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Aphelopus montanus Olmi 1989

Description

15. Aphelopus montanus Olmi, 1991

(Plate 7G)

Aphelopus montanus Olmi 1991: 114; He & Xu 2002: 58.

Description of Female. Fully winged; length 2.1–2.5 mm. Head black, except mandible testaceous; occasionally clypeus testaceous; antenna black; mesosoma black; metasoma black; legs brown, except procoxa and stalks of all femora testaceous. Antenna clavate; antennal segments in following proportions: 8:6:7:7:7:8:8:8:8:13. Head dull, granulated; frontal line complete; occipital carina complete; POL = 7; OL = 3; OOL = 3.5; OPL = 3; TL = 4; occasionally OPL longer than TL (6:4). Scutum and scutellum dull, granulated. Notauli incomplete, reaching approximately 0.8 length of scutum (0.7 length of scutum in specimen from China, Baimazhai); occasionally notauli complete and posteriorly separated. Metanotum shiny, smooth, unsculptured. Propodeum reticulate rugose, with posterior surface sculptured by two longitudinal keels. Fore wing with one dark transverse band beneath pterostigma. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.

Description of Male. Fully winged; length 2.3 mm. Head black, except mandible testaceous; antenna black; mesosoma black; metasoma black; legs testaceous, except metacoxa partly black and metafemur and metatibia brown. Antenna filiform; antennal segments in following proportions: 5:4:6:8:9:10:10:10:10:12. Head dull, granulated; frontal line complete; POL = 7; OL = 3; OOL = 4; OPL = 4; TL = 5; occipital carina complete. Scutum and scutellum dull, granulated. Notauli complete, posteriorly separated; minimum distance between notauli broader than greatest breadth of posterior ocelli. Metanotum shiny, smooth, unsculptured. Propodeum with dorsal surface reticulate rugose; posterior surface reticulate rugose, with two longitudinal keels. Fore wing with one dark transverse band. Basivolsella (Plate 7G) with two subdistal bistles, without outer basal process; aedeagus much longer than paramere. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.

Material examined. Types: holotype ♂: CHINA: Taiwan, Nantou, Meifeng, 2150 m, 29.V.1983, H. Townes leg. (AEIC). Paratypes: same locality label as holotype, 2♀♀ and 1♂ (AEIC); same locality label as holotype, 22.V.1983, 1♀ (AMNH). Other material: CHINA: Sichuan, Pingwu, Baimazhai, 14.VII.2006, Hongying Zhang leg., 1♀ (SCAU).

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. China (Taiwan, Sichuan).

Notes

Published as part of Xu, Zaifu, Olmi, Massimo & He, Junhua, 2013, Dryinidae of the Oriental region (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea), pp. 1-460 in Zootaxa 3614 (1) on pages 27-28, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3614.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5278372

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
AEIC , AMNH , SCAU
Event date
1983-05-22 , 1983-05-29 , 2006-07-14
Family
Dryinidae
Genus
Aphelopus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Olmi
Species
montanus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , paratype
Verbatim event date
1983-05-22 , 1983-05-29 , 2006-07-14
Taxonomic concept label
Aphelopus montanus Olmi, 1989 sec. Xu, Olmi & He, 2013

References

  • Olmi, M. (1991 [" 1989 "]) Supplement to the revision of the world Dryinidae (Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea). Frustula entomologica, N. S., 12 (25), 109 - 395.
  • He, J. & Xu, Z. (2002) Hymenoptera Dryinidae. Fauna Sinica, 29. Science Press, Beijing, China, 464 pp.