Apronopa van Achterberg, 1980

Peris-Felipo, Francisco Javier, Santa, Fernando, van Achterberg, Cornelis & Belokobylskij, Sergey A., 2025, Review of the genera and subgenera of the subtribe Aspilotina (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae), with a new illustrated key, ZooKeys 1229, pp. 133-200 : 133-200

Genus Apronopa van Achterberg, 1980

Apronopa van Achterberg, 1980: 75; Tobias 1986: 195; Fischer 1991: 8; Wharton 1994: 640; Belokobylskij 1998 a: 169, 217; Belokobylskij and Tobias 2007: 10; Yu et al. 2016; Peris-Felipo and Belokobylskij 2018 b: 144.

Type species.

Apronopa haeselbarthi van Achterberg, 1980 , by original designation (Figs 2 , 3 ).

Material examined.

Holotype ( Apronopa haeselbarthi ) Germany: • ♀, Dransfeld , B / L 2. vi. 1966 (Haeselbarth leg.) ( ZSSM) . Paratypes ( Apronopa haeselbarthi ) Germany: • 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Schotten , Hessen, Fi., Streu, v. 1967 (Haeselbarth leg.) (♀ in RMNH, ♂ in ZSSM) .

Diagnosis.

Mandible small, simple, robust, tridentate. Paraclypeal fovea short, remaining far from inner margin of eyes. Mesoscutum without medio-posterior pit; notauli absent in posterior half of mesoscutum; precoxal sulcus always present; propodeum smooth or with different types of sculpture and sometimes with longitudinal or transverse carinae. Marginal cell of fore wing never shortened; vein r originating approximately from basal quarter of pterostigma; vein 2 - SR always present and distinctly sclerotized; veins m-cu and cu-a distinctly postfurcal; first subdiscal cell always closed postero-apically by CU 1 a vein. Metasoma of ♀ more or less distinctly compressed laterally. First metasomal tergite without dorsope; second tergite often longitudinally striate medially. Ovipositor sheath not longer than metasoma.

Remarks.

This is a small genus with only three described species exclusively from the Palaearctic region (two of these species have an East Palaearctic distribution). Unfortunately, there is no data about its biology. Apronopa is characterised by three distinct diagnostic characters ( van Achterberg 1980; Peris-Felipo and Belokobylskij 2018 b): the dorsope of the first metasomal tergite are absent, the ovipositor has a distinct dorsal nodus subapically and the second metasomal tergite is sculptured basally (except in A. levis Papp, 2007 ). The combination of these features is unknown in other Aspilotina and supports well the separate generic status of this taxon.

Figures

Figure 2. Apronopa haeselbarthi van Achterberg, 1980 (holotype, female) A habitus, lateral view B head and mesosoma, lateral view C mandible D antenna E head, front view F head, dorsal view.

Figure 3. Apronopa haeselbarthi van Achterberg, 1980 (holotype, female) A mesonotum, dorsal view B propodeum C legs, metasoma and ovipositor, lateral view D metasomal tergites, dorsal view D fore wing.