Eupelmus peculiaris Narendran, 2011

Li, Zixuan, Xu, Shirui, Wang, Zongying, Chen, Pengfei, Wu, Jianqin & Peng, Lingfei, 2025, Species of Eupelmidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from the Fujian Tianbaoyan National Nature Reserve, China, Zootaxa 5665 (3), pp. 349-373 : 363-364

4.3 Eupelmus peculiaris Narendran, 2011

Fig. 9C,D

Eupelmus peculiaris Narendran in Narendran et al., 2011: 4–6.

Eupelmus (Eupelmus) peculiaris ; Gibson & Fusu, 2016: 211–216 .

Material examined. CHINA: 1♀, Anhou, Fujian Tianbaoyan National Natural Reserve, Sanming City , Fujian Province, 25 May 2021, 1160m, Malaise trap, DNA 853 ( FAFU) ; 1♀, Goudunping, Fujian Tianbaoyan National Natural Reserve, Sanming City , Fujian Province, 20 October 2020, 1000m, Malaise trap, DNA 818 ( FAFU) .

Distribution. China (* Fujian, Taiwan), India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Thailand.

Remarks. Females of this species can be easily distinguished from others by its bicoloured flagellum ( Fig. 9C,D ). Additionally, the plical region exhibits a unique structure, with the margins of the plical depression distinctly curved―broadly convergent over approximately the basal half and narrowly convergent to nearly subparallel over the apical half. The dark setae on the lower face is also a unique characteristic of females of this species. Gibson & Fusu (2016) described and remarked on colour variation of the flagellum, noting that most of the examined specimens have at least fl6–fl8 and fl5 partially white, with fl5 usually entirely white and fl4 partially white, and fl3 rarely being partially white apically. However, in our females fl3 partially and fl4 entirely are commonly whiten.

DNA barcodes. Our two barcodes are the first COI barcodes for this species; the newly generated barcodes are similar to each other (1.6% p-distance).

Figures

FIGURE 9. Eupelmus luteipes (DNA 843): A, body, lateral; B, body, dorsal. Eupelmus peculiaris (DNA 818): C, body, dorsal; D, body, lateral. Eupelmus pini (DNA 844): E, body, dorsal; F, body, lateral.