Leucospis petiolata
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Leucospidae
Genus: Leucospis
Name
Leucospis petiolata Fabricius, 1787 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Leucospis petiolata Fabricius, 1787: 285; Bouček 1974a[1]: 174; Bouček and Narendran 1981[2]: 11; Narendran 1986[3]: 45; Sheng 2003[4]: 446.
- Leucospis indiensis Weld, 1922: 20. Syn. by Bouček (1974a)[1].
Type material
Lectotype of Leucospis petiolata, ♀ (ZMUC), “INDIA, Tranquebar”, “Leucospis petiolata Fabricius”, “Bouček det, 1971”, ZMUC00241216, designated by Bouček (1974a)[1]. Holotype of Leucospis indiensis, ♀ (USNM), “INDIA, Coimbatore”, “28.I.1913”, “Type No. 24384, U. S. N. M.”, USNMENT01223685. Additional material. 1♀, CHINA, Guangdong, Nanling National Nature Reserve, 10–14.V.2006, Zai-fu Xu, No. 2016000022 (SCAU); 1♀, same locality, 16–18.X.2007, Zai-fu Xu, No. 2016000023 (SCAU); 1♀, CHINA, Guangdong, Fogang, Guangyinshan Provincial Nature Reserve, 15–16.IX.2007, Zai-fu Xu, No. 2016000037 (SCAU).
Diagnosis
Body mainly black or reddish brown with whitish yellow patterns (Figs 110, 112, 114), with antennal scape partly yellowish or ivory ventrally (Figs 111, 115), pronotum with two whitish yellow transverse stripes (Fig. 112), wings brownish, hind femur with whitish yellow mark from base crossing to entire dorsal border, hind tibia mostly whitish yellow dorsally (Figs 110, 118); pronotum with weak discal carina and indistinct premarginal carina; hind femur with nine teeth ventrally, basal one much shorter than following three teeth (Fig. 118); metasoma strongly convex dorsally and medially (Fig. 110); T1 without ovipositorial furrow (Fig. 114); T5 and T6 with ovipositorial furrow (Figs 113, 114); ovipositor sheath only exceeding half-way of T5 (Figs 110, 114).
Redescription
Female. Body length 9.6–11.3 mm. OOL= 2.9 POD; POL= 4.0 POD; MS= 3.2 POD.
Head. Head with dense short pubescence. Frons, lower face and clypeus moderately punctate (Fig. 115). Vertex coarsely and densely punctate (Fig. 116).
Mesosoma. Pronotum, mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, dorsellum, mesopleuron and metapleuron and propodeum coarsely and densely punctate, with short pubescence (Figs 110, 112, 113). Pronotum with weak discal carina, and indistinct premarginal carina replaced by a raised but blunt rib. Dorsellum rounded posteriorly (Fig. 113). Hind coxa finely punctate, with large smooth interspaces and short pubescence, with smooth area dorsally (Fig. 117). Hind femur finely and densely punctate, with nine teeth ventrally; basal tooth much shorter than following three long teeth (Fig. 118). Hind tibia produced into a spine ventro-apically (Fig. 118).
Metasoma. Finely punctate, with short pubescence (Fig. 114). T1 much narrower than T4 or T5 in dorsal view (Fig. 114). T1 without ovipositorial furrow (Fig. 114). T5 longer than T1. Ovipositor sheath medium-sized, up to middle of T5 (Fig. 114).
Colouration. Head black (Figs 110, 112, 115). Antenna black, with scape partly yellowish ventrally (Fig. 111). Pronotum black, with two slender long whitish yellow and narrowly raised transverse stripes, anterior one arcuate and posterior one straight (Fig. 112). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, dorsellum, mesopleuron and metapleuron black (Figs 110, 113). Wings brownish. Fore and mid coxae, trochanters black; fore and mid femora black, with whitish yellow patch apico-dorsally; fore and mid tibiae black, with dorsal border whitish yellow; fore and mid tarsi whitish yellow; hind coxa and trochanter black (Fig. 117); hind femur black, with whitish yellow mark from base crossing to entire dorsal border (Fig. 118); hind tibia black, with dorsal border whitish yellow (Fig. 118); hind tarsi yellowish. Propodeum black, with one whitish yellow transverse spot medio-posteriorly (Fig. 113). T1–T5 reddish brown, sometimes T1 with a pair of whitish yellow spots dorso-laterally, or T5 with whitish yellow stripe posteriorly; T6 black; epipygium black, with a pair of short longitudinal whitish yellow marks laterally (Figs 110, 114).
Male. Not available in this study.
Biology
Unknown. In China collected in May and in September–October.
Distribution
China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao), Australia, Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia (Bouček 1974a[1]).
Taxon Treatment
- Ye, X; van Achterberg, C; Yue, Q; Xu, Z; 2017: Review of the Chinese Leucospidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) ZooKeys, (651): 107-157. doi
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Other References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bouček Z (1974a) A revision of the Leucospidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the world. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, Supplement 23: 1–241.
- ↑ Bouček Z, Narendarn T (1981) The Leucospis species of India and adjacent countries (Hymenoptera: Leucospidae). Oriental Insects 15: 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.1981.10434466
- ↑ Narendran T (1986) Family Leucospidae. In: Subba R Hayat M (Eds) The Chalcidoidea (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of India and the adjacent countries Part II. A Catalogue of Chalcidoidea of India and the adjacent countries. Oriental Insects 20: 43–45. https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.1986.10433717
- ↑ Sheng J (2003) Leucospidae. In: Huang B (Ed.) Fauna of Insects in Fujian Province of China. Vol. 7, Fujian Science & Technology Publishing House, Fuzhou, 446–447. [In Chinese]
