Pentapleura atlasovi Belokobylskij, 1998

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 : 432

Pentapleura atlasovi Belokobylskij, 1998

Figs 25–26

Pentapleura atlasovi Belokobylskij, 1998: 197 .

Material examined. 1♀ (ZJUH), “ [S. China:], Hubei, Shennongjia, Yuzhendalongtan , 29.ⅴ.2002, Yang Luqing, No. 201204600”.

Short redescription. Body dark brown; body length of 2 mm, length of fore wing of ♀ 2.3 mm; antenna blackish ( Figs 26G, 26H ); mandible brownish, with fourth tooth distinctly visible ( Figs 26K, 26L ); pronope shallow and small, side of pronotum partly granulate posteriorly; notauli absent; medio-posterior depression of mesoscutum shallow and rather long; precoxal sulcus absent ( Figs 26C, 26D ); pterostigma and other veins yellowish, pterostigma moderately developed, vein r about equal to width of pterostigma; vein m-cu of fore wing postfurcal; vein 2-SR of fore wing twice as long as vein r; vein r shorter than width of pterostigma ( Figs 26A–B ); legs dark brown, hind femur more robust, widened apically ( Fig. 25A ); setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.30 × as long as fore wing and 0.37 × the body ( Figs 26E–F ).

Distribution. Russia, China.

Figures

FIGURE 25. Pentapleura atlasovi (Belokoblskij), ♀, China, Hubei. A, habitus, lateral aspect; B, head, lateral aspect.

FIGURE 26. Pentapleura atlasovi (Belokobylskij), ♀, China, Hubei. A, fore wing; B, hind wing; C, mesosoma, dorsal aspect; D, mesosoma, lateral aspect; E, propodeum and metasoma, dorsal aspect; F, apex of ovipositor, lateral aspect; G, basal antennomeres of antenna, lateral aspect; H, antenna, lateral aspect; I, head, dorsal aspect; J, head, anterior aspect K, mandible, full view of first and second teeth; L, mandible, full view of third tooth.