Phanerotoma zhejiangensis, Luo & Achterberg & He & Tang & Chen, 2025

Luo, Wen-Juan, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, He, Jun-Hua, Tang, Pu & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2025, Revision of the genus Phanerotoma Wesmael (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cheloninae) from China, with descriptions of twenty-four new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 1003, pp. 1-110 : 96-98

Phanerotoma zhejiangensis sp. nov.

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Fig. 39

Diagnosis

Ninth segment of female antenna swollen, 9 th –23 rd segments gradually narrowed ( Fig. 39F ); third tergite twice as long as second tergite and without emargination posteriorly; clypeus intertentorial distance 1.3× as long as minimum width between clypeus and eye ( Fig. 38E ); clypeus with pair of medium-sized teeth and a blunt tubercle in between ( Fig. 39E ); eye in dorsal view 1.7–1.8× as long as temple ( Fig. 39C ).

Etymology

Named after collection site in Zhejiang.

Type material

Holotype CHINA – Zhejiang • ♀; Anji, Longwang Mt. ; 20 Sep. 2004; Xuexin Chen leg.; ZJUH No. 200500005 .

Paratypes (18 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂)

CHINA – Zhejiang • 8 ♀♀; same data as for holotype; ZJUH Nos 20049996 to 20050001 , 20050008 , 20080011 • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; Belokobylskij leg.; ZJUH No. 200500024 • 8 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; ZJUH Nos 200500017 to 200500019 , 200500025 to 200500027 , 200500029 , 200500031 • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; 31 Aug. 1993; Junhua He leg.; ZJUH No. 9310725 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 18 Oct. 1995; Hong Wu leg.; ZJUH No. 970278 • 1 ♀; Linan, Tianmu Mt. ; 1 Jun. 1999; Mingshui Zhao leg.; ZJUH No. 20003276 .

Description

Female

MEASUREMENTS. Length of body 4.3 mm, of fore wing 3.5 mm.

COLOURATION. Yellowish brown; stemmaticum dark brown; teeth of mandible and hind tibial patch brown.

HEAD. Width 1.4 × median length in anterior view ( Fig. 39E ) and part of head above eye in lateral view 0.4× height of eye ( Fig. 39D ); antenna with 23 cylindrical segments, 1.1× as long as fore wing, from 9 th segment shortened, 9 th –23 rd segments gradually narrowed ( Fig. 39F ); area of stemmaticum mainly granulate; OOL:diameter of posterior ocellus: POL=26: 11: 5; eye 1.5× as long as temple in dorsal view ( Fig. 39C ); frons with oblique rugae medially, rugose laterally and with median ridge; vertex granulate-rugose and with satin sheen; temple largely striate and with satin sheen; face with oblique rugae laterally and transversely rugose, with short median ridge anteriorly; clypeus smooth and shiny, 0.8× minimum width of face, intertentorial distance 1.3× minimum width between clypeus and eye, clypeus long erect setose and with 3 minute and closely placed teeth medio-ventrally ( Fig. 39E ); eye large, in lateral view 1.5× as wide as temple ( Fig. 39D ), in anterior view its height 0.8× minimum width of face; upper condyle of mandible far below lower level of eyes ( Fig. 39E ); malar space 1.2× as long as basal width of mandible; lower tooth of mandible 0.5× length of apical tooth, medium-sized and robust ( Fig. 39L ).

MESOSOMA ( Fig. 39H ). Length 1.5× its width in lateral view; side of pronotum mainly rugose, but dorsally nearly smooth; mesoscutum densely rugose and rather shiny, densely setose; notauli hardly indicated; scutellar sulcus wide ( Fig. 39H ); scutellum triangular, flat, punctate-rugose and rather shiny;

metanotum without median carina or tooth; propodeum coarsely reticulate-rugose, no lateral tubercles, no transverse or median carinae.

WINGS. Length of 1-R1 1.5× as long as pterostigma; r of fore wing as long as 3-SR; distance between 1-R1 and wing apex 0.3× 1-R1; 2-SR bent ( Fig. 39G ); SR1 straight; 2-SR+M present; pterostigma large, parastigma medium-sized; 1-CU1 0.4 × as long as vein 2-CU1, cu-a oblique and 0.9 × as long as 1-CU1; r: 3-SR: SR1=16: 16: 89; 2-SR: 3-SR: r-m= 41:16: 19; 2-M straight posteriorly and bent anteriorly; second submarginal cell slender ( Fig. 39G ).

LEGS ( Fig. 39K ). Hind femur with satin sheen, 4.3× as long as wide and submedially widened; hind tibia swollen and with brown patch; middle tibia with large pale-yellow blister; hind coxa smooth and shiny.

METASOMA ( Fig. 39I–J ). Carapace elliptical in dorsal view, 1.8× as long as wide and 1.1× as long as mesosoma; first and second tergites coarsely and densely longitudinally rugose; second suture wide; third tergite 2.0× as long as second tergite and laterally weakly curved, in dorsal view densely rugose and convex ( Fig. 39I ), lateral lamella wide, without emargination; ovipositor sheath narrow ( Fig. 39J ), with some long and erect setae; hypopygium apically acute and no triangular protuberance ( Fig. 39J ).

VARIATION. Length of fore wing 2.9–3.7 mm; eye 1.3–1.5 × as long as temple in dorsal view; shape of metasoma carapace more or less slender, third tergite 1.6–2.0× as long as second tergite in dorsal view.

Male

Very similar to female, but antennal segments cylindrical and less shortened ( Fig. 39B ).

Host

Unknown.

Distribution

China (Zhejiang).

Figures

Fig. 39.Phanerotoma zhejiangensis sp. nov.A, C–L. Holotype, ♀ (ZJUH No. 200500005).B. Paratype, ♂ (ZJUH No. 200500024). A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Apical antenna, lateral view. C. Head, dorsal view. D. Head, lateral view. E. Head, anterior view. F. Antenna, lateral view. G. Fore wing. H. Mesosoma, dorsal view. I. First third of metasomal tergites, dorsal view. J. Metasoma, lateral view. K. Hind leg. L. Mandible, ventral view. Scale bars: A–K=1 mm; L=0.2 mm.

Fig. 38. Phanerotoma zhaoi sp. nov. A, C–L. Holotype, ♀ (ZJUH No. 200003241). B. Paratype, ♂ (ZJUH No. 995193). A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Apical antenna, lateral view. C. Head, dorsal view. D. Head, lateral view. E. Head, anterior view. F. Antenna, lateral view. G. Fore wing. H. Mesosoma, dorsal view. I. First third of metasomal tergites, dorsal view. J. Metasoma, lateral view. K. Hind leg. L. Mandible, ventral view. Scale bars: A–K=1 mm; L=0.2 mm.