Zele chinensis Chen & He, 1997

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 chinensis Chen & He, 1997

Fig. 6

Zele chinensis Chen & He, 1997: 1655.

Type material examined.

Holotype. China – Sichuan Prov. • ♀; Fengdu, Shiping ; 6 Oct. 1994; Jian Yao leg.; ( ZJUH) No. 149944.

Other material examined.

China – Beijing Prov. • 1 ♀; Dajuesi ; 14 Sept. 1980; light trap; ( ZJUH) No. 200012461 . – Guandong Prov. • 1 ♂; Shaoguan, Ruyuan, Yaozu Zizhixian, Nanling ; 10 Oct. 2004; Zai-fu Xu leg.; ( ZJUH) No. 202401071 . – Fujian Prov. • 1 ♀; Dehua, Mt. Jiuxian ; alt. 1400 m; 12 Sept. 2002; Xiao-xia Yu leg.; ( ZJUH) No. 20024939 . – Zhejiang Prov. • 1 ♀; Anji, Mt. Longwang ; 31 Aug. 1993; Xiao-xia Yu leg.; ( ZJUH) No. 9310776 . • 1 ♀; Longquan, Mt. Fengyang ; 22 Aug. 1982; Yu-lin Wu leg.; ( ZJUH) No. 202315024. GenBank accession no. PV 356320 .

Diagnosis.

Head in dorsal view black or largely so and contrasting with reddish brown mesosoma (Fig. 6 C, G ); scutellar sulcus shallow antero-laterally; apical 1 / 2 of hind tibia dark brown; middle of hind femur and apex of hind tibia dark brown (Fig. 6 A, M ); area in front of lateral ocellus only finely punctate; ocelli comparatively larger (Fig. 6 G ); first tergite 2.4–2.6 × longer than its apical width; dorsope of first tergite large and space between dorsope somewhat wider than dorsope and sculptured (Fig. 6 J ); hind tarsus mainly ivory; ovipositor sheath 0.48–0.64 × as long as fore wing.

Distribution.

China (Beijing, Fujian, Guangdong, Sichuan, Zhejiang).

Biology.

Unknown.

Figures

Figure 6. Zele chinensis Chen & He, holotype, ♀ A. Habitus, lateral aspect; B. Mesosoma, lateral aspect; C. Mesosoma, dorsal aspect; D. Wings; E. Ovipositor sheath; F. Head, anterior aspect; G. Head, dorsal aspect; H. Head, lateral aspect; I. First metasomal tergite, lateral aspect; J. First metasomal tergite, dorsal aspect; K. Fore femur, lateral aspect; L. Fore tibial spur and fore basitarsus; M. Hind femur, lateral aspect. Scale bars: 500 μm.