Spathius verustus Chao, 1977

Tang, Pu, Belokobylskij, Sergey & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2015, Spathius Nees, 1818 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Doryctinae) from China with a key to species, Zootaxa 3960 (1), pp. 1-132 : 119-121

Spathius verustus Chao, 1977

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Spathius verustus Chao, 1977: 208 ; Chen & Shi, 2004: 166; Yu et al., 2012.

Spathius lunganjiding Chao, 1977: 210 ; Chen & Shi, 2004: 143. Syn. nov.

Spathius shennongensis Chen et Shi, 2004: 161 . Syn. nov.

Spathius radzayanus auct: Chen & Shi, 2004: 157; Belokobylskij & Maeto, 2009: 698. Material examined. Female (holotype of Spathius lunganjiding Chao, IZCAS ), Fujian Prov., Fuzhou Kuiqi, IV.1955; 1 male (paratype of Spathius lunganjiding Chao, IZCAS ), Fujian Prov. , Fuzhou Kuiqi, IV.1955. Female (holotype of Spathius verustus Chao, IZCAS ), Fujian Prov. , Chongan Sangang, 23.IX.1975, Chen Jiahua. China ( ZJUH). Jilin Prov. : 1 female, Changchun, 23.VIII.1992, Lou Juxian, No. 951060. Shanxi Prov. : 1 female, Zhongtiaoshan, 14.VIII.1981, Li Fasheng, No. 200012320. Henan Prov. : 1 female, Neixiang Baotianman, 15.VII.1998, Chen Xuexin, No. 988998 ; 1 female, Neixiang Getiaopa, 12.VII.1998, Chen Xuexin, No. 986043. Zhejiang Prov. : 1 female, Tianmushan Laodian, 19.VIII.1999, Ma Yun, No. 20001744 ; 1 female, Tianmushan, 31. V.1998, Chen Xuexin, No. 980388 ; 1 female, Songyang Andaihou, 15–17.VII.1989, He Junhua, No. 894342 .

Distribution. China (Jilin, Shanxi, Henan, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hubei, Hainan, Yunnan, Ningxia); Japan, Korea, Russia (Far East).

Remarks. We examined the holotypes of S. verustus Chao and S. lunganjiding Chao from China. They all have the same characters, i.e short ovipositor sheath, palpi light reddish brown or yellow, hind tibia with long pale subbasal area, mesopleuron always smooth in lower half and fore wing with darkenings along veins, which allows it to be synonymised. Comparison of the material from the East Palaearctic determined as S. radzayanus Ratzeburg ( Belokobylskij, 1996, 1998) with type material of S. radzayanus from the Deutsches Entomologisches Institut (Müncheberg, Germany) clearly showed that it is a different species. So, the Eastern Palaearctic material is treated here as belonging to S. verustus Chao.

Figures

FIGURE 45. Holotype of Spathius verustus Chao. A, habitus, lateral aspect; B, head, dorsal aspect; C, head, frontal aspect; D, petiole, lateral aspect; E, fore wing; F, mesosoma, lateral aspect; G, mesoscutum, dorsal aspect; H, metasoma, dorsal aspect. Scale bar 0.5 mm.