Pentapleura Foerster, 1863

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

Pentapleura Foerster, 1863

Figs 19–26

Pentapleura Foerster, 1863: 264 ; Shenefelt 1974: 1001; Wharton 1980: 57; Ashmead 1900: 105; Szépligeti 1904: 205.

Type species: Bassus pumilio Nees von Esenbeck, 1814 (monobasic).

Opisendea Foerster, 1863: 266 . Type species: Opisendea tenuicornis Foerster 1863 (monobasic). Synonymised by Wharton (1980).

Gnathospila Fischer, 1966b: 210 . Type species: Gnathospila quadridens Fischer 1966b (monobasic). Synonymised by Fischer (1970).

Diagnosis. Mandible with four teeth, second tooth of mandible long, triangular, fourth tooth often minute or inconspicuous ( Figs 20K–L , 22H, 22K–L , 24H,24K–L , 26K–L ); first flagellomere of antenna longer than second flagellomere ( Figs 20H , 22G , 24G , 26F ); precoxal sulcus absent or nearly so, at most shallowly impressed and with some micro-sculpture ( Figs 20D , 22D , 24C , 26C ); shape of pterostigma variable; vein CU1b of fore wing absent, resulting in an apico-posteriorly open first subdiscal cell; vein m-cu of fore wing postfurcal ( Figs 20A–B , 22A–B , 24A , 26A–B ).

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Nearctic, Oceanic and Palaearctic region ( Yu et al. 2016).

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.

FIGURE 21. Pentapleura fuliginosa (Haliday), ♀, China, Sichuan. A, habitus, lateral aspect; B, head, lateral aspect; C, antenna, lateral aspect.

FIGURE 22. Pentapleura fuliginosa (Haliday), ♀, China, Sichuan. A, fore wing; B, hind wing; C, mesosoma, dorsal aspect; D, mesosoma, lateral aspect; E, ovipositor, lateral aspect; F, propodeum and first tergite of metasoma, dorsal aspect; G, basal antennomeres of antenna, lateral aspect; H, mandible, full view of first tooth; I, head, dorsal aspect; J, head, anterior aspect K, mandible, full view of second tooth; L, mandible, full view of third tooth; M, propodeum and metasoma and ovipisitor, dorsal aspect.

FIGURE 23. Pentapleura savva (Belokobylskij), ♀, China, Xinjiang. A, habitus, lateral aspect; B, head, lateral aspect.

FIGURE 24. Pentapleura savva (Belokobylskij), ♀, China, Xinjiang. A, wings; B, mesosoma, dorsal aspect; C, mesosoma, lateral aspect; D, propodeum and metasoma, dorsal aspect; E, basal antennomeres of antenna, lateral aspect; F, antenna, lateral aspect; G, apex of ovipositor, lateral aspect; H, mandible, full view of first tooth; I, head, dorsal aspect; J, head, anterior aspect; K, mandible, full view of second tooth; K, mandible, full view of third tooth.

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.