Apanteles heichinensis Sonan 1942
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 heichinensis

description: Apanteles heichinensis Sonan, 1942   
(Figures 90, 103)  
 Apanteles heichinensis Sonan, 1942: 245. Holotype ♀ — Taiwan, China [TARI]. Chou, 1979: 305; Chou, 1981: 71–88; You, 1995: 507; You, 2000: 394–400; Shenefelt, 1972: 530; Chen & Song, 2004: 56.   
 Diagnosis. Body length 2.6 mm, fore wing length 2.9 mm. Body black, hind femur yellowish brown. Posterior tangent to anterior ocellus just touching posterior ocelli, distance between fore and hind ocellus about as long as diameter of hind ocellus. Antenna distinctly shorter than body length, penultimate flagellomere slightly longer than wide. Interspaces between punctures on disc of mesonotum as long as its diameter. Areola on propodeum narrow, V-shaped apically, without strong costulae, posterio-lateral parts unsculptured. Pterostigma 2.6× as long as its widest part, vein 1-R1 1.2× longer than pterostigma, vein r 2.0× longer than vein 2-SR, distinctly angled at junction. T1 parallel-sided at anterior half, strongly narrowed at apical half, 3.6× longer than hind width, turned-over part slightly shiny, shallowly rugose-punctate, longitudinal channel shallow, smooth inside; T2 shiny and nearly polished, except a few weak punctures, 3.0× wider than long in the middle; T3 1.9× longer than T2. Ovipositor sheath 1.2× longer than hind tibia.   
 Hosts. According to the label, Casinaria colacae Sonan (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae), Aglossa dimidiata Haworth (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Choristoneura diversana (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). According to literature, Homona coffearia (Nietner) (Chou, 1979).   
 Material examined. 1♀, Xiamen, Fujian, 1988.VII.28, He Junhua, No. 887907; 1♀, Mt. Xiaowuyi, Fujian, 1983.VII.26–29, He Junhua, No. 832227; 1♀, Jianyang, Fujian, 1985.X, Liu Fuming, No. 854134; 1♀, Shumuyuan, Shenzhou, Fujian, 1991.IV.11, Tang Yuqing, No. 20009942; 1♀, Tianzhu, Gansu, 1990.IV.28, Yu Jihe, No. 911044, ex Choristoneura diversana (Hübner); 5♀♀, Changsha, Hunan, 1980, Tong Xinwang, Nos. 20044857, 20044845, 20044870, 20044880, 20044893; 1♀, Zhangliangmiao (1300m), Liuba, Shaanxi, 1998.VI.7, Ma Yun, No. 982901; 2♀♀, Shanghai, 1978.IX, Zhang Xuefang, Nos. 780742, 803682; 4♀♀ 2♂♂, Lin’an, Zhejiang, 195?, Li Xueliu, No. 830047, ex Casinaria colacae Sonan; 4♀♀, ditto, 1950.X.4, ditto, No. 830070, ex ditto; 1♀, ditto, 1950.X.6, ditto, No. 830080, ex ditto; 3♀♀, ditto, 1950.X.14, ditto, No. 830081, ex ditto; 16♀♀ 1♂, ditto, 1950.X.12, ditto, No. 830048, ex ditto; 6♀♀, ditto, 1950.IX.15, ditto, No. 830060, ex ditto; 3♀♀, ditto, 1950.IX.8, ditto, No. 830065, ex ditto; 3♀♀ 8♂♂, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 1972.VII, He Junhua, No. 72018.2, ex A. dimidita Haworth; 1♀, ditto, 1957.VIII, ditto, No. 5748.20; 1♀, ditto, 1977.IX, ditto, No. 771228; 1♀, ditto, 1989.X, Rong Luqi, No. 895608; 2♀♀, ditto, 1975.X, He Junhua, Nos. 760184, 760185; 1♀, ditto, 1978.V.16, ditto, No. 780298; 1♀, ditto, 1955. X.17, Li Xueliu, No. 830040; 2♀♀, ditto, 1950.IX.12, ditto, No. 830045; 1♀, ditto, 1975.VI.19, He Junhua, No. 750261; 1♀, ditto, 1957.VI.20, ditto, No. 5728.6; 2♀♀ 4♂♂, ditto, 1974.X.28, He Junhua, No. 740788; 1♀, ditto, 1974.X.28, ditto, No. 740249; 4♀♀, ditto, 1982.IX.22, Zhou Caie, Nos. 824958, 824960, 824962, 824964; 1♀, Mt. Tianmu, Zhejiang, 1983.X.3–5, Zhou Caie, No. 834289; 1♀, ditto, 1992.VI.9, Chen Xuexin, No. 922448; 2♂♂, ditto, 1982.X.10, Zhu Kunyan, No. 8260631 ♀, Sanmuping, Mt. Tianmu, Zhejiang, 1998.VII.31, Ma Yun, No. 999273; 1♀, Qingshanhu, Lin’an, Zhejiang, 2004.XI.9, He Junhua, No. 200704919; 1♀, ditto, 2005.VIII.11, Shi Min, No. 200607569; 1♀, Longquan, Zhejiang, light trap, 1965.VII.20, ditto, No. 65054.1; 3♀♀, Lanxi, Zhejiang, 1985.VIII.4–5, Chen Xuexin, Nos. 852142, 852153, 852166; 1♀, Zhejiang, 198?,?, No. 940385.1; 1♀, Jinhua, Zhejiang, 1980.IX.X, Ma Yun, No. 803600.   
 Distribution. China (Fujian, Gansu, Hunan, Shaanxi, Shanghai, Taiwan, Zhejiang).
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 pages 181-183, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4807.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3927639