Hylcalosia sutchanica Belokobylskij. A 1992
Creators: name: Zhu, Jiachen
name: Achterberg, Cornelis Van
name: Chen, Xue-Xin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Hylcalosia
Hylcalosia sutchanica

description: Hylcalosia sutchanica Belokobylskij, 1992
Figs. 11–12
Hylcalosia sutchanica Belokobylskij, 1992: 148; 1998: 298; Fischer, 2008: 722; Zheng et al., 2012: 455.
Hylcalosia adsimilis Papp, 1994: 139; Belokobylskij, 1998: 298; Fischer, 2008: 722; Yu et al., 2012; Zheng et al., 2012: 455. Synonymized by Belokobylskij (1998).
Material. 1♀ (ZJUH), “ [SE. China:] Hunan, Mt. Shimenhuping, 2.?.2009, Ma Li, No. 200901347.” 1♀ (ZJUH), id., but No. 200701453; 1♀ (ZJUH), id., but Tang Pu, No. 200901222.
Diagnosis. Body largely blackish or dark brown (Fig. 11); eye 1.2 × as long as temple (Fig. 12I); eye in dorsal view 2.4 × as long as temple (Fig. 12I); eye in dorsal view twice as long as temple (Fig. 12I); height eye in lateral 12 × as long as wide; frons largely smooth, slightly rugose near antennal sockets; vertex and temple smooth (Fig. 12I); face rather convex in middle, densely and coarsely rugose-reticulate with transverse striation; clypeus subtriangular, protruding forward, densely and finely reticulate-punctate (Fig. 12J); mandible rugose and with 4 teeth or lobes; notauli short and crenulated, reaching anterior third of mesoscutum (Fig. 12K); medio-posterior depression deep and short, not extending to middle of mesoscutum (Fig. 12C); precoxal sulcus crenulate; metapleuron smooth medially but reticulate-rugose ventrally (Fig. 12D); surface of propodeum densely and coarsely reticulate-rugose, areola absent ((Fig. 12E); pterostigma 5 × as long as its maximum width (Fig. 12A); hind coxa largely smooth, with some punctures anteriorly (Fig. 12D); metasoma longitudinally striate and some reticulate-rugosity between striae, length of first tergite 1.1 × its apical width (Fig. 12F); setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.6 × as long as fore wing (total visible sheath 0.7 times), and 1.8 × as long as hind tibia (Fig. 14H); mesosoma, metasoma, tibia and tarsus black.
Description. ♀ from Mt. Shimenhuping, length of body 3.6 mm, of fore wing 3.8 mm.
Head. Transverse (Fig. 12I), width of head 1.8 × its lateral length (Fig. 12I), and 1.6 × wider than mesoscutum; antenna with 40 segments, third segment (including annellus) 0.9 × longer than fourth segment, length of third and fourth segments 2.5 and 4.0 × their width, respectively (Fig. 12G); length of maxillary palp 1.7 × height of head; eye in dorsal view twice as long as temple (Fig. 12I); height of eye in lateral view 1.2 × as long as wide; frons largely smooth, slightly rugose near antennal sockets; vertex and temple smooth (Fig. 12I); OOL:diameter of ocellus:POL= 11:5:5; face 1.7 × wider than high, rather convex medially, densely and coarsely rugose-reticulate with transverse striation; clypeus small, subtriangular, protruding forward, densely and finely reticulate-punctate (Fig. 12K); malar space absent; mandible with 4 teeth or lobes, enlarged apically, dorsal tooth enlarged, lobeshaped (Fig. 12L), ventral tooth medium-sized and lobe-shaped, ventral carina protruding, middle tooth curved (Figs 12M), medial length of mandible 1.7 × its maximum width.
Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.6 × its height (Fig. 12D); pronope round, wide and deep; medio-anteriorly and posteriorly pronotum inconspicuously crenulate (Fig. 12D); epicnemial area rugose; precoxal sulcus widely crenulate, not reaching middle coxa; pleural sulcus crenulated ventrally; episternal scrobe round and deep; metapleuron smooth medially but reticulate-rugose ventrally (Fig. 12D); notauli crenulated and incomplete, anteriorly impressed on disc (Fig. 12C); medio-posterior depression deep and short, not extending to middle of mesoscutum, scutellar sulcus deep, with 3 carinae, sulcus 3.8 × wider than its maximum length; scutellum smooth and triangular (Fig. 12C); surface of propodeum densely and coarsely reticulate-rugose, areola absent ((Fig. 12E).
Wings (Fig. 14A-B). Pterostigma 5 × as long as its maximum width. r:3-SR:SR1 = 5:11:42; 1-SR+M nearly straight; SR1 straight; r 0.8 × as long as the width of pterostigma; cu-a slightly postfurcal; 3-CU1 distinct shorter than CU1b; 2-SR:3-SR:r-m = 18:12:7; m-cu postfurcal, converging to 1-M posteriorly; first subdiscal cell 4.0 × as long as wide; M+CU1 largely unsclerotized. Hind wing: M+CU: 1-M: 1r-m = 15:11:8; m-cu weakly antefurcal.
Legs. Hind coxa largely smooth, with some punctures anteriorly (Fig. 12D), without ventro-basal tubercle; tarsal claws moderately robust, longer than arolium (Fig. 12N); length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg 4.3, 9.0 and 8.8 × their width, respectively; apical appendages of hind tarsal segments absent, segments ventrally with dense bristles (Fig. 12N).
Metasoma. First tergite entirely and densely striate, with reticulate-rugosity between striae; apical width of first tergite twice its basal width, length of first tergite 1.1 × its apical width, with distinct dorsal carinae fused in basal half, medially convex (Fig. 12E); dorsope present (Fig. 12F); median length of second tergite equal to its basal width, 0.8 × as long as its maximum posterior width, 1.5 × length of third tergite (Fig. 12F); combined length of second and third tergites 1.3 × maximum width; second tergite densely and finely striate with reticulation; third tergite almost entirely and finely reticulate-rugose with densely striation (Fig. 12F). Setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.6 × as long as fore wing (total visible sheath 0.7 ×), and 1.8 × as long as hind tibia (Fig. 12H).
Colour. Blackish (Fig. 11); 2 basal segments of antenna, mandible, legs except hind tibia and tarsus yellowish; head, face and clypeus dark reddish brown; mesosoma, metasoma, hind tibia and tarsus black; pterostigma and veins brown, wing membrane slightly infuscated.
Variation: body length 3.4–3.6 mm; of fore wing 3.7–3.8 mm.
description: Published as part of Zhu, Jiachen, Achterberg, Cornelis Van & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2018, Review of the genus Hylcalosia Fischer (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae), with description of four new species from China, pp. 547-565 in Zootaxa 4462 (4) on pages 562-565, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4462.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/1441855