Pholetesor circumscriptus Nees 1834
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 circumscriptus

description: Pholetesor circumscriptus (Nees, 1834)
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Apanteles lautellus Marshall, 1885: Wilkinson, 1938: 41; Papp 1983: 251.
Microgaster longicauda Ratzeburg, 1852: 53; Fahringer, 1938: 10 (Apanteles Microgaster bicolor Nees var. longicauda. m.); Shenefelt, 1972: 559 (longicauderra nom. nov.); Belokobylskij, 2003: 386 (Apanteles longicauderra).
Microgaster ardeaepenellae Bouch é, 1834: Fahringer, 1936: 227; Shenefelt, 1972: 470.
Microgaster bicolor Nees, 1834: Wilkinson, 1938: 41.
Microgaster blancardellae Bouch é, 1834: Shenefelt, 1972: 471; Papp 1983: 251; Wilkinson, 1938: 41.
Microgaster exiguus Haliday, 1834: Wilkinson, 1938: 41; Shenefelt, 1972: 471.
Microgaster femoralis Bouch é, 1834: Nees, 1834: 181; Rondani, 1876; 120–138.
Microgaster flavolimbatus Ratzeburg, 1848: Papp 1983: 251; Shenefelt, 1972: 471; Wilkinson, 1938: 41.
Microgaster lividipes Wesmael, 1837: Shenefelt, 1972: 471.
Microgaster umbellatarum Haliday, 1834: Shenefelt, 1972: 472; Papp 1983: 251; Wilkinson, 1938: 41.
Pholetesor circumscriptus: Mason, 1981: 39; Whitfield, 2006: 77.
Diagnosis. Mesoscutum with satin-like sheen; phragma freely exposed; scutellar sulcus reduced to a fine groove in which there is no obvious foveolation; female somewhat variable in colour; usually gaster entirely dark, rarely T1, T2 and T3 reddish-yellow; pterostigma yellowish to pale grayish-brown; turned-over part of T1 and basal field (T2+T3) in highly triangle, tending to be highly polished.
Material examined. 1♀, Cangshan, Dali, Yunnan, 2009. V.25, Zeng Jie, No. 200905209; 1♀, Datianpo, Tengchong, Yunnan, 2009. V.22, Zeng Jie, No. 200904518; 1♀, West Mt. Tianmu, Linan, Zhejiang, 1984. VII.27, Wu Xiaojing, No. 844110; 1♀, West Mt. Tianmu (Laodian to Xianrending 1250–1547m), Linan, Zhejiang, 1989. VI.5, He Junhua, No. 890975; 3♀♀, West Mt. Tianmu (Laodian to Xianrending 1250–1547m), Linan, Zhejiang, 1988. V.17–18, Xu Weiliang, Nos. 885952, 885960, 885980; 1♀, West Mt. Tianmu (Chanyuan Temple 330m), Linan, Zhejiang, 1988. V.16, Lou Xiaoming, No. 883238; 1♀, West Mt. Tianmu, Linan, Zhejiang, 1994. VI.4, He Junhua, No. 940942; 1♀, Mt. Qingcheng, Sichuan, 2006. VII.19, Zhang Hongying, No. 200613888; 1♀, Mt. Lao, Shandong, 1995. VIII.4, He Junhua, No. 965163; 1♀, Mt. Gutian, Kaihua, Zhejiang, 2005. VII.2, Shi Min, No. 200611513; 1♀, Mt. Gutian, Kaihua, Zhejiang, 1992. VII.22, Wu Hong, No. 949122; 1♀, Mt. Gutian, Kaihua, Zhejiang, 1992. VII.25, Wu Hong, No. 949186; 2♂♂, Changsha, Hunan, 1957,VI, Peng Jianwen, No. 5730.6 (2); 1♀, West Mt. Tianmu, Linan, Zhejiang, 1988. XI.3, Zhao Mingshui, No. 20000466; 1♀, Kuankuoshui Reserve, Guizhou, 2010. VI.25, Zeng Jie, No. 201005634.
Distribution. China (Yunnan, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Shandong) new record; Eastern Palaearctic, Europe, Oceanic, Western Palaearctic region.
Note. This species is recorded from China for the first time. It is a variable species especially in colour. Wilkinson (1938) redescribed the species in detail. The only valid characters for recognizing P. circumscriptus are the shape of basal field of tergites (2+3) together with the smooth, polished appearance of it and turned-over part of T1 (Nixon, 1973).
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 372-375, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4150.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/267594