Tanycarpa gracilicornis
- Dataset
- Four new species of Tanycarpa (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) from the Palaearctic Region and new records of species from China
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Braconidae
- genus
- Tanycarpa
- species
- Tanycarpa gracilicornis
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Antenna with 30 – 40 flagellomeres; frons almost flat, glabrous; mandible 1.40 – 1.60 × longer than wide; midpit long and narrow; scutellar sulcus deep, wide, with 1 strong longitudinal carina, adjacent to carina rugose or with just a few rugae; notauli distinctly crenulate anteriorly, obliterated posteriorly; midpit long and narrow; mesoscutal lobes with dense setae medially but glabrous laterally; propodeum with distinct longitudinal ridge in basal 1 / 4 – 1 / 5 that splits into two transverse ridges, two longitudinal ridges extend posteriorly from tubercles and form closed glabrous areola; 1 cu-a small, postfurcal; legs yellow except apical 1 / 4 of hind tibia and entire tarsus slightly to strongly infuscate; pterostigma brown; T 1 brown, metasoma except T 1 brownish yellow to brown. Body 3.08 – 3.60 mm.
discussion
Remarks. Tanycarpa gracilicornis is widespread and is morphologically similar to T. mitis and T. similis based on the filiform apical three antennal flagellomeres and presence of a mesoscutal midpit. However, T. gracilicornis has 30 – 40 flagellomeres, T. mitis has 24 – 27 flagellomeres, and T. similis has 25 – 29 flagellomeres. As for T. mitis and T. similis, they are separated primarily using the median longitudinal ridge of the propodeum and the fore wing 2 nd submarginal cell. Tanycarpa mitis has a longitudinal ridge in the basal 1 / 3, and the 2 nd submarginal cell longer; T. similis lacks a longitudinal ridge, and the 2 nd submarginal cell is shorter. In T. gracilicornis the propodeum has a distinct longitudinal ridge in the basal 1 / 4 – 1 / 5, and the 2 nd submarginal cell is shorter as in T. similis.
distribution
Distribution. Austria; Belgium; Canada (Alberta and Ontario); China (Fujian, Ningxia, Hubei); Czechoslovakia (former); Finland; Germany; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; North Korea; Poland; Russia (Primor'ye Kray, Sakhalin Oblast, Saint Petersburg); Switzerland; United Kingdom; USA (Alaska).
materials_examined
Material examined. China, Ningxia: Liupanshan, Wanghuanan, 5 ♀ 7 ♂ 20 – VIII – 2000, Zhihui Lin (1 ♀ 1 ♂ USNM); 1 ♀ 3 ♂ same data as previous except Quanxiu Shi (1 ♂ USNM); 4 ♀ 4 ♂ same data as previous except Qinge Ji (1 ♀ 1 ♂ USNM); 4 ♂ same data as previous except Jianquan Yang (1 USNM); 1 ♀ 1 ♂ Guanghong Liang; 1 ♂ Migangshan, 22 – VIII – 2000, Zhihui Lin; 1 ♀ Jingyuan, 15 – VIII – 2000, Quanxiu Shi; China, Hubei: 1 ♂ Shennongjia, 22 – VIII – 2000, Juchang Huang (all at FAFU except as noted for USNM).
Name
- Homonyms
- Tanycarpa gracilicornis