Eupelmus testaceiventris (Motschulsky), 1863

Li, Zixuan, Xu, Shirui, Wang, Zongying, Chen, Pengfei, Wu, Jianqin & Peng, Lingfei, 2025, Species of Eupelmidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from the Fujian Tianbaoyan National Nature Reserve, China, Zootaxa 5665 (3), pp. 349-373 : 364-365

4.5 Eupelmus testaceiventris (Motschulsky), 1863

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Roptrocerus testaceiventris Motschulsky, 1863: 49 .

Callimome ceylonica Motschulsky,1863: 47 .

Eupelmus testaceiventris Cameron,1912: 212 ; Bouček, 1970: 83.

Idoleupelmus vulgaris Girault, 1913: 94 .

Episolindelia varicolor Girault, 1914: 23 .

Eupelmus folsomi Girault, 1915: 7 .

Eupelmus baileyi Girault, 1915: 8 .

Eupelmus scudderi Girault, 1915: 13 .

Eupelmus auriventris Girault, 1915: 15 .

Eupelmus inkaka Girault, 1921: 187 .

Eupelmus dodo Girault, 1921: 188 .

Eupelmus valentinus Bolívar y Pieltain,1933: 200 .

Eupelmus flaviger Masi, 1934: 20 .

Brasema leersiae Risbec, 1956: 18 .

Eupelmus renominatus Bouček, 1970: 83 [replacement name for Eupelmus testaceiventris ].

Eupelmus testaceivenitris (Motschulsky) ; Bouček, 1965: 546 [new combination for Roptrocerus testaceiventris Motschulsky ]; Hu et al., 2011: 488.

Eupelmus varicolor (Girault) ; Girault, 1915: 2 [new combination for Episolindelia varicolor Girault ].

Eupelmus (Eupelmus) testaceiventris (Motschulsky) ; Askew & Nieves-Aldrey, 2000: 55–56.

Eupelmus (Episolindelia) testaceiventris (Motschulsky) ; Fusu et al., 2015: 466, Gibson & Fusu, 2016: 20; Kawano, 2021: 233–244.

Material examined. CHINA: 1♀, Xiyang, Fujian Tianbaoyan National Natural Reserve, Sanming City , Fujian Province, 28 May 2018, 530 m, Malaise trap .

Distribution. China (* Fujian, Hainan), Australia, Canary Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, India, Japan, Oman, Sri Lanka, Spain.

Remarks. Females of this species are easily distinguished from those of other regional species by the following features: 1) head and mesosoma dark green, and prepectus and gaster yellowish brown, contrasting with the metallic parts ( Fig. 10 ); and 2) antennae predominantly dark, but the first flagellomere and pedicel apically light yellow to white.

Eupelmus testaceiventris is the second species of the subgenus Episolindelia Girault recorded in China, the other being E. australiensis (Girault) . Females of E. testaceiventris are distinguished from those of E. australiensis by their distinctly banded and shorter ovipositor sheaths ( Fig. 10B ), with a pale medial and dark apical and basal regions (ovipositor sheath entirely dark in E. australiensis ).

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FIGURE 10. Eupelmus testaceiventris: A, body, dorsal; B, body, lateral.