Siniphanerotomella disparclypeolus Ji et Chen 2003
Creators: name: Yao, Junli
name: Achterberg, Cornelis Van
name: Zhao, Qingyan
name: Zhou, Jin-Jin
name: Peng, Yanqiong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Siniphanerotomella
Siniphanerotomella disparclypeolus

description: Siniphanerotomella disparclypeolus Ji et Chen, 2003
Fig. 3
Redescription. ♂, length of body 2.4 mm, of fore wing 2.6 mm.
Material. Holotype, China, Fujian, Wuyi mountain, Guadun, 28. VII, 1986, Zhanghong.
Head. Median length of head 0.4 × its width (Fig. 3D). Occipital carina incomplete, absent behind posterior ocelli (Fig. 3D). Antenna with 25 antennomeres (one intact, other 10 antennomeres remaining); scapus robust, 1.3 × wider and 2.2 × longer than pedicellus, F1 1.2 × F2, length of F1, F2, tenth and penultimate antennomeres 3.8, 2.7, 2.0, 1.8 their width, respectively (Fig. 3I). Eyes slightly protruding, glabrous, 1.5 × length of temple in dorsal view (Fig. 3D). Temples narrowed behind eyes. Frons slightly concave medially (Fig. 3E), smooth with sparse ridges below, laterally reticulate and extending from anterior ocellus to antennal sockets. Vertex and temple reticulate. Ocelli small, arranged in regular triangle; POL:OD: OOL= 4:9:13 (Fig. 3D). Length of face 0.5 × its width; face protruding near antennal sockets, reticulate, medially convex and longitudinal ridge obvious and dorsal 1/4 not smooth. obliquely rugose near dorsolateral corners (Fig. 3C). Clypeus distinctly separated from face, length 0.6 × its width, truncate apico-medially; clypeus evenly convex and nearly smooth, punctulate slightly and sparsely, basal less than 1/2 smooth, obliquely stripe in more than apical half. Hypoclypeal depression small (Fig. 3C). Length of malar space 0.7 × basal width of mandible. Mandible long, upper tooth much longer than lower tooth, with deep basal depression.
Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 2.0 × its height.Sides of pronotum smooth medially, remainder largely punctate (Fig. 3F). Mesoscutum densely reticulate-rugose medially, with notauli and mid pit trace, middle lobe convex basally, medio-apically slightly concave and coarsely reticulate (Fig. 3G). Scutellum narrowed with a sharp end, shallowly punctate, nearly smooth, 1.1 longer than wide. Scutellar sulcus widely crenulate, with 8 areolae. Mesopleuron convex medially and sparsely punctate, densely punctate-reticulate basally, precoxal sulcus indistinct but coarsely punctate (Fig. 3F). Postpectal carina distinct. Metapleuron slightly convex, densely reticulate. Propodeum densely reticulate mostly, smooth basally, dorsal part 2.0 × longer than posterior part, basal 2/3 with longitudinal ridge, not connected with transverse ridge, transverse ridge strong and complete, connected with two lateral longitudinal ridges, posterior part without longitudinal ridges (Fig. 3G).
Wings. Fore wing: length of pterostigma 3.0 × its width; veins 1- R 1 and SR1 complete, vein 1- R 1 1.6 × length of pterostigma; SR1:r:3-SR: SR1 = 8:11:64; second submarginal cell large, roof-shaped; vein 2-SR+M nearly absent, 2-M incomplete, vein r-m absent but with trace of vein, vein m-cu postfurcal; vein 2-SR+M nearly absent, remaining trace as long as vein m-cu; vein cu-a distinctly postfurcal; cu-a (3/4 present): 1-CU1: 2-CU1 = 12:5:35 (Fig. 3B). Hind wing: vein 2-SC+ R longitudinal (= horizontal); vein r absent; M+CU: 1-M = 25:11 (Fig. 3B).
Legs. Hind coxa smooth; hind femur robust, but fore and middle femora normal; length of hind femur 2.6 × its width; hind tibia widened apically (Fig. 3L), slightly longer than hind tarsus; length of hind basitarsus 2.7 × inner hind tibial spur, 0.4 × length of hind tarsus.
Metasoma. Metasomal carapace in lateral view protruding dorso-apically (Fig. 3H). Surface of T 1 and apical 1/2 of T 3 longitudinally reticulate-rugose, T 2 and basal 1/2 of T 3 shallowly reticulate and with dense longitudinal stripes (Fig. 3J), T 3 moderately emarginated apico-ventrally in posterior view, slightly reticulate-rugose above emargination, with smooth interspaces between sculpture (Fig. 3K), and sparse pale bristles (Figs 3J, 3H) and rounded apically in lateral view (Fig. 3H), length of T 1: T 2: T 3 = 25:18:40; length of T 1 and T 2 1.2 × and 0.5 × their apical width, respectively, length of T 3 1.2 ×its basal width (Fig. 3J).
Colour. Reddish-brown; palpi white; mandible brownish yellow, blackish-brown apically; scapus and pedicellus brownish-yellow, antenna darkened towards apex; tegulae light brown; fore leg: tibia apically light brown and basitarsus brown; hind leg: femur and tibia apically brown, remaining brownish-yellow. Wing membrane dark brown with pale band below base of pterostigma; pterostigma light brown, brownish yellow basally and apically and veins yellowish-brown (Fig. 3A).
description: Published as part of Yao, Junli, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Zhao, Qingyan, Zhou, Jin-Jin & Peng, Yanqiong, 2024, Revisional notes on Siniphanerotomella He et al. (Hymenoptera Braconidae Cheloninae) with description of a new species from China, pp. 259-269 in Zootaxa 5537 (2) on pages 264-266, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5537.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/14239925