taxonID	type	description	language	source
1E2187D9D045FFEDFF44FF15FCCFFC55.taxon	materials_examined	Type species: Wesmaelia petiolata (Wollaston), 1858: 18 – 28. [= Wesmaelia pendula Forster, 1863: 225 – 288].	en	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): 91-96, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4701.1.7
1E2187D9D045FFEDFF44FF15FCCFFC55.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Head transverse; antenna with 13 – 31 flagellomeres; maxillary palp 6 segments; labial palp 3 segments; eyes with setae; frons punctate; frontal carina ending near frontal ocellus; occipital carina complete; epistomal suture and malar suture present; malar space short, less than one third height of eye; mandibles overlapping more than half length of mandible; precoxal sulcus and notauli present; propodeum areolate; veins 1 - SR + M and 2 - M of fore wing present; vein r-m of fore wing absent; vein M + CU 1 of fore wing unsclerotized; vein M + CU of hind wing longer than 1 - M; vein cu-a of hind wing present; tarsal claws simple; inner hind tibial spur of male subtruncate; first metasomal tergite long, 0.5 × length of metasoma, media width longer than apical width, entirely fused ventrally, dorsope and laterope absent; apex of third metasomal tergite nearly reaching apex of metasoma, covering sternites, without lateral fold; hypopygium of female with short setae apically; ovipositor short (Chen & van Achterberg 1997). The genus Wesmaelia is easy to distinguished from its related euphorine genera by long and posteriorly nonbroadening petiole; mesosoma (except propodeum) smooth (at most mesonotum punctate) to polished; vein r-m of fore wing absent; notauli present; slender legs (Papp 1995).	en	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): 91-96, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4701.1.7
1E2187D9D045FFEDFF44FF15FCCFFC55.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Nearctic, Palearctic, Neotropical and Oriental regions (Yu et al. 2016).	en	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): 91-96, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4701.1.7
1E2187D9D045FFEDFF44FF15FCCFFC55.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology. The known host of W. petiolata: Nabis alternatus, Nabis americoferus and Nabis capsiformis (P. M. Marsh 1979). W. lepos is attracted to light (Belokobylskij 1998).	en	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): 91-96, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4701.1.7
1E2187D9D045FFEEFF44FA32FD8FF828.taxon	description	(Figs 1 – 12)	en	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): 91-96, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4701.1.7
1E2187D9D045FFEEFF44FA32FD8FF828.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype, ♀, Malipo County, Wenshan, Yunnan Province, China, 8. IX. 2017, Yan-Qiong Peng. Paratypes: 1 ♂, Malipo County, Wenshan, Yunnan Province, China, 15. III. 2017, Yan-Qiong Peng; 1 ♀, Malipo County, Wenshan, Yunnan Province, China, 13. VIII. 2017, Yan-Qiong Peng; 1 ♀, Malipo County, Wenshan, Yunnan Province, China, 30 - X- 2017, Yan-Qiong Peng; 1 ♀, Malipo County, Wenshan, Yunnan Province, China, 16 - X- 2016, Yan-Qiong Peng.	en	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): 91-96, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4701.1.7
1E2187D9D045FFEEFF44FA32FD8FF828.taxon	description	Description. Holotype, ♀, length of body 2.6 mm; length of fore wing 1.8 mm. Head. Antenna with 15 flagellomeres, 1.8 × length of head and mesosoma combined; antennal scape short, 1.4 × longer than wide; first flagellomere (including annulus) somewhat longer than second flagellomere; last flagellomere elongate, length of first, penultimate and last flagellomeres 5.5, 2.8 and 4.0 × their width; length of the rest flagellomere about 3.8 × their width (Fig. 2). Head transverse (Fig. 3), 1.8 × as broad as long, strongly rounded behind eyes in dorsal view; median carina between antenna mostly effaced; eyes 1.4 × as long as temple; temple highly polished and mostly devoid of setae, in lateral view distinctly protruding; ocelli small, OOL: OD: POL = 11: 3: 6; occipital carina complete and occiput moderately excavated; face in frontal view rectangle, faintly punctate and moderately setose, its width 1.2 × height; eyes ovoid, comparatively converging ventrally; width of clypeus 3.0 × its median height and 1.2 × width of face; distance between tentorial pits 5.0 × as long as shortest distance between tentorial pit and lower margin of eye; maxillary palp 6 - segmented, as long as head; malar space narrow, 1.2 × basal width of mandible; mandibles long and slender, nearly completely overlapping when closed (Fig. 4). Mesosoma. Mesosoma in lateral view 1.3 × longer than high (Fig. 6); pronotum, propleuron and metapleuron mostly sculpture areolate; mesopleuron smooth, precoxal sulcus distinct as a narrow and sculptured furrow (Fig. 6); mesonotum nitid with moderately setae, notauli shallow and wide, finely crenulated; scutellar sulcus with 1 crenulae (Fig. 5); propodeum areolate-rugose, its hind vertical part concave. Wings. Fore wing shorter than body, length of fore wing 3.1 × its width; length of pterostigma 2.2 × its width and vein r issuing distally from its middle; vein 1 - R 1 1.4 × as long as pterostigma; SR 1 + 3 - SR slightly curved, virtually approaching tip of wing; distal 1 / 5 of vein R 1 and vein SR 1 + 3 - SR shortened, so not meeting each other apically; vein r 0.3 × as long as maximum width of pterostigma; 1 - SR + M straight; first submarginal cell relatively high, vein 2 - SR 2.0 × longer than vein 1 - SR + M and 4.0 × as long as vein m-cu; m-cu antefurcal; vein cu-a postfurcal and 1 - CU 1 longer than cu-a (Fig. 7); r: 2 - SR: SR 1 + 3 - SR = 2: 11: 17; 1 - CU 1: 2 - CU 1: 3 - CU 1 = 1: 7: 4. Hind wing 5.0 × as long as wide, vein cu-a of hind wing distinctly distally issuing from middle of M + CU + 1 - M (Fig. 7). Legs. Hind coxa striate. Tarsal claws short and simple. Length of femur, tibia, and basitarsus of hind leg 6.6 ×, 13.0 ×, and 18.0 × longer than wide respectively; hind tibia as long as hind tarsus; the length hind basitarsus 1.2 × the length of tarsomeres 2 – 4 (Fig. 9). Metasoma. Metasoma about 1.7 × as long as head and mesosoma combined. Petiolate first metasomal segment exceptionally long and slender, 12.0 × longer than midpoint width in lateral view and as long as the reminder of metasoma except first metasomal segment. In lateral view, petiolate strongly curved view, 2 / 3 base sculptured, remainder smooth and shiny; spiracles distinct and situated dorsal 1 / 3 of petiole (Fig. 8); metasoma polished. Ovipositor sheath short, in lateral view 1.9 × length of 3 rd segment of hind tarsus (Fig. 10). Color. Head brown; mesosoma, tegulae, pterostigma and metasoma black brown; antenna, palpi, propleuron, legs and petiolate first metasomal segment yellowish-brown; second and third metasomal segment with black brown suffusion (Fig. 1); wings subhyaline, veins opaque yellowish (Fig. 9). Male. Similar to female, but antenna shows sexual dimorphism, especially last flagellomeres much shorter. Body 2.1 mm long (Fig. 11). Head in dorsal view transverse, 1.4 × broader than long. Eye in lateral view 1.4 × higher than wide, temple less wide than eye. Antenna 16 - segmented, 1.8 × length of head and mesosoma combined, surface with more setae; antennal scape shorter, 0.9 × longer than wide, length of fist, penultimate and last flagellomeres 3.3, 2.0 and 2.0 × their width, length of the other flagellomere 4.2 × their width (Fig. 12). Stigma 2.5 × longer than wide. Petiolate first metasomal segment exceptionally long and slender, 1.3 × longer than gaster. The color of male is darker than female. Head and petiolate first metasomal segment brown; ground color of metasoma black brown; legs and tegula yellowish-brown (Fig. 11).	en	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): 91-96, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4701.1.7
1E2187D9D045FFEEFF44FA32FD8FF828.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This new species can be distinguished from related species by its unique combination of open marginal cell and elongate last flagellomere in female. It is similar to W. decurta, but differs from it as follows: 1) first flagellomere 5.5 × longer than broad apically in female, further flagellomeres are not gradually shorter than first flagellomere, last two flagellomeres not thickened, last flagellomere elongate in female (first flagellomere 4.0 × longer than broad apically, further flagellomeres gradually shortening so that eleventh flagellomere 3.3 × longer than broad, twelfth flagellomere somewhat broader, last flagellomere clubbed broader and not elongate in W. decurta); 2) in dorsal view, head strongly rounded behind eyes, eyes 1.4 × as long as temple (latter lees rounded, eye 1.8 × as long as temple); 3) OOL: OD: POL = 11: 3: 6 (3: 2: 3); 4) clypeus 3.0 × as wide as high (clypeus twice as wide as high); 5) notauli shallow and wide (notauli deep and narrow) 6) fore wing 2 - SR: 1 - SR + M: m-cu = 1: 2: 4 (1: 1: 2); 7) ovipositor sheath longer, in lateral view 1.9 × the length of third segment of hind tarsus (ovipositor sheath in lateral view as long as third segment of hind tarsus). In the original description, W. decurta has the scutellar sulcus with five crenulae, but there is just one crenula in the photo (Papp 1995: Fig. 16). This suggests there is an error in the text, so W. decurta has a scutellar sulcus with one crenula and is the same as this new species.	en	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): 91-96, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4701.1.7
1E2187D9D045FFEEFF44FA32FD8FF828.taxon	biology_ecology	Host. Unknown.	en	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): 91-96, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4701.1.7
1E2187D9D045FFEEFF44FA32FD8FF828.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name is derived from the Latin words “ longius ” (for “ long ”) which refers to elongate last flagellomere in female.	en	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): 91-96, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4701.1.7
1E2187D9D045FFEEFF44FA32FD8FF828.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Yunnan).	en	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): 91-96, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4701.1.7
