Phanerotoma ovatipeltata, 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 : 63-66

Phanerotoma ovatipeltata sp. nov.

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Diagnosis

Ovipositor sheath robust ( Fig. 25L ); second metasomal suture straight ( Fig. 25J ); third metasomal tergite 1.4× as long as second tergite, in dorsal view densely and semi-circularly rugose and posteriorly weakly emarginate; malar space 0.8× as long as basal width of mandible ( Fig. 25E ).

Etymology

Named after the oval shape of the metasomal carapace, from the Latin ‘ ovatus ’ for ‘egg-shaped’ and ‘ pelta ’ for ‘shield’.

Type material

Holotype

CHINA – Zhejiang • ♀; Tianmu Mt. ; 22 Jul. 1987; Xiaoming Lou leg.; ZJUH No. 874592.

Paratypes (15 ♀♀, 16 ♂♂)

CHINA – Zhejiang • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; 20–22 Jul. 1987; Xuexin Chen leg.; ZJUH No. 872151 • 4 ♀♀; same data as for holotype; 2–3 Sep. 1987; Xuexin Chen and Xingeng Wang leg.; ZJUH Nos 876765, 876770, 877472, 877473 • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype; 27 Jul. 1988; Ying Qian leg.; ZJUH No. 940358 • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; 1 Jul. 2001; Xuexin Chen leg.; ZJUH No. 20032384 • 10 ♂♂; same data as for holotype; 20–22 Jul. 1987; Xuexin Chen and Xiaoming Lou leg.; ZJUH Nos 872095, 872150, 873509, 874524, 874528, 874531, 874574, 874584, 874592, 874630 • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; ZJUH No. 874554 • 1 ♂; Xianrending of Tianmu Mt. ; 23 Jul. 1993; Mingshui Zhao leg.; ZJUH No. 991974 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; ZJUH No. 991918 • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; 18 Aug. 1998; Yun Ma and Yafen Yang leg.; ZJUH No. 998040 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 29 Jul. 1998; Yongming Zhao leg.; ZJUH No. 993635 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 26 Jul. 1998; Yongming Zhao leg.; ZJUH No. 200002878 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 20 Aug. 1999; Yongming Zhao leg.; ZJUH No. 200010856 • 2 ♂♂; Hangzhou ; 27–31 May 1957; Cui Hu leg.; ZJUH No. 5771.15 • 1 ♀; Anji, Longwang Mt. ; 31 Aug. 1993; Chunyan Zhu leg.; ZJUH No. 939994 • 1 ♀; Linan, Qingliangfeng ; 3 Jul. 2008; Junhua He leg.; ZJUH .

Description

Female

MEASUREMENTS. Length of body 4.4 mm, of fore wing 4.1 mm.

COLOURATION. Yellow; stemmaticum, teeth of mandible, first tergite of metasoma apically and laterally, side of scutellum, metanotum (except medially), propodeum posteriorly, hind tibia apically, pterostigma and parastigma dark brown; hind femur apically, hind tibia basally, second tergite laterally and third tergite yellowish brown.

HEAD. Width 1.4 × median length in anterior view ( Fig. 25E ) and part of head above eye in lateral view 0.2× height of eye ( Fig. 25D ); antenna with 23 segments, 1.3 × as long as fore wing, 13 th –23 rd segments widened subapically because of small round protuberances ( Fig. 25F–G ); area of stemmaticum mainly granulate; OOL: diameter of posterior ocellus: POL=25: 10: 6; eye 1.7 × as long as temple in dorsal view ( Fig. 25C ); frons with oblique rugae medially, rugose laterally and without 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 with indistinct median carina; clypeus smooth, shiny and 0.8× minimum width of face, intertentorial distance 1.5× minimum width between clypeus and eye, clypeus long erect setose and with 3 teeth medio-ventrally, but medial tooth indistinct ( Fig. 25E ); eye large, in lateral view 1.6 × as wide as temple ( Fig. 25D ), in anterior view its height 0.8× minimum width of face; upper condyle of mandible far below lower level of eyes ( Fig. 25E ); malar space 0.8× as long as basal width of mandible; lower tooth of mandible 0.5× length of apical tooth, large and robust ( Fig. 25N ).

MESOSOMA ( Fig. 25I ). Length 1.6× 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 moderately wide ( Fig. 25I ); scutellum wide, triangular, flat, distinctly granulate-rugose and rather shiny; metanotum without median carina anteriorly and tooth posteriorly; propodeum coarsely reticulate-rugose, not tuberculate, no transverse or median carinae.

WINGS. Fore wing 2.6× as long as its maximum width; length of 1-R1 1.3 × as long as pterostigma; r of fore wing 0.5 × 3-SR; distance between 1-R1 and wing apex 0.5× 1-R1; 2-SR straight ( Fig. 25H ); SR1 straight; 2-SR+M present; pterostigma large, parastigma large; 1-CU1 0.4× as long as vein 2-CU1, cu-a slightly inclined and 0.6× as long as 1-CU1; r: 3-SR: SR1=123: 269:988; 2-SR: 3-SR: r-m=419: 269: 175; 2-M straight posteriorly, bent anteriorly ( Fig. 25H ).

LEGS ( Fig. 25L ). Hind femur elongate, slender and with satin sheen, 4.1× as long as wide and slightly widened submedially; hind tibia rather swollen; middle tibia with large pale-yellow blister; hind coxa smooth and shiny.

METASOMA ( FigS 25J, M, 25K ). Carapace oval 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 wide and straight; third tergite 1.4 × as long as second tergite and laterally weakly curved, in lateral view slightly convex posteriorly, in dorsal view convex medially, densely and semi-circularly rugose and rounded ( Fig. 25J ), lateral lamella wide, with protruding corners latero-apically and weakly emarginate; ovipositor sheath robust and short ( Fig. 25M ), with some long and erect setae; hypopygium apically acute, but without triangular protuberance ( Fig. 25M ).

VARIATION. Length of fore wing 3.3–4.1 mm; eye in lateral view 1.6–1.8 × as long as temple; lower tooth of mandible 0.3–0.5 × as long as apical tooth; 1-R1 1.3–1.5 × as long as pterostigma.

Male

Very similar to female, but 13 th –22 nd segments of antennae cylindrical ( Fig. 25B ).

Host

Unknown.

Distribution

China (Zhejiang).

Figures

Fig. 25. Phanerotoma ovatipeltata sp. nov. A, C–N. Holotype, ♀ (ZJUH No. 874592). B. Paratype, ♂ ZJUH No. 940358). 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. Apical antenna, lateral view. H. Fore wing. I. Mesosoma, dorsal view. J. First third of metasomal tergites, dorsal view. K. Metasoma, lateral view.L. Hind leg. M. Metasoma, ventral view. N. Mandible, ventral view. Scale bars: A–M=1 mm; N=0.2 mm.