Phanerotomella mellivena van Achterberg, 2025

He, Jia-Yue, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, He, Jun-Hua, Tang, Pu & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2025, The genus Phanerotomella Szépligeti (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cheloninae) from China, with descriptions of sixteen new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 1002, pp. 1-130 : 72-73

Phanerotomella mellivena van Achterberg nom. nov.

Figs 47–48

Phanerotomella flava Zettel, 1989: 23 , 35–37 (not Phanerotomella flava Lӑcӑtușu, 1963: 241 , 243, 245).

Diagnosis

Body entirely pale yellow except for the brown flagellum ( Fig. 47 ); pterostigma, parastigma and veins of fore wing yellow ( Fig. 48H ); face largely smooth except for fine punctation and less contrasting than smooth clypeus ( Fig. 48B ); mesopleuron densely and superficially punctate ( Fig. 48J ); stemmaticum distinctly narrowed, OD 1.3–1.4 × as long as POL and ocelli arranged in a triangle with base 0.9× as long as its sides ( Fig. 48A ); basal carina of first metasomal tergite distinctly developed ( Fig. 48K ); metasoma regularly reticulate except the first tergite longitudinally striate medially ( Fig. 48K ).

Etymology

Renamed after the yellow (honey-coloured) veins of the fore wing; ‘ mellis ’ is Latin for ‘honey’ and ‘ vena ’ is Latin for ‘vein’.

Material examined (3 ♀♀)

CHINA – Hainan • 1 ♀; Jianfengling, Tianchi; 12–15 Jul. 2006; W.Y. Zhang leg.; ZJUH No. 200803502 • 1 ♀; Jianfengling, Tianchi; 12–15 Jul. 2006; J.X. Liu leg.; ZJUH No. 200803614 • 1 ♀; Jianfengling; 7 Jun. 2007; J.X. Liu leg.; ZJUH No. 202300197 .

Host

Unknown.

Distribution

Brunei, China (Hainan), Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore.

Remarks

Phanerotomella flava Zettel, 1989 is a junior homonym of P. flava Lӑcӑtușu, 1963 (the latter is a new synonym of P. rufa (Marshall, 1898) syn. nov.).

The holotype (USNMENT 01932230) from East Malaysia (Sandakan) was not examined; the interpretation is based on the original description by Zettel (1989) and photos of the holotype on the USNM website. There are three females agreeing with the original description of P. flava Zettel, 1989 (= P. mellivena van Achterberg nom. nov.).

Figures

Fig. 47. Phanerotomella mellivena van Achterberg nom. nov., China, ♀ (ZJUH No. 200803502), habitus, lateral view. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.

Fig. 48. Phanerotomella mellivena van Achterberg nom. nov., China, ♀ (ZJUH No. 200803502). A. Head, dorsal view. B. Head, anterior view. C. Head, lateral view. D. Antenna, lateral view. E. Apical antenna, lateral view. F. Mandible, ventral view. G. Lamella, posterior view. H. Fore and hind wing. I. Mesosoma, dorsal view. J. Mesosoma, lateral view. K. Metasoma, dorsal view. L. Hind leg. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.