Apanteles saravus Nixon 1965
Creators: name: Liu, Zhen
name: He, Jun-Hua
name: Chen, Xue-Xin
name: Gupta, Ankita
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Apanteles
Apanteles saravus

description: Apanteles saravus Nixon, 1965   
(Figures 74, 102)  
 Apanteles saravus Nixon, 1965: 81. Type in the U.S. National Museum. Shenefelt, 1972: 623.   
 Diagnosis. Pterostigma pale brownish yellow with weak darker border; edge of vannal lobe beyond its widest point with at most a few hardly visible, slightly projecting setae; legs obscure brownish throughout; face smooth, shiny, and impunctate; notaulic course behind with striate-punctations; areola sharply defined; metacarp fully 6.0 as long as its distance from apex of marginal cell; inner spur of hind tibia hardly longer than outer spur; ovipositor sheath about as long as hind tibia, setae long, upright; wings markedly brownish with brown setae; hind wing narrow, with second submarginal cell somewhat elongate; spines along upper surface of hind tibia thick and sparse.   
 Material examined. 1♀, Chibi, Yongqin, Fujian, 2002.IX.17, Liu Jingxian, No. 20023529; 1♀, Dazhulan, Mt. Wuyi, Fujian, 1994.VII.15, Chen Xuexin, No. 942015; 1♀, Tongmu, Mt. Wuyi, Fujian, 1994.VII.14, ditto, No. 942347; 1♀, Fuzhou, Fujian, 1992.X.14, Liu Changming, No. 967105; 1♀, Tianbaoyan, Yongan, Fujian, 2001.VII.15–18, Xu Zaifu, No. 20020329; 1♀, Youxi, Fujian, 1988.X.15, Zheng Qi, No. 20005090; 1♀, Fengkai, Guangdong, 1992.V.18, Ma Yun, No. 921205; 1♀, Fengxi, Meizhou, Guangdong, 2003.VII.29, Chen Jujian, No. 20048539; 1♀, Mt. Guanyin, Fogang, Guangdong, 2002.VII.30, Xu Zaifu, No. 20029463; 4♀♀, Dawuling, Xinyi, Guangdong, 2002.V.1–6, ditto, Nos. 20025820, 20025806, 20025870, 200257470; 3♀♀ 3♂♂, 9km to Hanjiangq- iao, Mt. Daming, Guangxi, 2011.VIII.11, Yan Chengjin, Nos. 201101018, 201101020, 201101060, 201101024, 201101057, 201101065; 5♀♀ 1♂, Mt. Daming (846m), Guangxi, 2011.VIII.10, Liu Zhen, Nos. 20110059, 20110060, 201100961, 201100968, 201100971, 201100963(♂); 3♂♂, Neichao, Mt. Daming, Guangxi, 2011. VIII.13, Yan Chengjin, Nos. 201100837, 201100828, 201100838; 2♂♂, Shuilinfeng, Mt. Daming, Guangxi, 2011. VIII.9, Liu Zhen, Nos. 201100846, 201100853; 1♀, Guilin, Guangxi, 1987.V.7, Wu Hong, No. 946546; 1♀, Xianlv- dong (644–1062m), Daozhen, Guizhou, 2004.VIII.25, Wu Qiong, No. 200617402; 1♀, Shilingou, Kuankuoshui Nature Reserve, Guizhou, 2010.VI.9, Tan Jiangli, No. 201005543; 1♀, Fangxiangxiang (1000m), Mt. Leigong, Guizhou, 2005.VI.2, Zhang Hongying, No. 200605673; 1♀, Mt. Jiulong, Huishui, Guizhou, 2010.VI.11, Zeng Jie, No. 201003840; 1♀, Hongmaocun, Yinggeling, Hainan, 2007.V.23–25, Zeng Jie, No. 200804428; 1♀, Ying- geling, Hainan, 2007.X.18, Liu Jingxian, No. 200709828; 1♀, Jianfengling, Hainan, 2008.XI.22, Tan Jiangli, No. 200805333; 1♀, Xiangbizigou, Mt. Huping, Shimen, Hunan, 2009.VII.8, Zeng Jie, No. 200901985; 1♀, Dingping, Mt. Huping (800m), Shimen, Hunan, 1987.VII.12, Lei Guangchun, No. 20044509; 6♀♀, Lvshui Nuclear Power Station (536m), Yunnan, 2003.VII.23, Xu Zaifu, Nos. 20055421, 20055404, 20055432, 20055339, 20055357, 20055378; 1♀, ditto, Li Jingting, No. 20045532; 1♀, Lvshuihe Rainforest, Gejiu, Yunnan, 2003.VII.23, Lu Jia, No. 20045565; 1♀, Mt. Tianmu, Zhejiang, 1984.VII.27, Qian Ying, No. 842860; 1♀, ditto, 1983.VI.17, Shi Zuhua, No. 830534; 1♀ 1♂, ditto, 1983.VI.17, He Junhua, Nos. 830605, 830606; 1♀, Baishanzu, Qingyuan, Zhejiang, 1993. V.7, Wu Hong, No. 946546.   
 Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Yunnan, Zhejiang) new record; Philippines, Vietnam.   
 Remarks. Characters of the examined specimens mostly agree with the published descriptions, except for the second submarginal cell much longer and face with shallow punctures.
description: Published as part of Liu, Zhen, He, Jun-Hua, Chen, Xue-Xin & Gupta, Ankita, 2020, The ater-group of the genus Apanteles Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from China with the descriptions of forty-eight new species, pp. 1-205 in Zootaxa 4807 (1) on page 151, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4807.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3927639