Dolichogenidea sicarius
Creators: name: Liu, Zhen
name: He, Jun-Hua
name: Chen, Xue-Xin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Dolichogenidea
Dolichogenidea sicarius

description: Dolichogenidea sicarius (Marshall, 1885)   
Figures 28, 38  
 Apanteles sicarius Marshall, 1885: 209. Holotype in BMNH.   
 Apanteles sicarius Marshall: Wilkinson, 1945: 177; Fahringer, 1935: 202; Telenga, 1955: 74; Nixon, 1972: 722; Tobias, 1986: 789; Papp, 1978: 271.   
 Apanteles chrysostictus Marshall, 1889 (4): 466. Syn. by Wilkinson (1945).   
 Apanteles crudelis Papp, 1971: Papp, 1976: 235. Syn. by Papp (1978).   
 Dolichogenidea sicarius: Mason, 1981: 36; Papp, 1988: 148; Belokobylskij, 2003: 388.   
 Diagnosis. Pterostigma evenly brown throughout; wings usually milky-white; metacarp about twice as long as its distance from apex of the marginal cell; 1 st discal cell slightly wider than high; antenna not longer than mesosoma plus metasoma, with 15–17 segments distinctly longer than wide; ovipositor sheath usually as long as hind tibia; legs very dark, hind femur always blackish throughout; spines on outer side of hind tibia rather weak and not numerous; T1 distinctly a little widened towards apex; and horizontal surface of T1 about twice as wide as long, dull, with satiny sheen overlying traces of punctuation.   
 Host. Phalonia epilinana Linne (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) (new record); Plutellidae, Tortricidae, Oecophoridae, Choreutidae, Crambidae, Elachistidae, Gelechiidae, Pyralidae, Momphidae.   
 Viaration. Some specimens with yellowish-brown metasoma.   
 Male. Wings more conspicuously milky-white than in female.   
 Material examined. 5♀♀, Huhehaote, Inner Mongolia, 1981. IX.17, Plant Protection Institute, host: Phalonia epilinana Linne, Nos. 831772(4), 822281(1); 1♂, Huhehaote, Inner Mongolia, 1981. IX.17, Plant Protection Institute, No. 822281; 1♀, Hebukesaier, Xinjiang, 1990. VII.18, Ma Qi, No. 907449; 5♀♀, Shenyang, Liaoning, 1995. VI–VII. 4, Lou Juxian, Nos. 960362, 960674, 960611, 960564, 960370; 1♀, Mt. Fengyang, Longquan, Zhejiang, 1983. VII.28, Zhou Shansen, No. 832047; 1♀, Mt. Tiantai, Qinling, Shannxi, 1998. VI.10, Ma Yun, No. 984049; 1♀, Baimazhai, Pingwu, Sichuan, 2006. VII.25, Zhang Hongying, No. 200612524; 12♀♀, Gegentala, Inner Mongolia, 2000. VIII.16, Ma Yun, Nos. 200 100937, 200100943, 200100941, 200100956, 200100947, 200100824, 200100935, 200101130, 200100826, 200100829, 200100804, 200100917; 17♀♀, Inner Mongolia, 2000. VIII.17, Ma Yun, Nos. 200701743, 200701767, 200701776, 200701778, 200701744, 200701749, 200701753, 200701762, 200701768, 200701755, 200701771, 200701760, 200701763, 200701779, 200701782, 200701775, 200701754; 1♀, Zhengxiangbaiqi, Inner Mongolia, 1985. VI.23, Guo Yuanchao, host: pupa of Plutella xylostella (L.), No. 852063; 1♀, Zhengxiangbaiqi, Inner Mongolia, 2002. VII.6, Guo Yuanchao, No. 20030112; 6♀♀, Gegentala, Inner Mongolia, 2000. VIII.16, He Junhua, Nos. 200101081, 200101027, 200101016, 200101064, 200101074, 200101073; 14♀♀, Mt. Xiaowutai (Jinhekou), Hebei, 2000. VIII.1–3, Bu Wenjun, Nos. 2 0 0 101363, 200101364, 200101370, 200101372, 200101373, 200101365, 200101361, 200101368, 200101362, 200101344, 200101345, 200101374, 200101358, 200101360; 2♀♀, Rikaze, Tibet, 2002. IX.4, Lin Naiquan, Nos. 20033693, 20033694.   
 Distribution. China (Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Shannxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Xinjiang, Zhejiang) new record; Eastern Palaearctic, Europe, Oceanic, Western Palaearctic.   
 Note. Features of the specimens agree with the descriptions of Wilkinson (1945), Telenga (1955), Nixon   
(1972), Tobias (1986) and Papp (1978).
description: Published as part of Liu, Zhen, He, Jun-Hua & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2018, The laevigata - group of the genus Dolichogenidea Mason, 1981 from China, with descriptions of 26 new species, pp. 1-74 in Zootaxa 4436 (1) on pages 56-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4436.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1292683