Zele admirabilis Maetô, 1986

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 admirabilis Maetô, 1986

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Zele admirabilis Maetô, 1986: 250; Chou and Chou 1993: 447; Belokobylskij 2000: 223.

Material examined.

China – Guangxi Prov. • 1 ♂; Guilin, Mt. Maoer ; 8 Aug. 2005; Wen-wu Shang leg.; ( ZJUH) No. 202401072. GenBank accession no. PV 356321 .

Diagnosis.

Length of first metasomal tergite 3.5–4.0 × its apical width (Fig. 2 K, L ); first tergite yellowish brown, with a longitudinal carina behind dorsope (Fig. 2 L ); dorsope narrow and space between dorsope much wide than dorsope (Fig. 2 L ); second tergite densely setose, very finely sculptured and rather matt; hind coxa distinctly punctate and with some rugae dorsally; basal 1 / 2 of fore wing pale brownish; pterostigma of ♀ and ♂ yellowish brown (Fig. 2 D ); precoxal sulcus very densely rugose (Fig. 2 B ), but more or less reduced in males; fore wing and first subdiscal cell wide; vein r of hind wing vaguely indicated (Fig. 2 E ); hind tarsus mainly white; ovipositor sheath ~ 0.35 × as long as fore wing.

Distribution.

China (Guangxi, Taiwan), Japan, Russia (south of Far East).

Biology.

Unknown.

Figures

Figure 2. Zele admirabilis Maetô, China, Guangxi, ♂ A. Habitus, lateral aspect; B. Mesosoma, lateral aspect; C. Mesosoma, dorsal aspect; D. Fore wing; E. Hind wing; F. Fore femur, lateral aspect; G. Fore tibial spur and fore basitarsus; H. Head, anterior aspect; I. Head, dorsal aspect; J. Head, lateral aspect; K. First metasomal tergite, lateral aspect; L. First metasomal tergite, dorsal aspect; M. Hind femur, lateral aspect. Scale bars: 1000 μm (A); 500 μm (B – M).