Aphelopus orientalis Olmi 1984
Creators: name: Xu, Zaifu
name: Olmi, Massimo
name: He, Junhua
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Dryinidae
Aphelopus
Aphelopus orientalis

description: 19. Aphelopus orientalis Olmi, 1984
(Plate 8D)
Aphelopus orientalis Olmi 1984: 67; He & Xu 2002: 56; Xu et al. 2011 g (Suppl.): 3.
Aphelopus albopictoides Xu & He 1999c: 3; type locality: Mt. Tianmushan (Zhejiang, China); He & Xu 2002: 75; syn. nov.
Description of Female. Fully winged; length 1.6–1.9 mm. Head black, except mandible testaceous (occasionally (in specimens from Taiwan and Sabah) clypeus and anterior region of face testaceous; in specimen from China, Ningxia Hui Nationality Autonomous Region, Qiuqianjia, clypeus, gena and anterior region of face between antennal toruli testaceous); antenna brown, except segments 1–2 testaceous; mesosoma black; metasoma brown; legs testaceous. Antenna clavate; antennal segments in following proportions: 6:4:5:4:4:4:4:4:4:9. Head dull, granulated; frontal line incomplete; POL = 6; OL = 3.5; OOL = 3.5; OPL = 2; TL = 2; occipital carina complete. Scutum, scutellum and metanotum dull, granulated. Notauli incomplete, reaching approximately 0.50–0.65 length of scutum. Propodeum with anterior surface reticulate rugose; posterior surface sculptured by two longitudinal keels, median area shiny and smooth and lateral areas dull, reticulate rugose. Fore wing hyaline, without dark transverse bands. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.
Description of Male. Fully winged; length 1.6–2.7 mm. Head black or brown, except mandible testaceous (occasionally (in specimens from Taiwan, China and Sabah) face anteriorly testaceous); antenna brown, except segment 1 testaceous; mesosoma black or brown; metasoma black or brown; legs testaceous, except club of metafemur brown. Antenna filiform; antennal segments of holotype in following proportions: 5:6:6:7:7:8:8:8:8:9. Head dull, granulated; frontal line complete; POL = 10; OL = 5; OOL = 4; OPL = 5; TL = 4; occipital carina complete. Scutum, scutellum and metanotum dull, granulated. Notauli incomplete, reaching approximately 0.4–0.5 length of scutum. Propodeum with strong transverse keel between dorsal and posterior surface; dorsal surface dull, reticulate rugose; posterior surface sculptured by two longitudinal keels, with median area smooth and shiny and lateral areas reticulate rugose. Fore wing hyaline, without dark transverse bands. Basivolsella (Plate 8D) without outer basal process, with two subdistal bristles. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.
Material esamined. Types: ♀ holotype of A. orientalis: CHINA: Taiwan, Chiayi, Fenkihu (BPBM); ♂ holotype of A. albopictoides: CHINA: Zhejiang, Mt. Tianmushan, 11.VII.1993, Jufa Ma leg. (ZJUC). Paratypes: SRI LANKA: Kandy District, 4.5 mi. W of Maskeliya, Adams Peak Trail, 1♂ paratype of A. orientalis (USNM). Other material. CHINA: Guangdong, Ruyan, Nanling National Nature Reserve, 8.V.2004, Zaifu Xu leg., 1♂ (SCAU); Guangdong, Nanling National Nature Reserve, Protection Station, 21–25.IV.2011, Huayan Chen leg., 1♀ (SCAU); Guangdong, Dinghushan National Nature Reserve, 2–6.VIII.2010, Huayan Chen leg., 1♂ (SCAU); Guizhou,: Mt. Leigongshan, 1600 m, 2.VI.2005, Caiying Jiang leg., 1♂ (SCAU); Hainan, Mt. Wuzhishan, 15–16.V.2008, Jingxian Liu leg., 1♂ (SCAU); Sichuan, Pingwu, Baimazhai, 25.VII.2006, Hongying Zhang leg., 1♂ (ZJUC); Taiwan, Chiayi, Mt. Alishan, 2400 m (TARI); Taiwan, Hualien, Tayuling, 2570 m (FSCA); Taiwan, Nantou, Wushe, 1150 m (TARI, AEIC, PMA); Taiwan, Nantou, Meifeng, 2150 m, VI.1984, K.S. Lin & K.C. Chou leg. (TARI, AMNH); Taiwan, Nantou, Sungkang, 2100 m (TARI); Taiwan, Nantou, Tungpu, 1200 m, 1.VI.1990 (TARI, DEUCR); Taiwan, Nantou, Lienhuachih, 650 m (TARI); Taiwan, Nantou, Tsuifeng, 2300 m (TARI); Taiwan, Nantou, Lushan, 1000 m (TARI); Taiwan, Pingtung, Ouluanpi, Coast Forest (TARI); Taiwan, Taichung, Kukuan, 730 m (TARI); Taiwan, Taichung, Wanfeng Hill (TARI); Taiwan, Taichung, Anmashan, 2275 m (TARI); Taiwan, Taichung, Wuling, 1900 m (TARI); Taiwan, Taichung, Chiapaotai, 750 m (TARI); Taiwan, Taitung, Hwalien-Tungho, Fuli (TARI); Taiwan, Yunlin, Silo, Taiwan (TARI); Yunnan, Tengchong, 26.IV.1986, Junhua He leg., 1♀ (ZJUC); Yunnan, Tengchong, 19–20.IV.1986, Junhua He leg., 1♀ (ZJUC); Yunnan, Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve, 20.VII.2006, Jie Zeng leg., 1♀ (ZJUC); Yunnan, Yingjiang, Tongbiguan, 18.V.2009, Jie Zeng leg., 1♀ (SCAU); Yunnan, Tengchong, Jietou, 12.V.2009, Jie Zeng leg., 1♀ (SCAU); same locality label, Jie Zeng leg., 1♀ (SCAU); Yunnan, Jinghong, Naban River National Nature Reserve, 19–23.VII.2011, YPT, Nasen Wei et al. leg., 1♀ (SCAU); Yunnan, Gejiu, Lvchun, 1900–1980 m, 25.VII.2003, Long Hu leg., 1♀ (SCAU); Zhejiang, Mt. Tianmushan, 25–29.VII.2011, Huayan Chen leg., 1♀ (SCAU); Zhejiang, Mt. West Tianmushan, Xianrending, 30.VII.2003, Xuexin Chen leg., 1♀ (ZJUC); same locality label, 1506 m, 28.VII.2003, Xuexin Chen leg., 1♂ (ZJUC); same locality label, 28.VII.2003, Xiaoxia Yu leg., 1♀ (ZJUC). INDONESIA: Sulawesi, near Mamasa, Penannang, 1620 m, 9–22.IV.1991 (RNHL). LAOS: Salavan (=Wapikhamthong), Vapy (=Wapi) (BPBM); Sayaboury (BPBM); Vientiane, Ban Van Eue (BPBM, AMNH). MALAYSIA: Malaya: Kuala Lumpur, Klang Gates (BPBM); Sabah, Tenompok (BPBM, AMNH); Sabah, Sipitang, Mendolong (ZIL). MYANMAR: Kambaiti, 2000 m (ZIL). THAILAND: Mae Hong Son, Soppong, 19°27'N 98°20'E, 1500 m, 15–17.XI.1996 (OLL); NW of Chiangmai, Fang (BPBM); 70 Km SW of Chiang Mai, 38 Km Doi Inthanon Nat. Park, 1700 m (PMA); Doi Inthanon Nat. Park, 70 Km SW of Chiang Mai, 1260 m (PMA). Palaearctic: CHINA: Ningxia Hui Nationality Autonomous Region, Mt. Liupanshan, Hongxia Forest Farm, 2.VII.2008, Jingxian Liu leg., 1♂ (SCAU); Ningxia Hui Nationality Autonomous Region, Mt. Liupanshan, Longtan Forest Farm, 6.VII.2008, Jingxian Liu leg., 1♂ and 1♀ (SCAU); Ningxia Hui Nationality Autonomous Region, Jingyuan, Mt. Liupanshan, Heshangpu, 25.VI.2008, Jingxian Liu leg., 1♂ (SCAU); Ningxia Hui Nationality Autonomous Region, Jingyuan, Mt. Liupanshan, Qiuqianjia, 8.VII.2008, Jingxian Liu leg., 1♀ (SCAU); same locality label, 1–12.VII.2008, Jiemin Yao leg., 10♀♀ and 15♂ (SCAU); Ningxia Hui Nationality Autonomous Region, Mt. Liupanshan, Hongxia, 1–2.VII.2008, Jingxian Liu leg., 1♀ (SCAU); Ningxia Hui Nationality Autonomous Region, Pengyang, Guamagou, 9.VII.2008, Jingxian Liu leg., 2♀♀ (SCAU); Ningxia Hui Nationality Autonomous Region, Jingyuan, Mt. Liupanshan, 11.VII.2008, Jingxian Liu leg., 1♂ (SCAU); Shanxi, Lishan National Nature Reserve, Dahe Protection Station, 22–26.VIII.2012, YPT, Yajun Ren leg., 1♀ (SCAU).
Hosts. Unknown.
Distribution. China (Taiwan, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Hainan, Yunnan, Ningxia, Shanxi), Sri Lanka (Kandy), Indonesia (Sulawesi,), Laos (Salavan, Sayaboury, Vientiane), Myanmar (Kambaiti), Malaysia (Malaya, Sabah), Thailand (Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai).
Remarks. The type of A. albopictoides Xu & He, 1999 was compared with the types and other specimens of A. orientalis Olmi, 1984. There are no differences. The new synonymy is established and A. orientalis gains priority over A. albopictoides.
description: Published as part of Xu, Zaifu, Olmi, Massimo & He, Junhua, 2013, Dryinidae of the Oriental region (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea), pp. 1-460 in Zootaxa 3614 (1) on pages 31-33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3614.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5278372