Phanerotoma zhaoi, Luo & Achterberg & He & Tang & Chen, 2025

Luo, Wen-Juan, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, He, Jun-Hua, Tang, Pu & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2025, Revision of the genus Phanerotoma Wesmael (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cheloninae) from China, with descriptions of twenty-four new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 1003, pp. 1-110 : 93-95

Phanerotoma zhaoi sp. nov.

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Fig. 38

Diagnosis

Vein 2-SR of fore wing strongly bent and subparallel with posterior margin of pterostigma ( Fig. 38G ); five subapical segments of female antenna moniliform ( Fig. 38F ); second submarginal cell of fore wing rather wide distally ( Fig. 38G ); penultimate antennal segment narrow basally and widened apically; scapus yellowish brown.

Etymology

Named after the collector of the holotype, Ming-Shui Zhao.

Type material

Holotype

CHINA – Zhejiang • ♀; Tianmu Mt. ; 1 Jun. 1999; Mingshui Zhao leg.; ZJUH No. 200003241.

Paratypes (23 ♀♀, 4 ♂♂)

CHINA – Zhejiang • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype; 14 Sep. 1989; Mingshui Zhao leg.; ZJUH No. 995193 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; ZJUH No. 995194 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 16 Mar. 1999; Mingshui Zhao leg.; ZJUH No. 20003168 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 26 Sep. 1998; Mingshui Zhao leg.; ZJUH No. 20003022 • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; 21 Jul. 1987; ZJUH No. 873048 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 1 Jun. 1999; Mingshui Zhao leg.; ZJUH No. 20003273 • 1 ♂; Anji, Longwang Mt. ; 31 Aug. 1993; Junhua He leg.; ZJUH No. 9310123 • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; ZJUH No. 9310788 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 18 Sep. 1995; Hong Wu leg.; ZJUH No. 970276 . – Yunnan • 1 ♀; Damenglong ; 17 Apr. 1981; Junhua He leg.; ZJUH No. 811747 . – Xizang Zizhiqu • 1 ♀; Linzhi, Xiachayu ; 15 Aug. 2019; Chunhong Wang leg.; ZJUH No. 202300109 . – Anhui • 1 ♀; Yuexi ; 11 Sep. 1981; Fuan Yang leg.; ZJUH No. 820574 . – Hubei • 1 ♀; Shennongjia ; elev. 880 m; 23 Aug. 1982; Junhua He leg.; ZJUH No. 825353 • 3 ♀♀; Zhu Mt. ; 28 Aug. 1982; Junhua He leg.; ZJUH Nos 824804a to 824804c • 1 ♀; Laifeng ; Sep. 1978; Guanpei Min leg.; ZJUH No. 870403 . – Guizhou • 2 ♀♀; Sandu ; 23 Oct. 1986; Dongxiang Liu leg.; ZJUH No. 871980a, 871980b • 4 ♀♀; Chishui, Yaozhangou ; 23 Sep. 2000; Yun Ma leg.; ZJUH No. 200103302 • 3 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; Alsophila spinulosa Nature Reserve ; 21 Sep. 2000; Yun Ma leg.; ZJUH Nos 200103224, 200103250, 200103261 . – Guangdong • 1 ♀; Zhaoqing, Dinghu Mt. Nature Reserve ; 6–7 Apr. 2002; Zaifu Xu leg.; ZJUH No. 20026564 . – Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu • 1 ♀; Sanjiang ; Oct. 1982; Yi Mei leg.; ZJUH No. 826503 .

Description

Female

MEASUREMENTS. Length of body 4.7 mm, of fore wing 3.7 mm.

COLOURATION. Yellow; stemmaticum, mesosoma, second tergite laterally, third tergite mostly and hind tibial patch dark brown; pterostigma, parastigma, veins 1-M, r, 3-SR, 2-M, 2-SR, 1-SR+M, 1-CU1, cu-a of fore wing and hind femur brown.

HEAD. Width 1.4 × median length in anterior view ( Fig. 38E ) and part of head above eye in lateral view 0.3× height of eye ( Fig. 38D ); antenna with 23 segments, 1.1× as long as fore wing, five subapical segments moniliform ( Fig. 38F ); area of stemmaticum mainly granulate; OOL: diameter of posterior ocellus: POL=30: 12:11; eye 1.5 × as long as temple in dorsal view ( Fig. 38C ); frons with longitudinally rugae medially, rugose laterally and with weak median ridge; vertex and temple granulate-rugose and with satin sheen; face obliquely rugose laterally and transversely rugose and with short median carina dorsally; clypeus smooth and shiny, 0.9× minimum width of face, intertentorial distance 2.5× minimum width between clypeus and eye, clypeus long erect setose and with 3 minute teeth medio-ventrally ( Fig. 38E ); eye large, in lateral view 1.8× as wide as temple ( Fig. 38D ), in anterior view its height 0.7× minimum width of face; upper condyle of mandible close to lower level of eyes ( Fig. 38E ); malar space 1.3× as long as basal width of mandible; lower tooth of mandible 0.2 × length of apical tooth, short and minute ( Fig. 38L ).

MESOSOMA ( Fig. 38H ). Length 1.5× its width in lateral view; side of pronotum mainly rugose, but dorsally nearly smooth; mesoscutum densely rugose and rather shiny, densely setose; notauli hardly indicated; scutellar sulcus wide ( Fig. 38H ); scutellum triangular, flat, punctate-rugose and rather shiny; metanotum without median carina or small tooth; propodeum coarsely reticulate-rugose, no lateral tubercles or transverse and median carinae.

WINGS. Fore wing 2.9× as long as its maximum width; 1-R1 1.7× as long as pterostigma; r of fore wing 0.3× as long as 3-SR; distance between 1-R1 and wing apex 0.3× 1-R1; 2-SR curved ( Fig. 38G ); SR1 straight; 2-SR+M present; pterostigma large, parastigma medium-sized; 1-CU1 0.4 × as long as vein 2-CU1, cu-a oblique and 0.8 × as long as 1-CU1; r: 3-SR: SR1=8:26: 97; 2-SR: 3-SR: r-m=45: 26: 17; 2-M straight posteriorly and bent anteriorly ( Fig. 38G ).

LEGS ( Fig. 38K ). Hind femur with satin sheen, 3.5× as long as wide and widened submedially; hind tibia rather swollen and with dark brown patch; middle tibia with large pale-yellow blister; hind coxa smooth and shiny.

METASOMA ( Fig. 38I–J ). Carapace elliptical in dorsal view, 1.8 × as long as wide and as long as mesosoma; first and second tergites coarsely and densely longitudinally rugose; second suture normal; third tergite 1.5× as long as second tergite and laterally weakly curved, in dorsal view densely rugose and truncate ( Fig. 38I ), lateral lamella wide, posteriorly weakly emarginate; ovipositor sheath narrow ( Fig. 38J ), with some long and erect setae; hypopygium apically acute and with up-curved short triangular protuberance ( Fig. 38J ).

VARIATION. Length of fore wing 2.4–3.9mm; vein 1-R1 of fore wing 1.4–1.7 × as long as pterostigma; eye in lateral view 1.8–2.2 × as wide as temple, metasomal carapace in dorsal view 1.8–2.2 × as long as wide, third tergite concave medio-posteriorly in dorsal view.

Male

Very similar to female, but five subapical segments cylindrical ( Fig. 38B ), third tergite in dorsal view almost without emargination.

Host

Unknown.

Distribution

China (Anhui, Zhejiang, Yunnan, Xizang Zizhiqu, Guizhou, Hubei, Guangdong, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu).

Figures

Fig. 38. Phanerotoma zhaoi sp. nov. A, C–L. Holotype, ♀ (ZJUH No. 200003241). B. Paratype, ♂ (ZJUH No. 995193). A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Apical antenna, lateral view. C. Head, dorsal view. D. Head, lateral view. E. Head, anterior view. F. Antenna, lateral view. G. Fore wing. H. Mesosoma, dorsal view. I. First third of metasomal tergites, dorsal view. J. Metasoma, lateral view. K. Hind leg. L. Mandible, ventral view. Scale bars: A–K=1 mm; L=0.2 mm.