Adelurola florimela ( Haliday, 1838 )

Zhu, Jiachen, Achterberg, Cornelis Van & Chen, Xuexin, 2025, A revision of five genera of Alysiini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) from China, with description of five new species, Zootaxa 5569 (3), pp. 401-438 : 434-436

Adelurola florimela ( Haliday, 1838)

Figs 27–28

Alysia (Alysia) florimela Haliday, 1838: 239 .

Dapsilarthra florimela ; Shenefelt 1974: 988–989.

Phaenocarpa multiarticulata Marshall, 1898: 245 . Synonymized by van Achterberg (1983).

Dapsilarthra pentapleuroides Fischer, 1971: 85 . Synonymized by van Achterberg (1983).

Material. 1♀ ( ZJUH), “ [S. China:], Guizhou, Guiyang , 14.vii.1983, He Junhua, No. 834507” ; 2♀ + 1♂ ( ZJUH), “ [N. China:], Hebei, Mt. Xiaowutai , 2100 m, 21.viii.2005, Shi Min, No. 200608383, No. 200604879, No. 200607969” ; 1♂ ( ZJUH), id., but Zhang Hongying, No. 200608041 .

Short redescription. Body black, length of body of ♀ 3.6 mm, of fore wing 4.75 mm; antenna brown, antennal of ♀ 52; second flagellomere of antenna 1.1 × longer than first flagellomere ( Figs 27A , 28F ); vertex smooth, with medial groove ( Fig. 28H ); anterior tentorial pits medium-sized; mandible reddish brown, first tooth large, lobe-shaped ( Fig. 28I ); pronope absent, side of pronotum rugose ventrally, remainder smooth; epicnemial area rugose; precoxal sulcus crenulate-rugose medially, remainder smooth; episternal scrobe deep, elliptical; metapleuron largely coarsely reticulate-rugose; notauli present anteriorly, micro-sculptured, absent posteriorly; medial groove of mesoscutum rather long; scutellum sulcus deep, with one longitudinal carina; surface of propodeum coarsely reticulate-rugose ( Figs 28C–D ); pterostigma brown, vein r: 3-SR: SR1 = 1: 5: 11; vein 1-SR+M of fore wing slightly curved; vein m-cu of fore wing postfurcal; legs yellowish, hind coxa smooth; hind tibia and tarsus blackish; first tergite of metasoma 1.5 × its apical width ( Figs 28A–B ); dorsal carinae of first tergite united posteriorly; dorsope deep and medium-sized ( Fig. 28E ); ovipositor straight; length of setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.05 × as long as fore wing; hypopygium large ( Figs 27A , 28G ).

Male. Similar to female, except for number of antennomeres 47(1) and sexual characters.

Distribution. Austria, former Czechoslovakia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, former Yugoslavia, China.

Figures

FIGURE 27. Adelurola florimela (Haliday), ♀, China, Guizhou. A, habitus, lateral aspect; B, head, lateral aspect.

FIGURE 28. Adelurola florimela (Haliday), ♀, China, Guizhou. A, fore wing; B, hind wing; C, mesosoma, dorsal aspect; D, mesosoma, lateral aspect; E, propodeum and metasoma, dorsal aspect; F, basal antennomeres of antenna, lateral aspect; G, apex of ovipositor, lateral aspect;; H, head, dorsal aspect; I, head, anterior aspect J, mandible, full view of third tooth; L, mandible, full view of first and second teeth.