© Zoological Institute, St.Petersburg, 2005 First record of the genus Hartemita Cameron from Russia with description of a new species from the south of the Russian Far East (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) S.A. Belokobylskij Belokobylskij, S.A. 2005. First record of the genus Hartemita Cameron from Russia with description of a new species from the south of the Russian Far East (Hymenoptera: Bra- conidae, Cardiochilinae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 14(1): 129-133. The genus Hartemita Cameron, 1910 is recorded from Russia for the first time. Hartem- ita spasskensis sp. n. is described from the Primorsk Territory of Russia. A key to Palae- arctic species of Hartemita and a review of Cardiochilinae occurring in Russia are given. S.A. Belokobylskij, Zoological Institute Russian Academy of Sciences, St.Petersburg 199034, Russia, and Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, Warszawa 00-679, Poland. E-mail: [email protected] Introduction The terms for wing venation are used as de- fined by Belokobylskij & Tobias (1998). The fol- lowing abbreviations are used: POL – postocel- The genus Hartemita Cameron with the type spe- lar line; OOL – ocular-ocellar line; Od – maxi- cies H. laticeps Cameron was described from mum diameter of lateral ocellus. The types of the Central Sumatra, Indonesia (Cameron, 1910). new species are deposited at Zoological Institute The genus Laminitarsus Fullaway was described of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St.Peters- from the Philippines (Fullaway, 1919), and later burg). placed in synonymy with Hartemita (De Saeger, 1948). In the world catalogue of Braconidae (Shenefelt, 1973), Hartemita was considered a Hartemita spasskensis sp. n. synonym of Cardiochiles Nees. (Figs 1-9) The revision of the genus Hartemita and re- valuation of the generic characters of subfamily Holotype. F, Russia, Primorsk Terr., Spassk-Dal’niy, forest, bush, 26-28.VI.2003 (S. Belokobylskij). Cardiochilinae (Dangerfield & Austin, 1990; Paratype. 1 F, Russia, Primorsk Terr., Spassk-Dal’niy, Dangerfield et al., 1999) resulted in the resur- forest, 30.VI.2001 (S. Belokobylskij). rection of this generic name. The main features Description. Female. Body length 5.8-6.1 mm; characterizing Hartemita and separating it from fore wing length 5.8 mm. Head width 2.0-2.1 Cardiochiles s.l. are the strongly compressed, times its median length and 1.6-1.7 times its usually very widened, flattened or laminate ba- maximum length. Occiput strongly concave. Head sitarsus of hind leg and very short and curved behind eyes (dorsal view) weakly convex anteri- ovipositor. The genus is distributed in the Orien- orly, roundly narrowed posteriorly; transverse tal Region and East Palaearctic. diameter of eye (dorsal view) 1.0-1.1 times length Several Hartemita species were described from of temple (0.85-0.9 times for measure on straight China (Chen et al., 1998), Korea and Japan (Be- line). Ocelli rather large, in triangle with base 1.3 lokobylskij & Ku, 2001) and India (Ahmad & times its sides. POL 1.15 times Od, 0.4-0.5 times Shujauddin, 2004), but no species were record- OOL; OOL 2.4-2.7 times Od. Frons distinctly ed north of 38o (middle of Korean Peninsula). concave, with median elevation and fine carina. The author captured two specimens of a new Eye glabrous, 1.5-1.6 times as high as broad. Face Hartemita species in the Primorsk Territory in with distinct short median elevation in upper 0.3; 2001 and 2003. That is the first record of the width of face 1.2-1.25 times height of eye and genus from Russia. 1.8 times height of face. Malar space 0.4 times The hosts of Hartemita are still unknown, but height of eye and 0.9 times basal width of man- probably these braconids are endoparasitoids of dible. Clypeal suture distinct above, shallow lat- lepidopteran larvae, like other Cardiochilinae. erally. Clypeus almost flat, with weakly convex 130 S.A. Belokobylskij: A new species of Hartemita from Russia • ZOOSYST. ROSSICA Vol. 14 2 1 3 4 5 7 6 8 9 Figs 1-9. Hartemita spasskensis sp. n. (holotype). 1, head, front view; 2, head, dorsal view; 3, basal and apical seg- ments of antenna; 4, hind femur; 5, hind tarsus; 6, hind tibia; 7, metasoma, dorsal view; 8, fore wing; 9, hind wing. ZOOSYST. ROSSICA Vol. 14 • S.A. Belokobylskij: A new species of Hartemita from Russia 131 middle of lower margin, about twice as wide as as long as maximum width, 0.75-0.8 times as long high. Maxillary palpi 0.9 times height of head. as hind tibia, 1.7-2.0 times as long as remaining Antennae thick and setiform, 42-43-segment- tarsal segments combined, 1.55-1.7 times as long ed. Flagellar segments subsquare in apical half. as inner tibial spur; maximum width of hind ba- First flagellar segment 1.7-2.0 times as long as sitarsus 1.2 times maximum width of hind tibia. its apical width, 1.1-1.2 times as long as second Second tarsal segment 1.6-1.7 times as long as segment. Penultimate segment subsquare or elon- wide, 1.1-1.2 times as long as third segment, al- gate (1.5 times as long as wide). Apical segment most as long as fifth segment (without pretarsus). distinctly pointed apically and with very short Claws densely pectinate, hind claw with 3-5 teeth. apical spine. Metasoma 1.1-1.3 times as long as mesosoma. Mesosoma 1.25-1.3 times as long as high. Lat- First tergite indistinctly separated from latero- eral depression of pronotal sides rather shallow. tergites, with very narrow median long depres- Notauli complete, rather deep, narrow in anteri- sion in basal half, with wide convex oval area in or half, wide in posterior half, crenulate. Pre- apical half delineated by narrow and finely crenu- scutellar depression deep and long, with 3-5 late furrows. Second tergite with 2 very shallow strong carinae, smooth between carinae, 0.4-0.5 oblique submedian basal furrows. Ovipositor times as long as scutellum. Scutellum convex, sheath very short, rounded apically. without lateral carinae, with distinct, transverse, Sculpture. Vertex more or less entirely finely narrow, crenulate depression in posterior 0.25. transversely striate, with punctation. Frons with Prepectal carina absent. Sternauli wide, shallow, curved striae, almost smooth near antennal sock- crenulate-punctuate. Propodeum obliquely and ets. Face finely and rather densely punctate; almost linearly slanting from base to apex (later- clypeus very finely striate-punctate in upper half, al view). smooth in lower half. Temple finely punctate. Wings. Length of fore wing 2.5-2.6 times its Mesoscutum densely and deeply punctuate, partly maximum width. Pterostigma rather narrow. Ra- with rugosity. Scutellum rather finely or distinctly dial vein arising almost from middle of pterostig- punctate. Mesopleuron densely and deeply punc- ma. Second radial abscissa 3.0 times as long as tate, smooth on rather wide transverse area above first abscissa, 1.8-2.0 times as long as first radio- sternaulus. Propodeum coarsely rugose-areolate, medial vein (which is weakly curved), 3.0-3.3 with radiate striae in medioposterior 0.3, almost times as long as the straight and inclivous sec- smooth posterolaterally. Hind coxae smooth in ond radiomedial vein. First radiomedial vein 1.5- upper half, punctate in ventral half, with very fine 1.8 times as long as second radiomedial vein. coriaceous sculpture between punctation. Meta- Second medial abscissa 0.7-0.8 times as long as soma almost entirely smooth; apical part of me- first radiomedial vein, 1.3-1.5 times as long as dioposterior area of first tergite finely striate. recurrent vein. Second radiomedial cell distinct- Colour. Head yellow; large median spot on ly narrowed distally, its length 3.3-3.4 times max- frons, almost entire vertex and posterior 0.7 of imum width and 1.7-1.8 times length of brachial temples almost black. Mesosoma black apart cell. Discoidal cell strongly narrowed apically, from the following which are yellow: upper nar- posterior (long) abscissa of basal vein about twice row or very narrow part of pronotal sides, axil- as long as recurrent vein. Distance from nervu- lae, small medioposterior spot of scutellum, more lus to basal vein 0.4-0.7 times nervulus length. or less wide area of prescutellar depression, pos- Hind wing 3.7-4.0 times as long as wide. First terior half or most part of propodeum. Mesosoma abscissa of costal vein 0.65-0.7 times as long as black apart from the following which are yellow: second abscissa. First abscissa of mediocubital most part of first tergite and its laterotergites, vein 0.4-0.45 times as long as second abscissa. anterolateral corners of second and third tergites, Radial vein arising almost from one point with sometimes sides of second tergite, and apex of basal vein or shortly behind it. Radial cell dis- metasoma; narrow margins of third-seventh tinctly narrowed in basal 0.3-0.35, with very tergites pale, yellowish laterally or entirely yel- strongly unsclerotized and oblique additional low. Antennae black; scapus and pedicel yellow transverse vein. below. Palpi black, 1-2 apical segments of max- Legs. Hind femur 4.2-4.3 times as long as wide. illary palpi brownish yellow. Legs black; yellow Hind tibia with numerous slender dorsal spines, or brownish yellow: apical 0.3 of fore femur, fore strongly widened apically; its length 4.5 times and middle tibiae entirely, fore tarsus, base of maximum width, 0.85 times length of hind tar- hind basitarsus; pale yellow: inner side of fore sus, 1.2-1.25 times length of hind femur; maxi- coxa, narrow distal ring of fore, middle and hind mum width of hind tibia 0.8-0.9 times width of coxae, wide median 0.3-0.7 of hind tibia. In para- hind basitarsus, 1.1-1.2 times width of hind fe- type, fore leg almost entirely (except for black mur. Hind basitarsus strongly widened, elongate- basal half of coxa), tibia and base of basitarsus oval, without apical prominence, 2.8-3.0 times of middle leg and middle third of hind tibia yel- 132 S.A. Belokobylskij: A new species of Hartemita from Russia • ZOOSYST. ROSSICA Vol. 14 low; middle femur below and apically brownish – Ventral margin of clypeus convex medially . . . . . . 6 yellow; middle tarsus for the most part, middle 5. Notauli wide in posterior half. Frons entirely smooth. Hind basitarsus with rather distinct apical promi- and hind spurs pale reddish brown; hind tarsus nence. Second-fourth segments of hind tarsus long. dark reddish brown; rest parts of legs black. Fore Hind femur yellow. Body length 6.0-6.7 mm. – Chi- wings faintly infuscate, more distinctly infuscate na (Taiwan), Nepal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . distally. Pterostigma black; costal vein mostly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H. townesi Dangerfield & Austin brownish yellow or pale reddish brown. – Notauli rather narrow in posterior half. Frons trans- Male. Unknown. versely striate, sometimes in posterior 0.3 only. Hind basitarsus without apical prominence. Second-fourth Diagnosis. In the key by Dangerfield & Austin segments of hind tarsus short, subsquare. Hind fe- (1990), the new species runs to H. singaporensis mur black. Body length 6.6-7.2 mm. – Japan (Hon- (Mao), but it distinctly differs in the shape of head, shu), South Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . shape of basitarsus of hind tarsus, short second- . . . . . . . . . . . . H. nigrotestacea Belokobylskij & Ku fifth segments of hind tarsus, and coloration. In the 6. Maxillary palpi 1.3 times as long as height of head. Hind basitarsus 2.5 times as long as wide, 1.4 times key by Chen et al. (1998), H. spasskensis sp. n. runs as wide as apical width of hind tibia, 2.3 times as to H. chinensis Chen, He & Ma, but it differs in the long as remaining tarsal segments. Propleurum with- second-fifth segments of hind tarsus shorter, hind out black spot. Mesosternum yellow. Hind coxa with coxa entirely black, third antennal segment slightly one black spot. Body length 6.2-6.9 mm. – China longer than fourth segment, temple short, frons stri- (Zhejiang, Fujian) . . . . . . . H. flava Chen, He & Ma – Maxillary palpi about as long as height of head. Hind ate in the most part, mesoscutum medioposteriorly basitarsus 2.8-3.0 times as long as wide, about 1.2 without broad depressed field, and mesopleurum times as wide as apical width of hind tibia, 1.7-2.0 rather widely smooth above sternauli. The new spe- times as long as remaining tarsal segments. Propleu- cies differs from the recently described from Korea rum entirely black or with black posterior spot. Meso- and Japan H. nigrotestacea Belokobylskij & Ku sternum black. Hind coxa entirely black or with two black spots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 (Belokobylsij & Ku, 2001) in the clypeus weakly 7. Hind coxa entirely black. Third antennal segment 1.1- convex medioventrally, notauli narrower in poste- 1.2 times as long as fourth segment. Frons striate in rior half, hind basitarsus narrow, apical area of first the most part. Mesoscutum medioposteriorly with- tergite partly very finely striate and delineated by out broad depressed field. Second-fifth segments of finely crenulate furrows, propodeum with radiate hind tarsus shorter. Mesopleurum rather widely striae in medioposterior 0.3, hind tibia mostly black, smooth above sternauli. Body length 5.8-6.1 mm. – Russia (Primorsk Territory). . . H. spasskensis sp. n. pterostigma black, and size of the body small. – Hind coxa yellow with two black spots. Third anten- nal segment 1.5 times as long as fourth segment. Frons Key to Palaearctic species of the genus Hartemita largely smooth. Mesoscutum medioposteriorly with broad depressed field. Second-fifth segments of hind 1. Hind basitarsus not broadly laminate, not wider than tarsus longer. Mesopleurum narrowly smooth above distal part of hind tibia, more than 3 times as long as sternauli. Body length 5.6-6.0 mm. – China (Zhe- wide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 jiang) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H. chinensis Chen, He & Ma – Hind basitarsus broadly laminate, wider than distal part of hind tibia, not more than 3 times as long as Notes on Cardiochilinae species wide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 of the Russian fauna 2. Ventral margin of clypeus convex medially. Propo- deum with prominent anterior transverse carina. Body length 6.4-8.9 mm. – Indonesia, China (Zhejiang, Most of Palaearctic species of the large genus Taiwan, Fujian, Guangxi, Yunnan), Nepal . . . . . . . . Cardiochiles Nees were described from arid or . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H. laticeps Cameron semi-arid territories of Middle and Central Asia. – Ventral margin of clypeus concave or almost straight Only a few species of this genus are recorded medially. Propodeum without prominent anterior from Russia situated mostly in the northern hu- transverse carina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 mid part of the Palaearctic. More diverse cardio- 3. Mesoscutum smooth along anterior and posterior mar- gins, punctate on the rest part. Maxillary palpi 1.3 chiline fauna was found in the southern part of times as long as height of head. Hind basitarsus 4.2 the Russian Far East. In addition to Hartemita times as long as wide. Second radiomedial cell 3.6 spasskensis sp. n., Bohayella tobiasi Belokobyl- times as long as wide. Antennal flagellum black. Hind skij (Amur Province, south of Khabarovsk and coxa mostly orange-yellow with black spot on distal Primorsk Territories) and 3 species of Cardio- outer surface. Body length 4.0-5.7 mm. – Indonesia, India, Nepal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . chiles s.l. [C. saltator (Fabricius), C. rugosus . . . . . . . . . . . H. rhadinotarsa Dangerfield & Austin Telenga and C. turga Belokobylskij] (Beloko- – Mesoscutum entirely punctate. Maxillary palpi as bylskij, 1987, 1998) were recorded here. After long as height of head. Hind basitarsus 5.0 times as the generic reclassification of the subfamily Car- long as wide. Second radiomedial cell 3 times as long diochilinae (Dangerfield et al., 1999), two last as wide. Antennal flagellum largely yellow. Hind coxa yellow, largely black dorsally. Body length 5.5 mm. – species (recorded from the Primorsk Territory China (Zhejiang) . . . . . H. punctata Chen, He & Ma only) were transferred to the genus Austerocar- 4. Ventral margin of clypeus more or less concave me- diochiles Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield (Dan- dially . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 ZOOSYST. ROSSICA Vol. 14 • S.A. Belokobylskij: A new species of Hartemita from Russia 133 gerfield et al., 1999; Chen et al., 2004). C. salta- Belokobylskij, S.A. & Ku, D.-S. 2001. New species of tor, widely distributed in the Palaearctic Region, the genus Hartemita Cameron (Hymenoptera: Bra- conidae: Cardiochilinae) from Korea and Japan. J. including Russia, and penetrating to the Oriental Asia-Pacific Entomol., 4(1): 27-30. Region (India), belongs to the genus Cardiochiles Belokobylskij, S.A. & Tobias, V.I. 1998. Introduction. in current sense (Dangerfield et al., 1999). The In: Lehr, P.A. (ed.). Opredelitel’ nasekomykh Dal’ne- second Cardiochiles species from Russia is C. go Vostoka Rossii [Keys to the Insects of the Russian volgensis Tobias. It has been recently described Far East], 4(3): 8-26. Vladivostok: Dal’nauka. (In from Volgograd Province (Tobias, 1986) and lat- Russian). Cameron, P. 1910. On some Asiatic species of the sub- er collected in Astrakhan Province (1 F, Baskun- families Spathiinae, Doryctinae, Rhogadinae, Cardi- chak Lake, steppe, 8-13.VI.2004, leg. S. 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