Pentapleura angustula ( 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 : 426-428

Pentapleura angustula ( Haliday, 1838)

Figs 19–20

Alysia angustula Haliday, 1838: 229 .

Alysia (Pentapleura) angustula ; Thomson 1895: 2298.

Pentapleura angustula ; Shenefelt 1974: 1001–1002; van Achterberg 1997: 15.

Aspilota laevipleuris Tobias, 1962: 86 . Synonymised by Belokobylskij (1998).

Opisendea tenuicornis Foerster, 1863: 270 . Synonymised by Papp (2009).

Material examined. 1♀ ( ZJUH), “ [N. China:], Hebei, Mt. Xiaowutai , 2100 m, 21.viii.2005, Shi Min, No. 200607870” ; 1♂ ( ZJUH), “ [S. China:], Zhejiang, Mt. Mogan , 700 m, 18.viii.2004, Shi Min, No. 201200953” .

Short redescription. Body reddish brown; body length of ♀ 2.2 mm (1), of ♂ 1.9 mm (1); length of fore wing of ♀ 2.7 mm (1), of ♂ 2.4 mm (1); antenna yellowish brown, antenna of ♀ with 19 antennomeres ( Fig. 20H ); mandible yellowish, with fourth tooth distinctly visible ( Figs 20K–L ); pronope shallow and small ( Fig. 20I ), side of pronotum (partly) granulate posteriorly ( Fig. 20D ); mesoscutum smooth, shiny and glabrous; notauli absent; medio-posterior depression shallow, rather long ( Fig. 20C ); vein m-cu of fore wing postfurcal, vein r longer than width of pterostigma, vein 3-SR of fore wing 1.3 × vein 2-SR ( Figs 20A–B ); legs rather yellowish, hind femur rather slender, more or less parallel-sided apically ( Fig. 20A ); first tergite of metasoma similarly coloured as other tergites ( Fig. 20E ); length of ovipositor sheath 0.3 × as long as fore wing and 0.4 × the body ( Fig. 20F ).

Distribution. Austria, Bosnia Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Lithuania, Mongolia, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, China.

Figures

FIGURE 19. Pentapleura angustula (Haliday), ♀, China, Hebei. A, habitus, lateral aspect; B, head, lateral aspect.

FIGURE 20. Pentapleura angustula (Haliday), ♀, China, Hebei. 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, antenna, lateral aspect; H, basal antennomeres of antenna, lateral aspect; I, head, dorsal aspect; J, head, anterior aspect; K, mandible, full view of third and fourth teeth; L, mandible, full view of first and second teeth.