Phanerotoma montana, 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 : 51-53

Phanerotoma montana sp. nov.

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Diagnosis

Hind tibia rather swollen ( Fig. 20I ); hypopygium with long triangular protuberance ( Fig. 20E ); vein 1-SR+M of fore wing issued apically from parastigma ( Fig. 20F ); length of vein 1-R1 of fore wing 1.7× as long as pterostigma; eye 1.5× as long as temple in dorsal view.

Etymology

Named after its mountainous collecting site, from the Latin ‘mons ’ for ‘mountain’.

Type material

Holotype

CHINA – Hainan • ♀; Jianfengling; 4–7 Jun. 2007; Jie Zeng leg.; ZJUH No. 200710985.

Paratypes (3 ♀♀)

CHINA – Hainan • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; ZJUH No. 200711297. – Taiwan • 1 ♀; Kaohsiung; 15 Jun.–15 Jul. 2005; National Sun; ZJUH No. 202300037 . – Fujian • 1 ♀; Jiangle, Longxi Mt. ; 30 Sep. 1991; Changming Liu leg.; ZJUH No. 20007246 .

Description

Female

MEASUREMENTS. Length of body 2.6 mm, of fore wing 2.3 mm.

COLOURATION. Yellow; stemmaticum, tegula, side of scutellum, metanotum, and second and third tergite dorsally dark brown; teeth of mandible, pterostigma posteriorly, 1-CU1, cu-a and hind tibia apically brown. HEAD. Width 1.4× median length in anterior view ( Fig. 20D ) and part of head above eye in lateral view 0.2× height of eye ( Fig. 20C ); antenna with 23 segments and 1.1× as long as fore wing, five subapical antennal segments moniliform ( Fig. 20J ); area of stemmaticum mainly granulate; OOL:diameter of posterior ocellus: POL=18: 4:5; eye 1.5× temple in dorsal view ( Fig. 20B ); frons with longitudinal rugae medially, rugose laterally and with weak median ridge; vertex granulate-rugose and with satin sheen; temple largely striate and with satin sheen; face with oblique rugae laterally, transversely rugose medially and without median carina; clypeus smooth, shiny and 0.9× minimum width of face, intertentorial distance 2.6× minimum width between clypeus and eye, clypeus with long erect setae and with 3 small teeth medio-ventrally ( Fig. 20D ); eye large and temple wide, in lateral view 1.5× as wide as temple ( Fig. 20C ), in anterior view its height 0.9× minimum width of face; upper condyle of mandible close to lower level of eyes ( Fig. 20D ); malar space short, 0.7× as long as basal width of mandible; lower tooth of mandible 0.3× length of apical tooth, small and short ( Fig. 20K ).

MESOSOMA ( Fig. 20G ). 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. 20G ); scutellum triangular, flat, distinctly longitudinally rugose and rather shiny; metanotum with short median carina anteriorly and small tooth protruding posteriorly; propodeum coarsely reticulate-rugose, latero-posteriorly not tuberculate, no transverse or median carinae.

WINGS. Fore wing 3.1× as long as its maximum width; length of 1-R1 1.7× as long as pterostigma; r of fore wing 0.5× 3-SR; distance between 1-R1 and wing apex 0.3× 1-R1; 2-SR bent ( Fig. 20F ); SR1 nearly straight; 2-SR+M present; pterostigma large, parastigma small; 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=8:16: 59; 2-SR: 3-SR: r-m=27: 16: 10; 2-M straight posteriorly, bent anteriorly ( Fig. 20F ).

LEGS ( Fig. 20I ). Hind femur moderately wide and with satin sheen, 3.5× as long as wide and rather widened submedially; hind tibia distinctly swollen; middle tibia with large ivory blister; hind coxa 2.3× as long as wide, smooth and shiny.

METASOMA ( Fig. 20E, H ). Carapace elliptical in dorsal view, 1.7 × as long as wide and as long as mesosoma; first and second tergites coarsely and densely longitudinally rugose; second suture narrow; third tergite as long as second tergite and laterally weakly curved, in lateral view slightly convex posteriorly, in dorsal view densely and semi-circularly rugose and truncate ( Fig. 20H ), lateral lamella wide with protruding corners latero-apically, medio-apically with wide emargination; ovipositor sheath narrow and long ( Fig. 20E ), with some long and erect setae; hypopygium apically acute and with up-curved long triangular protuberance ( Fig. 20E ).

VARIATION. Second tergite entirely yellow or laterally darkened; length of vein 1-R1 of fore wing 1.7-2.0× as long as pterostigma.

Male

Unknown.

Host

Unknown.

Distribution

China (Hainan, Taiwan, Fujian).

Figures

Fig. 20. Phanerotoma montana sp. nov., holotype, ♀ (ZJUH No. 200710985). A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Head, dorsal view. C. Head, lateral view. D. Head, anterior view. E. Metasoma, lateral view. F. Fore wing. G. Mesosoma, dorsal view. H. First third of metasomal tergites, dorsal view. I. Hind leg. J. Antenna, lateral view. K. Mandible, ventral view. Scale bars: A, E–J= 1 mm; B–D =0.2 mm; K =0.1 mm.