The ater-group of the genus Apanteles Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from China with the descriptions of forty-eight new species

Abstract

The ater-group including subgroup eublemmae of genus Apanteles Foerster from China is revised, in which a total of 97 species are recorded and illustrated. Forty-eight new species are described and illustrated, i.e., A. albummacula Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. altus Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. ambultor Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. amotus Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. angustus Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. annosus Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. aphanofossa Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. aspersus Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. attenuator Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. bialtus Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. brevitempus Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. bulbus Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. cannabis Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. carssus Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. crassus Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. distributa Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. expansus Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. flavibasalis Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. fraxinus Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. fundum Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. fuscidentalis Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. jasmine Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. lateroglabris Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. limus Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. longicoxa Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. longidiscus Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. magastigma Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. muscosalis Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. ocellisublimus Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. plureseta Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. prominens Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. quadra Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. radocoxa Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. salsala Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. scrobiculatus Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. semicarinatus Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. stigmaium Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. tenuis Liu Chen, sp. nov.; eublemmae-subgroup: A. alticella Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. aphanoiugum Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. cavitergita Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. impunctus Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. lineatella Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. longiala Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. palliditegula Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. rectala Liu Chen, sp. nov.; A. rhombos Liu Chen, sp. nov. and A. setosus Liu Chen, sp. nov. Eleven newly recorded species are redescribed and illustrated, i.e., A. argiope Nixon, 1965; A. brunnistigma Abdinbekova, 1969; A. cerberus Nixon, 1965; A. chloris Nixon, 1965; A. cocotis Wilkinson, 1934; A. demades Nixon, 1965; A. medon Nixon, 1965; A. psenes Nixon, 1965; A. saravus Nixon, 1965; A. sartamus Nixon, 1965 and A. usipetes Nixon, 1965. Three new synonyms are proposed: A. chloris Nixon, 1965 = A. cornicula Chen Song, 2004, A. cavatiptera Chen Song, 2004 = A. glacilipes Song Chen, 2004 = A. opacus (Ashmead, 1905). A key to Chinese species of the ater-group is provided.

Keywords: Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae, Apanteles, ater-group, eublemmae-subgroup, new species, China, key.