Zele peronatus ( Shestakov, 1940 )

Fang, Yu, van Achterberg, Cornelis, Tang, Pu & Chen, Xue-xin, 2025, Revision of genus Zele Curtis (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae) from China, with description of nineteen new species, ZooKeys 1248, pp. 125-208 : 125-208

Zele peronatus ( Shestakov, 1940) , reinstated

Fig. 20

Meteorus peronatus Shestakov, 1940: 16. van Achterberg 1979 (as junior synonym of Zele niveitarsus (Cresson, 1872 )).

Zele niveitarsis f. peronatus: van Achterberg 1979: 370; Chen et al. 1987: 94.

Type material examined.

Holotype. Russia • ♀; Vladivostok, Sedanka ; 10 Aug. 1930; R. Malaise leg.; 406, [19] 77 ( NRMS, Stockholm).

Other material examined.

China – Fujian Prov. • 1 ♀; Sangang ; 27 Apr. 1984; Jia-zhuang Wang leg.; ( ZJUH) No. 854298 . – Gansu Prov. • 1 ♀; Pingliang ; Jul. 1986; Shou-ming Liu leg.; ( ZJUH) No. 865148 . – Jilin Prov. • 1 ♀; Huangsongpu Forest Farm ; 4 Aug. 2004; Yu-zhou Du, Zhi-jie Wang leg.; ( ZJUH) No. 202401066 . – Shaanxi Prov. • 1 ♀; Danfeng ; 10 Aug. 2014; light trap; ( ZJUH) No. 202401063 . • 1 ♀; Liuba, Weituogou ; alt. 1600 m; 21 Jun. 1998; Jun Chen leg; ( ZJUH) No. 200104796 . • 1 ♀; Ningshan, Xunyang ; 12 Aug. 2013; Bing-bing Tu leg; light trap; ( ZJUH) No. 201310084 . • 1 ♀; Xunyangba ; alt. 1485 m; 13 Aug. 2013; Bing-bing Tu leg; ( ZJUH) No. 201300257 . • 1 ♀; Xunyangba, Ningshan ; 33.54°N, 108.55°E; alt. 1481 m; 17 Aug. – 3 Oct. 2016; Qing-Qing Tan leg; Yellow and Green Malaise trap; ( ZJUH) No. 202315006 . • 1 ♀; Shanshuping, Lower Changqing Nature Reserve ; 33.67°N, 107.57°E; alt. 1445 m; 25 Aug. – 22 Sept. 2016; Qing-Qing Tan leg; Yellow Malaise trap; ( ZJUH) No. 202315005 . – Zhejiang Prov. • 2 ♀♀; Anji, Mt. Longwang ; 31 Aug. 1993; Jun-hua He leg.; ( ZJUH) Nos. 9310777, 9310778 . • 1 ♀; Mt. Tianmu, Longfengjian ; 27 Jul. 1999; Ming-shui Zhao leg.; ( ZJUH) No. 200010956. GenBank accession no. PV 356313 .

Diagnosis.

Hind coxa punctate and with small smooth interspaces, rather shiny (Fig. 20 A ); pterostigma dark brown; dorsope of first tergite large and oval, area between dorsope slightly wider than dorsope and sculptured (Fig. 20 K ); hind tibia (except basal 1 / 4) dark brown or brown; frons largely smooth, rugulose or finely carinate (Fig. 20 H ); base of hind basitarsus often blackish brown, rarely infuscated. first tergite 2.3–2.8 × its apical width; ovipositor sheath 0.46–0.50 × as long as fore wing.

Distribution.

China (Fujian, Gansu, Jilin, Shaanxi, Zhejiang), Indonesia, Korea, Russia.

Biology.

Unknown.

Remarks.

This species was as a form included in the species Z. niveitarsis ( van Achterberg 1979: figs 796–807), because of their whitish hind tarsus and eyes of ♀ comparatively large, 2.4–3.2 × length of temple. However, the species is different from Z. niveitarsis , separable by the diffenences of face, dorsope, pterostigma and hind tibia. Z. peronatus have narrower face, ~ 1.0–1.1 × wider than high (1.3 × in Z. niveitarsis ); comparatively smaller dorsope, area between dorsope slightly wider than dorsope (larger dorsope, area between dorsope smaller than dorsope in Z. niveitarsis ); dark brown pterostigma (pale yellowish in Z. niveitarsis ) and apical 1 / 3 of hind tibia dark brown (brownish yellow in Z. niveitarsis ).

Figures

Figure 20. Zele peronatus (Shestakov), China, Shaanxi, ♀ A. Habitus, lateral aspect; B. Mesosoma, lateral aspect; C. Mesosoma, dorsal aspect; D. Fore wing; E. Hind wing; F. Ovipositor sheath; G. Head, anterior aspect; H. Head, dorsal aspect; I. Head, lateral aspect; J. First metasomal tergite, lateral aspect; K. First metasomal tergite, dorsal aspect; L. Fore femur, lateral aspect; M. Hind femur, lateral aspect; N. Fore tibial spur and fore basitarsus. Scale bars: 500 μm.