Phanerotoma inclinata, 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 : 38-40

Phanerotoma inclinata sp. nov.

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Diagnosis

Vein r of fore wing medium-sized ( Fig. 15G ), vein 3-SR about twice as long as vein r; vein 1-CU1 comparatively long ( Fig. 15G ); vein 1-M of fore wing brown; apical tooth of mandible robust ( Fig. 15L ); temple comparatively wide, in lateral view about as long as eye ( Fig. 15D ); clypeus with three slender and comparatively large teeth ( Fig. 15E ); fore wing with dark bands; stemmaticum small ( Fig. 15G ).

Etymology

Named after the bent vein 2-SR of the fore wing, from the Latin ‘ clino ’ for ‘bend, slope’.

Type material

Holotype

CHINA – Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu • ♀; Gunbeilao Mt. ; elev. 1100–1600 m; 27 Aug. 2001; Guofang Jiang leg.; ZJUH No. 20021376.

Paratypes (32 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂)

CHINA – Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; ZJUH No. 200213668 . – Zhejiang • 4 ♀♀; Longquan; Fengyang Mt. ; 16–27 Aug. 1982; Kunyan Zhu leg.; ZJUH Nos 824982a to 824982d • 3 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; Yunsheng Zhao leg.; ZJUH Nos 826633a to 826633c • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; Xuexin Chen leg.; ZJUH No. 826650 • 3 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; 7–14 Aug. 2003; Jingxian Liu leg.; ZJUH Nos 20045220, 20045224, 2004522 • 4 ♀♀; Songyang ; 7–17 Oct. 1994; Hanlin Chen leg.; ZJUH Nos 948484, 948486a, 948486b, 9484887 • 1 ♀; Taishun; Wuyanling Mt. ; 25 Aug. 1983; Zhenbing Cai leg.; ZJUH No. 833261 • 4 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; 30–31 Jul. 2005; Peng Xu leg.; ZJUH Nos 200605084, 200605089, 200605093, 200605142 • 2 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; 28 Jul.–5 Aug. 2005; Jingxian Liu leg.; ZJUH Nos 200609766, 2006099767 • 1 ♀; Suichang; Jiulong Mt. ; 24 Aug. 1991; Ying Qian leg.; ZJUH No. 930145 • 3 ♂♂; Songyang; Ruoliaojian ; 17 Aug. 1994; Xuexin Chen and Zaifu Xu leg.; ZJUH Nos 944406, 944596, 944598 • 8 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; ZJUH Nos 944206, 944599, 944595, 944620, 944606, 944402, 944403, 944599 .

Description

Female

MEASUREMENTS. Length of body 4.9 mm, of fore wing 3.5 mm.

COLOURATION. Yellow; frons, stemmaticum, temple dorsally, face medially, mesoscutum except medially, scutellum, side of scutellum, propodeum, first tergite postero-laterally, second tergite laterally, third tergite dorsally, pterostigma, parastigma, veins r, 3-SR, 2-M, 1-M, 1-CU1 and cu-a, and apex of 2-CU1 of fore wing dark brown; teeth of mandible, hind femur and tibia apically brown.

HEAD. Width 1.5× median length in anterior view ( Fig. 15E ) and part of head above eye in lateral view 0.4× height of eye ( Fig. 15D ); antenna with 23 segments and 1.2× as long as fore wing, five subapical antennal segments not moniliform ( Fig. 15F ), penultimate segment 1.6× as long as wide; area of stemmaticum mainly granulate; OOL: diameter of posterior ocellus: POL=32: 10: 8; eye about as long as temple in dorsal view ( Fig. 15C ); 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 diagonal rugae and with median ridge; clypeus smooth, shiny and 0.9× minimum width of face, intertentorial distance 2.0× minimum width between clypeus and eye, clypeus with long erect setae and with 3 minute teeth medio-ventrally ( Fig. 15E ); temple large and in lateral view as wide as temple ( Fig. 15D ), in anterior view its height 0.6× minimum width of face; upper condyle of mandible far below lower level of eyes ( Fig. 15E ); malar space 0.9× as long as basal width of mandible; lower tooth of mandible 0.4× length of apical tooth, robust and short ( Fig. 15L ).

MESOSOMA ( Fig. 15H ). 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. 15H ); scutellum triangular, flat, distinctly longitudinally rugose and rather shiny; metanotum with short median carina anteriorly and small tooth protruding posteriorly; propodeum coarsely reticulate-rugose, no transverse or median carinae.

WINGS. Fore wing 3.3× as long as its maximum width; length of 1-R1 1.3× as long as pterostigma; r 0.5× 3-SR; distance between 1-R1 and wing apex 0.4 × 1-R1; 2-SR bent ( Fig. 15G ); SR1 bent; 2-SR+M present; pterostigma large, parastigma small; 1-CU1 0.4× as long as vein 2-CU1, cu-a oblique and 0.9× as long as 1-CU1; r:3-SR: SR1= 12: 26:94; 2-SR: 3-SR:r-m =45: 26: 15; 2-M slightly bent ( Fig. 15G ).

LEGS ( Fig. 15K ). Hind femur moderately wide and with satin sheen, 3.7× as long as wide and rather widened submedially; hind tibia rather slender; middle tibia with medium-sized pale-yellow blister; hind coxa smooth and shiny.

METASOMA ( Fig. 15I–J ). Carapace elliptical in dorsal view, 1.8× as long as wide and 1.2× as long as mesosoma; first and second tergites coarsely and densely longitudinally rugose; second suture narrow; third tergite 1.3× 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. 15I ), lateral lamella narrow, medio-apically with emargination; ovipositor sheath narrow ( Fig.15J ), with some long and erect setae; hypopygium apically acute and with short triangular protuberance ( Fig. 15J ).

VARIATION. Length of body 4.3–4.9 mm; penultimate segment 1.6–1.8 × as long as wide; hind femur moderately wide and with satin sheen, 3.7–4.3 × as long as wide; vein 1-CU1 of fore wing 0.2–0.3× as long as vein 2-CU1, vein 3-SR 0.7–0.8 × as long as vein 2-SR, vein 2-SR bent or curved.

Male

Very similar to female, but subapical segments slenderer ( Fig. 15B ), penultimate segment 2.8× as long as wide; vein 3-SR about 3 × as long as vein r.

Host

Unknown.

Distribution

China (Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Zhejiang).

Figures

Fig. 15. Phanerotoma inclinata sp. nov. A, D–L. Holotype, ♀ (ZJUH No. 20021376). B. Paratype, ♂ (ZJUH No. 944406). A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Apical antenna, lateral view. C. Head, dorsal view (of paratype, ♀, ZJUH No. 200213668). 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.