuyishanensis) then 13th–17th antennal antennomeres of ♀ similarly coloured as 5th–12th antennomeres or darker; length of fore wing 1.6–1.9 mm, if longer ( B. (T.) artomandibularis) than antenna of ♀ somewhat shorter than fore wing, its antennomeres less slender (Figs 8, 14C, 20C, 24C, 34C) and face brown, contrasting with yellowish clypeus................................................................................ 15</p><p>15 Occipital carina weak but complete medio-dorsally (but absent medio-dorsally in B. (T.) artomandibularis); pterostigma largely yellowish brown or brown; apical half of antenna of ♀ mainly yellowish, but apical antennomeres more or less brown; head anteriorly (except for yellowish clypeus) reddish brown...................................................... 16</p><p>- Occipital carina narrowly interrupted medio-dorsally; pterostigma rather dark brown; apical half of antenna of ♀ brown; head anteriorly (including clypeus) yellowish brown............................................................. 18</p><p>16 Vein r of fore wing vertical; pterostigma pale yellow; occipital carina absent medio-dorsally antenna of female yellow medially; hypopygium brownish; setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.27–0.39 × length of fore wing........................................................................................... B. (T.) artomandibularis van Achterberg, 1976</p><p>- Vein r of fore wing oblique; occipital carina weak but complete medio-dorsally; pterostigma pale brown to dark brown; antenna of female brown medially, if yellow then setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.22 × length of fore wing................... 17</p><p>17 Hypopygium pale yellow; antenna of female brown medially; first metasomal tergite distinctly widened apically (Fig. 20G); setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.30–0.38 × length of fore wing................................ B. (T.) gilvus sp. nov.</p><p>- Hypopygium rather infuscated brownish; antenna of female yellowish or brownish medially; first metasomal tergite nearly parallel-sided (Fig. 26F); setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.22–0.27 × length of fore wing........... B. (T.) parilis sp. nov.</p><p>18 Penultimate antennal antennomere of ♀ 3.0–3.4 times longer than wide (Fig. 8C); vein r of fore wing oblique; apical quarter of antenna of ♀ dark brown and remainder yellowish or largely so................ B. (T.) angichorus van Achterberg, 1988</p><p>- Length of penultimate antennal antennomere of ♀ about twice its width (Fig. 34C); vein r of fore wing vertical; antenna of ♀ largely brown except yellow basal antennomeres..................................... B. (T.) wuyishanensis sp. nov.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2462002BB04B7C57A289C635668DFA3E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lu, Qian-Yu;Chai, Hong-Fei;Achterberg, Cornelis Van;Tang, Pu;Chen, Xue-Xin	Lu, Qian-Yu, Chai, Hong-Fei, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Tang, Pu, Chen, Xue-Xin (2024): Review of the subgenus Tarpheion of the genus Blacus Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Brachistinae) from China, with description of nine new species and eight new records. Zootaxa 5406 (2): 297-335, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5
2462002BB0487C57A289C21C60ABF812.text	2462002BB0487C57A289C21C60ABF812.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blacus (Tarpheion) achterbergi Haeselbarth 1976	<div><p>Blacus (Tarpheion) achterbergi Haeselbarth, 1976</p><p>(Figs. 1–2)</p><p>Blacus gracilis Haeselbarth, 1973: 121 (nec Brues, 1908); Hellén, 1974: 16.</p><p>Blacus (Ischnotron) gracili s: van Achterberg, 1976: 185.</p><p>Blacus achterbergi Haeselbarth, 1976: 144 (replaced name).</p><p>Blacus (Tarpheion) achterbergi: van Achterberg, 1988: 185; Farahani et al., 2013: 7.</p><p>Material examined. 1♀, China, Henan, Neixiang, Baotianman, 15.VII.1998, Chen Xuexin, No. 989171 ; 1♀, China, Zhejiang, Tianmu Mtn, Xianren Peak, 27.VII.2011, Liu Zhen, No. 201101432 (ZJUH) .</p><p>Distribution. China (Henan, Zhejiang); Austria; Czech Republic; Finland; Hungary; Iran; Italy; Korea; Moldova; Poland; Russia; Switzerland; Ukraine. New record for China.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2462002BB0487C57A289C21C60ABF812	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lu, Qian-Yu;Chai, Hong-Fei;Achterberg, Cornelis Van;Tang, Pu;Chen, Xue-Xin	Lu, Qian-Yu, Chai, Hong-Fei, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Tang, Pu, Chen, Xue-Xin (2024): Review of the subgenus Tarpheion of the genus Blacus Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Brachistinae) from China, with description of nine new species and eight new records. Zootaxa 5406 (2): 297-335, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5
2462002BB0497C50A289C08A6708FC9C.text	2462002BB0497C50A289C08A6708FC9C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blacus (Tarpheion) adelphius Lu & Chai & Achterberg & Tang & Chen 2024	<div><p>Blacus (Tarpheion) adelphius sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 3–4)</p><p>Material examined. Holotype: ♀, China, Liaoning, Laotudingzi National Nature Reserve, 16-19.VII.2011, Chen Huayan, No. 202029592 (ZJUH).</p><p>Description. Female. Length of body 2.2 mm, length of fore wing 2.1 mm.</p><p>Head. Antennomeres 20; length of first flagellomere 1.4 × length of second flagellomere; length of first, second and penultimate flagellomere 5.75, 3.8 and 2.0 × their width, respectively; length of maxillary palp 1.1 × height of head; occipital carina completely absent; frontal suture shallow; OOL: diameter of posterior ocellus: POL = 17:7:8; length of eye in dorsal view 1.8 × length of temple; face smooth, densely pubescence; malar suture distinctly present, length of malar space 1.1 × basal width of mandible.</p><p>Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.45 × its height; side of pronotum smooth dorsally, remainder with some striae (Fig. 4F); carinae of middle lobe of mesoscutum vertical; precoxal sulcus short, only in middle of mesopleuron and shallowly crenulate (Fig. 4F); notauli complete, crenulate-rugose, narrow and deep (Fig. 4D); mesoscutal middle lobe truncate anteriorly; scutellum smooth, its lateral carina complete, not protruding apically; surface of propodeum smooth between carinae, its medial area widened dorsally.</p><p>Wings. Fore wing: first discal cell widely truncate anteriorly; vein r vertical (Fig. 4G), length of vein r 1.0 × width of pterostigma; 1-CU1:2-CU1 = 1:8.</p><p>Legs. Hind coxa smooth (Fig. 4I); length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg 5.5, 11.5 and 10.0 × their width, respectively; fore claws with some long bristles (Fig. 4G), middle claws with one bristle, hind claws with one bristle.</p><p>Metasoma. Length of first tergite 2.3 × its apical width, slightly widened apically, smooth medio-basally, reticulate-rugose medio-apically (Fig. 4E); remainder tergite smooth (Fig. 4E); length of ovipositor sheath 0.23 × length of fore wing.</p><p>Colour. Dark brown; 4 basal antennomeres, palpi, clypeus, mandible, basally half of metasomal tergite, first and second metasomal sternites yellow; remainder of metasomal tergites and sternites, pterostigma, veins, ovipositor and its sheath yellowish-brown; tegulae yellowish-brown; parastigma whitish; bristles of fore claws blackish, one bristle of middle claws yellow, one bristle of hind claws yellow; wing membrane slightly infuscate.</p><p>Male. Unknown.</p><p>Biology. Unknown.</p><p>Distribution. China (Liaoning).</p><p>Etymology. The specific name adelphius refers to the similarity of the new species to B. (T.) achterbergi and is derived from “ adelphe ” (Greek for sister).</p><p>Notes. The new species is similar to B. (T.) achterbergi Haeselbarth,1976 because occipital carina is completely absent, notauli comparatively narrow, precoxal sulcus reduced, first discal cell of fore wing widely truncate anteriorly, length of first metasomal tergite approx. 2.3 × its apical width, second metasomal tergite smooth, medial area of propodeum widened dorsally, length of vein r about equal to width of pterostigma, and 1-CU1:2-CU1 ≈ 1:8, but differs by having 20 antennomeres (18–19 in B. (T.) achterbergi), first metasomal tergite slightly widened apically and basal third largely smooth except for dorsal carinae (parallel-sided and basal third largely sculptured), head in frontal view narrowed ventrally (less narrowed), length of malar space 1.1 × basal width of mandible (distinctly less than to equal), vein 3-CU1 of fore wing strongly curved (weakly curved), hind femur widened apically (parallel-sided), and length of ovipositor sheath 0.23 × length of fore wing (0.27–0.28 ×).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2462002BB0497C50A289C08A6708FC9C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lu, Qian-Yu;Chai, Hong-Fei;Achterberg, Cornelis Van;Tang, Pu;Chen, Xue-Xin	Lu, Qian-Yu, Chai, Hong-Fei, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Tang, Pu, Chen, Xue-Xin (2024): Review of the subgenus Tarpheion of the genus Blacus Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Brachistinae) from China, with description of nine new species and eight new records. Zootaxa 5406 (2): 297-335, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5
2462002BB04F7C50A289C22962C8F83E.text	2462002BB04F7C50A289C22962C8F83E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blacus (Tarpheion) albiventris van Achterberg 1988	<div><p>Blacus (Tarpheion) albiventris van Achterberg, 1988</p><p>(Figs. 5–6)</p><p>Blacus (Tarpheion) albiventris van Achterberg, 1988: 150 .</p><p>Blacus (Tarpheion) albiventris Papp, 1993: 159 .</p><p>Material examined. 1♀, China, Yunnan, Dehongzhou, Nabang Town, 15. V.2009, Zeng Jie, No. 200903029 (ZJUH) .</p><p>Distribution. China (Yunnan); India; Nepal. New record for China.</p><p>Notes. The characters are largely as described by van Achterberg, (1988), but the fore tarsal claws have developed brownish bristles.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2462002BB04F7C50A289C22962C8F83E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lu, Qian-Yu;Chai, Hong-Fei;Achterberg, Cornelis Van;Tang, Pu;Chen, Xue-Xin	Lu, Qian-Yu, Chai, Hong-Fei, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Tang, Pu, Chen, Xue-Xin (2024): Review of the subgenus Tarpheion of the genus Blacus Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Brachistinae) from China, with description of nine new species and eight new records. Zootaxa 5406 (2): 297-335, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5
2462002BB04D7C52A289C48160F6FE21.text	2462002BB04D7C52A289C48160F6FE21.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blacus (Tarpheion) angichorus van Achterberg 1988	<div><p>Blacus (Tarpheion) angichorus van Achterberg, 1988</p><p>(Figs. 7–8)</p><p>Blacus (Tarpheion) angichorus van Achterberg, 1988: 152</p><p>Material examined. 1♀, China, Guizhou, Du Mtn, 27. VI.1980, Zhou Shengzhen, No. 860234; 1♀, China, Zhejiang, Lishui, Suichang, Jiulong Mtn, 8.X.-10.XII.2020, Ma Xingzhou &amp; Tang Zhansheng, No. 202012402 (ZJUH) .</p><p>Distribution. China (Guizhou; Zhejiang); Laos. New record for China.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2462002BB04D7C52A289C48160F6FE21	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lu, Qian-Yu;Chai, Hong-Fei;Achterberg, Cornelis Van;Tang, Pu;Chen, Xue-Xin	Lu, Qian-Yu, Chai, Hong-Fei, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Tang, Pu, Chen, Xue-Xin (2024): Review of the subgenus Tarpheion of the genus Blacus Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Brachistinae) from China, with description of nine new species and eight new records. Zootaxa 5406 (2): 297-335, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5
2462002BB04D7C52A289C5EF6721FCC4.text	2462002BB04D7C52A289C5EF6721FCC4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blacus (Tarpheion) antennalis van Achterberg 1988	<div><p>Blacus (Tarpheion) antennalis van Achterberg, 1988</p><p>(Figs. 9–10)</p><p>Blacus (Tarpheion) antennalis van Achterberg, 1988: 153 .</p><p>Blacus (Tarpheion) antennalis Papp, 1993: 159 .</p><p>Material examined. 2♀♀, China, Yunnan, Yingjiang, Tongbiguan, Mulianhuatang, 20. V.2009, Zeng Jie, No. 200905313; Yunnan, Tengchong, Datianpo Village, Tanchang River, 22. V.2009, Wang Manman, No. 200903069 (ZJUH) .</p><p>Distribution. China (Yunnan, Zhejiang); India; Nepal. New record for China.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2462002BB04D7C52A289C5EF6721FCC4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lu, Qian-Yu;Chai, Hong-Fei;Achterberg, Cornelis Van;Tang, Pu;Chen, Xue-Xin	Lu, Qian-Yu, Chai, Hong-Fei, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Tang, Pu, Chen, Xue-Xin (2024): Review of the subgenus Tarpheion of the genus Blacus Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Brachistinae) from China, with description of nine new species and eight new records. Zootaxa 5406 (2): 297-335, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5
2462002BB0437C5CA289C48162C8FD6F.text	2462002BB0437C5CA289C48162C8FD6F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blacus (Tarpheion) apicalis van Achterberg 1976	<div><p>Blacus (Tarpheion) apicalis van Achterberg, 1976</p><p>(Figs. 11–12)</p><p>Blacus (Tarpheion) apicalis van Achterberg, 1976: 193; 1988: 154.</p><p>Blacus (Tarpheion) apicalis Papp, 1985: 227; 1993: 159.</p><p>Material examined. 1♀, China, Zhejiang, Longwang Mtn, 31. VIII.1993, Xu Zaifu, No. 9310108 ; 2♀♀, China, Hainan, Jianfengling, 6. VI.2007, Liu Jingxian, No. 200703715 ; 7. VI.2007, Liu Jingxian, No. 200702410; 3♀♀, China, Yunnan, Tengchong, Datianpo Village, Tanchang River, 22. V.2009, Wang Manman, No. 200903060; Yunnan, Yingjiang, Tongbiguan, 17. V.2009, Zeng Jie, No. 200903028; Tongbiguan, Datianfang, 18. V.2009, Wang Manman, No. 200903032; 8♀♀, China, Fujian, Wuyi Mtn, Tongmu Village, 15.IV.2009, Zeng Jie, No. 200900435; No. 200900543; Tan Jiangli, No. 200900219; Wuyi Mtn, Pikeng, 21.IV.2009, Zeng Jie, No. 200900525; No. 200900530; Wuyi Mtn, Tiankeng, 21.IV.2009, Wang Manman, No. 201602683; No. 201602781; Wuyi Mtn, Xingcun Town, 17.IV.2009, Tan Jiangli, No. 201603282 (ZJUH) .</p><p>Distribution. China (Fujian, Hainan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); India; Nepal. New record for China.</p><p>Notes. The characters are largely as described by van Achterberg, (1976), but the fore tarsal claws have developed brownish bristles.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2462002BB0437C5CA289C48162C8FD6F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lu, Qian-Yu;Chai, Hong-Fei;Achterberg, Cornelis Van;Tang, Pu;Chen, Xue-Xin	Lu, Qian-Yu, Chai, Hong-Fei, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Tang, Pu, Chen, Xue-Xin (2024): Review of the subgenus Tarpheion of the genus Blacus Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Brachistinae) from China, with description of nine new species and eight new records. Zootaxa 5406 (2): 297-335, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5
2462002BB0417C5EA289C48162E7FDB1.text	2462002BB0417C5EA289C48162E7FDB1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blacus (Tarpheion) artomandibularis van Achterberg 1976	<div><p>Blacus (Tarpheion) artomandibularis van Achterberg, 1976</p><p>(Figs. 13–14)</p><p>Blacus (Tarpheion) artomandibularis van Achterberg, 1976: 194; Papp, 1985: 227; van Achterberg, 1988: 154</p><p>Material examined. 4♀♀, China, Fujian, Wuyi Mtn, Erliping, X.1979, Huang Juchang, No. 20003836; No. 20003837; Fujian, Longdu, X.1979, Huang Juchang, No. 20003849; No. 20003850; 4♀♀, China, Zhejiang, Kaihua, Gutian Mtn, 28.X.1992, Wu Hong, No. 949215; 28.X.1992, Wu Hong, No. 949241; 13.IV.1993, Wu Hong, No. 949307; 1.VIII. 1990, Ma Yun, No. 949307 (ZJUH) .</p><p>Distribution. China (Fujian; Taiwan; Zhejiang); Nepal. New record for China.</p><p>Notes. The characters are largely as described by van Achterberg, (1976), but the fore tarsal claws have developed dark yellow bristles.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2462002BB0417C5EA289C48162E7FDB1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lu, Qian-Yu;Chai, Hong-Fei;Achterberg, Cornelis Van;Tang, Pu;Chen, Xue-Xin	Lu, Qian-Yu, Chai, Hong-Fei, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Tang, Pu, Chen, Xue-Xin (2024): Review of the subgenus Tarpheion of the genus Blacus Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Brachistinae) from China, with description of nine new species and eight new records. Zootaxa 5406 (2): 297-335, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5
2462002BB0467C58A289C3486285FE7C.text	2462002BB0467C58A289C3486285FE7C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blacus (Tarpheion) bicolor van Achterberg 1988	<div><p>Blacus (Tarpheion) bicolor van Achterberg, 1988</p><p>(Figs. 15–16)</p><p>Blacus (Tarpheion) bicolor van Achterberg, 1988: 155 .</p><p>Blacus (Tarpheion) bicolor Papp, 1993: 159 .</p><p>Material examined. 2♀♀, China, Zhejiang, Kaihua, Gutian Mtn, 29.X.1992, Wu Hong, No. 949242; No. 949243; 3♀♀, China, Fujian, Wuyi Mtn, Erliping, IX.1979, Huang Juchang, No. 20003839; X.1979, Huang Juchang, No. 20003832; Fujian, Meihua Mtn, 23–24.VII.1988, He Junhua, No. 20003839 ; 4♀♀, China, Guangdong, Nankun Mtn, 31.X.2009, Liu Jingxian, No. 200908424; Guangdong, Meizhou, Fengxi, 29.XII.2003, Chen Jujian, No. 20048582; Guangdong, Fengkai, Heishiding, 15.XIII.2003, Chen Jujian, No. 20048900; No. 20048925; 6♀♀, China, Hainan, Wuzhi Mtn, 29.X.2007, Liu Jingxian, No. 200710115; No. 200710167; Hainan, Jianfengling, Tianchi, 22–23.X.2007, Liu Jingxian, No. 200710561; 25.XI.2008, Wang Manman, No. 200903083; No. 200903084; Hainan, Bawangling, 26.XI.2008, Wang Manman, No. 200903034 (ZJUH) .</p><p>Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Zhejiang); India; Indonesia; Laos; Philippines; Thailand. New record for China.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2462002BB0467C58A289C3486285FE7C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lu, Qian-Yu;Chai, Hong-Fei;Achterberg, Cornelis Van;Tang, Pu;Chen, Xue-Xin	Lu, Qian-Yu, Chai, Hong-Fei, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Tang, Pu, Chen, Xue-Xin (2024): Review of the subgenus Tarpheion of the genus Blacus Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Brachistinae) from China, with description of nine new species and eight new records. Zootaxa 5406 (2): 297-335, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5
2462002BB0477C5AA289C65067ECFB4C.text	2462002BB0477C5AA289C65067ECFB4C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blacus (Tarpheion) frontalis Lu & Chai & Achterberg & Tang & Chen 2024	<div><p>Blacus (Tarpheion) frontalis sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 17–18)</p><p>Material examined. Holotype: ♀, China, Zhejiang, Kaihua, Gutian Mtn, VII–VIII.1990, Xu Zhihong, No. 905658 (ZJUH).</p><p>Description. Female. Length of body 2.35 mm, length of fore wing 2.0 mm.</p><p>Head. Antennomeres 19; length of first flagellomere 1.5 × length of second flagellomere; length of first, second and penultimate flagellomere 6.0, 4.0 and 2.0 × their width, respectively; length of maxillary palp 1.2 × height of head; occipital carina completely absent; medial part of frontal suture shallowly impressed; OOL: diameter of posterior ocellus: POL = 8:3:3; length of eye in dorsal view 2.2 × length of temple; face smooth, densely setose; malar suture present, length of malar space 0.67 × basal width of mandible.</p><p>Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.5 × its height; side of pronotum largely smooth, remainder with a few striae ventrally (Fig. 18E); carinae of middle lobe of mesoscutum very short; precoxal sulcus short, only in middle of mesopleuron and shallowly crenulate (Fig. 18E); notauli complete, crenulate-rugose, wide and deep (Fig. 18D); mesoscutal middle lobe truncate anteriorly; scutellum smooth, its lateral carina complete, not protruding apically; surface of propodeum smooth between carinae, its medial area widened dorsally.</p><p>Wings. Fore wing: first discal cell widely truncate anteriorly; vein r vertical (Fig. 18H), length of vein r 1.1 × width of pterostigma; 1-CU1:2-CU1 = 1:7.</p><p>Legs. Hind coxa smooth, with weak oblique carinae; length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg 5.9, 12.2 and 7.0 × their width, respectively; fore claws with some brownish bristles (Fig. 18I), middle claws with two yellow bristles, hind claws with two yellow bristles.</p><p>Metasoma. Length of first tergite 2.75 × its apical width, slightly widened apically, superficially rugose (Fig. 18G); second tergite with longitudinal striae medially and remainder smooth (Fig. 18G); length of ovipositor sheath 0.26 × length of fore wing.</p><p>Colour. Yellow; 4 basal antennomeres yellow, 5–7th antennomeres yellowish-brown, remainder dark brown; parastigma whitish; second and third metasomal sternum yellowish; third and remainder metasomal tergites and sternites, pterostigma, veins, ovipositor and its sheath yellowish-brown; bristles of fore claws brownish, two bristles of middle claws yellow, two bristles of hind claws yellow; wing membrane slightly infuscate.</p><p>Male. Unknown.</p><p>Biology. Unknown.</p><p>Distribution. China (Zhejiang).</p><p>Etymology. The specific name frontalis refers to the depression of frons and is derived from “ frontis ” (Latin for fore part).</p><p>Notes. The new species is similar to B. (T.) javensis van Achterberg, 1976 because occipital carina is completely absent, antennomeres 19, precoxal sulcus reduced, first discal cell widely truncate anteriorly, notauli comparatively wide, length of ovipositor sheath approx. 0.3 × length of fore wing, medial area of propodeum distinctly widened dorsally, 4 basal antennomeres yellow, and yellow body, but differs by having distinct frontal suture (absent in T. javensis), lamelliform carinae of middle lobe of mesoscutum very short (absent), second tergite with weak longitudinal striae medio-basally (smooth), 1-CU1:2-CU1 = 1:7 (1:30), length of eye in dorsal view 2.2 × length of temple (1.4 ×), length of first tergite 2.75 × (3.1 ×) its apical width, length of malar space 0.7 × basal width of mandible (equal), length of fore wing 2.35 mm (1.6 mm), and length of fore wing 2.0 mm (1.6 mm).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2462002BB0477C5AA289C65067ECFB4C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lu, Qian-Yu;Chai, Hong-Fei;Achterberg, Cornelis Van;Tang, Pu;Chen, Xue-Xin	Lu, Qian-Yu, Chai, Hong-Fei, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Tang, Pu, Chen, Xue-Xin (2024): Review of the subgenus Tarpheion of the genus Blacus Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Brachistinae) from China, with description of nine new species and eight new records. Zootaxa 5406 (2): 297-335, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5
2462002BB05B7C46A289C4816126FD21.text	2462002BB05B7C46A289C4816126FD21.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blacus (Tarpheion) gilvus Lu & Chai & Achterberg & Tang & Chen 2024	<div><p>Blacus (Tarpheion) gilvus sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 19–20)</p><p>Material examined. Holotype: ♀, China, Yunnan, Bao Mtn, Lujiangba, Gaoligongshan Nature Park, 10–11.V.2009, Zeng Jie, No. 200902964 (ZJUH) . Paratype: ♀, China, Zhejiang, Qingyuan, Baishanzu, 29.X.1993, Wu Hong, No. 945942 (ZJUH) .</p><p>Description. Female. Length of body 2.3 mm, length of fore wing 2.3 mm.</p><p>Head. Antennomeres 20; length of first flagellomere 1.4 × length of second flagellomere; length of first, second and penultimate flagellomere 6.3, 4.7 and 2.3 × their width, respectively; length of maxillary palp 1.2 × height of head; occipital carina complete (Fig. 20A); frontal suture present; OOL: diameter of posterior ocellus: POL = 22:7:7; length of eye in dorsal view 2.1 × temple; face smooth, with dense pubescence; malar suture present, length of malar space 1.5 × basal width of mandible.</p><p>Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.4 × its height; side of pronotum smooth dorsally, remainder coarsely rugose (Fig. 20E); carinae of middle lobe of mesoscutum almost absent; precoxal sulcus complete, with some short striae (Fig. 20E); notauli complete, crenulate-rugose, wide and deep (Fig. 20D); mesoscutal middle lobe convex anteriorly; scutellum smooth, with some short lateral crenulae, its lateral carina complete, not protruding apically; surface of propodeum smooth between carinae, its medial area distinctly widened dorsally.</p><p>Wings. Fore wing: first discal cell widely truncate anteriorly; vein r slightly oblique (Fig. 20I), length of vein r 1.3 × width of pterostigma; 1-CU1:2-CU1 = 3:10.</p><p>Legs. Hind coxa smooth dorsally, with a shallow oblique dorsal carina; length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg 6.9, 16.2 and 11.3 × their width, respectively; fore claws with long bristles (Fig. 20J), middle and hind claws simple.</p><p>Metasoma. Length of first tergite 2.0 × its apical width, widened apically, smooth medio-basally and reticulate-rugose medio-apically, longitudinally rugose laterally (Fig. 20G); second tergite with coarse, longitudinal rugae and remainder smooth (Fig. 20G); length of ovipositor sheath 0.33 × length of fore wing.</p><p>Colour. Dark reddish-brown; antenna almost yellow (medial antennomeres slightly darker); posterior part of head reddish-brown (stemmaticum black); anterior part of head, tegulae, metasomal sternum anteriorly, hypopygium and all legs yellow; metasomal sternum posteriorly yellowish-brown; ovipositor and sheath, veins and pterostigma brown; basal of pterostigma and parastigma white; bristles of fore claws dark yellow; wing membrane subhyaline.</p><p>Variation. Length of eye in dorsal view 2.0–2.1 × length of temple; length of body 1.8–2.3 mm; length of fore wing 1.75–2.3 mm; length of ovipositor sheath 0.33–0.38 × length of fore wing.</p><p>Male. Unknown.</p><p>Biology. Unknown.</p><p>Distribution. China (Yunnan, Zhejiang).</p><p>Etymology. The specific name gilvus refers to the pale yellow hypopygium and is derived from “ gilvus ” (Latin for pale yellow).</p><p>Notes. The new species is similar to B. (T.) artomandibularis van Achterberg, 1976 because precoxal suture is complete and having some striae, length of penultimate antennal antennomere approx. twice its width, lamelliform carinae of middle lobe of mesoscutum almost absent, middle and hind claws simple, second tergite with longitudinal striae, length of first tergite approx. 2.0 × its apical, length of eye in dorsal view approx. 2.0 × temple, and colour of body, but differs by having dark yellow bristles on fore claws, (simple in T. artomandibularis), first discal cell of fore wing widely truncate anteriorly (narrowly truncate), vein r of fore wing slightly oblique (vertical), length of body 2.4 mm (1.8 mm), pterostigma brown (pale yellow), antenna of female brown medially (yellow), and hypopygium pale yellow (brownish).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2462002BB05B7C46A289C4816126FD21	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lu, Qian-Yu;Chai, Hong-Fei;Achterberg, Cornelis Van;Tang, Pu;Chen, Xue-Xin	Lu, Qian-Yu, Chai, Hong-Fei, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Tang, Pu, Chen, Xue-Xin (2024): Review of the subgenus Tarpheion of the genus Blacus Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Brachistinae) from China, with description of nine new species and eight new records. Zootaxa 5406 (2): 297-335, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5
2462002BB0597C42A289C6EC627EFEC8.text	2462002BB0597C42A289C6EC627EFEC8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blacus (Tarpheion) hainanensis Lu & Chai & Achterberg & Tang & Chen 2024	<div><p>Blacus (Tarpheion) hainanensis sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 21–22)</p><p>Material examined. Holotype: ♀, China, Hainan, Bawangling, 26.XI.2008, Wang Manman, No. 200903033 (ZJUH).</p><p>Description. Female. Length of body 1.9 mm, length of fore wing 1.75 mm.</p><p>Head. Antennomeres 19; length of first flagellomere 1.2 × length of second flagellomere; length of first, second and penultimate flagellomere 5.75, 3.8 and 2.0 × their width, respectively; length of maxillary palp 1.2 × height of head; occipital carina completely absent; frontal suture distinctly present posteriorly; OOL: diameter of posterior ocellus: POL = 8:3:2; length of eye in dorsal view 1.8 × length of temple; face smooth, densely setose; malar suture present, length of malar space 1.25 × basal width of mandible.</p><p>Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.5 × its height; side of pronotum smooth dorsally, remainder with a few striae (Fig. 22E); carinae of middle lobe of mesoscutum very short; precoxal sulcus short, only in middle of mesopleuron and shallowly crenulate (Fig. 22E); notauli complete, crenulate-rugose, moderately wide and deep (Fig. 22D); mesoscutal middle lobe truncate anteriorly; scutellum smooth, its lateral carina complete, not protruding apically; surface of propodeum smooth between carinae, its medial area widened dorsally.</p><p>Wings. Fore wing: first discal cell widely truncate anteriorly; vein r vertical (Fig. 22F), length of vein r 1.1 × width of pterostigma; 1-CU1:2-CU1 = 1:10.</p><p>Legs. Hind coxa smooth; length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg 5.8, 11.1 and 11.0 × their width, respectively; fore claws with long bristles (Fig. 22K), middle claws with one bristle, hind claws with one bristle.</p><p>Metasoma. Length of first tergite 2.3 × its apical width, slightly widened apically, between dorsal carinae distinctly reticulate-rugose except basally (Fig. 22G); second tergite with weak longitudinal striae medially and remainder smooth (Fig. 22G); length of ovipositor sheath 0.23 × length of fore wing.</p><p>Colour. Yellow; 4 basal antennomeres yellow, remainder of antennomeres dark brown, but several apical antennomeres pale brownish; parastigma and second metasomal sternum white; second metasomal tergite yellow; remaining tergites and sternum, pterostigma, veins, ovipositor and its sheath yellowish-brown; bristles of fore claws blackish, one bristle of middle claws yellow, one bristle of hind claws yellow; wing membrane slightly infuscate.</p><p>Male. Unknown.</p><p>Biology. Unknown.</p><p>Distribution. China (Hainan).</p><p>Etymology. The specific name hainanensis refers to its collection site, Hainan island.</p><p>Notes. The new species is similar to B. (T.) fuscinervis van Achterberg, 1988 because occipital carina is completely absent, antennomeres 19, lamelliform carinae of middle lobe of mesoscutum very short, precoxal sulcus reduced, first discal cell widely truncate anteriorly, length of ovipositor sheath approx. 0.20 × length of fore wing, length of first tergite approx. 2.1 × its apical width, second tergite with weak longitudinal striae medially, medial area of propodeum distinctly widened dorsally, 4 basal antennomeres yellow, length of vein r 1.1 × width of pterostigma, 1-CU1:2-CU1 ≈ 1:10, and length of body, but differs by having distinct malar suture (rather shallow in B. (T.) fuscinervis), length of eye in dorsal view 1.3 × length of temple (1.8 ×), length of malar space 1.25 × basal width of mandible (0.6–0.7 ×), fore claw with only one blackish bristle (with few blackish bristles), and yellow body (yellowish-brown).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2462002BB0597C42A289C6EC627EFEC8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lu, Qian-Yu;Chai, Hong-Fei;Achterberg, Cornelis Van;Tang, Pu;Chen, Xue-Xin	Lu, Qian-Yu, Chai, Hong-Fei, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Tang, Pu, Chen, Xue-Xin (2024): Review of the subgenus Tarpheion of the genus Blacus Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Brachistinae) from China, with description of nine new species and eight new records. Zootaxa 5406 (2): 297-335, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5
2462002BB05D7C4FA289C2086611F87C.text	2462002BB05D7C4FA289C2086611F87C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blacus (Tarpheion) parilis Lu & Chai & Achterberg & Tang & Chen 2024	<div><p>Blacus (Tarpheion) parilis sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 23–24)</p><p>Material examined. Holotype: ♀, China, Yunnan, Bao Mtn, Lujiang, Gaoligongshan Nature Reserve, 20- 21.VII.2006, Xiao Bin, No. 200908024 (ZJUH) . Paratype: ♀, China, Yunnan, Bao Mtn, Lujiangba, Gaoligongshan Nature Park, 11. V.2009, Wang Manman, No. 200904562 (ZJUH) .</p><p>Description. Female. Length of body 2.1 mm, length of fore wing 2.1 mm.</p><p>Head. Antennomeres 20; length of first flagellomere 1.3 × length of second flagellomere; length of first, second and penultimate flagellomere 6.8, 5.2 and 3.25 × their width, respectively; length of maxillary palp 1.4 × height of head; occipital carina almost complete, dorsal part weak (Fig. 24A); frontal suture present; OOL: diameter of posterior ocellus: POL = 10:3:4; length of eye in dorsal view 2.15 × temple; face smooth, densely setose; malar suture present, length of malar space 1.75 × basal width of mandible.</p><p>Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.7 × its height; side of pronotum smooth dorsally, remainder coarsely rugose; carinae of middle lobe of mesoscutum very short; precoxal sulcus complete, with some long striae (Fig. 24D); notauli complete, crenulate-rugose, wide and deep (Fig. 24E); mesoscutal middle lobe slightly convex anteriorly; scutellum smooth, its lateral carina complete, not protruding apically; surface of propodeum smooth between carinae, its medial area widened dorsally.</p><p>Wings. Fore wing: first discal cell narrowly truncate anteriorly in left, wider in right wing; vein r oblique (Fig. 24H), length of vein r about equal to width of pterostigma; 1-CU1:2-CU1 = 1:2.</p><p>Legs. Hind coxa smooth dorsally, with very short rugae; length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg 7.0, 15.5 and 11.2 × their width, respectively; fore claws with short bristles (Fig. 24K), middle and hind claws with one bristle.</p><p>Metasoma. Length of first tergite 2.6 × its apical width, slightly widened apically, smooth medio-basally and reticulate-rugose medio-apically, longitudinally rugose laterally (Fig. 24F); second tergite with longitudinal striae and remainder smooth (Fig. 24F); length of ovipositor sheath 0.27 × length of fore wing.</p><p>Colour. Yellowish-brown; 4 basal antennomeres, palpi, tegulae, mandible, metasomal sternum anteriorly and all legs yellow; half apical of antennomeres yellowish-brown; second metasomal tergite dark yellow; hypopygium, ovipositor and sheath, veins, pterostigma, remainder metasomal tergite and sternum posteriorly brown; basal of pterostigma and parastigma pale yellow; bristles of fore claws blackish, one bristle of middle and hind claws yellow; wing membrane slightly infuscate.</p><p>Variation. Vein r of fore wing oblique or vertical; dorsal part of occipital carina weak or distinct; length of eye in dorsal view 1.75–2.15 × length of temple; length of body 2.1–2.3 mm; length of fore wing 2.1–2.45 mm; length of first tergite 2.5–2.6 × its apical width; length of ovipositor sheath 0.22–0.27 × length of fore wing.</p><p>Male. Unknown.</p><p>Biology. Unknown.</p><p>Distribution. China (Yunnan).</p><p>Etymology. The specific name parilis refers to the parallel-sided first metasomal tergite and “ parilis ” is Latin for equal or like.</p><p>Notes. The new species is similar to B. (T.) artomandibularis van Achterberg, 1976 because precoxal suture is complete and having some striae, first discal cell of fore wing narrowly truncate anteriorly, carinae of middle lobe of mesoscutum very short, second tergite with longitudinal striae, hypopygium brownish, length of first tergite approx. 2.4 × its apical, and length of eye in dorsal view approx. 2.0 × temple, but differs by having blackish bristles on fore claws, (simple in B. artomandibularis), middle and hind claws with one yellow bristle (simple), yellowish body (reddish-brown), length of penultimate antennal antennomere 3.25 × its width (1.9 –2.1), frontal suture present (absent), first tergite parallel-sided (slightly widened apically), and pterostigma brown (pale yellow).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2462002BB05D7C4FA289C2086611F87C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lu, Qian-Yu;Chai, Hong-Fei;Achterberg, Cornelis Van;Tang, Pu;Chen, Xue-Xin	Lu, Qian-Yu, Chai, Hong-Fei, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Tang, Pu, Chen, Xue-Xin (2024): Review of the subgenus Tarpheion of the genus Blacus Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Brachistinae) from China, with description of nine new species and eight new records. Zootaxa 5406 (2): 297-335, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5
2462002BB0517C48A289C48162A6FE24.text	2462002BB0517C48A289C48162A6FE24.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blacus (Tarpheion) reticulatus Lu & Chai & Achterberg & Tang & Chen 2024	<div><p>Blacus (Tarpheion) reticulatus sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 25–26)</p><p>Material examined. Holotype: ♀, China, Yunnan, Bao Mtn, Lujiang, Gaoligongshan Nature Reserve, 20- 21.VII.2006, Ma Juanjuan, No. 200907927 (ZJUH).</p><p>Description. Female. Length of body 2.3 mm, length of fore wing 2.4 mm.</p><p>Head. Antennomeres 20; length of first flagellomere 1.4 × length of second flagellomere; length of first, second and penultimate flagellomere 6.0, 5.2 and 3.25 × their width, respectively; length of maxillary palp 1.1 × height of head; occipital carina complete (Fig. 26A); frontal suture present; OOL: diameter of posterior ocellus: POL = 2:1:1; length of eye in dorsal view 2.0 × length of temple; face smooth, densely setose; malar suture present, length of malar space 1.5 × basal width of mandible.</p><p>Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.45 × its height; side of pronotum smooth dorsally, remainder coarsely rugose-reticulate (Fig. 26E); antero-lateral area of the middle mesoscutal lobe reticulate-rugose (Fig. 26E); precoxal sulcus complete, with some short striae (Fig. 26E); notauli complete, spaced crenulate, narrow and deep (Fig. 26D); mesoscutal middle lobe truncate anteriorly; scutellum smooth, with some short lateral crenulae, its lateral carina complete, not protruding apically; surface of propodeum smooth between carinae, its medial area distinctly widened dorsally.</p><p>Wings. Fore wing: first discal cell widely truncate anteriorly; vein r vertical (Fig. 26H), length of vein r 1.3 × width of pterostigma; 1-CU1:2-CU1 = 7:22.</p><p>Legs. Hind coxa with some oblique dorsal carinae; length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg 6.9, 14.0 and 11.5 × their width, respectively; fore claws with long bristles (Fig. 26I), middle and hind claws simple.</p><p>Metasoma. Length of first tergite 3.0 × its apical width, nearly parallel-sided, transversely rugose between dorsal carinae (Fig. 26G); second tergite with coarse, longitudinal striae (Fig. 26G) and remainder smooth; length of ovipositor sheath 0.14 × length of fore wing.</p><p>Colour. Reddish-brown; 12 basal antennomeres, palpi, clypeus, mandible, tegulae, metasomal sternum anteriorly and all legs yellow; anterior head yellowish-brown; remainder of antennomeres, ovipositor and its sheath, veins and metasomal sternum posteriorly brown; pterostigma and parastigma pale brownish; bristles of fore claws blackish; wing membrane subhyaline.</p><p>Male. Unknown.</p><p>Biology. Unknown.</p><p>Distribution. China (Yunnan).</p><p>Etymology. The specific name reticulatus refers to the reticulate antero-lateral area of the middle mesoscutal lobe; “ reticulatus ” is Latin for netlike.</p><p>Notes. The new species is similar to B. (T.) tanae sp. nov. because precoxal suture is complete and having some short striae, occipital carina complete, first discal cell of fore wing widely truncate anteriorly, fore claws with long blackish bristles, vein r of fore wing vertical, second tergite with coarse and longitudinal rugae, length of first tergite approx. 3.0 × its apical width, length of ovipositor sheath approx. 0.15 × length of fore wing, length of body and fore wing, and bicolored antenna, but differs by having 12 yellow basal antennomeres (4 in B. (T.) tanae), antero-lateral area of middle mesoscutal lobe reticulate-rugose (mainly subvertical carinae), mesoscutal middle lobe truncate anteriorly (slightly concave), middle claw simple (with one yellow bristle), and length of eye in dorsal view 2.0 × length of temple (2.25 ×).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2462002BB0517C48A289C48162A6FE24	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lu, Qian-Yu;Chai, Hong-Fei;Achterberg, Cornelis Van;Tang, Pu;Chen, Xue-Xin	Lu, Qian-Yu, Chai, Hong-Fei, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Tang, Pu, Chen, Xue-Xin (2024): Review of the subgenus Tarpheion of the genus Blacus Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Brachistinae) from China, with description of nine new species and eight new records. Zootaxa 5406 (2): 297-335, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5
2462002BB0577C4AA289C5E062C5FC9C.text	2462002BB0577C4AA289C5E062C5FC9C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blacus (Tarpheion) sculptilis Lu & Chai & Achterberg & Tang & Chen 2024	<div><p>Blacus (Tarpheion) sculptilis sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 27–28)</p><p>Material examined. Holotype: ♀, China, Sichuan, Wanglang, Baixionggou, 25.VIII.2016, Tian Hongwei, No. 201600893 (ZJUH).</p><p>Description. Female. Length of body 2.5 mm, length of fore wing 2.6 mm.</p><p>Head. Antennomeres 20; length of first flagellomere 1.6 × length of second flagellomere; length of first, second and penultimate flagellomere 7.2, 4.4 and 2.6 × their width, respectively; length of maxillary palp 1.3 × height of head; occipital carina completely absent (Fig. 28A); frontal suture distinctly present; OOL: diameter of posterior ocellus: POL = 17:7:8; length of eye in dorsal view 1.6 × length of temple; face smooth, densely setose; malar suture present, length of malar space 1.0 × basal width of mandible.</p><p>Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.6 × its height; side of pronotum smooth dorsally, remainder with transverse striae (Fig. 28G); carinae of middle lobe of mesoscutum absent; precoxal sulcus complete, rugose-reticulate (Fig. 28G); notauli complete, finely crenulate, narrow and deep (Fig. 28D); mesoscutal middle lobe truncate anteriorly; scutellum smooth, its lateral carina complete, not protruding apically; surface of propodeum with some cell, smooth between carinae, its medial area widened dorsally.</p><p>Wings. Fore wing: first discal cell widely truncate anteriorly; vein r vertical (Fig. 28F), length of vein r 1.1 × width of pterostigma; 1-CU1:2-CU1 = 1:10.</p><p>Legs. Hind coxa smooth dorsally, with some oblique carinae; length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg 7.3, 11.7 and 7.7 × their width, respectively; fore claws with some bristles (Fig. 28I), middle claws with one bristle, hind claws simple.</p><p>Metasoma. Length of first tergite 2.95 × its apical width, parallel-sided, superficially rugose basally, with transversal carinae medially and longitudinally rugose posteriorly (Fig. 28E); base of second tergite with weak longitudinal striae and remainder smooth (Fig. 28E); length of ovipositor sheath 0.20 × length of fore wing.</p><p>Colour. Brown; 4 basal antennomeres, palpi, clypeus, mandible and all legs yellow; tegulae, first metasomal tergite posteriorly, second and third metasomal tergite, apically half of hind tibia and hind tarsus yellowish-brown; metasomal sternum anteriorly white; bristles of fore claws blackish, one bristle of middle claws yellow; wing membrane slightly infuscate.</p><p>Male. Unknown.</p><p>Biology. Unknown.</p><p>Distribution. China (Sichuan).</p><p>Etymology. The specific name sculptilis refers to the extensively sculptured precoxal area; “ sculptilis ” is Latin for carved.</p><p>Notes. The new species is similar to B. (T.) incarinaticeps van Achterberg, 1988 because occipital carina is completely absent, lamelliform carinae of middle lobe of mesoscutum absent, first discal cell of fore wing truncate anteriorly, length of eye in dorsal view 1.3 × length of temple, length of ovipositor sheath approx. 0.20 × length of fore wing, length of first tergite approx. 2.8 × its apical width, first metasomal tergite almost parallel-sided, and similar length of fore wing, but differs by having complete precoxal sulcus complete and rugose-reticulate (only present in middle of mesopleuron and shallowly crenulate in B. incarinaticeps), first metasomal tergite superficially rugose basally, with transverse carinae medially and longitudinally rugose posteriorly (smooth), notauli crenulate-rugose (largely smooth), second tergite with weak longitudinal striae (smooth), length of body 2.5 mm (2.0 mm), vein r of fore wing vertical (oblique), third and fourth antennomeres yellow (brownish), and hypopygium brown (rather light brownish).</p><p>The new species is also similar to B. (T.) javensis van Achterberg, 1976 because of vein r of fore wing about as long as maximum width of pterostigma, entire occipital carina absent, and first metasomal tergite sculptured. The new species differs by vein r of fore wing vertical (oblique in B. (T.) javensis), antenna with 20 antennomeres (19), posterior half of notauli narrow and finely crenulate (wide and coarsely crenulate), and precoxal area extensively sculptured (largely smooth).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2462002BB0577C4AA289C5E062C5FC9C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		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2462002BB0557C4AA289C77062DFFB36.text	2462002BB0557C4AA289C77062DFFB36.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blacus (Tarpheion) soror van Achterberg 1988	<div><p>Blacus (Tarpheion) soror van Achterberg, 1988</p><p>(Figs. 29–30)</p><p>Blacus (Tarpheion) soror van Achterberg, 1988: 173</p><p>Material examined. 1♀, China, Hainan, Jianfengling, Tianchi, 12-15.VII.2006, Liu Jingxian, No. 200803706 ; 1♀, China, Yunnan, Bazhai, Yudongmen Reservoir, 2017, No. 202016634 (ZJUH) .</p><p>Distribution. China (Hainan; Yunnan); Thailand. New record for China.</p><p>Notes. The characters are largely as described by van Achterberg, (1988), but the fore tarsal claws have developed blackish bristles.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2462002BB0557C4AA289C77062DFFB36	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lu, Qian-Yu;Chai, Hong-Fei;Achterberg, Cornelis Van;Tang, Pu;Chen, Xue-Xin	Lu, Qian-Yu, Chai, Hong-Fei, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Tang, Pu, Chen, Xue-Xin (2024): Review of the subgenus Tarpheion of the genus Blacus Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Brachistinae) from China, with description of nine new species and eight new records. Zootaxa 5406 (2): 297-335, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5
2462002BB0557C75A289C10761DFFC31.text	2462002BB0557C75A289C10761DFFC31.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blacus (Tarpheion) tanae Lu & Chai & Achterberg & Tang & Chen 2024	<div><p>Blacus (Tarpheion) tanae sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 31–32)</p><p>Material examined. Holotype: ♀, China, Yunnan, Tengchong, Houqiao, 1.VI.2009, Tan Jiangli, No. 200906276 (ZJUH) . Paratypes: 6 ♀♀, China, Yunnan, Xianggelila, Hutiaoxia, 7. VI .2009, Tan Jiangli, No. 200906270, 200906271; Yunnan, Bao Mtn, Lujiangba, 9. V .2009, Wang Manman, No. 200902540, 200902551; China, Fujian, Wuyi Mtn, Tongmu, 15. IV.2009, Tan Jiangli, No. 201602543; Wuyi Mtn, Sangang, 15. IV.2009, Wang Manman, No. 201605941 (ZJUH) .</p><p>Description. Female. Length of body 2.0 mm, length of fore wing 2.2 mm.</p><p>Head. Antennomeres 20; length of first flagellomere 1.45 × length of second flagellomere; length of first, second and penultimate flagellomere 6.4, 4.4 and 3.25 × their width, respectively; length of maxillary palp 1.3 × height of head; occipital carina complete (Fig. 32A); frons slightly depressed medially, nearly flat; OOL: diameter of posterior ocellus: POL = 17:6:7; length of eye in dorsal view 2.25 × length of temple; face smooth, densely setose, temple glabrous; malar suture present, length of malar space 1.5 × basal width of mandible.</p><p>Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.4 × its height; side of pronotum smooth dorsally, remainder coarsely reticulate (Fig. 32G); carinae of middle lobe of mesoscutum subvertical and subhorizontal; precoxal sulcus complete, with some short striae (Fig. 32G); notauli complete, crenulate-rugose, wide and deep (Fig. 32D); mesoscutal lobes setose, middle lobe slightly concave anteriorly; scutellum smooth, its lateral carina complete, not protruding apically; surface of propodeum smooth between carinae, its medial area distinctly widened dorsally.</p><p>Wings. Fore wing: first discal cell widely truncate anteriorly; vein r vertical (Fig. 32F), length of vein r 1.2 × width of pterostigma; 1-CU1:2-CU1 = 1:4.</p><p>Legs. Hind coxa smooth dorsally, with an oblique dorsal carina; length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg 7.5, 14.0 and 10.8 × their width, respectively; fore claws with long bristles (Fig. 32I), middle claws with one bristle, hind claws simple.</p><p>Metasoma. Length of first tergite 3.1 × its apical width, slightly widened apically, superficially rugose apically (Fig. 32E); second tergite with coarse, longitudinal striae and remainder smooth (Fig. 32E); length of ovipositor sheath 0.15 × length of fore wing.</p><p>Colour. Reddish-brown; four basal antennomeres, frontal head, palpi, all legs yellow; tegulae, remainder of antennomeres (but subapically pale brown), ovipositor and its sheath, veins, pterostigma, metasomal tergite and hypopygium brown; parastigma and base of pterostigma white; bristles of fore claws blackish, one bristle of middle claws yellow; wing membrane subhyaline.</p><p>Variation. Length of first tergite 2.6–3.1 × its apical width; length of eye in dorsal view 2.1–2.25 × length of temple; length of fore wing 1.9–2.2 mm; length of ovipositor sheath 0.14–0.17 × length of fore wing.</p><p>Male. Unknown.</p><p>Biology. Unknown.</p><p>Distribution. China (Yunnan, Fujian).</p><p>Etymology. The specific name tanae refers to the name of its collector, Prof. Tan Jiangli.</p><p>Notes. The new species is similar to B. (T.) apicalis van Achterberg, 1976 because precoxal suture is complete and having some striae, second tergite with coarse, longitudinal rugae, vein r of fore wing subvertical, and 4 basal antennomeres yellowish, but differs by having mainly subvertical carina of middle lobe of mesoscutum (subhorizontal in B. (T). apicalis), apical antennomeres of antenna pale brown (yellowish-white), fore claws with long blackish bristles, middle claws with one yellow bristle (all claws simple), length of body 2.0 mm (1.5 mm), length of fore wing 1.9–2.2 mm (about 1.5 mm), length of the first tergite 2.6–3.1 × its apical width (2.1–2.3 ×), and length of eye in dorsal view 2.1–2.25 × length of temple (1.9 ×).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2462002BB0557C75A289C10761DFFC31	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lu, Qian-Yu;Chai, Hong-Fei;Achterberg, Cornelis Van;Tang, Pu;Chen, Xue-Xin	Lu, Qian-Yu, Chai, Hong-Fei, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Tang, Pu, Chen, Xue-Xin (2024): Review of the subgenus Tarpheion of the genus Blacus Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Brachistinae) from China, with description of nine new species and eight new records. Zootaxa 5406 (2): 297-335, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5
2462002BB06B7C71A289C2C9608AF844.text	2462002BB06B7C71A289C2C9608AF844.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blacus (Tarpheion) wuyishanensis Lu & Chai & Achterberg & Tang & Chen 2024	<div><p>Blacus (Tarpheion) wuyishanensis sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 33–34)</p><p>Material examined. Holotype: ♀, China, Fujian, Wuyi Mtn, Tongmu, 15.IV.2009, Tan Jiangli, No. 200900226 (ZJUH).</p><p>Description. Female. Length of body 2.3 mm, length of fore wing 2.2 mm.</p><p>Head. Antennomeres 20; length of first flagellomere 1.6 × length of second flagellomere; length of first, second and penultimate flagellomere 7.2, 6.0 and 2.4 × their width, respectively; length of maxillary palp 1.2 × height of head; occipital carina incomplete, dorsal part weakly developed and medio-dorsally absent (Fig. 34A); frons slightly depressed, nearly flat; OOL: diameter of posterior ocellus: POL = 10:4:3; length of eye in dorsal view 2.1 × length of temple; face smooth, densely setose; malar suture present, length of malar space 1.5 × basal width of mandible.</p><p>Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.5 × its height; side of pronotum smooth dorsally, remainder coarsely rugose-reticulate (Fig. 34D); carinae of middle lobe of mesoscutum subvertical or subhorizontal; precoxal sulcus complete, with some long striae (Fig. 34D); notauli complete, crenulate-rugose, wide and deep (Fig. 34E); mesoscutal middle lobe slightly concave anteriorly; scutellum smooth, with short lateral and apical crenulae, its lateral carina complete, not protruding apically; surface of propodeum with several small cells, largely smooth between carinae, its medial area distinctly widened dorsally.</p><p>Wings. Fore wing: first discal cell narrowly truncate anteriorly; vein r vertical (Fig. 34G), length of vein r 1.1 × width of pterostigma; 1-CU1:2-CU1 = 5:16.</p><p>Legs. Hind coxa largely smooth, with oblique dorsal carinae; length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg 6.25, 13.0 and 10.0 × their width, respectively; fore claws with long bristles (Fig. 34I), middle claws with one bristle, hind claws with one bristle.</p><p>Metasoma. Length of first tergite 2.1 × its apical width, widened apically, longitudinally rugose superficially (Fig. 34F); second tergite with coarse, longitudinal striae and remainder smooth (Fig. 34F); length of ovipositor sheath 0.26 × length of fore wing.</p><p>Colour. Reddish-brown; basal half of antenna, palpi, tegulae, metasoma antero-ventrally and all legs yellow; anterior head dark yellow; middle part of antenna, ovipositor and its sheath, veins, pterostigma and metasoma postero-ventrally brown; several apical antennomeres pale brownish; parastigma and base of pterostigma white; bristles of fore claws blackish, one bristle of middle claws yellow, one bristle of hind claws yellow; wing membrane slightly infuscate.</p><p>Male. Unknown.</p><p>Biology. Unknown.</p><p>Distribution. China (Fujian).</p><p>Etymology. The specific name wuyishanensis refers to the collection site of holotype, Wuyi Mtn.</p><p>Notes. The new species is similar to B. (T.) angichorus van Achterberg, 1988 because precoxal suture is complete and having some striae, second tergite with coarse striae, first discal cell of fore wing narrowly truncate anteriorly, and length of ovipositor sheath approx. 0.28 × length of fore wing, but differs by having slightly concave mesoscutal middle lobe anteriorly (slightly convex in B. (T.) angichorus), vein r of fore wing vertical (oblique), middle and hind claws with one yellow bristle, (simple), length of body 2.3 mm (1.5 mm), length of fore wing approx. 2.2 mm (1.6 mm), and length of eye in dorsal view 2.1 × length of temple (2.8 ×).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2462002BB06B7C71A289C2C9608AF844	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lu, Qian-Yu;Chai, Hong-Fei;Achterberg, Cornelis Van;Tang, Pu;Chen, Xue-Xin	Lu, Qian-Yu, Chai, Hong-Fei, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Tang, Pu, Chen, Xue-Xin (2024): Review of the subgenus Tarpheion of the genus Blacus Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Brachistinae) from China, with description of nine new species and eight new records. Zootaxa 5406 (2): 297-335, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.5
