Pholetesor maritimus Wilkinson 1941
Creators: name: Liu, Zhen
name: He, Jun-Hua
name: Chen, Xue-Xin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Pholetesor
Pholetesor maritimus

description: Pholetesor maritimus (Wilkinson, 1941)
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Apanteles maritimus: Wilkinson, 1941: 31; Nixon, 1973: 214; Papp, 1983: 251.
Diagnosis. Metacarp about 3.5× longer than its distance from apex of marginal cell; spurs of hind tibia subequal; postscutellum without an emargination between its middle point and forwarding-pointing projection, phragma concealed; scutellar sulcus with obvious foveolation; T1 and T2 strongly rugose; T1 parallel-subparallel sided; T2 rectangular; hind coxa and hind femur entirely infuscate; setaceous part of ovipositor sheath as long as hind basitarsus; ocelli on a rather high triangle; and propodeum quite dull, densely rugose except within posterior corners where surface tends to be shiny.
Material examined. 8♀♀, Bohu County, Badan, Xinjiang, 2001. VIII.7, Hu Hongying, Nos. 20036275, 20036249, 20036282, 20036278, 20036241, 20036233, 20036259; 3♀♀, Mangding Village, Jinghe County, Xinjiang, 2004. VIII.12, Tuerxun, Nos. 200600415, 200600420, 200600419; 1♀, Nongwushi, Bole, Xinjiang, 2004. VIII.13, Tuerxun, No. 200600467; 1♀, 84 Hu Village, Wusu, Xinjiang, 2004. VIII.14, Tuerxun, No. 200600655; 2♀♀, Yongku Village, Luge County, Xinjiang, 2002. VIII.11, Hu Hongying, Nos. 20037106, 20036972; 2♀♀, Hezheng County, Xinjiang, 2001. VIII.8, Hu Hongying, Nos. 200 36913, 20036887; 1♀, Kuerli, Badan, Xinjiang, 2001. VIII.8, Hu Hongying, Nos. 20036796; 1♀, Farm of Xinjiang University, Wulumuqi, Xinjiang, 2002. VIII.11, Hu Hongying, No. 20036745; 1♀, Youth Park, Wulumuqi, Xinjiang, 2002. VIII.3, Hu Hongying, No. 20036321; 2♀♀, Manasi Test Station, Xinjiang, 2004. VIII.14, Tuerxun, Nos. 200600563, 200600561; 5♀♀, Wulanwusu, Shawan, Xinjiang, 2004. VIII.13, Tuerxun, Nos. 20 0 600486, 200600488, 200600493, 200600494, 200600495; 1♀, Tekeqixiang, Weili, Xiangjiang, 2004. IX.4, Tuerxun, No. 200601477; 1♀, Wuzun, Kuche, Xiangjiang, 2004. IX.2, Tuerxun, No. 2006011364; 1♀, Wuqia, Kuche, Xiangjiang, 2004. IX.2, Tuerxun, No. 200601385; 1♀, Wuzong, Kuche, Xiangjiang, 2004. IX.2, Tuerxun, No. 200601404; 2♀♀, Cele, Hetian, Xiangjiang, 2004. VIII.29, Tuerxun, Nos. 20 0 601018, 200601091; 1♀, Qingdelixiang, Bole, Xiangjiang, 2004. IX.2, Tuerxun, No. 200601479; 2♀♀, Ganyu, Jiangsu, 1979.X, Humiao, No. 790942; 1♀, Yuexi, Anhui, 1981. VI.2, Yang Fu’an, No. 820589.
Host. Bucculatrix maritime Stainton (Bucculatricidae), Bucculatrix maritima [Aster pannonicus] (Bucculatricidae), Bucculatrix maritima [Aster tripolium] (Bucculatricidae), Phyllonorycter Hubner [Salix] (Gracillariidae).
Distribution. China (Anhui, Jiangsu, Xinjiang) new record; Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, United Kingdom.
Note. This species is recorded from China for the first time. Characters of material examined here mostly agree with the description of Nixon (1973) and Papp (1983) except for propodeum being not quite dull, but somewhat to highly shiny anteriorly and not densely rugose as T1, just rugose around and beyond nucha; T3 not distinctly rugulose to rugose on its fore half, but at most rugulose along anterior sulcus.
description: Published as part of Liu, Zhen, He, Jun-Hua & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2016, The genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from China, with descriptions of eleven new species, pp. 351-387 in Zootaxa 4150 (4) on pages 357-359, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4150.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/267594