Alysia fossulata Provancher 1888
Creators: name: Zhu, Jia-Chen
name: Achterberg, Cornelis Van
name: Chen, Xue-Xin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Alysia
Alysia fossulata

description: Alysia fossulata Provancher, 1888   
Figs 13–14  
 Alysia fossulata Provancher, 1888: 391; Shenefelt, 1974: 945; Wharton, 1980: 22.   
 Alysia (Alysia) fossulata; Wharton, 1986: 497.   
 Material. 1♀ (ZJUH), “ [NE. China:] Shaanxi, Foping, Longcaiping, 4.vi.1998, Ma Yun, No. 982008.   
 Diagnosis. Body black (Fig. 13); mandible and legs dark brown; third antennomere (including annellus) 1.5 × longer than fourth antennomere and setae of fifth and sixth antennomere in 2 rows (Fig. 14F); eye in dorsal view almost equal to temple (Fig. 14H); eye in lateral view 1.4 × higher than wide (Fig. 12J); frons smooth posteriorly, but with some reticulate-rugosity between antennal sockets (Fig. 14H); vertex and temple smooth and with sparse long setae (Fig. 14H); face sculptured and with some rugae medially, 2.5 × wider than high, distinct convex medially, with a short medio-longitudinal ridge and long setae near eye (Fig. 14I); clypeus small and semielliptical, with some punctures and long setae (Fig. 14I); precoxal sulcus widely crenulate, only reaching anterior edge of epicnemial area, removed from middle coxa (Fig. 14B); notauli incomplete, only present anteriorly, distinctly crenulated (Fig. 14C); medio-posterior depression deep and long, with some carinae, almost extending to middle of mesoscutum, mesoscutum smooth and glabrous (Fig. 14C); surface of propodeum densely reticulaterugose, with medio-longitudinal carina distinctly protruding in lateral view, areola absent posteriorly, spiracle of propodeum large, diameter of opening (including membrane) more than 1/5 of minimum distance from spiracle to anterior edge of propodeum (Fig. 14D); pterostigma wide and hemispherically shaped, 3.2 × longer than its maximum width (Fig. 14A); hind coxa smooth (Fig. 14M); length of first tergite almost equal to its apical width, its surface finely longitudinally striate (Fig. 14D); ovipositor sheath very short, setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.04 × as long as fore wing (total visible sheath 0.06 times), and 0.2 × as long as hind tibia (Fig. 14G).   
 Description. ♀, Length of body 5.9 mm, of fore wing 5.5 mm.   
Head. Transverse, width of head 2.1 × its lateral length, and 1.5 × wider than mesoscutum (Fig. 14F); antenna with 34 antennomere, third antennomere (including annellus) 1.5 × longer than fourth antennomere, length of third, fourth and penultimate antennomere 2.5, 1.4 and 1.3 × their width, respectively (Fig. 14F); length of maxillary palp 1.3 × height of head (Fig. 14J); eye in dorsal view almost equal to temple (Fig. 14H); eye in lateral view 1.4 × higher than wide (Fig. 14J); frons smooth posteriorly, but with some reticulate-rugosity between antennal sockets (Fig. 14H); vertex and temple smooth and with few long setae (Fig. 14H); OOL:diameter of ocellus:POL= 15:5:3; face sculptured and with some rugae medially, 2.5 × wider than high, distinct convex medially and with a short medio-longitudinal ridge and long setae near eye (Fig. 14I); clypeus small and semi-elliptical, with some punctures and long setae (Fig. 14I); mandible enlarged apically, dorsal tooth enlarged, lobe-shaped (Fig. 14K), ventral tooth medium-sized and lobe-shaped (Fig. 14L), middle tooth curved and acute, with wide incision between first and second tooth (Fig. 14K), medial length of mandible 1.5 × its maximum width.  
Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.6 × its height (Fig. 14B); pronope absent; medio-anteriorly pronotum crenulate, remainder of pronotum smooth; epicnemial area widely crenulated (Fig. 14B); precoxal sulcus widely crenulate, only reaching anterior edge of epicnemial area, remaining removed from middle coxa (Fig. 14B); pleural sulcus crenulated; episternal scrobe round and deep (Fig. 14B); metapleuron rugose (Fig. 14B); notauli incomplete, only present anteriorly, distinctly crenulated (Fig. 14C); medio-posterior depression deep and long, with some carinae, almost extending to middle of mesoscutum, mesoscutum smooth and bare (Fig. 14C); scutellar sulcus deep, with three longitudinal carinae, sulcus 4.0 × wider than its maximum length (Fig. 14C); scutellum smooth; surface of propodeum densely reticulate-rugose, with medio-longitudinal carina distinctly protruding in lateral view, areola absent posteriorly, spiracle of propodeum large, diameter of its opening more than 1/5 of minimum distance from spiracle to anterior edge of propodeum (Fig. 14D).  
Wings (Fig. 14A). Pterostigma wide and hemispherical shaped, 3.2 × longer than its maximum width. r:3- SR:SR1 = 10:18:65; 1-SR+M slightly sinuate; SR1 curved; r 0.6 × as long as width of pterostigma, vein r issuing from middle of pterostigma; cu-a postfurcal; 1-CU1:2-CU1 = 6:15; 3-CU1 longer than CU1b; 2-SR:3-SR:r-m = 8:5:5; m-cu antefurcal, converging to 1-M posteriorly; first subdiscal cell 3.1 × as long as wide; M+CU1 sclerotized. Hind wing: M+CU: 1-M: 1r-m = 15:10:9; m-cu postfurcal.  
Legs. Hind coxa smooth, without ventro-basal tubercle, with dense long setae (Fig. 14M); tarsal claws slender, longer than arolium (Fig. 13); length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg 4.1, 7.9 and 5.7 × their width, respectively; apical appendages of hind tarsal segments absent, segments ventrally with dense bristles (Fig. 14M).  
Metasoma. Length of first tergite almost equal to its apical width, its surface finely longitudinally striate; dorsope distinct (Fig. 14D); ovipositor sheath very short, setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.04 × as long as fore wing (total visible sheath 0.06 times), and 0.2 × as long as hind tibia (Fig. 14G).  
Colour. Black (Fig. 13); mandible and legs dark brown; pterostigma and veins brown, wing membrane hyaline.
description: Published as part of Zhu, Jia-Chen, Achterberg, Cornelis Van & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2018, Review of the genus Alysia Latreille (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae), with description of six new species from China, pp. 1-42 in Zootaxa 4500 (1) on pages 19-22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4500.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5755225