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First Record of the Subgenus Amebachia Uchida of Netelia Gray, 1860 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tryphoninae) from South Korea Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity xxx (2017) 1e4 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity journal homepage: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/japb Short communication First record of the subgenus Amebachia Uchida of Netelia Gray, 1860 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tryphoninae) from South Korea Jin-Kyung Choi a,b, Jong-Wook Lee b,* a Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK b Department of Life Sciences, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, South Korea article info abstract Article history: Netelia (Amebachia) rasilella Konishi and Netelia (Amebachia) yoshimatsui Konishi are reviewed and Received 6 February 2017 illustrated based on South Korean specimens. These two species and the subgenus Amebachia are Received in revised form recorded for the first time from South Korea. 3 April 2017 Copyright Ó 2017, National Science Museum of Korea (NSMK) and Korea National Arboretum (KNA). Accepted 13 April 2017 Production and hosting by Elsevier. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http:// Available online xxx creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Keywords: Amebachia Korea Netelia new records taxonomy Introduction Materials and methods Netelia Gray (1860) is the largest genus of the subfamily Try- Specimens used in this study were collected by light trapping phoninae, with species distributed worldwide, and all of the and Malaise trapping, and are deposited in the Animal Systematic members are koinobiont ectoparasitoids of lepidopteran larvae. So Laboratory of Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, South Korea (YNU) far, more than 330 species have been described and divided into 12 and Laboratory of Insect Systematics, National Institute for Agro- subgenera (Bennett 2015). Among them, Amebachia Uchida (1928) Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan (NIAES). Morphological is described based on Amebachia baibarana from Taiwan and terminology mostly follows that of Gauld (1991), and terminology recognized since Townes (1969). Uchida (1934) subsequently for male genitalia follows that of Snodgrass (1941). Genitalia dis- treated Amebachia as a subgenus of Paniscus Schrank. Later, Ame- sections were prepared following Konishi (2005), and head and bachia was synonymized as a subgenus of Netelia by Townes et al mesosoma were measured following the methods of Konishi (1985). (1961). Kaur and Jonathan (1979) synonymized A. baibarana to Specimens were identified according to Konishi (2010) and through Netelia (Netelia) laevis, but they did not examine the lectotype male comparison with specimens in the Natural History Museum. The of A. baibarana. Konishi (2010) re-examined the lectotype of following indices (Gauld & Michell, 1981) are used: A. baibarana Uchida, 1928 and revalidated Amebachia as a subgenus of Netelia. Consequently, five valid species of Netelia (Amebachia) Geno-orbital index ¼ maximum breadth of eye in profile/maximum have been described. breadth of the gena in the same line In this study, we report the subgenus Amebachia for the first Nervellar index of hind wing ¼ length of Cu1 between cu-a and M/ time from South Korea based on the species of Netelia (Amebachia) length of cu-a rasilella Konishi and Netelia (Amebachia) yoshimatsui Konishi. Re- descriptions and photographs of the diagnostic characters of the Specimens were photographed using a Canon EOS 450D digital two species are provided. camera (Canon, with a 65 mm macro lens, Japan), mounted on a copy stand with an automated Z-stepper run through Helicon * Corresponding author. Tel.: þ82 538102376. Remote (ver. 3.6.6w). Images were stacked using Helicon Focus 6 E-mail address: [email protected] (J.-W. Lee). (U.S.A.). Distribution data follow Konishi (2010). Redescriptions of Peer review under responsibility of National Science Museum of Korea (NSMK) and species are based on South Korean specimens. Korea National Arboretum (KNA). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2017.04.002 pISSN2287-884X eISSN2287-9544/Copyright Ó 2017, National Science Museum of Korea (NSMK) and Korea National Arboretum (KNA). Production and hosting by Elsevier. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Please cite this article in press as: Choi J-K, Lee J-W, First record of the subgenus Amebachia Uchida of Netelia Gray, 1860 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tryphoninae) from South Korea, Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity (2017), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2017.04.002 2 JK Choi, JW Lee / Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity xxx (2017) 1e4 Subgenus Amebachia Uchida, 1928 Amebachia Uchida, 1928: 218. Type species: Amebachia baibarana Uchida, 1928. Diagnosis. Occipital carina absent or vestigial. Interocellar area black. Clypeal apical margin truncate. Scutellum with lateral carinae extending to apex of scutellum. Propodeum trans-striate, without lateral crest or with very weak lateral crest. Forewing with vein 3rs-m, vein cu-a distad Rs þ M. Paramere with spine on apicodorsal margin; brace twisted between its base and pad. Key to males of species of South Korean Netelia (Amebachia), modified from Konishi (2010) 1. Paramere tapering towards apex (Figure 4B); pad drop shaped...............N.(A.) yoshimatsui Konishi - Paramere parallel sided (Figure 4A); pad ovoid....N.(A.) rasilella Konishi Netelia (Amebachia) rasilella Konishi, 2010 (Figures 1A, 2A, 3A, and 4A) Netelia (Amebachia) rasilella Konishi, 2010: 222. Type: male; type depository: NIAES.0.5 General. Male. Body length 10.8 mm; forewing length 9 mm. Color. Dull yellow except interocellar area, which is black (Figures 1A and 3A). Pterostigma of forewing brown. Head. Combined face and clypeus 1.4 times as long as wide medially in frontal view; upper face finely granulate, without trans- striae; lower face convex in lateral view, rather more strongly punctate than vertex; groove between lower face and clypeus weak to distinct; clypeus 1.9 times as wide as long, rather more strongly punctate than vertex and rather more sparsely punctate than lower Figure 1. Habitus in lateral view: A, Netelia (Amebachia) rasilella Konishi; B, Netelia face, with apical margin truncate (Figure 2A). Malar space 0.27 < > (Amebachia) yoshimatsui Konishi. scale bar: 2 mm times as long as basal mandible length. Occipital carina absent; vertex in dorsal view weakly convex; geno-orbital index 3.5; lateral Systematic accounts ocelli touching eye. Antenna with 49 flagellomeres, first flag- ellomere 1.3e1.4 times as long as second, second flagellomere 3.5 Genus Netelia Gray, 1860 times as long as wide. Netelia Gray, 1860: 341. Type species: Paniscus inquinatus Mesosoma. Mesosoma subpolished, evenly and finely punctate; Gravenhorst, 1829. mesoscutum 1.4 times as long as wide, with notaulus long and Figure 2. Head in frontal view: A, Netelia (Amebachia) rasilella Konishi; B, Netelia (Amebachia) yoshimatsui Konishi. <scale bar: 1 mm> Please cite this article in press as: Choi J-K, Lee J-W, First record of the subgenus Amebachia Uchida of Netelia Gray, 1860 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tryphoninae) from South Korea, Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity (2017), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2017.04.002 JK Choi, JW Lee / Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity xxx (2017) 1e4 3 dorsoapical corner angled; brace twisted near base; pad situated basad marginal spine, moderately large and ovoid, produced dorsoapically. Distribution. South Korea, Japan. Specimens examined. [South Korea] [Gyeongsangnam-do] 1_, Sancheong-gun Sicheon-myeon Jungsan-ri Jirisan National Park Suduryu Jayeonhakseupwon, 3e12 vi 1989 J W Lee-coll. YNU; 1_, Daejeon-si Wa-dong Forest on wild Rosa Patch, 3624.020N 12725.980E, 28 ve19 vi 2006 P Tripotin-coll. YNU. Netelia (Amebachia) yoshimatsui Konishi, 2010 (Figures 1B, 2B, 3B, and 4B) Netelia (Amebachia) yoshimatsui Konishi, 2010: 219. Type: male; type depository: NIAES.0.5 General. Male. Body length 8.5 mm; forewing length 7 mm. Color. Dull yellow except interocellar area black (Figures 1B and 3B). Apical flagellomere of antenna black. Pterostigma of forewing pale brown. Head. Combined face and clypeus 1.5 times as long as wide medially in frontal view; upper face finely granulate, without trans- striae; lower face convex in lateral view, rather more strongly punctate than vertex; groove between lower face and clypeus distinct; clypeus 1.95 times as wide as long, rather more strongly punctate than vertex and rather more sparsely punctate than lower Figure 3. Head and mesosoma in dorsal view: A, Netelia (Amebachia) rasilella Konishi; face, with apical margin truncate (Figure 2B). Malar space 0.21 B, Netelia (Amebachia) yoshimatsui Konishi. <scale bar: 1 mm> times as long as basal mandible length. Occipital carina absent; distinct, gradually evanescent posteriorly (Figure 3A). Scutellum vertex in dorsal view weakly convex; geno-orbital index 4.1; lateral 1.3 times as long as the distance between lateral carinae at base, ocelli touching eye. Antenna with 46 flagellomeres, first flag- with lateral carina extending to apex of scutellum, with longitu- ellomere 1.43 times as long as second, second flagellomere 3.7 dinal striae posteriorly (Figure 3A). Propodeum trans-striate, times as long as wide. without lateral crest; propodeal spiracle separated from pleural Mesosoma. Mesosoma subpolished, evenly and finely punctate; carina by 2.3 times diameter of spiracle. Foreleg with tibial spur lower part of pronotum with oblique striae; mesoscutum 1.25 times 0.37 times as long as basitarsus, which is 13.5 times as long as as long as wide, with
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